page_title: Tatamagouche
section_title: Early history
hierarchical_section_title: Tatamagouche / Early history
caption_attribution_description: English: Aerial view of Tatamagouche, looking north-northwest along the Waugh River toward Tatamagouche Bay and Amet Sound. Photo by Jeff Vienneau
context_page_description: Tatamagouche is a village in Colchester County, Nova Scotia, Canada.
  Tatamagouche is situated on the Northumberland Strait 50 kilometres north of Truro and 50 kilometres west of Pictou. The village is located along the south side of Tatamagouche Bay at the mouths of the French and Waugh Rivers. Tatamagouche derives its name from the native Mi'kmaq term Takǔmegoochk, translated as "Meeting of the waters".
context_section_description: The first European settlers in the Tatamagouche area were the French Acadians, who settled the area in the early 18th century, and Tatamagouche became a transshipment point for goods bound for Fortress of Louisbourg.
caption: Aerial view of Tatamagouche, looking north-northwest down the Waugh River toward Tatamagouche Bay. Route 311 is in the foreground running along the riverbank.
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