New Carlisle, Quebec
| New Carlisle | |
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| Municipality | |
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Statue of René Lévesque | |
 Location within Bonaventure RCM. | |
  New Carlisle Location in eastern Quebec. | |
| Coordinates: 48°01′N 65°20′W / 48.017°N 65.333°WCoordinates: 48°01′N 65°20′W / 48.017°N 65.333°W[1] | |
| Country |
 Canada |
| Province |
 Quebec |
| Region |
Gaspésie– Îles-de-la-Madeleine |
| RCM | Bonaventure |
| Settled | 1784 |
| Constituted | February 1, 1877 |
| Government[2] | |
| • Mayor | Cyrus Journeau |
| • Federal riding |
Gaspésie— Îles-de-la-Madeleine |
| • Prov. riding | Bonaventure |
| Area[2][3] | |
| • Total | 67.90 km2 (26.22 sq mi) |
| • Land | 67.57 km2 (26.09 sq mi) |
| Elevation[4] | 45.00 m (147.64 ft) |
| Population (2011)[3] | |
| • Total | 1,358 |
| • Density | 20.1/km2 (52/sq mi) |
| • Pop 2006-2011 |
 0.9% |
| • Dwellings | 594 |
| Time zone | EST (UTC−5) |
| • Summer (DST) | EDT (UTC−4) |
| Postal code(s) | G0C 1Z0 |
| Area code(s) | 418 and 581 |
| Highways |
 Route 132 |
| Website |
www |
New Carlisle, Quebec is a town in the Gaspé 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.
New Carlisle is the seat of Bonaventure Regional County Municipality, the judicial district of Bonaventure,[5] 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.
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.[1]
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.[6]
Demographics
Population
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| Historical Census Data - New Carlisle, Quebec[9] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Language
Mother tongue:[10]
- English as first language: 62.8%
- French as first language: 34.9%
- English and French as first language: 1.1%
- Other as first language: 1.1%
Climate
| Climate data for New Carlisle | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 8.9 (48) |
9.5 (49.1) |
15 (59) |
27 (81) |
30.6 (87.1) |
31.1 (88) |
33 (91) |
32.2 (90) |
29 (84) |
22.2 (72) |
16.5 (61.7) |
10.5 (50.9) |
33 (91) |
| Average high °C (°F) | −6.4 (20.5) |
−5 (23) |
0.4 (32.7) |
5.8 (42.4) |
13 (55) |
19.2 (66.6) |
22.6 (72.7) |
21.8 (71.2) |
16.6 (61.9) |
10.3 (50.5) |
3.8 (38.8) |
−3.1 (26.4) |
8.3 (46.9) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | −11.3 (11.7) |
−10 (14) |
−4.3 (24.3) |
1.6 (34.9) |
8.1 (46.6) |
14 (57) |
17.6 (63.7) |
17.2 (63) |
12 (54) |
6 (43) |
0.3 (32.5) |
−7.3 (18.9) |
3.7 (38.7) |
| Average low °C (°F) | −16.1 (3) |
−15 (5) |
−9 (16) |
−2.6 (27.3) |
3.1 (37.6) |
8.8 (47.8) |
12.6 (54.7) |
12.5 (54.5) |
7.3 (45.1) |
1.7 (35.1) |
−3.2 (26.2) |
−11.6 (11.1) |
−1 (30) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −31.5 (−24.7) |
−29 (−20) |
−25 (−13) |
−17 (1) |
−6.1 (21) |
−2.5 (27.5) |
5 (41) |
3.3 (37.9) |
−1.7 (28.9) |
−9.4 (15.1) |
−18.3 (−0.9) |
−27 (−17) |
−31.5 (−24.7) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 89.5 (3.524) |
56.5 (2.224) |
80.8 (3.181) |
83.5 (3.287) |
96.1 (3.783) |
99.2 (3.906) |
97.8 (3.85) |
108.2 (4.26) |
88.4 (3.48) |
105.5 (4.154) |
91.3 (3.594) |
99.5 (3.917) |
1,096.2 (43.157) |
| Source: Environment Canada[4] | |||||||||||||
See also
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "New Carlisle (Municipalité)" (in French). Commission de toponymie du Québec. Retrieved 2011-12-29.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "New Carlisle". Répertoire des municipalités (in French). Ministère des Affaires municipales, des Régions et de l'Occupation du territoire. Retrieved 2011-12-29.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 "New Carlisle census profile". 2011 Census data. Statistics Canada. Retrieved 2011-12-29.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Environment Canada - Canadian Climate Normals 1971–2000, accessed 23 July 2010
- ↑ Territorial Division Act. Revised Statutes of Quebec D-11.
- ↑ Beeby, Dean (1995). Cargo of lies : the true story of a Nazi double-agent in Canada. Canada: University of Toronto Press. pp. 3–5. ISBN 0-8020-0731-7.
- ↑ "2006 Community Profiles". Canada 2006 Census. Statistics Canada. March 30, 2011. Retrieved 2011-12-29.
- ↑ "2001 Community Profiles". Canada 2001 Census. Statistics Canada. February 17, 2012. Retrieved 2011-12-29.
- ↑ Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006, 2011 census
- ↑ "New Carlisle community profile". 2006 Census data. Statistics Canada. Retrieved 2011-12-29.
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