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Located on the Gulf of St. Lawrence, 12.43 km NE of
Inkerman, on the road to
Savoy Landing:
Shippegan Parish,
Gloucester County: William Francis Ganong identified the Mi'kmaq name for Shippagan as Sepaguncheech or "a duck road": the acadians used the name
Chipâgan: PO from 1841: in 1866 Shippagan was a fishing and farming community with approximately 56 resident families: in 1871 it had a population of 500: in 1898 Shippagan was a seaport and sub-port of entry, a station on the Caraquet and Gulf Shore Railway and a community with 1 post office, 4 stores, 2 hotels, 1 sawmill, 1 grist mill, 2 churches and a population of about 1,200: Shippagan was incorporated as a village in 1947 and as a town in 1958.
Latitude
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47° 44'
Longitude
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64° 42'
County
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Gloucester
Parish
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Shippegan
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