Caraquet Bay

Caraquet Bay is situated in the northeast of the Canadian province of New Brunswick. It is bordered on the south by the town of Caraquet and the village of Bertrand, to the south by the parish of New Bandon, to the north by the village of Maisonnette and to the northwest by the Baie des Chaleurs. Caraquet Island is located between the two bays. There are a number of beaches on the bay, as well as oyster farms and the port of Caraquet.

There are two theories about the origin of the bay's name. Either Caraquet is a word in the Micmac language meaning "where two rivers meet", or it comes from a type of ship, the carrack. "Caraquet." Encyclopædia Britannica. 2007. Encyclopædia Britannica Online. August 3, 2007 .] . Governor Nicolas Denys was the first to mention Caraquet, in 1672 William Francis Ganong, "The History of Caraquet and Pokemouche", New Brunswick Museum, Saint John, 1948] .

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