Tjipõgtõtjg
Buctouche
Buctouche MicMac Band, also known as Tjipogtotjg, which means Little River of Fire, is located 3 kilometres Southwest of the Town of Buctouche, along the Buctouche River. The population of the community is 126, and is comprised of two tracts of land totaling approximately 152 hectares of land.
The Band is the main employer for the community.
Plants/medicines that can be found include striped bass, eel, sweetgrass, blueberries, black ash, birch, spruce, maple tree, cedar, muskrat root, fiddleheads, cattails. Beaver, black bear, eagle, mallard duck, moose, porcupine and wood turtle can be found here. Caribou were present until the 1930s but are extirpated.
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Species found in this area
American Eel
Beaver
Black Ash
Black Bear
Black Spruce
Cattails
Chaga
Eagle
Fiddleheads
Lowbush Blueberries
Mallard duck
Moose
Muskrat Root
Northern White Cedar
Osprey
Paper Birch
Porcupine
Raspberry
Red Willow
Ruffed Grouse
Striped Bass
Sugar Maple Tree
Sweet Grass
White-tailed Deer
Wild Crab Apple
Wild Rose
Wild Strawberry
Wood Turtle