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Located on the Chaleur Bay near Pokeshaw River, 5.32 km WSW of
Grande-Anse, on the road to
New Bandon:
New Bandon Parish,
Gloucester County: William Francis Ganong identified the Mi'kmaq name for Pokeshaw as Pooksaak or "a long narrow stone": PO
Pockshaw 1860-1913: in 1866 it was a fishing, farming and lumbering community with about 57 resident families: in 1871 Pokeshaw and surrounding district had a population of 600: in 1898 Pokeshaw was a flag station on the Caraquet and Gulf Shore Railway and had 1 post office, 2 stores, 1 hotel, 1 sawmill, 1 grist mill and a population of 250: included
Riordon.
Latitude
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47° 47'
Longitude
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65° 15'
County
:
Gloucester
Parish
:
New Bandon
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