Sevogle, New Brunswick
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Sevogle is a community in the Canadian
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...

 province of New Brunswick
New Brunswick
New Brunswick is one of Canada's three Maritime provinces and is the only province in the federation that is constitutionally bilingual . The provincial capital is Fredericton and Saint John is the most populous city. Greater Moncton is the largest Census Metropolitan Area...

. It is located near the mouth of the Big Sevogle River
Sevogle River
The Sevogle River is a Canadian river in central New Brunswick. It consists of two branches, the North Sevogle and South Sevogle Rivers. Below the confluence of these rivers at the Square Forks, the river is properly referred to as the "Big Sevogle River"...

, 5.56 km N of Big Hole
Big Hole, New Brunswick
Big Hole is a settlement in Northumberland County, New Brunswick.It is located 5.56 km S of Sevogle.In 1871, Big Hole had a population of 50.- References :...

, and consequently is visited by hundreds of tourists in the summer for fishing. Sevogle is home to wildlife including a large population of deer and salmon.

William Francis Ganong
William Francis Ganong
William Francis Ganong, M.A., Ph.D., LL.D., F.R.S.C., was a Canadian botanist, historian and cartographer. His botany career was spent mainly as a professor at Smith College in Northampton, Massachusetts...

 identified the Mi'kmaq name for Sevogle as Sawogelk.

A post office was established here in 1879, which closed in 1951.
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