# Miramichi

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The name "**Miramichi**" was first applied to a region in the northeast of [New Brunswick](/source/New_Brunswick), Canada, and has since been applied to other places in Canada and the United States. Although other interpretations have been suggested, it is believed that "Miramichi" was derived from the [Montagnais](/source/Innu_language) words "Maissimeu Assi" (meaning [Mi'kmaq](/source/Mi'kmaq_people) Land), and was perhaps introduced for use in [European languages](/source/European_languages) by [Jacques Cartier](/source/Jacques_Cartier) in 1535.[1]

**Miramichi** is used in the names of many places, including:

## Settlements

### Canada

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**New Brunswick**

- [Miramichi, New Brunswick](/source/Miramichi,_New_Brunswick), a city in northern New Brunswick - [Nelson-Miramichi, New Brunswick](/source/Nelson-Miramichi,_New_Brunswick), a dissolved community that was merged into Miramichi in a 1995 municipal amalgamation

**New Brunswick electoral districts**

- [Miramichi—Grand Lake](/source/Miramichi%E2%80%94Grand_Lake), the current federal electoral district
- [Miramichi](/source/Miramichi_(electoral_district)), an earlier federal electoral district in New Brunswick (known as *Northumberland* and later as *Northumberland-Miramichi*)
- [Miramichi (provincial electoral district)](/source/Miramichi_(provincial_electoral_district))
- [Miramichi-Bay du Vin](/source/Miramichi-Bay_du_Vin), a provincial electoral district for New Brunswick
- [Southwest Miramichi](/source/Southwest_Miramichi), a provincial electoral district for New Brunswick
- [Miramichi Centre](/source/Miramichi_Centre), a provincial electoral district for New Brunswick
- [Miramichi Bay-Neguac](/source/Miramichi_Bay-Neguac), a provincial electoral district for New Brunswick

**Nova Scotia**

- [Miramichi, Nova Scotia](/source/Miramichi,_Nova_Scotia), a community in Inverness County, Nova Scotia

**Ontario**

- Miramichi, a geographical area in [Sudbury District, Ontario](/source/Sudbury_District,_Ontario)
- [Pembroke, Ontario](/source/Pembroke,_Ontario), formerly known as Miramichi, Canada West (ca. 1828-1850)

### United States

Source:[3]

- Miramichi, a community in [Middletown, Connecticut](/source/Middletown,_Connecticut)
- Miramichi, an historic post office in [Hamilton County, Nebraska](/source/Hamilton_County,_Nebraska)

## Geographic features

### Canada

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**New Brunswick**

- [Miramichi River](/source/Miramichi_River) - [Southwest Miramichi River](/source/Southwest_Miramichi_River) - [Northwest Miramichi River](/source/Northwest_Miramichi_River) - [Little Southwest Miramichi River](/source/Little_Southwest_Miramichi_River)
- [Miramichi Valley](/source/Miramichi_Valley), a region frequently shortened to simply "Miramichi"
- [Miramichi Highlands](/source/Miramichi_Highlands), a physiographic region of New Brunswick
- [Miramichi Lake](/source/Miramichi_Lake), a lake lying at the headwaters of the [Southwest Miramichi River](/source/Southwest_Miramichi_River) in [York County, New Brunswick](/source/York_County,_New_Brunswick)
- [Miramichi Bay](/source/Miramichi_Bay), an estuary of the Gulf of St. Lawrence

**Nova Scotia**

- [Miramichi Brook](/source/Miramichi_Brook), a stream in [Inverness County, Nova Scotia](/source/Inverness_County,_Nova_Scotia)

**Ontario**

- Miramichi Bay, a bay in Bruce County, Ontario
- Miramichi Island, an island in Muskoka District, Ontario
- Miramichi Island, an island in Parry Sound District, Ontario
- [Muskrat River](/source/Muskrat_River_(Ontario)), Ontario (near Pembroke) - formerly known as Miramichi River

**Yukon**

- Miramichi Glacier

### United States

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- Miramichi Lake, a lake in [Osceola County, Michigan](/source/Osceola_County,_Michigan)
- Lake Mirimichi, a reservoir in [Norfolk County, Massachusetts](/source/Norfolk_County,_Massachusetts)

## Other places

- [Miramichi Bridge](/source/Miramichi_Bridge), a bridge crossing the Miramichi River at Newcastle, New Brunswick, Canada

## References

1. Rayburn, A. (1975) Geographical Names of New Brunswick. Toponymy Study 2. Surveys and Mapping Branch, Energy Mines and Resources Canada, Ottawa

1. Querying Geographical Names of Canada, ["Geographical Names of Canada - Querying by Name"](https://web.archive.org/web/20110709023359/http://geonames.nrcan.gc.ca/search/search_e.php). Archived from [the original](http://geonames.nrcan.gc.ca/search/search_e.php) on 2011-07-09. Retrieved 2011-07-09.

1. U.S. Board on Geographic Names, [https://geonames.usgs.gov/](https://geonames.usgs.gov/)

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