Place:Chéticamp, Inverness, Nova Scotia, Canada

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NameChéticamp
Alt namesChéticampsource: Getty Vocabulary Program
TypeCommunity
Coordinates46.65°N 61.017°W
Located inInverness, Nova Scotia, Canada
source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
source: Family History Library Catalog


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Chéticamp is a fishing community on the Cabot Trail on the west coast of Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia at the western entrance to Cape Breton Highlands National Park. The downtown area overlooks a harbour that is protected from the Gulf of Saint Lawrence by Chéticamp Island. The Cheticamp River flows into the Gulf of St. Lawrence approximately 5 km. north-east of the village.Having a number of public facilities it performs a service function for the northernmost part of Inverness County. The community has almost 4,000 residents, a large majority of whom are Acadians and speak French natively. Together with its smaller neighbour, Saint-Joseph-du-Moine, Chéticamp makes up the largest Francophone enclave on Cape Breton Island. The 2006 population was 3,039 people.[1]

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