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Shediac
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Also known as Shédiac

Key facts

Settlement.official_name
Shediac
Settlement.nickname
Lobster Capital of the World
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"In Unum Ad Summum"(Latin)"Together Toward The Heights
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Shediac, New Brunswick.jpg
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Downtown
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Shediac nb coat of arms.jpg
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New Brunswick
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Town
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Country
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Canada
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Province
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New Brunswick
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County
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Westmorland County
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Parish
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Shédiac Parish
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Town Council

via Wikipedia infobox

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Encyclopedic overview

13 sections
Contents
  • Etymology
  • Geography
  • History
  • Shediac Bay Yacht Club
  • Employment
  • Demography
  • Notable people
  • Sister city
  • See also
  • References
  • Bibliography
  • Bordering communities
  • External links

Shediac (official name in both French and English; Shédiac is colloquial French) is a town in Westmorland County, New Brunswick known as the "Lobster Capital of the World". It hosts an annual festival every July which promotes its ties to lobster fishing. At the western entrance to the town is a 90-ton sculpture called ''The World's Largest Lobster''. It is believed that chiac, a well-known Acadian French patois, was named after Shediac.

Since its founding it has expanded several times, most recently in 2023, when it annexed all or part of four local service districts. Revised census figures have not been released.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Shediac” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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