Miminegash, Prince Edward Island

Location of Miminegash in Prince Edward Island

Miminegash is a small fishing settlement located 8 miles (13 km) NW of Alberton and 11 miles (18 km) SW of Tignish, in the Canadian province of Prince Edward Island. It is part of a small area known as either the St. Louis, Palmer Road, or Miminegash area. This area, if not viewed as a single settlement on its own, is often associated with Tignish due to the shared Acadian roots between these areas.

Community

Miminegash is within 4 to 5 miles (8.0 km) of the following communities, known collectively as the St. Louis–Miminegash area. The area is a major source and processing center for Irish Moss harvested locally from the sea. Once processed into carageenan, it is used as an emulsifier or a source of gloss for things such as ice cream, chocolate milk or lipstick.

St. Louis
Palmer Road
Pleasant View
Roseville
St. Lawrence

Waterford
Skinner's Pond
Palmer Road north
DeBlois
St. Edward

External links

Government of PEI profile

Subdivisions of Prince Edward Island

Subdivisions	Counties Parishes Townships Municipalities Population centres

Cities	Charlottetown Summerside

Towns	Alberton Borden-Carleton Cornwall Georgetown Kensington Montague North Rustico O'Leary Souris Stratford

Incorporated communities	Abrams Village Afton Alexandra Annandale-Little Pond-Howe Bay Bedeque and Area Belfast Bonshaw Brackley Breadalbane Brudenell Cardigan Central Kings Clyde River Crapaud Darlington Eastern Kings Ellerslie-Bideford Grand Tracadie Greenmount-Montrose Hampshire Hazelbrook Hunter River Kingston Kinkora Lady Slipper Linkletter Lorne Valley Lot 11 and Area Lower Montague Malpeque Bay Meadowbank Miltonvale Park Miminegash Miscouche Morell Mount Stewart Murray Harbour Murray River New Haven-Riverdale North Shore North Wiltshire Northport Pleasant Grove Resort Municipality Sherbrooke Souris West St. Felix St. Louis St. Nicholas St. Peters Bay Tignish Tignish Shore Tyne Valley Union Road Valleyfield Victoria Warren Grove Wellington West River Winsloe South York

Unincorporated communities	Bedeque Belmont Cavendish Central Bedeque Foxley River Freeland Hebron Knutsford Long River Mont-Carmel

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Coordinates: 46°52′44.3″N 64°13′18.4″W / 46.878972°N 64.221778°W / 46.878972; -64.221778 (Miminegash)

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