Pocologan, New Brunswick

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Pocologan
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Pocologan
Location within New Brunswick.
Coordinates: 45°07′20″N66°35′03″W / 45.12222°N 66.58417°W / 45.12222; -66.58417 Coordinates: 45°07′20″N66°35′03″W / 45.12222°N 66.58417°W / 45.12222; -66.58417
Country Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
Province Flag of New Brunswick.svg  New Brunswick
County Charlotte
Parish Pennfield / Lepreau
Electoral Districts
Federal

New Brunswick Southwest
Provincial Charlotte-The Isles
Government
  Type Local service district
Time zone UTC-4 (AST)
  Summer (DST) UTC-3 (ADT)
Postal code(s)
E5J
Area code 506

Pocologan is a rural community in Charlotte County, New Brunswick, Canada. [1] The community is named after the nearby Pocologan River. [2]

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Located on the Bay of Fundy between Saint John and St. George, the community originally included New River Beach.

Clam harvesting and processing was an early industry however it was mostly non-existent by the 1980s due to over-harvesting.

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References

  1. New Brunswick Provincial Archives - Pocologan
  2. Hamilton, William Baillie (1996-01-01). Place Names of Atlantic Canada. University of Toronto Press. p. 118. ISBN   978-0-8020-7570-3.