Miramichi Bay, New Brunswick
Miramichi Bay
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Location of Miramichi Bay in New BrunswickMiramichi Bay is a settlement in Northumberland County, New Brunswick.
Miramichi Bay and River Origin unknown; possibly from the Montagnais Maissimeau Assi, "the land of the Micmacs". Ganong suggests that it may well be a "greatly altered European form", since the word Micmac itself is of possible French origin. Miramichy applied to the river by Nicolas Denys in 1672.[1]
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- ^ Hamilton, William (1978). The Macmillan Book of Canadian Place Names. Toronto: Macmillan. pp. 80–81. ISBN 0-7715-9754-1.
47°09′36″N 65°11′53″W / 47.160°N 65.198°W / 47.160; -65.198
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