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Located near Pokemouche River, 5.7 km NNW of Six Roads, on the road to Upper Pokemouche: Inkerman Parish, Gloucester County: William Francis Ganong identified the Mi'kmaq name for Pokemouche River as Pokomooch': PO from 1845: in 1866 Pokemouche was a farming and lumbering community with 140 families, including 13 Landry families: in 1871 it had a population of 800: in 1898 Pokemouche had 1 post office, 4 stores, 1 sawmill, 1 church and a population of 800.

Latitude : 47° 40'

Longitude : 64° 53'

County : Gloucester

Parish : Inkerman

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Other communities within the vicinity of    

CommunityDistance (Kilometers)Bearing
Haut Pokemouche 1.85 0° N
South River 2.24 146° SE
Carey Road 2.24 146° SE
Lower Pockmouche 2.24 146° SE
Cowans Creek 3.11 233° SW
Inkerman 3.75 90° E
Evangeline 4.47 34° NE
The Waugh 4.47 34° NE
Waugh 4.47 34° NE
Landry 5 270° W
* Distances and bearings were calculated by using the latitude and longitude of the community.


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