Renous-Quarryville
Renous-Quarryville(2020 population: 1188) was a Canadian local service district inNorthumberland County,New Brunswick,located 25 mi upstream ofMiramichi,situated where theRenous River,and theIndiantown brook.discharges into theSouthwest Miramichi River.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 theincorporated rural communityofMiramichi River Valley.
Renous proper, and the river is probably named for a Micmac chief, Sock Renou.[1]
Renous-Quarryville is 5 kilometres east ofMiramichi River Valleywhere the majority of students attend school, although many also attend Millerton school.
The community is the site of theAtlantic Institution,aCorrectional Service of Canadamaximum-securityprisonlocated on the site of a formerCanadian Forcesammunition depot.[2]
On March 30, 2019, the Tom Donovan Arena in Renous was named 2019 winner of theKraft Hockeyvillenational 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, theMontreal Canadiensfaced theFlorida Panthers.[3]Said game had taken place in the city of Bathurst, about an hour away.
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[edit]- ^Hamilton, William (1978).The Macmillan Book of Canadian Place Names.Toronto: Macmillan. p. 83.ISBN0-7715-9754-1.
- ^csc-scc.gc.ca: "Atlantic Institution"
- ^"Canadiens release preseason schedule".
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