- source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
- source: Family History Library Catalog
((including Comeau Settlement and Lower Neguac)
Neguac (2011 population: 1,678) is a Canadian village in Northumberland County, New Brunswick.
Situated on the north shore of Miramichi Bay at the southern end of the Acadian Peninsula, the village is located 44 kilometres northeast of Miramichi. Approximately 92 percent of its residents are francophone.
Incorporated in 1967, the village's population meets the requirements for "town" status under the Municipalities Act of the Province of New Brunswick, however the community has not changed its municipal status.
Neguac calls itself the "Savoie Capital of Canada", as most Acadians with that surname trace their ancestry to the Neguac area. The first settlers in the village, Jean Savoie and his family, arrived in the area in 1757, two years after the Expulsion of the Acadians. In 2007, the community celebrated its 250th anniversary and 40th anniversary of incorporation.
The local economy is based on fishing and forestry, of which oyster farming and lobster fishing are the main industry. Seasonally, from August to mid-September blueberries are harvested. The community has two wharves situated in its municipal limits. It also has a large fish plant that processes lobster and herring. Neguac is considered the Oyster Hub of Atlantic Canada. Its oysters are distributed throughout the world.
Located on Miramichi Bay, 10.55 km SSW of Tabusintac, on the road to Lower Neguac: Alnwick Parish, Northumberland County: PO Niguac 1857-1878: PO Neguac 1878-1897: in 1898 Neguac had 1 post office, 2 stores, 1 hotel, 2 shingle and sawmills, 1 church and a population of 400: included Lower Neguac: PO Lower Neguac from 1901: in 1866 Lower Neguac was a farming, fishing and lumbering community with about 32 families, including 9 Savoy families: in 1871 it had a population of 150: in 1904 Lower Neguac had 1 post office, 2 stores, 1 hotel, 1 sawmill, 1 shingle mill, 1 church and a population of 150: also included Upper Neguac: PO 1897-1901: in 1866 Upper Neguac was a settlement with 36 families, including 10 Robicheau and 7 Savoy families: in 1871 it had a population of 200: in 1898 Upper Neguac had 1 post office, 2 stores, 1 hotel, 1 sawmill, 1 shingle mill, 1 church and a population of 150: Neguac was incorporated as a village in 1967.(Source:Place Names of New Brunswick)
Research Tips
- New Brunswick Provincial Archives. This is the introductory page. The tabs will lead you to more precise material.
- The FamilySearch wiki. This lists the availability of vital statistics indexes for New Brunswick.
- New Brunswick GenWeb. A round-up of a lot of genealogical information at the province, county and parish level. Lists of cemeteries and monumental inscriptions can be found here.
- The Provincial Archives website titled The Placenames of New Brunswick has maps of all of its parishes and descriptions of some communities within them. This site contains "cadastral" maps for each parish illustrating the grantee’s name for land granted by the province. These maps are cumulative, showing all grants regardless of date.
- Microfilm images of all Canadian censuses 1851-1911 are online at Library and Archives Canada, as well as at FamilySearch and Ancestry. The 1921 census appears to be available only at Ancestry.
- The CanGenealogy page for New Brunswick. An overview of available online sources with links written by Dave Obee.
- More possibilities can be found by googling "New Brunswick province family history" and investigating the results.
- The word "rencensement", found in Sources, is French for "census".
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