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| Shediac Town Hall / Hôtel de Ville | |||
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| Nickname(s): Lobster Capital of the World | |||
| Motto: "In Unum Ad Summum" (Latin) "Together Toward The Heights |
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Shediac
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| Country | Canada | ||
| Province | New Brunswick | ||
| County | Westmorland County | ||
| Parish | Shédiac | ||
| Founded | 18th century | ||
| Incorporated | 1903 | ||
| Government | |||
| • Type | Town Council | ||
| • Mayor | Raymond Cormier | ||
| • Governing Body | Shediac Town Council | ||
| Area | |||
| • Total | 11.97 km2 (4.6 sq mi) | ||
| • Parish | 238.47 km2 (92.1 sq mi) | ||
| Elevation | Sea Level to 33 m (0 to 108.3 ft) | ||
| Population (2006) From Statistics Canada |
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| • Total | 5,497 | ||
| • Density | 459.1/km2 (1,189.1/sq mi) | ||
| • Parish | 4,801 | ||
| • Parish Density | 20.1/km2 (52.1/sq mi) | ||
| Time zone | Atlantic (AST) (UTC-4) | ||
| • Summer (DST) | ADT (UTC-3) | ||
| Canadian Postal code | E4P | ||
| Area code(s) | 506 | ||
| Telephone Exchange | 312 351 530 531 532 533 | ||
| NTS Map | 021I02 | ||
| GNBC Code | DACUC | ||
| Website | http://www.shediac.org | ||
Shediac (2006 population: 5,497) is a Canadian town in Westmorland County, New Brunswick.
Situated on Shediac Bay, a sub-basin of the Northumberland Strait, the town calls itself the "Lobster Capital of the World" and hosts an annual festival every July which promotes its ties to lobster fishing; the largest lobster sculpture in the world is situated at the western entrance to the town.
Hundreds of years ago, the Mi'kmaq encampment of "Es-ed-ei-ik" was one of the major camps in southeast New Brunswick. The Mi'kmaq word "Es-ed-ei-ik" which means "running far in" (in reference to the tide, which has a long range over the shallow, sandy beaches) eventually transformed into Gédaique. Today many Francophone residents use the spelling Shédiac; however, the town's name upon its incorporation did not feature an accented "e", and correspondingly the official geographic name for the community is Shediac.
The town is located southwest and adjacent to the community of Pointe-du-Chêne which features Parlee Beach Provincial Park as well as the Pointe-du-Chêne wharf which was once the eastern terminus of the European and North American Railway as well as a stopover for Pan-Am's trans-Atlantic "clipper" air service that featured large seaplanes.
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Acadians first arrived at Shediac in 1749 as a result of the Acadian Exodus from peninsular Nova Scotia. [1] During the French and Indian War, French officer Charles Deschamps de Boishebert made his headquarters at both Shediac and Cocagne, New Brunswick. In the autumn of 1755, Boishebert established himself on the south shore of Cocagne Bay, place known as Boishebert's Camp. The following year, Boishebert moved to Miramichi, New Brunswick, specifically to Beaubears Island.[2] After the war, Acadians returned to the region in 1767.
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