Lamèque
Lamèque is a former town in Gloucester County, New Brunswick, Canada. It held town status prior to 2023 and is now part of the town of Île-de-Lamèque. Of Amerindian rather than French origin, "Lamèque" comes from the Mi'kmaq Elmugwadasik, a descriptive reference to the fact that "the head of the tidal river is turned to one side".- Town with about 1,300 residents
- …lies at an elevation of around 10 metres (20 feet)
- Description: former town in Gloucester County, New Brunswick, Canada
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Pointe-Alexandre and Pointe-Canot.
Pointe-Alexandre
Village
Pointe-Alexandre is an unincorporated place in New Brunswick, Canada.
Pointe-Canot
Shippegan is a geographic parish in Gloucester County, New Brunswick, Canada.
6 km northwest of Lamèque
Pokesudie
Pokesudie is a community in the Gloucester County, New Brunswick, Canada.
9 km west of Lamèque
Lamèque
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Latitude
47.79511° or 47° 47′ 42″ north
Longitude
-64.6474° or 64° 38′ 51″ west
UN/LOCODE
CA LQE
Open location code
87VQQ9W3+22
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place = town
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Urdu—“Lamèque” goes by many names.
Localities in the Area
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