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History of New Richmond, Québec, Canada
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(Sts-Anges-Gardiens-de-Cascapédiac)
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New Richmond is located on the north shore of CHALEUR BAY on the GASPÉ PENINSULA. Facing the sea, the town is surrounded by the majestic Chic-Chocs, the mountainous backbone of the peninsula. The area is rich in minerals and the source of the 2 salmon rivers which flow into Chaleur Bay at New Richmond: the Grande Cascapédia and the Petite Cascapédia.
Although New Richmond is today about 80% French-speaking, its history is steeped in cultural diversity. The first settlers, ACADIANS who had fled the 1755 deportation, were followed by United Empire LOYALISTS who made their home there in 1784 and by Scottish and Irish immigrants who arrived in the 19th century...
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History, News and Stories of New Richmond, Québec, Canada

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1831 - The parish of Sts-Anges-Gardiens-de-Cascapédiac is opened
Le Programme de recherche en démographie historique - Univeriste de Montreal
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1832 - RICHMOND,
township, in the co. of Bonaventure, is bounded E. by Hamilton; W. by Maria; in the rear by waste lands; in the front by the Bay of Chaleurs. It is... Read MORE...
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1860 - Église de Notre-Dame-des-Saints-Anges established at New-Richmond
www.gcatholic.org
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1873
NEW RICHMOND, a seaport in Bonaventure co., Que., on Baye des Chaleurs, between Great and Little Cascapedia Rivers, 53 miles from Campbellton, N.B.... Read MORE...
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1895 - New Richmond
New Rich'mond, a seaport in Bonaventure co., Quebec, on the Bay of Chaleurs, 53 miles E.N.E. of Campbellton, New Brunswick. It has a large trade in... Read MORE...
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1906
New Richmond, a seaport of Bonaventure co., Quebec, on the Bay of Chaleur, 53 miles ENE. of Capbellton, New Brunswick, on the Atlantic and Lake... Read MORE...
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New Richmond
New Richmond, Qué, Town, pop 3748 (2006c), 3760 (2001c), inc 1969. New Richmond is located on the north shore of CHALEUR BAY on the GASPÉ PENINSULA.... Read MORE...
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