St. Brieux () is a town in the

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. It is located near Highway 368 and Highway 779. St. Brieux is located north of the village of Lake Lenore on the eastern shore of St. Brieux Lake. St. Brieux Regional Park and Golf Course is adjacent to the west side of the town. St. Brieux is one of the few French speaking communities in Saskatchewan.

History

Founded in 1904, the St. Brieux district was settled by immigrants from Brittany, France; the name of St. Brieux was chosen in memory of

Saint-Brieuc Saint-Brieuc (, Breton: ''Sant-Brieg'' , Gallo: ''Saent-Berioec'') is a city in the Côtes-d'Armor department in Brittany in northwestern France. History Saint-Brieuc is named after a Welsh monk Brioc, who Christianised the region in the 6th c ...

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, where many of the settlers originated. Families continued to arrive from France until

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broke out in 1914. From 1908 to 1920, American settlers, many of whom were descendants of

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who had earlier immigrated to the United States, came to St. Brieux. From 1911 to 1923, people of Hungarian and Italian descent moved into the area, along with English speaking settlers, mainly from Ontario.

Demographics

In the

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conducted by

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, St. Brieux had a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of . With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2021.

Attractions

The St. Brieux Museum (c. 1919) is designated a Municipal Heritage Property under Saskatchewan's Heritage Property Act. St-Brieux Catholic Church features stained glass windows by Rault Frères (Brittany) Franc. The largest employer is Bourgault Industries Ltd. Bourgault Industries Ltd. also operates the St. Brieux Airport.

St. Brieux Regional Park

St. Brieux Regional Park () is adjacent to the west side of St. Brieux on the eastern shore of St. Brieux Lake. The lake is a fresh water, spring-fed lake that flows into the

saline Saline may refer to: * Saline (medicine), a liquid with salt content to match the human body * Saline water, non-medicinal salt water * Saline, a historical term (especially US) for a salt works or saltern Places * Saline, Calvados, a commune in ...

Lenore Lake Lenore Lake is a partly saline lake in the province of Saskatchewan, Canada. It is part of the Lenore Lake Basin, which includes several saline lakes (Basin, Middle, Frog, Ranch, Murphy, Flat, Mantrap, Houghton, Deadmoose and Waldsea) as well as ...

. The park, which was founded in 1972, has a campground, golf course, picnic area, beach, hiking trails, mini golf, and historic sites. St. Brieux Regional Park won regional park of the year in 2013. The campground is well treed in a forest of

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and has electrical hookups, modern washrooms, coin operated showers, and a sewer dump. There is a beach for swimming and a boat launch for lake access. Fish commonly found in St. Brieux Lake include

walleye The walleye (''Sander vitreus'', synonym ''Stizostedion vitreum''), also called the yellow pike or yellow pickerel, is a freshwater perciform fish native to most of Canada and to the Northern United States. It is a North American close relat ...

northern pike The northern pike (''Esox lucius'') is a species of carnivorous fish of the genus '' Esox'' (the pikes). They are typical of brackish and fresh waters of the Northern Hemisphere (''i.e.'' holarctic in distribution). They are known simply as a ...

, and

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. The park is on the site of the former Roman Catholic Rectory, which was built in about 1918. There are municipal and Roman Catholic cemeteries, a replica of the first church in St. Brieux, and an historic monument to the original settlers. St. Brieux Regional Park Golf Course is a 9-hole course with grass greens. It is a par 35 with 2,875 total yards. There is a licensed clubhouse, pro shop, and rentals.

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