Tignish, Prince Edward Island
Tignish is a fishing community located in western Prince County, Prince Edward Island, Canada. It is located approximately 50 miles (80 km) NW of the city of Summerside, and 90 miles (140 km) NW of Charlottetown. With a town population of approximately 780, plus around 4,000 in surrounding localities, Tignish is considered by the government to be a "village", which is one level higher than a locality, one level lower than a town, and two levels lower than a city.
Tignish was founded in the late 1790s by nine founding francophone Acadian families, with further immigrants (mostly Irish) arriving in the 19th century and settling mostly in the nearby smaller locality of Anglo–Tignish (meaning "English Tignish"). Many of Tignish residents today are either of Acadian or Irish heritage.
One of the community's most popular and defining structures is the local Catholic church, St. Simon & St. Jude Catholic Church, which was among the first major structures built in Tignish, constructed between 1857 and 1860.
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