Escuminac, New Brunswick
Template:For Template:Use Canadian English Template:Location map Escuminac (2011 population: 212)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> is a rural community in Northumberland County, New Brunswick, Canada. The local service district of Escuminac<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> took its name from the community.
Located on the south shore of Miramichi Bay, the community is several kilometres west of Point Escuminac, the southeastern limit of the bay. Canada's largest inshore fishing vessel harbour is home to the local fishing fleet. Industries include two fish processing & freezing plants<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> and a boat building facility. One of Canada's important herring spawning grounds is located beside Point Escuminac.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
According to Joseph-Étienne Guinard, a missionary and Cree language specialist with some experience with the Mi'kmaq, the word means "here are small fruits".<ref name="toponymie">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> This perfectly describes the area as berries proliferate en masse in this low-lying flat area, and the first colonist were amazed at the amount of Ericaceae.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref><ref>Template:Cite book</ref><ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
Peat bogs and rare peat cliffs are situated in the vicinity of Point Escuminac, approximately 5 kilometers east of the village.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
History
Escuminac was originally an Irish and English settlement of six families, but outward emigration and the prevalence of French speakers in the immediate area has changed its composition somewhat.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> A small two-room English school was closed in 1979.
Escuminac and surrounding fishing villages, especially Baie Ste. Anne, Hardwicke and Bay du Vin were the site of a tragedy on June 19 and June 20, 1959, when a sudden storm caused a loss of 35 fishermen of the area. It is called the Escuminac Disaster. A monument by Claude Rousselle commemorating the tragedy sits at the head of the harbour.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref><ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
Demographics
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Escuminac had a population of 152 living in 76 of its 95 total private dwellings, a change of Template:Percentage from its 2016 population of 166. With a land area of Template:Cvt, it had a population density of Template:Pop density in 2021.<ref name=2021census>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
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