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Allardville is a Canadian rural community in Gloucester County,
New Brunswick
New Brunswick is a Provinces and Territories of Canada, province of Canada, bordering Quebec to the north, Nova Scotia to the east, the Gulf of Saint Lawrence to the northeast, the Bay of Fundy to the southeast, and the U.S. state of Maine to ...
. The community is centred on the intersection of Route 134, Route 160 and Route 360 and is part of the local service district Local service district may refer to these administrative units in Canada:
* Local service district (New Brunswick)
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of Allardville, which includes several other communities.
History
Located south of Bathurst, the community is named forMonsignor
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Jean Joseph August Allard
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(1884-1971), founder of the local mission in the 1930s. Previously, Allard served as the priest of ''Ste-Marie-du-Mont-Carmel'' Roman Catholic
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Church in East Bathurst. The community was founded on 12 september, 1932 during the Great Depression
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as part of the ''back-to-the-land'' movement.
Education
Provincial public school systems
*École François-Xavier-Daigle
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Notable people
* Achille Michaud, journalist born in Allardville * RĂ©jean Roy, novelist, children's author & poet born in AllardvilleReferences