Burnt Church

Esgenoôpetitj First Nation, also spelled Eskɨnuopitijk and formerly known as the Burnt Church Band or Burnt Church First Nation, is a Mi'kmaq First Nation band government in New Brunswick, Canada, centred south of the community of Lagacéville and southwest of the village of Neguac on Miramichi Bay. It covers two Indian reserves in Northumberland County and two reserves in Gloucester County (Pabineau). The population was 1,715 as of 2011. The Mi'kmaq call Burnt Church Esgenoôpetitj, which means "a lookout".