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Escuminac Disaster Memorial
Escuminac may refer to: Places in New Brunswick, Canada * Escuminac, New Brunswick, a rural community ** Escuminac disaster (1959) * Point Escuminac, a cape at the mouth of St. Lawrence River, in the Northumberland Strait Places in Quebec, Canada * Escuminac, Quebec, a municipality * Escuminac River, Quebec The River Escuminac flows through the regional county municipality (MRC) of Avignon Regional County Municipality, in the administrative region of Gaspésie-Îles-de-la-Madeleine, in Quebec, in Canada. The Escuminac River crosses the municipal te ... * Escuminac Formation, a geologic formation {{geodis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Escuminac, New Brunswick
Escuminac (2011 population: 212) is a rural community in Northumberland County, New Brunswick, Canada. The local service district of Escuminac takes its name from the community. Located on the south shore of Miramichi Bay, the community is several kilometres west of Point Escuminac, the southeastern limit of the bay. Canada's largest inshore fishing vessel harbour is home to the local fishing fleet. Industries include two fish processing & freezing plants and a boat building facility. One of Canada's important herring spawning grounds is located beside Point Escuminac. According to Joseph-Étienne Guinard, a missionary and Cree language specialist with some experience with the Mi'kmaq, the word means "here are small fruits". This perfectly describes the area as berries proliferate en masse in this low-lying flat area, and the first colonist were amazed at the amount of Ericaceae. Peat bogs and rare peat cliffs are situated in the vicinity of Point Escuminac, approximatel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Escuminac Disaster
The 1959 Escuminac disaster (also to referred to as the Escuminac hurricane) was considered the worst fishing-related disaster in New Brunswick in 100 years. It occurred due to the extratropical remnants of an Atlantic hurricane. The storm was the third tropical cyclone and first hurricane of the 1959 Atlantic hurricane season, and developed from a tropical wave in the central Gulf of Mexico on June 18. It headed rapidly northeastward and struck Florida later that day. Shortly after entering the Atlantic Ocean, it strengthened into a tropical storm later on June 18. By the following day, it had strengthened into a hurricane. However, it transitioned into an extratropical cyclone about six hours later. The remnants struck Atlantic Canada, once in Nova Scotia and again in Newfoundland before dissipating on June 21. In its early stages, the storm dropped moderately heavy rainfall in Florida, which caused damage to crops. A tornado near Miami and high tides on the west coast o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Point Escuminac
Point Escuminac is a cape located in eastern New Brunswick, Canada. Its geographic coordinates are 47º04'N, 64º48'W. It is the dividing point for delineating the western limits of the Northumberland Strait. It is located near the unincorporated fishing community of Escuminac, at the mouth of Miramichi Bay. See also *List of lighthouses in New Brunswick This is a list of lighthouses in New Brunswick. Lighthouses See also *List of lighthouses in Canada References External links New Brunswick Lighthouses''Lighthouses Friends''. Retrieved 18 February 2017 List of Lights, Buoys and Fog Signal ... References External links Point Escuminac, NBLighthouse Friends Aids to Navigation''Canadian Coast Guard'' Escuminac Landforms of Northumberland County, New Brunswick Lighthouses in New Brunswick {{NewBrunswick-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Escuminac, Quebec
Escuminac is a municipality in Quebec, Canada, on the north shore of the Restigouche River. In addition to Escuminac itself, the municipality also includes the communities of Escuminac Flats, Fleurant, and Pointe-à-la-Garde. According to missionary Joseph-Étienne Guinard, ''Escuminac'' is a Mi'kmaq word meaning "here are small fruits", originally identifying a point of land jutting into the Restigouche River. But this translation has been disputed as fanciful. It has been spelled in various ways over time, including ''Semenac, Scamanac, Scaumenac, Escouminac, Scoumenac,'' and ''Scouminac''. History The area was first colonized by American Loyalist farmers and loggers. In 1845, the Municipality of Shoolbred, which included the area now known as Nouvelle, was first incorporated. It was named after John Shoolbred, who was the first owner of the seignory granted there. In 1847, the municipality was abolished but re-established in 1855. From 1861 on, it was known as the Township ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Escuminac River, Quebec
The River Escuminac flows through the regional county municipality (MRC) of Avignon Regional County Municipality, in the administrative region of Gaspésie-Îles-de-la-Madeleine, in Quebec, in Canada. The Escuminac River crosses the municipal territories of: * Rivière-Nouvelle, Quebec, an unorganized territory: Fauvel (township) and Vallée (township); * Pointe-à-la-Croix, Quebec, a municipality: Mann (township); * Escuminac, Quebec, a municipality of Nouvelle (township). Over the last five kilometers of its course, the little valley of the Escuminac River widens, forming a green plain, where agriculture was practiced by the first inhabitants of the municipality of Escuminac, arranged on the North shore of the Bay of Escuminac, near the confluence of the river. The Escuminac River is a tributary of the North shore of the Escuminac Bay located at the confluence of the Restigouche River; this bay opens to the East on the Chaleur Bay. The latter in turn opens to the East in t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
