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West Pubnico was founded in 1651 by a blue-blooded Frenchman named Sieur Philippe d'Entremont. Because he was the Baron de Pombcoup, his settlement was known first as Pombcoup, then (by the Indians) as Pobomcook, finally (by latter-day Canadians) as Pubnico. Today 675 Pubniconians are d'Entremonts. The others are Leblancs, d'Eons, Sureties and Amiraults, who have married into the family. The only four "outsiders" in the village: Fish Processor Charles Munro, who moved in from nearby Shelburne five years ago, his wife and two children...
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