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'''Point de Bute''' or '''Pointe de Bute''' is an area in ward five of the town of [[Tantramar, New Brunswick|Tantramar]] in [[Westmorland County, New Brunswick]], [[Canada]].

The former [[Local service district (New Brunswick)|local service district]] of Pointe de Bute took its name from the community but used a different spelling.

==History==
[[File:PointDeButeLychGate.jpg|thumb|left|Cemetery in Point de Bute near where the first Methodist church stood and where [[William Black (Methodist)|William Black]] would have preached.]]
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The [[Acadian]] Pierre Buhot settled here in the late 1600s, and the original name was Pont à Buhot which evolved, via Pont à Buot to the current name. Opposite his house was a bridge over the [[Missaguash River]], leading to the [[Tantramar Marsh]]. It was near the outlet of a stream, Rivière à l'Ours and a [[redoubt]], which was the first point of attack by [[Robert Monckton|Monckton]]'s army in 1755 as it advanced from [[Fort Lawrence]] to cross the Missaguash river on the way to attack [[Fort Beausejour]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Webster|first=J. Clarence|title=Historical Guide to New Brunswick|year=1947|publisher=New Brunswick Government Bureau of Information and Tourist Travel|pages=50}}</ref>

== Demographics ==
In the [[2021 Canadian census|2021 Census of Population]] conducted by [[Statistics Canada]], Pointe de Bute had a population of 561 living in 226 of its 253 total private dwellings, a change of {{percentage|{{#expr:561-571}}|571|1}} from its 2016 population of 571. With a land area of {{cvt|80.17|km2}}, it had a population density of {{Pop density|561|80.17|km2|sqmi|prec=1}} in 2021.<ref name=2021census>{{cite web | url=https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/t1/tbl1/en/cv.action?pid=9810001201 | title=Population and dwelling counts: Canada and designated places | publisher=[[Statistics Canada]] | date=February 9, 2022 | accessdate=January 2, 2025}}</ref>

==Notable people==
*Point de Bute is the birthplace of the [[British Columbian]] transportation pioneer [[Stephen Tingley]], 
*birth place of World War I flying ace [[Albert Desbrisay Carter]], and the scientist [[Edwin Colpitts]].
*home of [[Thomas Dixson]]

==See also==
*[[List of communities in New Brunswick]]
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[[Category:Communities in Westmorland County, New Brunswick]]
[[Category:Designated places in New Brunswick]]
[[Category:Local service districts of Westmorland County, New Brunswick]]

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