Saint-Léonard is a
civil parish
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in
Madawaska County
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,
New Brunswick
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,
Canada
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.
For governance purposes it is divided between the town of
Vallée-des-Rivières and the Northwest rural district,
both of which are members of the Northwest Regional Service Commission.
Before the
2023 governance reform, the parish was divided between the town of
Saint-Léonard and the
local service district of the parish of Saint-Léonard,
part of which was included in Vallée-des-Rivières by the reform.
Origin of name
The parish's name may have been in honour of Leonard R. Coombes, local magistrate.
History
Saint-Léonard was erected as Saint Leonard in 1850 from
Madawaska Parish. The parish was part of
Victoria County Victoria County is the name of several locations:
In Australia:
*Victoria County, Western Australia
* County of Victoria, South Australia
In Canada:
* Victoria County, New Brunswick
* Municipality of the County of Victoria and the eponymous histo ...
and extended south of the modern county line.
In 1862 the boundary with
Grand Falls Parish was altered.
In 1864 part of Saint-Léonard was included
Gordon Parish.
In 1873 all of the parish south of the new Madawaska County line was added to
Drummond Parish.
In 1875 the county line with Victoria was altered and part of Drummond added to Saint-Léonard.
In 1877 part of Saint-Léonard was included in the new
Sainte-Anne Parish.
In 1907 the southern part of Saint-Léonard was erected as
Saint-André Parish.
In 1946 Saint-Léonard was affected by the major reorganisation of Madawaska County parish boundaries.
In 1973 the legal name was changed to Saint-Léonard.
Boundaries
Saint-Léonard Parish is bounded:
[ Remainder of parish on maps 44, 45, and 54 at same site.][ Remainder of parish on mapbooks 122, 123, 144, 145, 161, 162, and 177 at same site.]
* on the east, beginning at a point on the
Victoria County Victoria County is the name of several locations:
In Australia:
*Victoria County, Western Australia
* County of Victoria, South Australia
In Canada:
* Victoria County, New Brunswick
* Municipality of the County of Victoria and the eponymous histo ...
line about 13.9 kilometres south of the
Restigouche County
Restigouche County (2016 population 30,955) is located in north-central New Brunswick, Canada. The county is named for the Restigouche River which flows through the county and is famous for its salmon pools, which have attracted wealthy American ...
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
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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,
[ WP:ENG is ignored when it would result in a clumsy construction.] 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.
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
[Not including brooks, ponds or coves.] at least partly within the parish.
* Grande Rivière
*
Saint John River
* Powers Creek
Other notable places
Parks, historic sites, and other noteworthy places at least partly within the parish.
*
Saint-Léonard Aerodrome
Demographics
Parish population total does not include town of
Saint-Léonard
Population
Population trend
[Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006 census]
Language
Mother tongue (2016)
See also
*
List of parishes in New Brunswick
The Canadian province of New Brunswick is divided by the ''Territorial Division Act'' into 152 parishes, units which had political significance as subdivisions of counties until the Municipalities Act of 1966. Parishes still exist in law and inclu ...
Notes
References
{{DEFAULTSORT:Saint-Leonard Parish, New Brunswick
Local service districts of Madawaska County, New Brunswick
Parishes of Madawaska County, New Brunswick