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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 N 46°26', W 63°52'.
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| Municipal Government Information |
The Municipality was incorporated in 1957 and has a population of 869.
| Telephone: | (902) 436-4962 |
| Facsimile: | (902) 436-4962 |
| Address: | PO Box 70, Miscouche, PE, C0B 1T0 |
| Meetings: | Second Wednesday of the month. This information is subject to change. Please contact the municipality to confirm the meeting time and location. |
| Office Hours: | Monday, Tuesday and Thursday: 12:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.; Wednesday: 1:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. |
| Email: | communityofmiscouche@pei.aibn.com |
| Aerial Photographs |
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 |
| Community Photographs |
Our community photographs collection includes selected photos of schools, churches, parks, and other public buildings, areas and events. .
 | Canola Field Credit: 2004 Nancy Starno 500 x 375 - 34K 1024 x 768 - 99K |  | A silver frost Credit: 2005 Dwayne MacLeod 500 x 375 - 99K 1024 x 768 - 125K |
 | A silver frost Credit: 2005 Dwayne MacLeod 500 x 375 - 111K 1024 x 768 - 164K |  | A silver frost Credit: 2005 Dwayne MacLeod 375 x 500 - 106K 768 x 1024 - 400K |
| Visitors Guide Listings |
Our Visitors Guide is a complete vacation planning manual.
| The Geography of Miscouche |
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| Statistical Information |
The PEI Community Accounts has information about Miscouche. Community Accounts provides a comprensive source of community, regional, and provincial data on social, environmental and economic topics
Information courtesy of Community Accounts
Miscouche falls inside the Statistics Canada
census subdivision of Miscouche. They 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.
| History of the Name |
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 .
