Pointe-Canot

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Pointe-Canot

Coordinates47.83°, -64.70°

Demographic figures from Statistics Canada. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

Overview

Shippegan is a geographic parish in Gloucester County, New Brunswick, Canada. Located in the northeastern corner of the province at the end of the Acadian Peninsula, the parish consists of the three main islands of Taylor, Lamèque, and Miscou, along with several smaller islands and tidal wetlands; Taylor Island is now joined to the mainland by an isthmus, which is crossed by a causeway.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Notable people from here

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Albert Sormany

Alphonse Sormany

Canadian physician and politician

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Bernard Jean

Canadian politician

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Dominic Noël

Canadian ice hockey player

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Elphège Chiasson

Canadian businessperson

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Mathieu Duguay

Canadian musician

Aldéa Landry

Canadian politician

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Emma Haché

playwright working in Quebec

Chantal Duguay Mallet

Canadian author

Marie-Esther Robichaud

Canadian teacher, school director and administrator

C

Carole Noël

Canadian and educator and consultant

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Anna Poirier

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Luc-Antoine Chiasson

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Lex Vienneau

Canadian author

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Murielle Duguay

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Michel Robichaud

author

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in New Brunswick

• Pointe-Alexandre
  2.3 mi away
• Petite-Rivière-de-l'Ile
  3.7 mi away
• Pokesudie
  4.1 mi away
• Petit-Shippagan
  5.9 mi away
• Bas-Caraquet
  6.7 mi away
• Havre de Miscou
  7.1 mi away
• Caraquet
  12.1 mi away · pop. 4,248
• Inkerman
  13 mi away
• Pokemouche
  14.2 mi away
• Dugas
  19.4 mi away
• Grande-Anse
  22.4 mi away
• Saint-Léolin
  22.6 mi away

Browse all places in New Brunswick →

Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Recently spotted species

Greater Yellowlegs

Tringa melanoleuca

Seen 2026-09-24

Killdeer

Charadrius vociferus

Seen 2026-09-24

Yellow-rumped Warbler

Setophaga coronata

Seen 2026-09-24

Great Blue Heron

Ardea herodias

Seen 2026-09-24

American Black Duck

Anas rubripes

Seen 2026-09-24

Mallard

Anas platyrhynchos

Seen 2026-09-24

American Pipit

Anthus rubescens

Seen 2026-09-23

American Herring Gull

Larus smithsonianus

Seen 2026-09-20

Great Black-backed Gull

Larus marinus

Seen 2026-09-20

Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).