Tag: Tatamagouche

Tatamagouche ( /ˌtætəməˈɡʊʃ/; 2006 pop.: 689) is a Canadian village in Colchester County, Nova Scotia.
Tatamagouche is situated on the Northumberland Strait 50 kilometers north of Truro and 50 kilometres west of Pictou. The village is located along the south side of Tatamagouche Bay at the mouths of the French and Waugh Rivers. Tatamagouche derives its name from the native Mi’kmaq term Takumegooch, roughly translated as ‘meeting of the waters.’
The first European settlers in the Tatamagouche area were the French Acadians, who settled the area in the early-18th century, and Tatamagouche became a transshipment point for goods bound for Fortress Louisbourg.
During King Georges War, New England was engaged in the Siege of Louisbourg (1745) in their efforts to defeat the French. On June 15, 1745, Captain Donahew confronted Lieut. Paul Marin de la Malgue’s allied force who was en route from Annapolis Royal to Louisbourg. The French convoy of two sloops and two schooners and many natives in…