Chamcook

Chamcook lies beside Passamaquoddy Bay, where the tides reach wooded shores, islands and a long gravel bar. Its name comes from the language of the Peskotomuhkati, or Passamaquoddy people, whose homeland encompasses the bay and the Schoodic River. The name was recorded for the harbour in the eighteenth century and also came to be used for the nearby island, hill and lakes. In 1779 John Hanson and Ephraim Young settled on Chamcook Island, before the arrival of Loyalists at nearby Saint Andrews.