Renous-Quarryville (2020 population: 1188) was a Canadian local service district in Northumberland County,

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, located 25 mi upstream of

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, situated where the

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, and the Indiantown brook. discharges into the

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. It was named for the Renous river, and settlement, as well as Quarryville's quarry, hence the name "Renous-Quarryville local service district." It is now part of the incorporated rural community of

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. Renous proper, and the river is probably named for a Micmac chief, Sock Renou. Renous-Quarryville is 5 kilometres east of

where the majority of students attend school, although many also attend Millerton school. The community is the site of the Atlantic Institution, a

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maximum-security

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located on the site of a former

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ammunition depot. On March 30, 2019, the Tom Donovan Arena in Renous was named 2019 winner of the

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national contest, with a $250,000 prize for arena upgrades and an NHL pre-season game to be played in the area on September 18, 2019. On that date, the

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faced the

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. Said game had taken place in the city of Bathurst, about an hour away.

Demographics

In the

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conducted by

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, Renous-Quarryville 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.

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Communities in Northumberland County, New Brunswick Designated places in New Brunswick Local service districts of Northumberland County, New Brunswick Mining communities in New Brunswick {{NorthumberlandCountyNB-geo-stub

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