Evergreen, New Brunswick

Evergreen Peedamkee'jos
Unincorporated community
Meto'mqwijuig Mountain (2012).jpg Meto'mqwijuig Mountain
Location of Evergreen, New Brunswick
Coordinates: 47°53′00″N66°54′00″W / 47.883333°N 66.9°W / 47.883333; -66.9
Country	Canada
Province	New Brunswick
County	Restigouche
Parish	Eldon
Electoral Districts Federal	Madawaska—Restigouche
Provincial	Restigouche West
Government
• Type	Local service district
Time zone	UTC-4 (AST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-3 (ADT)
Postal code(s)	E3N 0A3-0A4 4V1-4V2 5A7-5A8 6G5-6G9
Area code	506
Access Routes	Route 17

Evergreen, formerly known as Squaw Cap, ^[1] is an unincorporated community in Restigouche County, New Brunswick, Canada. ^[2]

History

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

William Francis Ganong identified the Mi'kmaq name for Evergreen as Peedamkee'jos. ^[3]

The community was renamed Evergreen in January 2024, as the previous name of Squaw Cap was deemed inappropriate, due to its association with the pejorative indigenous-related term "squaw". The nearby mountain of the same name was returned to its traditional Mi'kmaq name of Meto'mqwijuig Mountain. ^[1]

Notable people

Main article: List of people from Restigouche County, New Brunswick

See also

• List of communities in New Brunswick

References

1. McNally, Trevor (23 November 2023). "Racial Slur Dropped from N.B. community's name" . The Tribune. p. A1. Retrieved 25 November 2023.
2. New Brunswick Provincial Archives - Squaw Cap
3. "N.B. stuck with racial slur in 7 place names pending procedural review". CBC News. November 9, 2021.