Saint-Léonard Parish, New Brunswick

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Saint-Léonard
St. Leonard
Parish
Location within Madawaska County, New Brunswick.
Location within Madawaska County, New Brunswick.
Coordinates: 47°14′06″N 67°48′00″W / 47.235°N 67.8°W / 47.235; -67.8
Country Canada
Province New Brunswick
CountyMadawaska
Erected1850
Area
[1]
 • Land345.39 km2 (133.36 sq mi)
Population
 (2016)[1]
 • Total975
 • Density2.8/km2 (7/sq mi)
 • Change 2011-2016
Decrease 7.3%
 • Dwellings
422
Time zoneUTC-4 (AST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC-3 (ADT)

Saint-Léonard is a civil parish in Madawaska County, New Brunswick, Canada.[2]

For governance purposes it is divided between the town of Saint-Léonard[3] and the local service district of the parish of Saint-Léonard[4] (which further includes the special service areas of Poitier and Saint-Léonard-Parent), both of which are members of the Northwest Regional Service Commission (NWRSC).[5]

Origin of name[]

The parish's name may have been in honour of Leonard R. Coombes, local magistrate.[6]

History[]

Saint-Léonard was erected as Saint Leonard in 1850 from Madawaska Parish.[7] The parish was part of Victoria County and extended south of the modern county line.

In 1862 the boundary with Grand Falls Parish was altered.[8]

In 1864 part of Saint-Léonard was included Gordon Parish.[9]

In 1873 all of the parish south of the new Madawaska County line was added to Drummond Parish.[10]

In 1875 the county line with Victoria was altered and part of Drummond added to Saint-Léonard.[11]

In 1877 part of Saint-Léonard was included in the new Sainte-Anne Parish.[12]

In 1907 the southern part of Saint-Léonard was erected as Saint-André Parish.[13]

In 1946 Saint-Léonard was affected by the major reorganisation of Madawaska County parish boundaries.[14]

In 1973 the legal name was changed to Saint-Léonard.[15]

Boundaries[]

Saint-Léonard Parish is bounded:[2][16][17]

  • on the east, beginning at a point on the Victoria County line about 13.9 kilometres south of the Restigouche County line, then running south about 21.5 kilometres along the Victoria County line to the prolongation of the northwestern line of the Coombes Road Settlement, most of which runs along Route 17 before the highway turns farther north;
  • on the southeast, beginning on the county line, then running southwesterly along the above prolongation the northernmost corner of a grant to Alex. Michaud, which is about 1 kilometre northeasterly of the bend of Route 17, then southeasterly and southwesterly along the northeastern and southeastern lines of the Michaud grant to the northernmost corner of a grant to Juliens John, which is at the end of Coombes Road, then southeasterly to the easternmost corner of the John grant, then southwesterly along the rear line of grants fronting on the Coombes Road until it strikes Route 255, then generally southwesterly along the rear line of grants fronting on Saint-Amand Road in Saint-André Parish until it strikes the rear line of grants on the Saint John River, which coincides with Route 2, then northwesterly to Bourgoin Road, then southwesterly along Bourgoin Road and its prolongation to the international border within the Saint John River;
  • on the southwest by the international border within the Saint John River;
  • on the northwest, beginning in the Saint John River on the prolongation of the northwestern line of a grant to Aaren Cire, about 750 metres upriver of the mouth of the Grande Rivière, then running northeasterly along the Cire grant to Grande Rivière, then upriver to the northwestern line of a grant to F. X. Violette & Others, about 600 metres northwesterly of the junction of Diamond Road and Chemin de la Grande-Rivière,[a] then southeasterly along the Violette grant, through the above junction, until it meets the corner of a triangular grant to D. Thibodeau, then easterly along the Thibodeau grant to the rear line of the Harrison Settlement, then generally northeasterly along Harrison Settlement to its end and then the rear line of grants on the southeastern side of Grande Rivière in Notre-Dame-de-Lourdes Parish to the end, then northeasterly along the prolongation of the rear line of the last eight Grande Rivière grants to the starting point.

Communities[]

Communities at least partly within the parish.[16][17][18] bold indicates an incorporated municipality; italics indicate a name no longer in official use

  • Bellefleur
  • Coombes Road
  • Cyr Junction
  • Grand River
  • Grand-Ruisseau
  • Harrison Brook Settlement
  • Martin Siding
  • Poitras
  • Rang-des-Bourgoin
  • Saint-Léonard
  • Saint-Léonard-Parent
  • Veneer
  • Violette Settlement

Bodies of water[]

Bodies of water[b] at least partly within the parish.[16][17][18]

Other notable places[]

Parks, historic sites, and other noteworthy places at least partly within the parish.[16][17][18]

Demographics[]

Parish population total does not include town of Saint-Léonard

See also[]

Notes[]

  1. ^ WP:ENG is ignored when it would result in a clumsy construction.
  2. ^ Not including brooks, ponds or coves.

