Memramcook

Memramcook is a farming village in southeastern New Brunswick.

Long inhabited by the Mi’kmaq, the first Acadians arrived in 1700. Several Acadians were deported around 1755 but the village survived.

Collège Saint-Joseph, the first French-speaking university in the eastern part of the country, opened in the village in 1864.

The first Acadian National Convention was held in Memramcook in 1881.

Memramcook est un village agricole au sud-est du Nouveau-Brunswick.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Memramcook,_New_Brunswick

Habité longtemps par les Micmacs, les premiers Acadiens sont arrivés en 1700. Plusieurs acadient furent déportés vers les 1755 mais le village survécut.

Le Collège Saint-Joseph, première université francophone de l’est du pays, ouvrit ses portes dans le village en 1864.

C’est à Memramcook, en 1881, qu’a eu lieu la première Convention nationale acadienne.

https://www.memramcook.com/fr/
https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Memramcook

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