Lepreau is a
civil parish
In England, a civil parish is a type of administrative parish used for local government. It is a territorial designation which is the lowest tier of local government below districts and counties, or their combined form, the unitary authority ...
in
Charlotte County,
New Brunswick
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,
Canada
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, west of
Saint John.
For governance purposes, the southern part of the parish is part of the
incorporated rural community of
Fundy Shores
Fundy Shores is a rural community in the Canadian province of New Brunswick
New Brunswick (french: Nouveau-Brunswick, , locally ) is one of the thirteen provinces and territories of Canada. It is one of the three Maritime provinces and ...
,
while the north is part of the Southwest rural district,
both of which are members of the Southwest New Brunswick Service Commission.
Prior to the
2023 governance reform, it comprised a single
local service district A local service district is a type of designated place in the Canadian province of New Brunswick. In the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador, a local service district is a defined area led by an elected committee responsible for the deliv ...
(LSD), which was a member of the
Southwest New Brunswick Service Commission (SNBSC).
The
Point Lepreau Nuclear Generating Station
Point Lepreau Nuclear Generating Station is a nuclear power station located 2 km northeast of Point Lepreau, New Brunswick, Canada. The facility was constructed between 1975 and 1983 by NB Power, the provincially owned public utility.
T ...
is the parish's most notable feature and is located near its eastern border.
The
Census subdivision
The census geographic units of Canada are the census subdivisions defined and used by Canada's federal government statistics bureau Statistics Canada to conduct the country's quinquennial census. These areas exist solely for the purposes of sta ...
of Lepreau Parish shares the parish's borders.
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Origin of name
Historian William Francis Ganong
William Francis Ganong, M.A., Ph.D., LL.D., F.R.S.C., (19 February 1864 - 7 September 1941) was a Canadian biologist botanist, historian and cartographer. His botany career was spent mainly as a professor at Smith College in Northampton, Massachu ...
states that the name of the parish comes from Point Lepreau, the name being a corruption of French ''Pte. aux Napraux''.
The parish's official spelling has varied:
*LePreau in 1857,[ Available as a free ebook from Google Books.] 1869,[ Available as a free ebook from Google Books.] 1903, 1927, and 1952
*Le Preaux in 1877 and 1896
*Lepreau since 1973
History
Lepreau Parish was erected from eastern Pennfield Parish in 1857.
Boundaries
Lepreau is bounded:[ Remainder of parish on mapbooks 482, 492, and 499 at same site.]
* on the north by a line running due west from the southernmost corner of Queens County;
* on the east by a line running true north from Point Lepreau;
* on the south by Maces Bay and the Bay of Fundy
The Bay of Fundy (french: Baie de Fundy) is a bay between the Canadian provinces of New Brunswick and Nova Scotia, with a small portion touching the U.S. state of Maine. It is an arm of the Gulf of Maine. Its extremely high tidal range is the hi ...
;
* on the west by true north from the mouth of the Pocologan River;
* including any islands within of the shore.
Evolution of boundaries
Lepreau's originally extended north to the county line.
Local service district
The local service district of the parish of Lepreau comprises the entire parish.
The LSD was established in 1970 to assess for fire protection; first aid & ambulance services were added in 1978.
Today the LSD assesses for only the basic LSD services of fire protection
Fire protection is the study and practice of mitigating the unwanted effects of potentially destructive fires. It involves the study of the behaviour, compartmentalisation, suppression and investigation of fire and its related emergencies, as we ...
, police services, land use planning
Land use planning is the process of regulating the use of land by a central authority. Usually, this is done to promote more desirable social and environmental outcomes as well as a more efficient use of resources. More specifically, the goals ...
, emergency measures, and dog control.
Communities
Communities at least partly within the parish.Maces Bay
Maces Bay is a community in Charlotte County, New Brunswick, Canada.
History
Notable people
See also
*List of communities in New Brunswick
This is a list of communities in New Brunswick, a province in Canada. For the purposes of this list, ...
(''Old Ridge'')
* Mink Brook
* New River
* New River Beach
* Pocologan
* Welch Cove
Bodies of water
Bodies of water[Not including brooks, ponds or coves.] at least partly within the parish.Bay of Fundy
The Bay of Fundy (french: Baie de Fundy) is a bay between the Canadian provinces of New Brunswick and Nova Scotia, with a small portion touching the U.S. state of Maine. It is an arm of the Gulf of Maine. Its extremely high tidal range is the hi ...
* Maces Bay
* Lepreau Harbour
* New River Harbour
* Pocologan Harbour
* Little Lepreau Basin
* Lake of the Hills
* Ragged Falls Flowage
* more than 25 other officially named lakes
Islands
Islands at least partly within the parish.
Other notable places
Parks, historic sites, and other noteworthy places at least partly within the parish.
Census data
Population
Language
Access Routes
Highways and numbered routes that run through the parish, including external routes that start or finish at the parish limits:[Atlantic Canada Back Road Atlas Pages 4, 12]
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Notes
References
External links
Lepreau LSD Facebook page
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Parishes of Charlotte County, New Brunswick