instance_of 1825 miramichi fire
___MASK96___ Canada , which was formed in 1971 , is the ___MASK87___ of Canada ___MASK87___ agency commissioned with producing statistics to help better understand Canada , its population , resources , economy , ___MASK5___ , and culture . Its headquarters is in Ottawa . A pennon or pennant is a ___MASK94___ that is larger at the hoist than at the fly . It can have several shapes , such as triangular , tapering or triangular and swallow - tailed . Acadia was a ___MASK3___ of New France in northeastern North America that included parts of eastern Quebec , the Maritime provinces , and modern - ___MASK47___ Maine to the Kennebec River . During much of the 17th and early 18th centuries , Norridgewock on the Kennebec River and Castine at the end of the Penobscot River were the southernmost settlements of Acadia . The actual specification by the French government for the territory refers to lands bordering the Atlantic coast , roughly between the 40th and 46th parallels . Later , the territory was divided into the British colonies which became Canadian provinces and American states . The population of Acadia included members of the Wabanaki Confederacy and descendants of emigrants from France ( i . e ., Acadians ). The two communities intermarried , which resulted in a significant portion of the population of Acadia being Métis . The Peshtigo ___MASK97___ was a forest ___MASK97___ that took place on October 8 , 1871 in and around Peshtigo , Wisconsin . It was the deadliest ___MASK68___ in recorded history , with estimated deaths of around 1 , 500 people , possibly as many as 2 , 500 . The Great Miramichi ___MASK97___ refers to a massive forest ___MASK97___ ( or series of fires ) which devastated forests and communities throughout much of northern New Brunswick in October 1825 . It ranks among the ___MASK29___ largest forest fires ever recorded in North America . About ___MASK39___ / 3 of the homes in Fredericton were destroyed , but the main devastation was 100 miles ( 160 km ) to the northeast . The preceding summer was a particularity hot one , with bush fires common . On the evening of October 7 , 1825 , the firestorm roared through Newcastle , New Brunswick ( now part of the City of Miramichi ) , and in less than 3 hours reduced the town of ___MASK39___ , 000 people to ruins - of 260 original buildings , only 12 remained . Only 6 of 70 buildings survived in the adjacent village of Douglastown . The ___MASK97___ similarly destroyed other communities , including Moorefield , Napan , and Black River Bridge . Chatham , Nelson , and Doaktown escaped the ___MASK97___ . The cause of the blaze is not known , but was likely of human origin . To escape the blaze many residents took refuge with livestock and wildlife in the Miramichi River - about 160 people died in and around Newcastle , including prisoners in the Newcastle Jail . Elsewhere , the totals were likely higher , given the number of lumbermen in the forests at the ___MASK57___ ( about 3000 ) . In total the ___MASK97___ ( s ) consumed almost 16 , 000 km² ( about ___MASK39___ / 5 of New Brunswick ' s forests ) . The blaze has been partly attributed to unusually hot weather in the fall and summer of 1825 , coupled with outdoor fires by settlers and loggers . The communities were soon rebuilt , but many of those affected moved to communities bordering the Bay of Chaleur , including Campbellton , Dalhousie , Belledune , and the southern Gaspé coast . It is also probable that some of the displaced persons established a community in the Ottawa Valley formerly known as Miramichi , now known as Pembroke , Ontario . Although the lumber industry recovered , the ___MASK97___ is considered responsible for the end of the mast - making industry on the Miramichi River . The event is immortalised in the 1959 Folkways Records recording of Miramichi ___MASK97___ , a traditional folksong included on the album Folksongs of Maine . The ___MASK97___ is also the centerpiece of Valerie Sherrard ' s first historical novel , Three Million Acres of Flame . ___MASK88___ Scotia ( Latin for " New Scotland "; French : " Nouvelle - Écosse ") is one of Canada ' s ___MASK29___ Maritime provinces , and one of the four provinces which form Atlantic Canada . Its provincial ___MASK69___ is Halifax . ___MASK88___ Scotia is Canada ' s second - smallest province , with an area of , including Cape Breton and another 3 , 800 coastal islands . As of 2011 , the population was 921 , 727 , making ___MASK88___ Scotia the second most - densely populated province in Canada with almost . Newcastle is a Canadian urban neighbourhood in ___MASK80___ of Miramichi , New Brunswick . Canada ( French : ) is a ___MASK41___ in the northern half of North America . Its ___MASK1___ provinces and ___MASK29___ territories extend from the Atlantic to the Pacific and northward into the Arctic Ocean , covering , making it the world ' s second - largest ___MASK41___ by total area and the fourth - largest ___MASK41___ by land area . Canada ' s ___MASK18___ with the United States is the world ' s longest land ___MASK18___ . The majority of the ___MASK41___ has a cold or severely cold winter climate , but southerly areas are warm in summer . Canada is sparsely populated , the majority of its land territory being dominated by forest and tundra and the Rocky Mountains . About four - fifths of the ___MASK41___ ' s population of 36 million ___MASK90___ is urbanized and live near the southern ___MASK18___ . Its ___MASK69___ is Ottawa , its