Country Canada Constituted February 1, 1877 Time zone EST (UTC−5) Area 67.9 km² Province Québec | Settled 1784 Elevation 45.00 m (147.64 ft) Postal code(s) G0C 1Z0 Population 1,358 (2011) Local time Saturday 2:55 AM | |
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Weather -2°C, Wind W at 14 km/h, 87% Humidity RCM Bonaventure Regional County Municipality | ||
Via rail 16 17 the chaleur in new carlisle quebec august 14 2010
New Carlisle, Quebec is a town in the Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine region of Quebec, Canada, best known as the boyhood home of René Lévesque; although he was born at Campbellton, New Brunswick. The population is approximately 1430, half English-speaking and half French-speaking. New Carlisle is located on the Baie des Chaleurs.
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- Via rail 16 17 the chaleur in new carlisle quebec august 14 2010
- Map of New Carlisle QC Canada
- Stormy weather in new carlisle quebec
- History
- Language
- References
Map of New Carlisle, QC, Canada
New Carlisle is the seat of Bonaventure Regional County Municipality, the judicial district of Bonaventure, and the regional base for the Ministry of Transports Quebec, which has an operations centre on the outskirts of town. New Carlisle has a post office, primary and high schools, five different churches and many services. Via Rail mothballed its operations between Matapedia and New Carlisle sometime around 2010.
Stormy weather in new carlisle quebec
History
The site of the town was selected in 1784 by the Lieutenant-Governor of the jurisdictional District of Gaspe, Nicholas Cox, named Cox Township. The town as is thought to have been named after Cox's home town, possibly Carlisle in England, soon after, the name was changed from "Carlisle" to "New Carlisle". The original settlers of 1784 were discharged soldiers of British Army regiments and Loyalists claimants. In 1877, the place was incorporated when the Township Municipality of Cox was dissolved into the Municipalities of New Carlisle and Paspébiac. Senator Theodore Robitallie was elected as a member from Bonaventure County and during his time in the federal government he commissioned the Words and music for O'Canada in 1885.
The town was the scene of the capture of German spy Werner von Janowski, who was dropped from a nearby U-boat in November, 1942.
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