Cocagne, New Brunswick

Cocagne
Cocagne
	Cocagne Location of Cocagne in New Brunswick
	Coordinates: 46°20′26″N 64°37′12″W / 46.34056°N 64.62000°WCoordinates: 46°20′26″N 64°37′12″W / 46.34056°N 64.62000°W
Country	Canada
Province	New Brunswick
County	Kent County
Settled	1767
Government
• MP	Dominic LeBlanc (L)
• Provincial Representative	Benoît Bourque (L)
Area
• Land	66.43 km2 (25.65 sq mi)
Lowest elevation	0 m (0 ft)
Population (2016)
• Total	2,649
• Density	66.78/km2 (173.0/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC-4 (Atlantic (AST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-3 (ADT)
Cocagne Range Front Lighthouse
Constructed	1907
Foundation	concrete base
Construction	wooden tower
Tower height	7 m (23 ft)
Tower shape	square truncated tower with balcony and lantern
Markings	white tower, red lantern
Power source	solar power
Operator	private
Focal height	8 m (26 ft)
Range	13 nmi (24 km; 15 mi)
Characteristic	F Y
NGA no.	7708
Admiralty no.	H1354
CCG no.	1116
ARLHS no.	CAN141

Cocagne (English: /koʊˈkæn/)^[5] is a Canadian rural community in Kent County, New Brunswick.

History[]

It was named after Cockaigne, a mythical paradise in medieval French literature.^[6] It is located at the mouth of the on the Northumberland Strait.

William Francis Ganong identified the Mi'kmaq name as Wijulmacadie, referring to a plant found along the river. In 1866 Cocagne was a farming community with about 65 families: in 1871 the community and surrounding district had a population of 900: in 1898 Cocagne was a sub-port of entry with a population of 250. A post office branch has been located here since 1837.^[7]

Geography[]

The community is located around the mouth of the in at the crossroads of Route 535 and Route 134. Cocagne is also located on the northern terminus of Route 530

Education[]

École Blanche-Bourgeois

Notable people[]

Auguste Théophile Léger (1852-1923) - New Brunswick politician
Alfred Edmond Bourgeois (1872-1939) - New Brunswick politician, clerk, landlord and merchant.
Allison Dysart (1880-1962) - New Brunswick politician, lawyer and judge
Louis-Prudent-Alexandre Robichaud (1890-1971) - New Brunswick political figure and jurist.
Arsène Després (b. 1940) - Ambassador - Diplomat. Honorary doctorate in political science
Michel Cormier (b. 1957) - Canadian journalist, lecturer and author.
(b. 1978) - Canadian bobsledder

References[]

^ "Census Profile, 2016 Census Cocagne, Rural community [Census subdivision], New Brunswick and Kent, County [Census division], New Brun" (XLSX). Statistics Canada. 2016. Retrieved May 30, 2018.
^ List of Lights, Pub. 110: Greenland, The East Coasts of North and South America (Excluding Continental U.S.A. Except the East Coast of Florida) and the West Indies (PDF). List of Lights. United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency. 2015.
^ Rowlett, Russ. "Lighthouses of Northern New Brunswick". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Retrieved 2017-03-20.
^ Cogane Range Front, NB Lighthouse Friends. Retrieved 20 March 2017
^ The Canadian Press (2017), The Canadian Press Stylebook (18th ed.), Toronto: The Canadian Press
^ Casselman, Bill. "Cocagne, New Brunswick: Origin of a Canadian Place Name". Bill Casselman's Canadian Word of the Day. Archived from the original on 2012-05-11. Retrieved 21 May 2012.
^ "Cocagne". Where is Home? New Brunswick Communities Past and Present. Provincial Archives of New Brunswick. Retrieved 21 May 2012.

External links[]

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[2016cp-1] "Census Profile, 2016 Census Cocagne, Rural community [Census subdivision], New Brunswick and Kent, County [Census division], New Brun" (XLSX). Statistics Canada. 2016. Retrieved May 30, 2018.

[2] List of Lights, Pub. 110: Greenland, The East Coasts of North and South America (Excluding Continental U.S.A. Except the East Coast of Florida) and the West Indies (PDF). List of Lights. United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency. 2015.

[3] Rowlett, Russ. "Lighthouses of Northern New Brunswick". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Retrieved 2017-03-20.

[4] Cogane Range Front, NB Lighthouse Friends. Retrieved 20 March 2017

[5] The Canadian Press (2017), The Canadian Press Stylebook (18th ed.), Toronto: The Canadian Press

[6] Casselman, Bill. "Cocagne, New Brunswick: Origin of a Canadian Place Name". Bill Casselman's Canadian Word of the Day. Archived from the original on 2012-05-11. Retrieved 21 May 2012.

[7] "Cocagne". Where is Home? New Brunswick Communities Past and Present. Provincial Archives of New Brunswick. Retrieved 21 May 2012.

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