Economy Point

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The place-name 'Economy' comes from the 18th century Acadian place-name for the area L'Économie, which itself is an adaptation of the Mi'kmaq First Nation word for the location, kenomee, meaning 'a place of land jutting into the sea'. Mi'kmaqs presumably named the area thus because here the shoreline juts out into the Minas Basin at what is now known as Economy Point. (East of this point the Cobequid Bay begins). Mi'kmaqs hunted and gathered throughout the region for hundreds of years prior the settlement of Acadian families in the Economy area.
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Coordinates:   45°20'57"N   63°53'19"W
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