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″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

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

History

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

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.