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Dieppe History
Dieppe is the fourth largest city in the province of New Brunswick with a history and identity that goes back to the eighteenth century. It was first incorporated as a town in 1952 and designated as a city in 2003. It is the fastest growing city in Atlantic Canada with a population growth rate of 24.2% from 2001 to 2006. In 2006 the city proper had a population of 18,565 (CSd).
Dieppe is a bilingual city where both French and English services can be sought harmoniously. Linguistically it is predominantly French (75 %) mostly of Acadian roots, though the city has an active English-speaking minority population (25%). Regardless of language, however, a large majority of Dieppe’s population were in favour of the by-law regulating the use of language on external commercial signs in Dieppe, which is a first for the province of New Brunswick. It is the second-largest majority-francophone city in North America outside Quebec and Haiti, behind Clarence-Rockland, Ontario, which has a population exceeding 20,000 and is 68% francophone - as opposed to Dieppe's 18,565 (2006 Statistic Canada). The city is racially homogenous with a high majority originating from western Europe. Recent migration is mostly inter-provincial within its rural regions or elsewhere in the Maritimes. Like its neighbouring city - Moncton - it remains a challenge to attract visible minority. In 1994 it was one of the co-host communities of the first Congrès Mondial Acadien (Acadian World Congress) which was held in Moncton.
Dieppe's economy is mostly centred on transportation, services and logistics industries.
Dieppe is located on the Peticodiac river east of the adjacent city of Moncton. It forms the southeastern part of the Greater Moncton Area, which also includes the city of Moncton, the town of Riverview, Moncton Parish, Memramcook, Coverdale and Salisbury.
Acadians from the Petitcoudiac and Shepody (french Chipoudy) regions were the first pioneers to settled in the area and founded Sylvabreau in 1730, followed by the Melanson family at Ruisseau-des-Renards (Fox Creek) in 1746 and the LeBlanc and Boudreau families at Chartersville in 1776.
It is to be noted that preceding the arrival of Acadian settlers, the southern fief of the province was inhabited by the Algonquin people. The first humans to set foot and cultivate the region were the indigenous Mi’kmaqs, respectively.
The Battle of the Petitcodiac was fought on Sept 2, 1755 during the British expulsion of the Acadians, after the capture of Fort Beauséjour. The Massachusetts-British force was soundly defeated by Boishébert, Acadian militia, and First Nations. At the mouth of the Nacadie Creek (Hall's) settlements such as Terre-Rouge (The Bend), Sylvabreau and the surrounding hamlets were destroyed. The families of Jean Darois, his brother-in-law Sylvain Breau and his nephew Trahan lived in Sylvabreau during this period in history. Even after these raids, Acadians returned to these villages and the numbers grew as the deportation from peninsula Nova Scotia continued, followed by the deportation of present-day Prince Edward Island and Cape Breton. Victory for the British belligerent occurred three years later (1758) during the Petitcodiac River Campaign (la bataille du Cran) which had the same operation to deport the Acadians that either lived along the Petitcodiac River or had taken refuge there from earlier deportation operations. Subsequently, the Acadians resettled the hamlets in present day Dieppe.
Dieppe was known as Upper Village after the Expulsion and was settled by the Surette, Maillet, and Thibodeau families, while Chartersville was called Leblanc's Village and also included members of the Boudreau's clan. Prior to 1800, Pierre Bourgeois had established himself on the (Ruisseau des Renards) Fox Creek salt marsh. Agriculture, forestry and some fishing sustained these Acadian families up until the mid-1800s, when shipbuilding and railways created employment opportunities for Acadians around the Moncton area. After a bridge was completed in 1867 at the mouth of Hall's Creek (Nacadie during the french settlement at Le Coude), a road was constructed that link Westmorland Road (Main Street) to the Dieppe area. This road went through farmland that had belong to the Leger family and intersected the old road (Acadie Avenue) that had taken travellers up and around Hall's Creek to get to Moncton. By 1900, the little area around the intersection became known as Léger's Corner, and with the increasing traffic from the bridge, merchants became attracted to the corner and soon set up shops and services around the intersection. Prior to the First World War, a small residential development was erected, and the community continue to grow until the Second World War. Then a population explosion occurred. Léger's Corner received the largest influx of military personnel in southeastern New Brunswick. Ten thousand airmen (due to the airport) and their support staff arrived overnight in 1940, and soon temporary warehouses and housing were erected.
