Belledune

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Belledune is a port village in the Canadian province of New Brunswick. It has a population of 1,325, and straddles the boundary between Restigouche County and Gloucester County, New Brunswick.

The community of Belledune was created through the amalgamation of Jacquet River, Armstrong Brook, and Belledune in 1994. The community dubbed itself a "Supervillage" after this amalgamation. Belledune's population meets the requirements as a "Town" under the Municipalities Act of the Province of New Brunswick, but it has not requested a change in municipal status and therefore remains as a village.

Belledune is one of the few municipalities not significantly affected by the province's 2023 local governance reforms.

History

Script error: No such module "Labelled list hatnote". The village, "Big Dune", was first settled by François Guittard (middle name: Joseph) around 1815, with a land grant approval in 1825 for two lots of land of 200 acres each.[1]

Guittard was born in Fauxbourg, St. Antoine, France, around 1774, and after fighting in Napoleon's army, in 1801, he defected to the British Army. Guittard worked as a navigator, and helped map the New Brunswick coastline with the British military.

Guittard and his wife Marie LeFilatre emigrated to Canada, and after a brief settling in Rivière-Ouelle, Quebec, they resettled in New Brunswick, where the promise of a land grant became a possibility.

Settlers from the Miramichi Valley moved towards Belledune after the 1825 Great Miramichi Fire.

Politics

List of Mayors of Belledune
Mayor Term   Party References
Delphis Hickey 1969 – May 10, 1977 bgcolor=Template:Canadian party colour| Independent [2][3]
J. Arnold Talbot May 10, 1977 – May 14, 1980 bgcolor=Template:Canadian party colour| Independent [4]
John McDonnell May 14, 1980 – May 1986 bgcolor=Template:Canadian party colour| Independent
Joseph H. Hodgins May 1986 – May 8, 1989 bgcolor=Template:Canadian party colour| Independent [5]
Andy Flanagan May 8, 1989 – May 14, 2001 bgcolor=Template:Canadian party colour| Independent [6]
Joseph R. Noël May 14, 2001 – May 10, 2004 bgcolor=Template:Canadian party colour| Independent [7]
Nick Duivenvoorden May 10, 2004 – May 14, 2012 bgcolor=Template:Canadian party colour| Independent [8]
Ron Bourque May 14, 2012 – May 9, 2016 bgcolor=Template:Canadian party colour| Independent [9]
Joseph R. Noël May 9, 2016 – May 10, 2021 bgcolor=Template:Canadian party colour| Independent [10]
Paul A. Arseneault May 10, 2021 – present bgcolor=Template:Canadian party colour| Independent [11]

Economy

Belledune underwent unprecedented development during the 1960s when under the premiership of Louis Robichaud a major regional port was built to service various industries on the north shore of New Brunswick.

The first major industrial projects at the port included in 1966 a lead and zinc smelter, formerly Brunswick Mining and Smelting Corporation, but now owned by Glencore with a nominal production of 120,000 tonnes per year.[12][13][14] built in support of the lead and zinc mines opened south of Bathurst during the 1950s in the Bathurst Mining Camp. A $30 million venture at the time, the smelter has managed to extract silver from its imported silver lead concentrates, and in 2011 produced 400mt of pure silver valued at 448M$; the company proposes to increase its silver production to 700mt.[15] The current permit to operate is file number I-7107.[16]

NB Power opened the Belledune Generating Station, a coal-fired thermal generating station, at the port in 1993.[17]

The announcement of the closure of the Glencore smelter was issued in late 2019. At that time, the company workforce was on strike. The site decommissioning will continue to 2028.

Demographics

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Language

Canada Census Mother Tongue - Belledune, New Brunswick[19]
Census Total
English
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French
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English & French
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Other
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Year Responses Count Trend Pop % Count Trend Pop % Count Trend Pop % Count Trend Pop %
2011
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1,550
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		1,285 Decrease 13.2% 82.90% 235 Increase 14.6% 15.16% 25 Increase 25.0% 1.61% 5 Increase n/a% 0.32%
2006
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1,705
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		1,480 Decrease 13.4% 86.80% 205 Decrease 6.8% 12.02% 20 Increase 100.0% 1.17% 0 Steady 0.0% 0.00%
2001
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1,940
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1996
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2,075
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Notable people

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See also

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  1. ↑ gnb.ca: "Provincial Archives of New Brunswick - RS108-Guittard,-F | Land Petitions: Original Series"
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  12. ↑ cbc.ca: "Brunswick Smelter, union reach agreement", 15 Aug 2014
  13. ↑ gnb.ca: "Xstrata Canada Corporation - Brunswick Smelter - Class 1 Air Quality Approval" Template:Webarchive
  14. ↑ ic.gc.ca: " Brunswick Smelter a Glencore Company "
  15. ↑ gnb.ca: "FACILITY MODIFICATION - SILVER REFINERY OPTIMIZATION PROJECT"Template:Dead link (Department of Environment Impact Management Branch) August 2011
  16. ↑ gnb.ca: "Approval to Operate I-7107 - XSTRATA CANADA CORPORATION for the operation of the Belledune Lead Smelter and Bulk Handling Facility" Template:Webarchive
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