Chéticamp, Nova Scotia
| Chéticamp | |
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 Chéticamp
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| Coordinates: 46°38′16.39″N 61°0′32.9″W / 46.6378861°N 61.009139°WCoordinates: 46°38′16.39″N 61°0′32.9″W / 46.6378861°N 61.009139°W | |
| Country |
 Canada
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| Province |
 Nova Scotia
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| District | Inverness County |
| Established | 1785 |
| Government | |
| • Type | Village |
| • MP | Rodger Cuzner (Cape Breton—Canso) |
| • MLA | Allan MacMaster (Inverness) |
| Area | |
| • Land | 98.67 km2 (38.10 sq mi) |
| Population (2006) | |
| • Total | 3,039 |
| • Density | 30.80/km2 (79.8/sq mi) |
| Time zone | EST (UTC-4) |
| • Summer (DST) | AST (UTC-4) |
| Postal code span | B0E |
| Area code(s) | 902 |
| Website | https://www.cheticamp.ca/ |
Chéticamp (locally [ʃatikɑ̃]) is a fishing village on the Cabot Trail on the west coast of Cape Breton Island in Nova Scotia at the western entrance to Cape Breton Highlands National Park which contains Acadian Trail. 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 northeast 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.
The name "Chéticamp" derives from the name given by the Mi'kmaq First Nations, who still live on Cape Breton Island (but not in Chéticamp). The name is Awjátúj (Francis-Smith orthography) in the Micmac language, meaning "rarely full", presumably making reference to the mouth of Chéticamp harbor that once had a large dune that grew during low tide.
The French spelling of the town's name went through several variations including Ochatisia (1660), Ochatis (1689), Chétican, Chéticamps (1725) and Chétifcamp (1803). The current spelling appeared for the first time on 3 May 1815, in the writings of the missionary Antoine Manseau. In French, the name has been pronounced successively Le Chady, Le Grand Chady, Le Chady Grand, Île de Chedegan and finally, the current version, Chatican (IPA: [ʃatikɑ̃]). Chéticamp is usually pronounced phonetically in French outside of the area.
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