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Miscouche, a village, is located in Prince County in the western portion of Prince Edward Island, NW. of Summerside. Its precise location is 46'26"N, 63'52"W.

This page is a comprehensive index of all of the information on our website related to Miscouche. You can also search for information on other communities.

The Municipality was incorporated in 1957 and has a population of 769.

Aerial photography courtesy of AirScapes. All aerial photographs are available for sale, as prints or slides; please contact AirScapes for details. You can also see a complete list of aerial photographs of the Island.

Miscouche Peat Ltd. 701 x 499 - 61K 500 x 355 - 65K

Our community photographs collection includes selected photos of schools, churches, parks, and other public buildings, areas and events. We are constantly adding to our collection, and welcome your suggestions.

	Cemetery Credit: (C) 1999 Province of PEI 500 x 328 - 40K 640 x 420 - 57K 800 x 525 - 86K 1024 x 672 - 136K 1911 x 1254 - 411K		Confederation Trail Credit: (C) 1999 Province of PEI 500 x 333 - 23K 640 x 427 - 35K 800 x 534 - 53K 1024 x 683 - 85K 1900 x 1267 - 206K
	Community Park Credit: (C) 1999 Province of PEI 500 x 333 - 33K 640 x 427 - 51K 800 x 534 - 76K 1024 x 683 - 117K 1900 x 1267 - 272K		Acadian Museum Credit: (C) 1999 Province of PEI 500 x 333 - 31K 640 x 427 - 47K 800 x 534 - 69K 1024 x 683 - 106K 1900 x 1267 - 244K

MORE COMMUNITY PHOTOGRAPHS... there are 11 community photographs of Miscouche in our Photo Gallery. You can send us your own photos for inclusion here.

Our Business Directory, a comprehensive database of Prince Edward Island businesses and organizations, lists 51 businesses in Miscouche.

InfoPEI is a useful compendium of facts, addresses, pointers to businesses, governments and organizations and other reference information. To see InfoPEI information on Miscouche, select a category and click GO.

Our Visitors Guide is a complete vacation planning manual. To see information on facilities in Miscouche, select a category and click GO.

Maps

You can use our interactive maps to display maps of Miscouche and area. Click on any of the links below:

The following residential and commercial real estate and vacant land is currently listed in the Prince Edward Island MLS system, operated independently by the PEI Real Estate Association. Select any property and click More Information to see the listing from the MLS website, provided by the realtor. For more real estate information, see our interactive real estate map for Miscouche.

Please note that while the Government of Prince Edward Island and the PEI Real Estate Association have used their best efforts to ensure the accuracy and reliability of this information, it is provided as a general reference only. The Government of Prince Edward Island and the PEI Real Estate Association assume no responsibility for the accuracy or reliability of the information generated.

Miscouche falls inside the Statistics Canada census subdivision of Miscouche. We have detailed statistical information available for the Miscouche census subdivision for the following categories: Education, Ethnicity, Family, Income, Labour Force, Population, and Shelter.

Information courtesy Statistics Canada.

The official history of the geographic name Miscouche (which can be somewhat technical, we admit):

Miscouche (Sett., P.O.) was adopted in Place Names of PEI, 1925.Miscouche (Set t.) was confirmed 2 August 1944 on 11L/5.Miscouche (Vill.) was incorporated in 1957.Status changed to Hamlet in 1960 Gazetteer.Miscouche was incorporated as the Community of Miscouche in 1983 by the Municipalities Act. (1) Miscouche is a corruption of the Micmac name - Munuskooch - meaning "little grassy island". - PN of PEI, 1925.(2) Guinard in Les Noms indien de mons pays (p. 100) says Miscouche comes from the Micmac - "menisgotjg" - mean ing " petit marais".

Information courtesy Geomatics Canada.