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1047 ST PETERS AV |
New Brunswick Tourism Region : Acadian Coast
Description From Owner:
- The name is Micmac in origin and is from Toodoogoosk or Odoodooguech, for which meanings arc unknown.
- On a 1685 map the name is shown as R. toutegouch and in 1831 as Tattigouche and a year later as Tootoogoose or Fairy River. By 1896 it had become the Téte Gauche R.
- The village was laid out in 1841 as Kinsale and in 1885 the post office opened as Téte-iGouche River North Side. In 1901 the Geographic Board of Canada confirmed the name as Tetagouche.
- With permission from 'New Brunswick Place Names' David E. Scott 2009
Address of this page: http://nb.ruralroutes.com/NorthTetagouche