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Located 3.91 km NNE of
Sheila:
Saumarez Parish,
Gloucester County: William Francis Ganong identified the Mi'kmaq name for Tracadie as
Tulakadik or "camping ground": settled in 1785 by the Acadians and later by the Scottish: PO
Tracady 1845-1851: PO
Tracadie from 1851: in 1866 Tracadie was a farming, lumbering and fishing community with approximately 120 resident families: in 1871 Tracadie had a population of 1,200: in 1898 it was a station on the Caraquet and Gulf Shore Railway and had 1 post office, 5 stores, 2 hotels, 1 grist mill, 2 sawmills, 2 churches and a population of about 1,400: included
Brideau Settlement,
Dignard, and
Basque: Tracadie was incorporated as a town in 1966, and in 1992 it joined with Sheila to form Tracadie-Sheila.
Latitude
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47° 31'
Longitude
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64° 54'
County
:
Gloucester
Parish
:
Saumarez
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