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Pokeshaw is an unincorporated village in Gloucester County ( New Bandon Parish),
Pokeshaw is an unincorporated village in Gloucester County ( New Bandon Parish), New Brunswick
New Brunswick is a Provinces and Territories of Canada, province of Canada, bordering Quebec to the north, Nova Scotia to the east, the Gulf of Saint Lawrence to the northeast, the Bay of Fundy to the southeast, and the U.S. state of Maine to ...
, Canada
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. It houses a former provincial, now communal park that includes a beach, and a large rock stack, Pokeshaw Island, also known as Pokeshaw Rock, which serves as a nesting ground for hundreds of seabird
Seabirds (also known as marine birds) are birds that are adaptation, adapted to life within the marine ecosystem, marine environment. While seabirds vary greatly in lifestyle, behaviour and physiology, they often exhibit striking convergent ...
s who can be seen on the top.
There are three main industries in Pokeshaw: fishing, farming, and maple products. There are several farms in the area: Riordon's dairy farm, the Canwick cranberry farm, and maple sugar camps. The area hosts an annual festival dedicated to cranberry farming. The number of tourists visiting the area has significantly increased since a boardwalk
A boardwalk (alternatively board walk, boarded path, or promenade) is an elevated footpath, walkway, or causeway typically built with wooden planks, which functions as a type of low water bridge or small viaduct that enables pedestrians to ...
was installed giving views over the cliffs in 2019.
Pokeshaw and its surrounding areas are fertile with moose, bear, deer and rabbit as well as abundant fish stocks. Fresh water springs and dense forests make for attractive outdoors activities such as hiking, fishing and hunting. The nearest village is Grande Anse and the larger towns are Bathurst and 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 Nord ...
.
History
The name "Pokeshaw" is reportedly ofindigenous
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*Indigenous peoples
*Indigenous (ecology)
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origin, with meanings claimed including "narrows" and "meeting place". It was permanently settled by Irish immigrants
The Irish diaspora () refers to ethnic Irish people and their descendants who live outside the island of Ireland.
The phenomenon of migration from Ireland is recorded since the Early Middle Ages,Flechner, Roy; Meeder, Sven (2017). The Irish ...
from 1820 onwards.
Pokeshaw was settled by Irish families in the early 1800s and remained until the 1960s. Today some common names in the community include Riordon, Coombs, Whelton, and more.
Notable people
See also
*List of communities in New Brunswick
This is a list of communities in New Brunswick, a province in Canada. For the purposes of this list, a community is defined as either an incorporated municipality, an Indian reserve, or an unincorporated community inside or outside a municipal ...
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