Lamèque () is a former town in Gloucester County, New Brunswick, Canada. It held town status prior to 2023 and is now part of the town of Île-de-Lamèque.
Of Amerindian rather than French origin, "Lamèque" comes from the Mi'kmaq Elmugwadasik, a descriptive reference to the fact that "the head of the tidal river is turned to one side". The name of the island approved by the Canadian Permanent Committee on Geographical Names in 1974, the result of a local petition replaced the earlier Shippegan.
History
A Francophone community, it is situated on Lamèque Island, off the northeastern tip of the Acadian Peninsula. Lamèque has hosted an annual baroque music festival every summer since 1975.Frommers. Acadian Peninsula
On 1 January 2023, Lamèque amalgamated with the village of Sainte-Marie-Saint-Raphaël and annexed the local service districts making up the remainder of Lamèque Island to form the new town of Île-de-Lamèque. Lamèque's name remains in official use as a community.
Demographics In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Lamèque had a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of . With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2021.
Language Canada Census Mother Tongue - Lamèque, New Brunswick Census Total Year Responses Count Trend Pop % Count Trend Pop % Count Trend Pop % Count Trend Pop % 1,360 2.3% 99.27% 10 n/a% 0.73% 0 0.0% 0.00% 0 0.0% 0.00% 1,330 10.1% 100.00% 0 100.0% 0.00% 0 0.0% 0.00% 0 0.0% 0.00% 1,480 5.1% 99.00% 15 50.0% 1.00% 0 0.0% 0.00% 0 0.0% 0.00% 1,560 n/a 98.11% 30 n/a 1.89% 0 n/a 0.00% 0 n/a 0.00%
Economy Lamèque's economy is tied to the fishing and peat industries.
Attractions The Lamèque Eco-Parc offers numerous flora and fauna features representative of the Acadian Peninsula.
Notable people
See also List of communities in New Brunswick
References
External links Ville de Lameque