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New Brunswick Tourism Region : Acadian Coast
Description From Owner:
- The Micmac knew the place as Sigadomkuk, believed to mean 'place of bright stones and many shells.' Scottish immigrants settled in the 1820s and started lumbering and ship-building operations.
- The place was named in 1826 by Sir Howard Douglas (1776-1861) for George Ramsay, 9th Earl of Dalhousie (1770-1838), lieutenant-governor of Nova Scotia from 1816-1819 and governor-in-chief of Canada from 1819-1828.
- Ramsay was visiting here when the place was named. The town was incorporated in 1905. Home of Mary Louise Landry.
- Inch Arran (Bon Ami) lighthouse, established in 1879, is an active salt-shaker wooden tower with a unique birdcage-style lantern on Route 134 at Bon Ami Point near Inch Arran Park.
- Adjacent Inch Arran Point, the most northerly point in New Brunswick, was named by John Hamilton from Arran, Scotland. Inch is a Scottish designation for a small piece of land.
- Restigouche Regional Museum is at 115 George St.
- Mini-bio: Mary Louise Landry THE 'MEDICINE WOMAN'
- People came from near and far for the ministrations of Dalhousie' s 'Medicine woman' 'When they were sick. A grateful British sea captain who recovered under her care sent her a set of gold doctor's instruments.
- Mary Louise married Louis Arseneault in 1823 and started the tradition of the 'Arseneault Light.' Mary's husband and sons were fishermen so she began keeping a candle in her window to guide them home.
- That light evolved over the years into the present day lighthouse and was kept by the Arseneault family until 1935.
- With permission from 'New Brunswick Place Names' David E. Scott 2009
Address of this page: http://nb.ruralroutes.com/Dalhousie