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Located on the Kouchiboguac River, 9.76 km NW of Saint-Louis-de-Kent: Carleton Parish, Kent County: William Francis Ganong identified the Mi'kmaq name for Kouchibouguac River as Peecheebooquak: the Acadians called this river Pegibougoi or Kagibougouette: PO from 1838: in 1866 Kouchibouguac was a farming, fishing and lumbering settlement with approximately 80 resident families: in 1871 it had a population of 600: in 1898 Kouchibouguac had 1 post office, 3 stores, 1 hotel, 2 saw and shingle mills, 2 churches and a population of 675: the area was expropriated for the 1969 creation of the Kouchibouguac National Park.

Latitude : 46° 48'

Longitude : 65° 3'

County : Kent

Parish : Carleton

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Other communities within the vicinity of    

CommunityDistance (Kilometers)Bearing
Canisto Road 3.71 180° S
Saint-Théodule 3.71 180° S
Village LeBlanc 3.71 180° S
Potters Mills 4.49 146° SE
* Distances and bearings were calculated by using the latitude and longitude of the community.


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