References[]

  1. ^ a b c d "Census Profile, 2016 Census: Saint-Léonard, Parish [Census subdivision], New Brunswick". Statistics Canada. Retrieved September 23, 2019.
  2. ^ a b "Chapter T-3 Territorial Division Act". Government of New Brunswick. Retrieved 13 November 2020.
  3. ^ "New Brunswick Regulation 85-6 under the Municipalities Act (O.C. 85-45)". Government of New Brunswick. Retrieved 19 July 2020.
  4. ^ "New Brunswick Regulation 84-168 under the Municipalities Act (O.C. 84-582)". Government of New Brunswick. Retrieved 19 July 2020.
  5. ^ "Communities in each of the 12 Regional Service Commissions (RSC) / Les communautés dans chacune des 12 Commissions de services régionaux (CSR)" (PDF), Government of New Brunswick, July 2017, retrieved 2 February 2021
  6. ^ Ganong, William F. (1896). A Monograph of the Place-Nomenclature of the Province of New Brunswick. Royal Society of Canada. p. 269. Retrieved 17 March 2021.
  7. ^ "13 Vic. c. 51 An Act to consolidate all the Laws now in force for the division of the Province into Counties, Towns and Parishes.". Acts of the General Assembly of Her Mjaesty's Province of New Brunswick, Passed in the Year 1850. Fredericton: Government of New Brunswick. 1850. pp. 142–152, 145–149. Retrieved 27 March 2021. Book was poorly proofread, resulting in title typo and reuse of page numbers 145–152.
  8. ^ "25 Vic. c. 46 An Act to alter the Boundary Line between the Parishes of Grand Falls and Saint Leonard, in the County of Victoria.". Acts of the General Assembly of Her Majesty's Province of New Brunswick, Passed in March and April 1862. Fredericton: Government of New Brunswick. 1862. p. 117. Retrieved 27 March 2021.
  9. ^ "26 Vic. c. 44 An Act to erect parts of the Parishes of Grand Falls, Perth, and Saint Leonard, in the County of Victoria, into a separate Town or Parish.". Acts of the General Assembly of Her Majesty's Province of New Brunswick, Passed in the Month of April, 1863. Fredericton: Government of New Brunswick. 1863. p. 101. Retrieved 27 March 2021.
  10. ^ "36 Vic. c. 28 An Act to divide the County of Victoria into two Counties, and provide for the government of the new County.". Acts of the General Assembly of Her Majesty's Province of New Brunswick. Passed in the Months of March & April 1873. Fredericton: Government of New Brunswick. 1873. pp. 78–81. Available as a free ebook from Google Books.
  11. ^ "38 Vic. c. 101 An Act to alter the Division line between the Counties of Victoria and Madawaska.". Acts of the General Assembly of Her Majesty's Province of New Brunswick. Passed in the Month of April 1875. Fredericton: Government of New Brunswick. 1875. pp. 359–360. Available as a free ebook from Google Books.
  12. ^ "40 Vic. c. 30 An Act to erect parts of the Parishes of Saint Leonard, Saint Basil, Madawaska, and Saint Francis, in the County of Madawaska, into three additional Parishes.". Acts of the General Assembly of Her Majesty's Province of New Brunswick. Passed in the Month of March 1877. Fredericton: Government of New Brunswick. 1877. pp. 125–128. Available as a free ebook from Google Books.
  13. ^ "6 Edward 7 c. 22 An Act to amend an Act intituled 'An Act to revise and codify an Act to provide for the division of the Province into Counties, Towns and Parishes,' so far as relates to the County of Madawaska.". Acts of the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick. Passed in the Month of March. 1906. Fredericton: Government of New Brunswick. 1906. pp. 62–66.
  14. ^ "10 Geo. VI. c. 95 An Act to amend Chapter 2 of the Revised Statutes, 1927, respecting the division of the Province into Counties, Towns and Parishes, in so far as it relates to the County of Madawaska.". Acts of the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick Passed During the Session of 1946. Fredericton: Government of New Brunswick. 1946. pp. 321–339.
  15. ^ "Chapter T-3 Territorial Division Act". Revised Statutes of New Brunswick 1973 Volume IV. Fredericton: Government of New Brunswick. 1973. pp. 1–70. The original printed version is cited separately to distinguish it from the edited version available online.
  16. ^ a b c d "No. 35". Provincial Archives of New Brunswick. Department of Natural Resources and Energy Development. Retrieved 16 June 2021. Remainder of parish on maps 44, 45, and 54 at same site.
  17. ^ a b c d "101" (PDF). Transportation and Infrastructure. Government of New Brunswick. Retrieved 16 June 2021. Remainder of parish on mapbooks 122, 123, 144, 145, 161, 162, and 177 at same site.
  18. ^ a b c "Search the Canadian Geographical Names Database (CGNDB)". Government of Canada. Retrieved 6 July 2021.
  19. ^ Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006 census
  20. ^ 2011 Statistics Canada Census Profile: Saint-Léonard Parish, New Brunswick



Coordinates: 47°14′06″N 67°48′00″W / 47.23500°N 67.80000°W / 47.23500; -67.80000 (Saint-Léonard Parish, New Brunswick)

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