largest city is Toronto ; other major urban areas include Montreal , Vancouver , Calgary , Edmonton , Quebec City , Winnipeg and Hamilton . A ___MASK68___ or wildland fire is a fire in an area of combustible vegetation that occurs in the countryside or rural area . Depending on the type of vegetation where it occurs , a ___MASK68___ can also be classified more specifically as a brush fire , bush fire , desert fire , forest fire , grass fire , hill fire , peat fire , vegetation fire , or veld fire . Fossil charcoal indicates that wildfires began soon after the appearance of terrestrial plants 420 million years ago . ___MASK68___  s occurrence throughout the history of terrestrial life invites conjecture that fire must have had pronounced evolutionary effects on most ecosystems ' flora and fauna . Earth is an intrinsically flammable planet owing to its cover of carbon - rich vegetation , seasonally dry climates , atmospheric oxygen , and widespread lightning and volcano ignitions . ___MASK48___ is a ___MASK19___ technique designed to damage a target , generally an urban area , through the use of fire , caused by incendiary devices , rather than from the blast effect of large bombs . Moncton is a ___MASK79___ located in Westmorland ___MASK54___ in the southeastern portion of the ___MASK21___ of New Brunswick , Canada . Situated in the Petitcodiac River Valley , Moncton lies at the geographic centre of the Maritime Provinces . The ___MASK79___ has earned the nickname " Hub City " due to its central inland location in the region and its ___MASK13___ as a railway and land transportation hub for the Maritimes . Prince Edward ___MASK2___ ( PEI or P . E . I .) is a ___MASK21___ of Canada consisting of the island of the same name , as well as several much smaller islands . A ___MASK100___ is a large and destructive ___MASK97___ that threatens human life , animal life , health , and / or ___MASK32___ . It may also be described as a blaze or simply a ( large ) ___MASK97___ . A ___MASK100___ can begin accidentally , be naturally caused ( ___MASK68___ ), or intentionally created ( arson ). Arson can be for fraud , murder , sabotage or diversion , or due to a person ' s pyromania . A firestorm can form as a consequence of a very large ___MASK97___ , in which the central column of rising heated air induces strong inward winds , which supply oxygen to the ___MASK97___ . Conflagrations can cause casualties including deaths or injuries from burns , trauma due to collapse of structures and attempts to escape , and smoke inhalation . The Black Saturday bushfires were a ___MASK14___ of bushfires that ignited or were burning across the Australian ___MASK31___ of Victoria on and around Saturday , 7 ___MASK86___ 2009 and were Australia ' s all - ___MASK57___ worst bushfire disasters . The fires occurred during extreme bushfire - weather conditions and resulted in Australia ' s highest ever loss of life from a bushfire ; 173 people died and 414 were injured as a result of the fires . A firestorm is a ___MASK100___ which attains such intensity that it creates and sustains its own ___MASK11___ ___MASK53___ . It is most commonly a natural phenomenon , created during some of the largest bushfires and wildfires . Although the word has been used to describe certain large fires , the phenomenon ' s determining characteristic is a fire with its own storm - force winds from every point of the compass . The Black Saturday bushfires and the Great Peshtigo Fire are possible examples of forest fires with some portion of combustion due to a firestorm . Firestorms can also occur in cities , usually as a deliberate effect of targeted explosives such as occurred as a result of the aerial firebombings of Hamburg , Dresden , and the atomic bombing of Hiroshima . New Brunswick is one of Canada ' s ___MASK29___ Maritime provinces ( together with Prince Edward ___MASK2___ and Nova Scotia ) and is the only constitutionally bilingual ( English  French ) ___MASK21___ . Fredericton is the ___MASK69___ , Moncton is the largest metropolitan ( CMA ) area and Saint John is the most populous city . In the 2011 nationwide census , Statistics Canada estimated the provincial population to have been 751 , 171 , being on an area of almost 73 , 000 km . The majority of the population is English - speaking , but there is also a large Francophone minority ( 33 %), chiefly of Acadian origin . The current premier of the ___MASK21___ is Brian Gallant . It was created as a result of the partitioning of the British colony of Nova Scotia in 1784 . The provincial ___MASK94___ features a ship superimposed on a yellow background with a yellow " lion passant guardant " on red pennon above it . ___MASK4___ is an ___MASK89___ for " COMP " rehensive " ASS " embler . ___MASK4___ is any of a ___MASK26___ of macro assembly languages on Control Data Corporation ' s 3000 series , and on the 60 - bit CDC 6000 series , 7600 and Cyber 70 and 170 series mainframe computers . While the architectures are very different , the macro and conditional assembly facilities are similar . Fredericton is the ___MASK69___ of the Canadian province of New Brunswick . The city is situated in the west - central portion of the province along the Saint John River , which flows west to east as it bisects the city ; it is the dominant natural feature of the area . One of the main urban centres in New Brunswick , the city had a population of 56 , 224 in the 2011 census . It is the third - largest city in the province after Saint John and Moncton .