Bouctouche

Bouctouche
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Location in New Brunswick
	Bouctouche
	Bouctouche
State :	Canada
Province :	New Brunswick
County:	Kent County
Coordinates :	46 ° 28 ′ N , 64 ° 43 ′ W Coordinates: 46 ° 28 ′ N , 64 ° 43 ′ W
Area :	18.34 km²
Residents :	2423 (as of 2011)
Population density :	132.1 inhabitants / km²
Time zone :	Atlantic Time ( UTC − 4 )
Postal code :	E4S 3E4
Area code :	+1 506
Website :	www.bouctouche.ca

Dune boardwalk

Bouctouche is a municipality in the Canadian province of New Brunswick / Nouveau-Brunswick with 2423 inhabitants in 2011. 92% of the population speak French .

geography

Bouctouche is located in Kent County directly at the confluence of the Bouctouche in the Northumberland Strait . Richibucto is about 25 kilometers to the northwest . Shediac in the southeast and Moncton in the south are 30 and 40 kilometers away, respectively. The connecting road New Brunswick Route 11 touches Bouctouche in the west. At Bouctouche Bay there is a 12 km long dune that is under nature protection. About 800 m are accessible via a wooden walkway. With the Éco-center Irving , an important research center for the ecology of the region was established there. The symbol of the park is the great blue heron .

history

The name of the place is based on the word Chebooktoosk , which means "big bay" in the Mi'kmaq language . They lived in Sigenigtog, one of the seven traditional Mi'kmaq areas. Around 100 of the almost 200 members of the Bouctouche First Nation, or the Première Nation Bouctouche, who call themselves Tjipogtotjg (Little River of Fire), live in the municipality today . The Tjipogtotjg were forced to give up their reservation in 1924, but the first family returned there in 1958. From 1981 the Tjipogtotjg admitted new families. Your reserve with its 75 inhabitants covers 62.3 hectares and is 3.2 km southwest of Bouctouche.

The first European settlers were French-speaking Acadians who settled in the area but were driven out by the British , like all Acadians. The first returnees settled in the port area in June 1785. After 1800 immigrants from England followed .

View towards the harbor, 1930

The main livelihoods were fishing, the timber industry and shipbuilding. The industrialist James Dargavel Irving , who ran a sawmill in Bouctouche , founded the conglomerate J.D. Irving Limited . His son, Kenneth Colin Irving , who was born in Bouctouche in 1899 , founded Irving Oil , a company active in oil production, processing and sales, in 1924 and opened his first petrol station in Bouctouche. From 1888 to the 1960s there was a rail link to Moncton. In 1985 the place received city rights ( Town of Bouctouche ).

The city is also active in cutting-edge technology and tourism today . In particular, tours through the impressive dune landscape along the coast are offered.

Historic sites

The dairy around 1900

Bouctouche has a variety of historically significant buildings and places that are featured on the Kent County's (New Brunswick) Historic Site List . These include numerous locations that are central to Acadian history: