Lepreau Parish, New Brunswick Explained

Lepreau Parish
Settlement Type:Parish
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Type1:Province
Subdivision Type2:County
Established Title:Erected
Established Date:1857
Unit Pref:Metric
Area Footnotes:[1]
Area Land Km2:209.52
Population As Of:2021
Population Total:803
Population Density Km2:3.8
Population Blank1 Title:Change 2016-2021
Population Blank1: 13.6%
Population Blank2 Title:Dwellings
Population Blank2:492
Timezone:AST
Utc Offset:-4
Timezone Dst:ADT
Utc Offset Dst:-3

Lepreau is a geographic parish in Charlotte County, New Brunswick, Canada, west of Saint John.

For governance purposes, the southern part of the parish is part of the incorporated rural community of Fundy Shores,[2] while the north is part of the Southwest rural district,[3] both of which are members of the Southwest New Brunswick Service Commission.[4]

Prior to the 2023 governance reform, it comprised a single local service district (LSD), which was a member of the Southwest New Brunswick Service Commission (SNBSC).

The Point Lepreau Nuclear Generating Station is the parish's most notable feature and is located near its eastern border.

The Census subdivision of Lepreau Parish shares the parish's borders.[1]

Origin of name

Historian William Francis Ganong states that the name of the parish comes from Point Lepreau, the name being a corruption of French Pte. aux Napraux.[5]

The parish's official spelling has varied:

History

Lepreau Parish was erected from eastern Pennfield Parish in 1857. It originally included the eastern part of Clarendon Parish.

Boundaries

Lepreau is bounded:[15] [16]

Evolution of boundaries

Lepreau's originally extended north to the county line.

In 1868 all of the parish north of the southern point of Queens County was included in the Clarendon District, a polling district that also included the northern part of Pennfield Parish.

In 1869 The Clarendon District was erected as Clarendon Parish and Lepreau's modern boundaries were established.

Local service district

The local service district of the parish of Lepreau comprised the entire parish.[17]

The LSD was established in 1970 to assess for fire protection;[18] first aid & ambulance services were added in 1978.[19]

In 2021, the LSD assesses for only the basic LSD services of fire protection, police services, land use planning, emergency measures, and dog control.[20]

Communities

Communities at least partly within the parish.[21] italics indicate a name no longer in official use.

Bodies of water

Bodies of water[22] at least partly within the parish.

Islands

Islands at least partly within the parish. italics indicates a name no longer in official use

Other notable places

Parks, historic sites, and other noteworthy places at least partly within the parish.[23] [24]

Census data

Language

Canada Census Mother Tongue - Lepreau Parish, New Brunswick
CensusTotal
YearResponsesCountTrendPop % CountTrendPop %CountTrendPop %CountTrendPop %
720 8.9%96.00%20 0.0%2.67%0 0.0%0.00%10 0.0%1.33%
790 5.4%96.34%20 20.0%2.44%0 0.0%0.00%10 0.0%1.22%
835 2.3%95.98%25 60.0%2.87%0 0.0%0.00%10 0.0%1.15%
855 n/a97.71%10n/a1.14%0n/a0.00%10n/a1.14%

Access Routes

Highways and numbered routes that run through the parish, including external routes that start or finish at the parish limits:[26]

External links

45.2311°N -66.5768°W

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Census Profile . Statistics Canada . 29 October 2022 . 26 October 2022.
  2. Web site: Southwest Regional Service Commission: RSC 10 . Government of New Brunswick . 5 June 2023.
  3. Web site: Southwest Regional Service Commission: RD 10 . Government of New Brunswick . 5 June 2023.
  4. Web site: Regions Regulation – Regional Service Delivery Act . Government of New Brunswick . 5 June 2023 . 21 July 2022.
  5. Ganong . William F. . A Monograph of the Place-Nomenclature of the Province of New Brunswick . Transactions of the Royal Society of Canada . 1896–97 . II . 244–245 . 17 March 2021.
  6. Book: Acts of the General Assembly of Her Majesty's Province of New Brunswick, Passed in July 1856, and March and July 1857.. 27 March 2021. 1857. Government of New Brunswick. Fredericton. 15–16. 20 Vic. c. 9 An Act to erect the eastern part of the Parish of Pennfield, in the County of Charlotte, into a separate Town or Parish..
  7. Book: Acts of the General Assembly of Her Majesty's Province of New Brunswick. Passed in the Month of March 1868.. 1868. Government of New Brunswick. Fredericton. 84. 31 Vic. c. 51 An Act to establish an additional Polling place in the County of Charlotte.. Available as a free ebook from Google Books.
  8. Book: Acts of the General Assembly of Her Majesty's Province of New Brunswick. Passed in the Month of April 1869.. 1869. Government of New Brunswick. Fredericton. 96–97. 32 Vic. c. 51 An Act to erect part of the Parishes of Lepreaux and Pennfield, in the County of Charlotte, into a separate Town or Parish.. Available as a free ebook from Google Books.
  9. Book: The Consolidated Statutes of New Brunswick, 1903. Vol. I.. 1903. Government of New Brunswick. Fredericton. 17–54. Chapter 2. Respecting the Division of the Province into Counties, Towns, and Parishes..
  10. Book: The Revised Statutes of New Brunswick 1927 Volume I. 1927. Government of New Brunswick. Fredericton. 18–64. Chapter 2. Respecting the Division of the Province into Counties, Towns and Parishes..
  11. Book: The Revised Statutes of New Brunswick 1952 Volume III. 1952. Government of New Brunswick. Fredericton. 3725–3771. Chapter 227 Territorial Division Act.
  12. Book: The Consolidated Statutes of New Brunswick.. 1877. Government of New Brunswick. Fredericton. 56–85. Chapter 2 The Division of the Province into Counties, Towns, and Parishes.. Available as a free ebook from Google Books.
  13. Book: Acts of the General Assembly of Her Majesty's Province of New Brunswick. Passed in the Month of March, 1896.. 1896. Government of New Brunswick. Fredericton. 86–123. 59 Vic. c. 8 An Act to Revise and Codify an Act to Provide for the Division of the Province into Counties, Towns and Parishes.. Available as a free ebook from Google Books.
  14. Book: Revised Statutes of New Brunswick 1973 Volume IV. 1973. Government of New Brunswick. Fredericton. 1–70. Chapter T-3 Territorial Division Act.
  15. Web site: No. 163 . Provincial Archives of New Brunswick . Department of Natural Resources and Energy Development . 3 July 2021.
  16. Web site: 471 . Transportation and Infrastructure . Government of New Brunswick . 3 July 2021. Remainder of parish on mapbooks 482, 492, and 499 at same site.
  17. Web site: New Brunswick Regulation 84-168 under the Municipalities Act (O.C. 84-582) . Government of New Brunswick . 6 February 2021.
  18. Regulation 70–63 under the Municipalities Act (O. C. 70–385) . The Royal Gazette . Fredericton . 17 June 1970 . 128 . 343–344.
  19. Regulation 78-138 under the Municipalities Act (O. C. 78-975) . The Royal Gazette . Fredericton . 29 November 1978 . 136 . 3329.
  20. Web site: 2020 Local Government Statistics for New Brunswick . Department of Environment and Local Government . 55 . 6 February 2021.
  21. Web site: Search the Canadian Geographical Names Database (CGNDB) . Government of Canada . 4 July 2021.
  22. Not including brooks, ponds or coves.
  23. New Brunswick Regulation 2017-46 under the Parks Act (O.C. 2017-293) . The Royal Gazette . 13 December 2017 . 175 . 1496–1497 . 5 July 2021 . . . 1714-9428.
  24. Web site: Explore New Brunswick's Protected Natural Areas . GeoNB . 4 July 2021.
  25. Web site: New Brunswick Regulation 94-43 under the Fish and Wildlife Act (O.C. 94-231) . Government of New Brunswick . 8 July 2021 . 5 June 2006.
  26. Atlantic Canada Back Road Atlas Pages 4, 12

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