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Chéticamp () is a fishing community on the Cabot Trail on the west coast of Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia at the western entrance to Cape Breton Highlands National Park. The downtown area overlooks a harbour that is protected from the Gulf of Saint Lawrence by Chéticamp Island. The Cheticamp River flows into the Gulf of St. Lawrence approximately 5 km. north-east of the village.Having a number of public facilities it performs a service function for the northernmost part of Inverness County. The community has almost 4,000 residents, a large majority of whom are Acadians and speak French natively. Together with its smaller neighbour, Saint-Joseph-du-Moine, Chéticamp makes up the largest Francophone enclave on Cape Breton Island. The 2006 population was 3,039 people.〔 ==Name== The name "Chéticamp" derives from the name given by the Micmac people, who still live on Cape Breton Island (but not in Chéticamp). The name is ''Awjátúj'' (Francis-Smith orthography) in the Micmac language, meaning "rarely full", presumably making reference to the mouth of Chéticamp harbor that once had a large dune that grew during low tide.〔Anselme Chiasson. ''Chéticamp: History and Acadian Traditions''. Translation of ''Chéticamp: histoire et traditions acadiennes'' by Jean Doris LeBlanc. Wreck Cove, NS: Breton Books, 1998. p. 6. ISBN 1-895415-29-2.〕 The French spelling of the town's name went through several variations including ''Ochatisia'' (1660), ''Ochatis'' (1689), ''Chétican'', ''Chéticamps'' (1725) and ''Chétifcamp'' (1803).〔 The current spelling appeared for the first time on 3 May 1815, in the writings of the missionary Antoine Manseau.〔 In French, the name has been pronounced successively ''Le Chady, Le Grand Chady, Le Chady Grand, Île de Chedegan'' and finally, the current version, ''Chatican'' ().〔 Chéticamp is usually pronounced phonetically in French outside of the area. The name does not always take the acute accent on the ''e'' in English (i.e., "Cheticamp"). A village in western Nova Scotia, Saint Alphonse de Clare, was originally called Chéticamp de Clare. Its name was changed to avoid confusion for postal delivery. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Chéticamp, Nova Scotia」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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