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Located on Shippegan Island, 1.25 km W of
Haut-Lamèque
:
Shippegan Parish
,
Gloucester County
: settled in 1770 and first called Grande Amacque: in 1866 Grande Amacque was a fishing and farming settlement with approximately 20 families: PO
Lamèque
1867-1872 and from 1888: in 1871 it had a population of 250: in 1904 Lamèque was a fishing and farming community with 1 post office, 2 stores, a large fishing business, 1 church and a population of 375: Lamèque was incorporated as a village in 1966 and became a town in 1982.
Latitude
:
47° 47'
Longitude
:
64° 38'
County
:
Gloucester
Parish
:
Shippegan
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Other communities within the vicinity of
Kilometers
Miles
Community
Distance (Kilometers)
Bearing
Haut-Lamèque
1.25
90° E
Pointe-Alexandre
3.11
307° NW
Alexander's Point
3.11
307° NW
Sainte-Marie-Saint-Raphael
4.98
90° E
Sainte-Marie-sur-Mer
4.98
90° E
* Distances and bearings were calculated by using the latitude and longitude of the community.
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