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Located 3.16 km NW of Saint-François-de-Kent: Wellington Parish, Kent County: William Francis Ganong identified the Mi'kmaq name for Bouctouche as Chebooktoosk or "little great harbour": PO from 1829: in 1871 "Buctouche" had a population of 500: in 1898 it was a sub-port of entry and the terminus of the Moncton and Buctouche Railway: Bouctouche also had 1 post office, 12 stores, 4 hotels, 1 butter factory, 1 grist mill, 1 sawmill, 2 carding mills, 1 boot and shoe factory, 1 tannery, 3 smelt packing plants, a quarry, oyster beds, 4 churches and a population of 800: Bouctouche was incorporated as a village in 1966 and as a town in 1985: Bouctouche is the birthplace of author Antonine Maillet.

Latitude : 46° 28'

Longitude : 64° 43'

County : Kent

Parish : Wellington

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Other communities within the vicinity of    

CommunityDistance (Kilometers)Bearing
Buctouche-Sud 1.28 90° E
Girouardville 2.25 325° NW
Saint-Jean-Baptiste 2.25 35° NE
Boisjoli 2.55 270° W
Little Buctouche River 3.16 126° SE
Saint-François-de-Kent 3.16 126° SE
Saint-Joseph-de-Kent 3.16 234° SW
Dixon's Point 3.16 126° SE
Collette-Village 3.71 0° N
Buctouche-Baie 3.83 90° E
Bouctouche First Nation 4.26 244° WSW
* Distances and bearings were calculated by using the latitude and longitude of the community.


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