Located in south-eastern New Brunswick, the community is predominantly people of Acadian descent who speak the Chiac derivative of the French language.
The Collège Saint-Joseph was the first francophone university in the east of Canada, which opened its doors in 1864 and hosted/organized the first National Acadian Convention in 1881.
The village name is originally Mi'kmaq and means "variegated" referring to the many intricacies of the Memramcook River.
Beaumont was a strategic location, giving that it allowed them to control the Petitcodiac River, the most important marine transport route in the region.
Knockout, Bernard, Skéouite, Toudoi, Argémiche, Thomas and others were the common family names at the time.
In 1612, Father Biard, Charles de Biencourt and their four Native American guides returned to visit Memramcook.
Residents were also starting to construct the famous dyke system to dry out the marshes for agriculture.
There were the Blanchards, Richards, Lanoues, Dupuis, Benoîts, Landrys, LeBlancs, Aucoins, Maillets, Girouards, Forests, Daigles, Savoies, Robichaud, Bastaraches, Heberts, Deslauriers, Cyrs, Bourques and Thibodeaus.
In August 1755, English soldiers were sent to Beaubassin, Petitcodiac, Chipoudy, and Memramcook to take the Acadiens prisoners.
Then, on August 26, Lieutenant Boishébert of Miramichi and 125 soldiers and a group of Miꞌkmaq, surprised 200 Englishmen, under the command of Major Joseph Frye.
Boishébert gave the order to attack at the moment that the English were setting fire to the church of Petitcodiac.
[2] After the deportation, Memramcook Village became even more important to Acadia, as much for its population of 75 families in 1786 but also as a symbol of Acadian heritage.
Two years later, the Acadians living on the riverbank of river Memramcook received the conditions of the government.
The property ownership conflict was fully resolved in 1841 and ratified in 1842, and habitants of the Pointe could buy land at the price of $1 per acre.
The Mi'kmaqs of Memramcook organized themselves more and more towards 1830 to combat social issues and difficulties related to weather and natural causes.
In 1854, Father François-Xavier Stanislas Lawrence founded the Saint-Thomas seminary, the first francophone college of Acadia.
Acadia was taken over by the British in 1713, but the freedom afforded to the north of the Mesagoueche River, including Memramcook, was still contested.
The Dorchester parish borders Memramcook to the south, and is composed of the south-east point where you can find the hamlet of Village-des-Taylors.
In the Petitcodiac River, Steeve's, McFarlane's, Downing, Boyd, Upper, Belliveau and Boudreau creeks empty.
Le Lac (Memramcook) is situated in the south-east part of the village and is 500m long, where as Folly Lake is in the north-west and measures about 800m by 270m.
In the south of the NB province, there are rocks from the Horton group dating to Pennsylvanian and Devonian periods.
Within the village of Memramcook there are several hamlets, villages and neighbourhoods, they include: Starting on Route 925 North-East border with Dieppe following the Petitcodiac River south, the first community is Dover (aka Pre-of-Surette) where the route is known as Rue Principale as it passes the Little Dover Road.
Continues south passing Breau Creek and Anderson Mills as it ends at the south-eastern border of Dorchester.
47.3% of habitants aged 15 years or older have a certificate, diploma or post-secondary education, compared to 44.6% in the province.
By way of comparison, in the province are respectively 63.7%, 57.3% and 10.0%, meaning that the economy of Memramcook is generally healthier than the provincial average 28.
There are two branches of the Caisse populaire Dieppe-Memramcook, based in Dieppe and member of Credit Unions Acadian 31.
In terms of federal representation, Memramcook is a part of Beauséjour riding, which is represented by Dominic LeBlanc of the Liberal Party.
The following are a list of public schools in the community: The library service lies in the town hall.
Located in the same building, the Community Access Centre Memramcook has 9 computers and offers training.
The fire department was born from the merger in 2006 of services Pre d'en Haut and Memramcook.