Belle-Baie

Belle-Baie is a town in the Canadian province of New Brunswick. It was formed through the 2023 New Brunswick local governance reforms.

Belle-Baie
Town
CountryCanada
ProvinceNew Brunswick
CountyGloucester
Regional service commissionChaleur
IncorporatedJanuary 1, 2023
Time zoneUTC-4 (AST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC-3 (ADT)

History

Belle-Baie was incorporated on January 1, 2023 via the amalgamation of the former town of Beresford and the former villages of Nigadoo, Petit-Rocher and Pointe-Verte as well as the concurrent annexation of adjacent unincorporated areas.[1] The adjacent unincorporated areas included the former local service districts of Dunlop, Laplante, Madran, Robertville, Petit-Rocher-Nord, Petit-Rocher-Sud and Tremblay, and portions of the local service districts of Bathurst, Beresford and North Tetagouche.[2]

The new town's name was initially announced as Baie-Jolie sur mer, but after negative reaction from the residents the transition committee withdrew the name and proposed Belle-Baie instead.[3]

The towns language policy for news releases to be reviewed after some residents complained they were in French only. The review is expected to be completed in Spring 2023. About 90% of the residents speak French, 70% speak english and the bilingual rate is around 68%. Census Canada has not issued information for the new municipality, but these numbers are based on Census 2021 of the municipalities that now form Belle Baie. When the Town was formed, it was designated as French speaking by the transition committee.

Geography

Belle-Baie is just north of the City of Bathurst and borders both Nepisiguit Bay and Chaleur Bay.[4]

Government

The community's first municipal election was held in November 2022 as part of the 2022 New Brunswick municipal elections, with former MLA Daniel Guitard selected as its first mayor.[5]

See also

References
  1. "Local Governments Establishment Regulation – Local Governance Act". Government of New Brunswick. August 30, 2022. Retrieved January 15, 2023.
  2. "Belle-Baie : un nom envisagé pour un regroupement municipal dans la région Chaleur". Ici Radio-Canada Nouveau-Brunswick, February 24, 2022.
  3. Hadeel Ibrahim, "'Baie-Jolie sur mer' is out, northern community submits newer new name". CBC News New Brunswick, May 17, 2022.
  4. "Belle-Baie : un nom envisagé pour un regroupement municipal dans la région Chaleur". Ici Radio-Canada Nouveau-Brunswick, February 24, 2022.
  5. ICI.Radio-Canada.ca, Zone Politique-. "Daniel Guitard remporte Belle-Baie, Jean-Guy Levesque détrône Ian Comeau à Campbellton". Radio-Canada.ca (in Canadian French). Retrieved January 3, 2023.

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