The name "Miramichi" was first applied to a region in the northeast of
New Brunswick
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, Canada, and has since been applied to other places in Canada and the United States. Although other interpretations have been suggested, it is believed that "Miramichi" was derived from the
Montagnais words "Maissimeu Assi" (meaning
Mi'kmaq
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Land), and was perhaps introduced for use in
European languages
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by
Jacques Cartier
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in 1535.
[Rayburn, A. (1975) Geographical Names of New Brunswick. Toponymy Study 2. Surveys and Mapping Branch, Energy Mines and Resources Canada, Ottawa]
Miramichi is used in the names of many places, including:
Settlements
Canada
;New Brunswick
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Miramichi, New Brunswick
Miramichi () is the largest city in northern New Brunswick, Canada. It is situated at the mouth of the Miramichi River where it enters Miramichi Bay. The Miramichi Valley is the second longest valley in New Brunswick, after the Saint John River ...
, a city in northern New Brunswick
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Nelson-Miramichi, New Brunswick
Nelson-Miramichi is a suburban neighbourhood in the city of Miramichi, New Brunswick, Canada.
Prior to municipal amalgamation on January 1, 1995, Nelson-Miramichi was an incorporated village in Northumberland County and one of the oldest Europe ...
, a dissolved community that was merged into Miramichi in a 1995 municipal amalgamation
;New Brunswick electoral districts
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Miramichi—Grand Lake
Miramichi—Grand Lake is a federal electoral district in New Brunswick.
Miramichi—Grand Lake was created by the 2012 federal electoral boundaries redistribution and has been legally defined in the 2013 representation order. It came into ef ...
, the current federal electoral district
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Miramichi, an earlier federal electoral district in New Brunswick (known as ''Northumberland'' and later as ''Northumberland-Miramichi'')
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Miramichi (provincial electoral district)
Miramichi is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick, Canada. It was contested in the 2014 general election, having been created in the 2013 redistribution of electoral boundaries.
The district compri ...
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Miramichi-Bay du Vin
Miramichi-Bay du Vin (french: Miramichi-Baie-du-Vin) was a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick, Canada
Canada is a country in North America. Its ten provinces and three territories extend fro ...
, a provincial electoral district for New Brunswick
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Southwest Miramichi
Southwest Miramichi-Bay du Vin (french: Miramichi-Sud-Ouest-Baie-du-Vin) is a provinces and territories of Canada, provincial electoral district (Canada), electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick, Canada. It was created a ...
, a provincial electoral district for New Brunswick
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Miramichi Centre
Miramichi Centre was a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick, Canada
Canada is a country in North America. Its ten provinces and three territories extend from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific O ...
, a provincial electoral district for New Brunswick
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Miramichi Bay-Neguac
Miramichi Bay-Neguac (french: Baie-de-Miramichi-Neguac) is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick, Canada. It was formerly known more simply as Miramichi Bay. The riding was created from part of the multi ...
, a provincial electoral district for New Brunswick
;Nova Scotia
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Miramichi, Nova Scotia, a community in Inverness County, Nova Scotia
;Ontario
* Miramichi, a geographical area in
Sudbury District, Ontario
The Sudbury District is a district in Northeastern Ontario in the Canadian province of Ontario. It was created in 1894 from townships of eastern Algoma District and west Nipissing District.
The overwhelming majority of the district (about 92%) is ...
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Pembroke, Ontario
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, formerly known as Miramichi, Canada West (ca. 1828-1850)
United States
* Miramichi, a community in
Middletown, Connecticut
Middletown is a city located in Middlesex County, Connecticut, United States, Located along the Connecticut River, in the central part of the state, it is south of Hartford, Connecticut, Hartford. In 1650, it was incorporated by English settler ...
* Miramichi, an historic post office in
Hamilton County, Nebraska
Hamilton County is a county in the U.S. state Nebraska. As of the 2020 United States Census, the population was 9,429. Its county seat is Aurora. The county was named for Alexander Hamilton, the first Secretary of the Treasury in the new United ...
Geographic features
Canada[Querying Geographical Names of Canada, ]
;New Brunswick
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Miramichi River
The Miramichi River is a river located in the east-central part of New Brunswick, Canada. The river drains into Miramichi Bay in the Gulf of St. Lawrence. The name may have been derived from the Montagnais words "Maissimeu Assi" (meaning Mi'km ...
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Southwest Miramichi River
The Southwest Miramichi River is a river in New Brunswick, Canada.
The river has its origin in Carleton County, at Miramichi Lake in the Miramichi Highlands (a part of the Appalachian Mountains). Its two branches join near the hamlet of Junipe ...
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Northwest Miramichi River
The Northwest Miramichi River or Elmunokun is a river in New Brunswick, Canada. The Mi'kmaq referred to the river as Elmunokun, possibly meaning "a beaver hole" in reference to a deep pool in the river, just below the mouth of the Big Sevogle Ri ...
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Little Southwest Miramichi River
The Little Southwest Miramichi River is a river in Northumberland County, New Brunswick, Canada. In Mi'kmaq it is referred to as "Tooadook".
This river has its origins at Gover Lake in the Miramichi Highlands, part of the Appalachian Mountain ...
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Miramichi Valley
The Miramichi Valley is a Canadian river valley and region in the east-central part of New Brunswick. It extends along both major branches of the Miramichi River and their tributaries, however it is generally agreed that the much larger Southwe ...
, a region frequently shortened to simply "Miramichi"
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Miramichi Highlands The name "Miramichi" was first applied to a region in the northeast of New Brunswick, Canada, and has since been applied to other places in Canada and the United States. Although other interpretations have been suggested, it is believed that "Mirami ...
, a physiographic region of New Brunswick
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Miramichi Lake The name "Miramichi" was first applied to a region in the northeast of New Brunswick, Canada, and has since been applied to other places in Canada and the United States. Although other interpretations have been suggested, it is believed that "Mirami ...
, a lake lying at the headwaters of the
Southwest Miramichi River
The Southwest Miramichi River is a river in New Brunswick, Canada.
The river has its origin in Carleton County, at Miramichi Lake in the Miramichi Highlands (a part of the Appalachian Mountains). Its two branches join near the hamlet of Junipe ...
in
York County, New Brunswick
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Miramichi Bay
Miramichi Bay is an estuary located on the west coast of the Gulf of St. Lawrence in New Brunswick, at the mouth of the Miramichi River. Miramichi Bay is separated into the "inner bay" and the "outer bay", with the division being a line of uni ...
, an estuary of the Gulf of St. Lawrence
;Nova Scotia
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Miramichi Brook The name "Miramichi" was first applied to a region in the northeast of New Brunswick, Canada, and has since been applied to other places in Canada and the United States. Although other interpretations have been suggested, it is believed that "Mirami ...
, a stream in
Inverness County, Nova Scotia
Inverness County is an historical county and census division of Nova Scotia, Canada. Local government is provided by the Municipality of the County of Inverness, the town of Port Hawkesbury and the Whycocomagh 2 Waycobah First Nation reserve.
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;Ontario
* Miramichi Bay, a bay in Bruce County, Ontario
* Miramichi Island, an island in Muskoka District, Ontario
* Miramichi Island, an island in Parry Sound District, Ontario
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Muskrat River, Ontario (near Pembroke) - formerly known as Miramichi River
;Yukon
* Miramichi Glacier
United States[U.S. Board on Geographic Names, http://geonames.usgs.gov/]
* Miramichi Lake, a lake in
Osceola County, Michigan
Osceola County is a county in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2020 United States Census, the population was 22,891. The county seat is Reed City.
History
When established by the Michigan Legislature on April 1, 1840, it was named Unwatt ...
* Lake Mirimichi, a reservoir in
Norfolk County, Massachusetts
Norfolk County is located in the U.S. state of Massachusetts. At the 2020 census, the population was 725,981. Its county seat is Dedham. It is the fourth most populous county in the United States whose county seat is neither a city nor a boro ...
Other places
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Miramichi Bridge
The Miramichi Bridge is a bridge crossing the Miramichi River in the City of Miramichi, New Brunswick, Canada.Locals call it the "new" Bridge. The Miramichi. bridge is not to be confused with the Centennial Bridge located in Miramichi.
It opened ...
, a bridge crossing the Miramichi River at Newcastle, New Brunswick, Canada
See also
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Miramichi (disambiguation) Miramichi is the name of several places in Canada and the US.
Miramichi may also refer to:
Vessels
* ''Miramichi'', the first ship constructed by William Davidson (lumberman)
* , the name of three commissioned Canadian naval units
Other uses
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References
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