Tignish
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Tignish is a Canadian town located in Prince County, Prince Edward Island.[1]
It is located approximately Script error: No such module "convert". northwest of the city of Summerside, and Script error: No such module "convert". northwest of the city of Charlottetown.[2] It has a population of 719.[3] The name "Tignish" is derived from the Mi'kmaq "Mtagunich", meaning "paddle".[4] The name is also believed to come from a Gaelic phrase meaning "Home Place".Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
Tignish was founded in the late 1790s by nine francophone Acadian families, with further immigrants (mostly Irish) arriving in the 19th century and settling mostly in the nearby smaller locality of Anglo–Tignish (meaning "English Tignish"). Many of Tignish residents today are either of Acadian or Irish heritage.
One of the town's most popular and defining structures is the local Catholic church, St. Simon & St. Jude Catholic Church, which was among the first major structures built in Tignish, constructed between 1857 and 1860. Tignish was designated a community or village in 1952. It changed its status to a town in 2017.[5]
Demographics
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History
Tignish was settled in 1799 by eight Acadian families. Two Irish families joined them in 1811. [7]
Tignish was once the western terminus of the Prince Edward Island Railway. Rail service to the town was abandoned in 1989.
Community
Fishing is one of the most important aspects of daily life and employment in Tignish, with many local families depending on this industry for income. There are three functioning harbors located in the Tignish area: the Tignish harbour, the Skinner's Pond harbour, and the Seacow Pond harbour.
Citizens of Tignish celebrated the bicentennial of Tignish in 1999. Among local festivities were Acadian music, local parties, carnivals, and the creation of a local music CD rich with the voices of Tignish residents. In addition, each summer there is a bluegrass festival that is held in Tignish.
Education
Kindergarten–12 students in the Tignish area mostly attend Tignish Elementary School from grades K–6, followed by Merritt E. Callaghan Intermediate school for grades 7–9 and Westisle Composite High school for grades 10–12.
Government
Tignish is within district #27 of PEI's electoral boundaries, which is labeled Tignish–Palmer Road. There is a polling station at the Tignish fire hall, and others located elsewhere in Tignish as well as in St. Felix and Palmer Road. The name of the district used to be "Tignish–DeBlois", but was changed to "Tignish–Palmer Road" before the 2007 provincial election with slight boundary changes. As of the 2011 provincial election, Hal Perry is the MLA for the region. Perry left the PCs and joined the Liberals on 3 October 2013. As a Liberal, Perry won re-election in 2015, 2019 and 2023.
| Year | Liberal | Conservative | New Democratic | Green | |||||
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| rowspan="2" style="width: 0.25em; background-color: Template:Canadian party colour| | 2021 | Template:Canadian party colour | 59% | 224 | Template:Canadian party colour | 34% | 128 | Template:Canadian party colour | 3% | 11 | Template:Canadian party colour | 2% | 8 |
| 2019 | Template:Canadian party colour | 52% | 224 | Template:Canadian party colour | 38% | 164 | Template:Canadian party colour | 5% | 21 | Template:Canadian party colour | 5% | 20 | |
| Year | PC | Liberal | Green | ||||
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| rowspan="2" style="width: 0.25em; background-color: Template:Canadian party colour| | 2019 | Template:Canadian party colour | 32% | 96 | Template:Canadian party colour | 47% | 141 | Template:Canadian party colour | 21% | 64 |
| 2015 | Template:Canadian party colour | 30% | 118 | Template:Canadian party colour | 62% | 248 | Template:Canadian party colour | 6% | 24 | |
Surrounding communities
Nearby smaller localities, considered to be "part of" Tignish due to their proximity, include:
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- Ascension (2 mi NW of Tignish)
- St. Felix (2 mi S)
- Harper (2 mi SW)
- Leoville (3.5 mi SW)
- Peterville (2.5 mi SW)
- Nail Pond (3 mi N)
- Greenmount (3.5 mi S)
- Skinner's Pond (5 mi NW)
- St. Peter and St. Paul (3 mi S)
- Kildare North (4 mi SE)
- Tignish Shore (2 mi E)
- Anglo Tignish (2 mi NE)
- Seacow Pond (5 mi NE)
- Norway (6 mi NE)
- Christopher's Cross (1 mile NE)
Mars crater namesake
The name "Tignish" has been adopted by the International Astronomical Union for a crater on the surface of Mars. The crater is located at −30.71 degrees south by 86.9 degrees east on the Martian surface. It was officially adopted by the IAU/WGPSN in 1991, and has a diameter of Script error: No such module "convert"..[10]
Climate
Tignish experiences a humid continental climate (Koppen: Dfb) with four seasons, with winter being the longest. Summers are very mild to warm due to the Gulf of St Lawrence moderating temperatures during the warmer months. Wintertime is very cold with daily highs often below freezing.Script error: No such module "weather box".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
See also
References
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- ↑ Government–sponsored `MapGuide` map of PEI. Retrieved on 28 March 2007.
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External links
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