Beausoleil, New Brunswick

Beausoleil is a rural community in the Canadian province of New Brunswick. It was formed through the 2023 New Brunswick local governance reforms. It encompasses the communities of Cocagne, Grande-Digue, Notre-Dame, Shediac Bridge, Shediac River.

Beausoleil
Rural community
Beausoleil Location within New Brunswick
Coordinates: 46°20′26″N 64°37′12″W
Country	Canada
Province	New Brunswick
County	Kent County
Regional service commission	Kent
Incorporated	January 1, 2023
Government
• Type	Rural community council
• Mayor	Roméo J. Bourque
• MP	Dominic LeBlanc (L)
• Provincial Representative	Benoît Bourque (L)
Time zone	UTC-4 (AST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-3 (ADT)

History

Beausoleil was incorporated on January 1, 2023.^[1]

Geography

The community is located around the mouth of the Cocagne River in Cocagne Bay at the crossroads of Route 535 and Route 134. Beausoleil is also located around the mouth of the Shediac River in Shediac Bay at the crossroads of Route 530 and Route 134.

Education

• École Blanche-Bourgeois ^[2]
• École Notre-Dame
• École Grande-Digue

Notable people

Main article: List of people from Kent County, New Brunswick

• Auguste Théophile Léger (1852-1923) - New Brunswick politician
• Alfred Edmond Bourgeois (1872-1939) - New Brunswick politician, clerk, landlord and merchant.
• Allison Dysart (1880-1962) - New Brunswick politician, lawyer and judge
• Louis-Prudent-Alexandre Robichaud (1890-1971) - New Brunswick political figure and jurist.
• Michel Cormier (b. 1957) - Canadian journalist, lecturer and author.

See also

• List of communities in New Brunswick
• List of municipalities in New Brunswick
• Joseph Beausoleil Broussard