Official Name: | Judique |
Settlement Type: | Community |
Pushpin Map: | Nova Scotia |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Judique in Nova Scotia |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | Province |
Subdivision Type2: | Municipality |
Subdivision Name2: | Municipality of the County of Inverness |
Population Total: | ca. 700 |
Timezone: | AST |
Utc Offset: | −4 |
Timezone Dst: | ADT |
Utc Offset Dst: | −3 |
Coordinates: | 45.8761°N -61.4903°W |
Postal Code Type: | Canadian Postal Code |
Postal Code: | B0E 1P0 |
Area Code: | 902 |
Blank Name: | Telephone Exchange |
Blank Info: | 787 |
Blank1 Name: | NTS Map |
Blank2 Name: | GNBC Code |
Blank2 Info: | CBFJR |
Judique (Gaelic; Scottish Gaelic: Siùdaig Mhór)[1] is an unincorporated place within the Municipality of the County of Inverness on Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia, Canada. It is the site of the Celtic Music Interpretive Centre and a stop on the scenic Ceilidh Trail.
The origin of the name, pronounced pronounced as //dʒuːˈdɪk//, is uncertain though considered likely to be of Acadian French origin.[2]
Judique presents itself as a collection of buildings with Highway 19 as its main street.[3] It is on the western coast of Cape Breton Island, on the edge of St. George's Bay in the Gulf of Saint Lawrence.
Judique is the site of the Judique Historical Society Building a Maritime Vernacular styled house, notable as the last remaining Port Hood company house.