Cocagne, New Brunswick

Cocagne (English: /koʊˈkæn/)[5] is a Canadian rural community in Kent County, New Brunswick.

Cocagne
Cocagne
Location of Cocagne in New Brunswick
Coordinates: 46°20′26″N 64°37′12″W
CountryCanada
ProvinceNew Brunswick
CountyKent County
Settled1767
Government
 • MPDominic LeBlanc (L)
 • Provincial RepresentativeBenoît Bourque (L)
Area
 • Land66.43 km2 (25.65 sq mi)
Lowest elevation
0 m (0 ft)
Population
 (2016)[1]
 • Total2,649
 • Density66.78/km2 (173.0/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC-4 (Atlantic (AST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-3 (ADT)
Cocagne Range Front Lighthouse
Constructed1907 
Foundationconcrete base
Constructionwooden tower
Height7 m (23 ft) 
Shapesquare truncated tower with balcony and lantern[2]
Markingswhite tower, red lantern
Power sourcesolar power 
Operatorprivate[3][4]
Focal height8 m (26 ft) 
Range13 nmi (24 km; 15 mi) 
CharacteristicF Y 

History
See also: History of New Brunswick and List of historic places in Kent County, New Brunswick

It was named after Cockaigne, a mythical paradise in medieval French literature.[6] It is located at the mouth of the Cocagne River on the Northumberland Strait.

William Francis Ganong identified the Mi'kmaq name as Wijulmacadie, referring to a plant found along the river. In 1866 Cocagne was a farming community with about 65 families: in 1871 the community and surrounding district had a population of 900: in 1898 Cocagne was a sub-port of entry with a population of 250. A post office branch has been located here since 1837.[7]

Geography

The community is located around the mouth of the Cocagne River in Cocagne Bay at the crossroads of Route 535 and Route 134. Cocagne is also located on the northern terminus of Route 530

Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Cocagne had a population of 2,757 living in 1,214 of its 1,430 total private dwellings, a change of 4.1% from its 2016 population of 2,649. With a land area of 69.23 km2 (26.73 sq mi), it had a population density of 39.8/km2 (103.1/sq mi) in 2021.[8]

Education

Notable people
Main article: List of people from Kent County, New Brunswick

See also

References
  1. "Census Profile, 2016 Census Cocagne, Rural community [Census subdivision], New Brunswick and Kent, County [Census division], New Brun" (XLSX). Statistics Canada. 2016. Retrieved May 30, 2018.
  2. List of Lights, Pub. 110: Greenland, The East Coasts of North and South America (Excluding Continental U.S.A. Except the East Coast of Florida) and the West Indies (PDF). List of Lights. United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency. 2015.
  3. Rowlett, Russ. "Lighthouses of Canada: Northern New Brunswick". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Retrieved 2017-03-20.
  4. Cogane Range Front, NB Lighthouse Friends. Retrieved 20 March 2017
  5. The Canadian Press (2017), The Canadian Press Stylebook (18th ed.), Toronto: The Canadian Press
  6. Casselman, Bill. "Cocagne, New Brunswick: Origin of a Canadian Place Name". Bill Casselman's Canadian Word of the Day. Archived from the original on 2012-05-11. Retrieved 21 May 2012.
  7. "Cocagne". Where is Home? New Brunswick Communities Past and Present. Provincial Archives of New Brunswick. Retrieved 21 May 2012.
  8. "Population and dwelling counts: Canada, provinces and territories, census divisions and census subdivisions (municipalities), New Brunswick". Statistics Canada. February 9, 2022. Retrieved February 21, 2022.

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