Beausoleil is a rural community in the Canadian province of New Brunswick. It was formed through the 2023 New Brunswick local governance reforms. It encompasses the communities of Cocagne, Grande-Digue, Notre-Dame, Shediac Bridge, Shediac River.
Beausoleil | |
|---|---|
Rural community | |
 | |
  Beausoleil Location within New Brunswick | |
| Coordinates: 46°20′26″N 64°37′12″W / 46.34056°N 64.62000°W | |
| Country | Canada |
| Province | New Brunswick |
| County | Kent County |
| Regional service commission | Kent |
| Incorporated | January 1, 2023 |
| Government | |
| • Type | Rural community council |
| • Mayor | Roméo J. Bourque |
| • MP | Dominic LeBlanc (L) |
| • Provincial Representative | Benoît Bourque (L) |
| Time zone | UTC-4 (AST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-3 (ADT) |
History
editBeausoleil was incorporated on January 1, 2023.[1]
Geography
editThe community is located around the mouth of the Cocagne River in Cocagne Bay at the crossroads of Route 535 and Route 134. Beausoleil is also located around the mouth of the Shediac River in Shediac Bay at the crossroads of Route 530 and Route 134.
Education
edit- École Blanche-Bourgeois [2]
- École Notre-Dame
- École Grande-Digue
Notable people
edit- Auguste Théophile Léger (1852-1923) - New Brunswick politician
- Alfred Edmond Bourgeois (1872-1939) - New Brunswick politician, clerk, landlord and merchant.
- Allison Dysart (1880-1962) - New Brunswick politician, lawyer and judge
- Louis-Prudent-Alexandre Robichaud (1890-1971) - New Brunswick political figure and jurist.
- Michel Cormier (b. 1957) - Canadian journalist, lecturer and author.
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Local Governments Establishment Regulation – Local Governance Act". Government of New Brunswick. August 30, 2022. Retrieved January 15, 2023.
- ^ "District scolaire francophone Sud".
 | This New Brunswick location article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |