Miramichi
The name "Miramichi" was first applied to a region in the northeast of
European languages by Jacques Cartier in 1535.[1]
Miramichi is used in the names of many places, including:
Settlements
Canada[2]
- New Brunswick
- Miramichi, New Brunswick, 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—Grand Lake, the current federal electoral district
- Miramichi, an earlier federal electoral district in New Brunswick (known as Northumberland and later as Northumberland-Miramichi)
- Miramichi (provincial electoral district)
- 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, Nova Scotia, a 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 Middletown, Connecticut
- Miramichi, an historic post office in Hamilton County, Nebraska
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
Other places
- Miramichi Bridge, a bridge crossing the Miramichi River at Newcastle, New Brunswick, Canada
See also
- Miramichi (disambiguation)
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, "Geographical Names of Canada - Querying by Name". Archived from the original on 2011-07-09. Retrieved 2011-07-09.
- ^ a b U.S. Board on Geographic Names, http://geonames.usgs.gov/