Tatamagouche
Key facts
- Settlement.official_name
- Tatamagouche
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Village
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Nova Scotia
- Settlement.pushpin_label_position
- right
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- Location of Tatamagouche in Nova Scotia
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- 275
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Province
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- County
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Colchester
- Settlement.seat_type
- Electoral Districts Federal
- Settlement.seat
- Cumberland—Colchester—Musquodoboit Valley
Article
14 sectionsContents
- Early history
- Battle at Tatamagouche
- Expulsion of the Acadians
- Protestant settlement
- Demographics
- Climate
- Ship building and lumbering
- The Campbell Brothers
- Railroad
- Landmarks and attractions
- Events
- References
- Works cited
- External links
Tatamagouche (; ) is a village in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia, located in Colchester County.
Tatamagouche is situated on the Northumberland Strait 50 kilometres 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 Takǔmegoochk, translated as "Meeting of the waters".