Renous-Quarryville

Renous-Quarryville (2020 population: 1188)^[1] is a Canadian local service district in Northumberland County, New Brunswick. It is located 25 mi upstream of Miramichi, and is situated where the Renous River, and the . discharges into the Southwest Miramichi River. It is named for the Renous river, and settlement, as well as Quarryville's quarry, hence the name "Renous-Quarryville local service district."

Renous proper, and the river is probably named for a Micmac chief, Sock Renou.^[2]

Renous-Quarryville is 5 kilometres east of Blackville where the majority of students attend school, although many also attend Millerton school.

The community is the site of the Atlantic Institution, a Correctional Service of Canada maximum-security prison located on the site of a former Canadian Forces ammunition depot.^[3]

On March 30, 2019, the Tom Donovan Arena in Renous was named 2019 winner of the Kraft Hockeyville national contest, with a $250,000 prize for arena upgrades and an NHL pre-season game to be played in the area on September 18, 2019. On that date, the Montreal Canadiens faced the Florida Panthers.^[4] Said game had taken place in the city of Bathurst, about an hour away.