Did you know that “Memramcook” is a Mi’kmaq name that means “Crooked River”?
Dating back to a few hundred years before the 1700, the Parish of Memramcook’s first settlers were aboriginal peoples from the Mi’kmaq Tribe who made their home along the river.
Many controversies marked the final spelling choice of the parish’s name for example: Memramcouke.
It was written as “Memeramcouque”, and then it was “Mamramkook”.
Finally, after many years, they universally adopted the spelling as “Memramcook”.