New Carlisle, Quebec is a small town in the Gaspé region of Quebec

Quebec

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, best known as the boyhood home of René Lévesque

René Lévesque

René Lévesque was a reporter, a minister of the government of Quebec, , the founder of the Parti Québécois political party and the 23rd Premier of Quebec...

; although he was born at Campbellton, New Brunswick

Campbellton, New Brunswick

Campbellton is a Canadian city in Restigouche County, New Brunswick.Situated on the south bank of the Restigouche River opposite Pointe-à-la-Croix, Quebec, Campbellton was officially incorporated in 1889 and achieved city status in 1958.Forestry and tourism are major industries in the regional...

. The population is approximately 1430, half English-speaking and half French-speaking. New Carlisle is the seat of Bonaventure Regional County Municipality

Bonaventure Regional County Municipality, Quebec

Bonaventure Regional County Municipality is a regional county municipality in eastern Quebec, on the Gaspé Peninsula. The regional county municipality seat is New Carlisle.-Communities:Cities*Bonaventure*New Richmond*Paspébiac...

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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

England

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, 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

Loyalist (American Revolution)

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 claimants.

The town was the scene of the capture of German spy Werner von Janowski, who was dropped from a U-boat nearby in May, 1942.

New Carlisle is the seat of the judicial district

Judicial districts of Quebec

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 of Bonaventure.

Demographics

According to the Canada 2001 Census

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• Population: 1,431
• % Change (1996–2001): -7.0
• Dwellings: 611
• Area (km².): 67.55 km²
• Density (persons per km²): 21.2

Home Language(Canada 2006 Census

Canada 2006 Census

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• English: 65%
• French: 35%

Climate