The name "Miramichi" was first applied to a region in the northeast of New Brunswick, Canada, and has since been applied to other places in Canada and the United States. Although other interpretations have been suggested, it is believed that "Miramichi" was derived from the Montagnais words "Maissimeu Assi" (meaning Mi'kmaq Land), and was perhaps introduced for use in European languages by Jacques Cartier in 1535.Rayburn, A. (1975) Geographical Names of New Brunswick. Toponymy Study 2. Surveys and Mapping Branch, Energy Mines and Resources Canada, Ottawa
Miramichi is used in the names of many places, including:
Settlements
Canada Source:
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 Source: Miramichi, a community in Middletown, Connecticut Miramichi, an historic post office in Hamilton County, Nebraska
Geographic features
Canada Source:Querying Geographical Names of Canada,
New Brunswick
Miramichi River Southwest Miramichi River Northwest Miramichi River Little Southwest 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 Source:U.S. Board on Geographic Names, https://geonames.usgs.gov/ 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
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