Escuminac, New Brunswick

Escuminac (2011 population: 212)[1] is a rural community in Northumberland County, New Brunswick, Canada.

Industries include two fish processing & freezing plants[3] and a boat building facility.

One of Canada's important herring spawning grounds is located beside Point Escuminac.

[4] According to Joseph-Étienne Guinard, a missionary and Cree language specialist with some experience with the Mi'kmaq, the word means "here are small fruits".

[9] Escuminac was originally an Irish and English settlement of six families, but outward emigration and the prevalence of French speakers in the immediate area has changed its composition somewhat.