Letete, New Brunswick

Letete or L'Etete^[a] (derived from the French translation for "the head" or "la tête")^{[citation needed]} is a Canadian unincorporated community located in Charlotte County, New Brunswick and marks the southeast point of Passamaquoddy Bay.

Letete
Unincorporated community
Letete
Letete Location within New Brunswick.
Coordinates: 45°03′31″N 66°53′29″W
Country	Canada
Province	New Brunswick
County	Charlotte
Parish	Saint George
Electoral Districts Federal	New Brunswick Southwest
Provincial	Charlotte-The Isles
Government
• Type	Local service district
Time zone	UTC-4 (AST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-3 (ADT)
Postal code(s)	E5C
Area code	506
Highways	Route 172

Location

The primary route in and out of the village is either via Route 172 or the Letete to Deer Island Ferry, which travels between the settlement and Deer Island. Letete is located southwest of St. George and directly west of the neighbouring community of Back Bay. To the west of Letete is the body of water known as Passamaquoddy Bay. To the southeast of Letete, beyond a number of small islands that protect the shared Letete and Back Bay peninsula is the Bay of Fundy, which has some of the highest tides in the world.

History

See also: History of New Brunswick and List of historic places in Charlotte County, New Brunswick

In the 1860s, Letete was primarily a fishing and farming community with approximately 60 resident families. In 1871 it had a population of approximately 200. In 1898 it had one post office, two stores, one church, and a population that had grown to approximately 400 people.

Notable people

Main article: List of people from Charlotte County, New Brunswick

• James N. Tucker, Jr. - Politician
• Gifford Cooke - Marine mechanic and founder of Cooke Inc. along with his two sons^[1]

See also

• List of communities in New Brunswick

Notes

1. The government of New Brunswick is inconsistent in spelling, even among documents from the same department; Letete is three times as common in query results on the Province of New Brunswick website and is the official spelling according to the Canadian Geographical Names Database. Letite is an older spelling of the name.