Caissie Cape is a small coastal community in Dundas Parish, Kent County, New Brunswick. Bordered on the north by Cocagne Cape, to the east by Cocagne Cove, and to the south by Bourgeois, Caissie Cape comprises New Brunswick Route 530, Chemin De La Cote (Shore Road in English) and the roads that run between them.The community mostly consists of cottages owned by residents of New Brunswick, especially Moncton, though year-round homes do exist. Those who do live in Caissie Cape year round are primarily Acadians. Many of the streets are privately owned, as is common with other cottage communities in the area such as Grande-Digue and Shediac Bridge-Shediac River.HistoryThe name Caissie Cape is derived from the community's waterfront location as well as its history. As is typical with New Brunswick communities, Caissie Cape is named after those who settled it, Joseph Caissie, a descendant of Roger Kuessey (Sasey, Caissy, Quessy) originally from Ireland, a settler of the Chignecto area in the 1600s, as well as other grantees in the area. In 1898 Caissie Cape was a farming and fishing settlement with a lobster factory and a population of 200. A post office branch was located here from 1931 to 1955.
