Tag: Bouctouche

Bouctouche ( /ˈbʌktuːʃ/) is a Canadian town in Kent County, New Brunswick and in 2011, the population was 2,423.
The town is located at the mouth of the Bouctouche River on the coast of the Northumberland Strait, approximately 40 kilometres northeast of Moncton.
Bouctouche was originally named Chebooktoosk, a Mi’kmaq word meaning Great Little Harbour. The region was next settled by brothers Francois LeBlanc and Charles LeBlanc, and brothers Isidore Bastarache and Joseph Bastarache in 1785 as an Acadian community. “La Croix commémorative aux fondateurs de Bouctouche” was unveiled August 29, 1954, to pay tribute to the founders of the town, who first arrived in 1785. It says “We remember François and Hélène (née Breau) LeBlanc; Charlitte and first wife Marie (née Breau) LeBlanc, and his second wife Madeleine (née Girouard); and Joseph and Marie (née Girouard) Bastarache”. The stones at the base of the cross indicate the origins of the settlers who came from France, Grand-Pré, Memramcook…