Squaw Cap, New Brunswick

Unincorporated community in New Brunswick, Canada

Squaw Cap Peedamkee'jos
Unincorporated community
Squaw Cap Mountain
47°53′00″N 66°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

Squaw Cap is an unincorporated community in Restigouche County, New Brunswick, Canada.^[1]

History

William Francis Ganong identified the Mi'kmaq name for Squaw Cap as Peedamkee'jos.^[2]

The community will be renamed Evergreen in January 2024, with the nearby mountain of the same name returning to the original name of Meto'mqwijuig Mountain.^[3]

Notable people

References

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