Caraquet
Sign in to saveCaraquet ( ) is a town in Gloucester County, New Brunswick, Canada.
Key facts
- Settlement.official_name
- Caraquet
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Town
- Settlement.motto
- Cultural Capital of Acadia
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Vue aérienne Caraquet.jpg
- Settlement.imagesize
- 250px
- Settlement.image_caption
- Aerial view of Caraquet.
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- Caraquet_NB_seal.jpg
- Settlement.image_shield
- Blason ville ca Caraquet (Nouveau-Brunswick).svg
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- New Brunswick
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- Caraquet
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- Location within New Brunswick.
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- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- Canada
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- Province
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- New Brunswick
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- County
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Gloucester County
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- Parish
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Country
- Canada
- Located in
- Gloucester County
- Area
- 68.26
- Shares border with
- Maisonnette
- Official website
- www.caraquet.ca
- Image
- Vue aérienne Caraquet.jpg
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- Commons category
- Caraquet
- inception
- 1903-00-00
- twinned administrative body
- Marennes
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Encyclopedic overview
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Caraquet ( ) is a town in Gloucester County, New Brunswick, Canada.
Situated on the shore of Chaleur Bay in the Acadian Peninsula, its name is derived from the Mi'kmaq term for meeting of two rivers. The Caraquet River and Rivière du Nord flow into the Caraquet Bay west of the town.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Caraquet” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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