Lorne was a
local service district Local service district may refer to these administrative units in Canada:
* Local service district (New Brunswick)
A local service district (LSD) was a provincial administrative unit for the provision of local services in the Canadian province o ...
in
Colborne and
Durham Parishes,
Restigouche 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 ...
, Canada.
History
Lorne is named for the Marquis of Lorne,
John Campbell, 9th Duke of Argyll
John George Edward Henry Douglas Sutherland Campbell, 9th Duke of Argyll (6 August 1845 – 2 May 1914), known by the Courtesy titles in the United Kingdom, courtesy title Marquess of Lorne, by which he was known between 1847 and 1900, was a Br ...
.
Lorne was settled in 1879. By 1898, Lorne was a farming settlement with a post office and a population of 75. The post office was established in 1893 and closed in 1967.
Lorne used to have several stores and businesses but due to declining and aging population as well as a troubled economy many of these businesses are now gone. The local gas station was the villages last gas station and convenience store and general gossiping area of the town before being closed down in late 2018.
Anyone from the Colborne part of the community is considered "Colbornian" as an ongoing joke for multiple generations.
Demographics
In the
2021 Census of Population
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conducted by
Statistics Canada
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, Lorne had a population of 516 living in 278 of its 324 total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of 600. With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2021.
See also
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Royal eponyms in Canada
In Canada, a number of sites and structures are named for royal individuals, whether a member of the past French royal family, British royal family, or present Canadian royal family thus reflecting the country's status as a constitutional mona ...
References
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Communities in Restigouche County, New Brunswick
Designated places in New Brunswick
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