Photo: Red Castle · CC BY-SA 4.0The heritage near Lamèque: 6 places in a 25 km radius
Heritage of the first rank begins 2.5 km from Lamèque, in Shippagan. Wikidata gives 1790 for the municipality, whether that is when it was founded, incorporated or merged.
Looking back at Lamèque
The past in one picture: one old photograph of the town. A tap opens it at full size, with its credit.
1930Public domain or CC0, made before 1950, from Wikimedia Commons; old views of places can be drawings, prints or maps of their time. Each credit opens the image’s page.
Lamèque’s surroundings: 6 historic places within 25 km
Miscou Island Lighthouse, 24 km off, is the one top-tier place. The first one out is Big Shippegan Shore Light, 10 km away in Shippagan. They are 4 provincial or municipal listings, a Recognized Federal Heritage Building and a National Historic Site.
The 6 nearest, within 25 km
| Big Shippegan Shore LightRecognized Federal Heritage Building · 1905–1907 · 10 km away, in Shippagan |
| Gabriel Giraud SiteProvincial heritage place · 18 km away, in Bas-Caraquet |
| Miscou Island LighthouseNational Historic Site · 1856–1857 · 24 km away, in Shippagan |
| Collège de Caraquet SiteLocal historic place · 25 km away, in Caraquet |
| Église Saint-Pierre-aux-Liens de CaraquetProvincial heritage place · 1860 · 25 km away, in Caraquet |
| Couvent de CaraquetLocal historic place · 25 km away, in Caraquet |
Old houses stand out in Lamèque: 25% predate 1961, where most towns have 18%
30% of Lamèque’s homes were built from 1981 to 2000, more than the typical town’s 23%. Homes built from 2001 to 2015 make up just 4.3% of Lamèque’s, against 15% in the typical town. More of Lamèque’s homes were built from 1961 to 1980 than in any other period: 37%.
2021 Census, private dwellings by period of construction (Statistics Canada); the typical town is the middle Canadian town of 2,500 or more.
Lamèque and its neighbours
| Town | People | Places | Highest | Oldest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lamèque | 1,392 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Shippagan | 4,721 | 2 | 1 | 1856 |
| Shippagan | 3,073 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Bas-Caraquet | 1,391 | 1 | 0 | — |
| Caraquet | 1,263 | 0 | 0 | — |
Lamèque in brief
Counted by age, 25% of Lamèque’s homes predate 1961, against 18% in the typical town. Otherwise the figures are ordinary: one person of its past, Alphonse Sormany (1880).
What this data can and can’t tell you
- The tiers. The highest designations are National Historic Sites, Classified Federal Heritage Buildings and Québec’s classements; then come the other federal designations; then provincial and local listings.
- Provincial and municipal lists. Outside Québec, provinces’ and municipalities’ heritage registers aren’t open data; their places are known only through Wikidata items with a register number, and only those with an encyclopedia article get a page.
- The grade. This page gives no grade; history doesn’t count toward a Canadian town’s letter.
- Protection. National historic designation honours a place but binds only federal owners; a private building’s protection depends on its province or municipality.
- People and events. The open directory puts its national historic persons nowhere, so a town shows one only on firm ground: a birth there, matched by name and life years, or a historic place there named for the person whose record says so. Events are left out.
- The federal register. Parks Canada’s Directory of Federal Heritage Designations lists every National Historic Site, federal heritage building, heritage railway station and lighthouse; the Canadian Register of Historic Places adds their statements in English and French.
Questions about Lamèque’s history
How many historic places does Lamèque have on the registers?
None inside Lamèque yet. The nearest is Big Shippegan Shore Light, 10 km away in Shippagan.
When did Lamèque become a municipality?
By Wikidata, Lamèque dates from 1790; the record doesn’t say whether that is a founding, an incorporation or a merger.
How old are the homes in Lamèque?
Before 1961: 25% of its homes; the typical town has 18%.
Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Canada (Parks Canada).
Sources: Parks Canada, Directory of Federal Heritage Designations · Canadian Register of Historic Places (federal extract) · Wikidata (CC0) for map points, other names and articles · Statistics Canada, 2021 Census (homes by period of construction). Under the Statistics Canada Open Licence.
Adapted from Statistics Canada (Census of Population 2021, population estimates 2025, 2021 census boundaries) under the Statistics Canada Open Licence; this does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada. Neighbourhood names in some cities © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).