Caraquet Bay (french: Baie de Caraquet) is situated in the northeast of the

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. It is bordered on the south by the town of

Caraquet Caraquet ( ) is a town in Gloucester County, New Brunswick, Canada. Situated on the shore of Chaleur Bay in the Acadian Peninsula, its name is derived from the Mi'kmaq term for ''meeting of two rivers''. The Caraquet River and Rivière du Nor ...

and the village of

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, to the south by the parish of New Bandon, to the north by the village of Maisonnette and to the northwest by the

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. Caraquet Island is located between the two bays. There are a number of beaches on the bay, as well as

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farms and the port of Caraquet. Caraquet Bay flows into the

Caraquet River The Caraquet River is a river in north-eastern New Brunswick, Canada which empties into the Caraquet Bay north of Caraquet. The river's name means "meeting of two rivers" in the Mi'kmaq language. River Communities *Bertrand * Burnsville River Cr ...

and the Du Nord River There are two theories about the origin of the bay's name. Either Caraquet is a word in the

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meaning "where two rivers meet", or it comes from a type of ship, the

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."Caraquet." Encyclopædia Britannica. 2007. Encyclopædia Britannica Online. August 3, 2007 . Governor

Nicolas Denys Nicolas Denys (1598? – 1688) was a French-born merchant, governor, author, and settler in New France. He founded settlements at St. Pierre (now St. Peter's, Nova Scotia), Ste. Anne (Englishtown, Nova Scotia) and Nepisiquit (Bathurst, New Bru ...

was the first to mention Caraquet, in 1672.William Francis Ganong, ''The History of Caraquet and Pokemouche'', New Brunswick Museum, Saint John, 1948

References

Atlas of Canada - Baie de Caraquet

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