River Bourgeois, Nova Scotia

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River Bourgeois in Nova Scotia

River Bourgeois is a small community in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia, located in Richmond County on Cape Breton Island. [1] Despite the name, there is a harbour but no river. It is the hometown of former NHL player Mike McPhee.

The talented fiddler Tara Lynne Touesnard was born in River Bourgeois, and is buried there.

River Bourgeois is historically a Catholic Acadian community with a long history of fishing. [2]

References

  1. ↑ Fergusson, C. Bruce (1967). Place-Names and Places of Nova Scotia. Halifax, N.S.: Public Archives of Nova Scotia. p. 575. Retrieved 30 September 2025.
  2. ↑ "History - River Bourgeois". Riverbourgeois.ca. Retrieved 2 April 2019.

45°37′57.96″N60°55′52.34″W / 45.6327667°N 60.9312056°W / 45.6327667; -60.9312056 (River Bourgeois, Nova Scotia)


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