Saint-Pons
Dispersed Rural Community

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Tracadie-Sheila, NB (Nearby: Tracadie, Riviere-du-Portage, Saint-Isidore, Saint Isidore, Brantville)

4238 PRINCIPALE ST
Tracadie-Sheila, New Brunswick
E1X 1B0


New Brunswick Tourism Region : Acadian Coast

Description From Owner:
  • A number of theories exist to explain the origin of this place name.
  • The most likely attributes it to Antoinette de Pons, Marquise de Guerchville, the wife of Charles du Plessis, Duc de Liancourt, governor of Paris in the early 17th century.
  • She was a deeply religious woman who was responsible for raising funds to send missionaries to Acadia.
  • The place may also have been named for Flavien de Saint-Pons, Abbé de Carignan, chaplain of the Carignan Regiment who came to New France in 1665.
  • Other contenders for the name source are Abbé St-Poncy, who was at Port-Royal in 1725, or Pierre du Gua de Monts (1558-1628) who was made Governor of Pons in Saintonge for his support of Henry IV.
  • With permission from 'New Brunswick Place Names' David E. Scott 2009


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