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The name "Miramichi" was first applied to a region in northeastern New Brunswick, Canada, and has since been applied to other places in Canada and the United States. Although other interpretations have been suggested, it is believed that "Miramichi" was derived from the Montagnais words "Maissimeu Assi" (meaning Mi'kmaq Land), and was perhaps introduced for use in European languages by Jacques Cartier in 1535.[1]
Miramichi is used in the names of many places, including:
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Geographic features
Canada[2]
- New Brunswick
- Miramichi River
- Miramichi Valley, a region frequently shortened to simply "Miramichi"
- Miramichi Highlands, a physiographic region of New Brunswick
- Miramichi Lake, a lake lying at the headwaters of the Southwest Miramichi River in York County, New Brunswick
- Miramichi Bay, an estuary of the Gulf of St. Lawrence
- Nova Scotia
- Miramichi Brook, a stream in Inverness County, Nova Scotia
- Ontario
- Miramichi Bay, a bay in Bruce County, Ontario
- Miramichi Island, an island in Muskoka District, Ontario
- Miramichi Island, an island in Parry Sound District, Ontario
- Muskrat River, Ontario (near Pembroke) - formerly known as Miramichi River
- Yukon
- Miramichi Glacier
United States[3]
- Miramichi Lake, a lake in Osceola County, Michigan
- Lake Mirimichi, a reservoir in Norfolk County, Massachusetts
Settlements
Canada[2]
- New Brunswick
- Miramichi (city), a city in northern New Brunswick
- Nelson-Miramichi, New Brunswick, a dissolved community that was merged into Miramichi in a 1995 municipal amalgamation
- New Brunswick electoral districts
- Miramichi, was a federal electoral district in New Brunswick (known as Northumberland and later as Northumberland-Miramichi)
- Miramichi-Bay du Vin, a provincial electoral district for New Brunswick
- Southwest Miramichi, a provincial electoral district for New Brunswick
- Miramichi Centre, a provincial electoral district for New Brunswick
- Miramichi Bay-Neguac, a provincial electoral district for New Brunswick
- Nova Scotia
- Miramichi, an unincorporated community in Inverness County, Nova Scotia
- Ontario
- Miramichi, a geographical area in Sudbury District, Ontario
- Pembroke, Ontario, formerly known as Miramichi, Canada West (ca. 1828-1850)
United States[3]
- Miramichi, a community in Middlesex Co., Connecticut
- Miramichi, an historic post office in Hamilton County, Nebraska
Dialects
- Miramichi, the form of English spoken in the Miramichi Valley
Vessels
- Miramichi, the first ship constructed by William Davidson (lumberman)
- HMCS Miramichi, the name of three commissioned Canadian naval units
Other
- Miramichi Bridge
- Miramichi Fire
- Miramichi Herald, one of the officers of arms at the Canadian Heraldic Authority
See also
- All pages beginning with "Miramichi"
References
- ^ Rayburn, A. (1975) Geographical Names of New Brunswick. Toponymy Study 2. Surveys and Mapping Branch, Energy Mines and Resources Canada, Ottawa
- ^ a b Querying Geographical Names of Canada, http://geonames.nrcan.gc.ca/search/search_e.php
- ^ a b U.S. Board on Geographic Names, http://geonames.usgs.gov/
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