When Léger's Corner became incorporated as a municipal village in 1946, the community was renamed Dieppe, after a port in France on the English Channel, to honour the 913 Canadian servicemen who took part in the Dieppe Raid, the bloody landing by Allied soldiers, on August 19, 1942, during the Second World War. Then, part of Lakeburn was annexed in 1946 and Dieppe-East in 1948. A referendum (262 for, 232 against) marginally favoured the village to incorporate as the Town of Dieppe in 1952. And growth continued unabated throughout the 1950s and 1960s as Dieppe annexed the villages of Saint-Anselme and Chartersville and the local service districts of Fox Creek-Dover in 1973. It became New Brunswick's eighth incorporated city on January 1, 2003. Dieppe's street maps prior to 1960 shows Champlain Street below Acadie Avenue as Main Street and above the intersection as Airport Road.(ref: McCully's New Brunswick Historic Aerial Photographs 1931-1939 - Dan Soucoup/ Richard Thorne McCully, 2005).
Thus, its geographic area is a direct union of Acadian parishes and villages such as: French Village(Léger's Corner), Fox Creek/Dover (1746), Chartersville (1776), Lakeburn (Le Brûlis-du-Lac) and Saint-Anselme (1820).
The downtown area is full of opportunities, there is space for both work and play. Located near the City Hall are businesses, professionals, banking institutions, office buildings, restaurants, a public square, a cultural centre and a farmers' market full of local products. The Dieppe Public Library, which is part of the New Brunswick Public Library System, has very modern facilities in the municipal building. Champlain Place and its numerous strip plazas on Paul and Champlain Streets, complements the dynamism of a great place to live, work and play.
Place 1604, Dieppe City Hall Complex, a modern centre city complex, is at the heart of the City of Dieppe's downtown area where citizens can go to eat, shop, do business, obtain government services and participate in the cultural and artistic scene. Place 1604 is a bustling area any time of the year. The Dieppe Farmers' Market is nearby, so is the Dieppe Public Library, an art gallery, an auditorium and a number of businesses. During the summer months, live entertainment is offered in the open area of Place 1604.
200 Champlain Street is a three storey building situated beside the Dieppe City Hall. It hosts a bank, a restaurant, a government services outlet, a café and other professional offices.
Dieppe City Hall, completed in 2006, forms part of the new Dieppe Downtown Development Plan and surrounds the vibrant public gathering space. The building features a library, council chamber, and underground parking.
Dieppe Arts and Culture Centre/Le centre des arts et de la culture de Dieppe(Former city Hall) has a variety of activities all under the same roof: a dance studio, a music school, an art gallery, an auditorium, studios for visual artists and the studios of radio station CFBO FM.
Marchè de Dieppe Market is a colorful vibrant market pavilion to accommodate farmers, crafts people and provides a gathering place for Dieppe Citizens.
The Dieppe Industrial Park, first established in the 1970s, has enjoyed an influx of companies specializing in land and air transportation, light manufacturing, communications and distribution all drawn to a powerfuln bilingual workforce over the last 30 plus years. Today, the park encompasses approximately 1,100 acres with over 200 businesses in three distinct zones: industrial, business and technology, as well as light industrial, aerospace, transportation and distribution. Offering fully serviced lots, reasonable utility costs and low property taxes, fibre optic telecommunications networking, and an able workforce, the Industrial Park also offers a superior transportation network with its geographical location being a distinct advantage.
The Greater Moncton International Airport was officially opened in 2002 by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II and has grown from its humble beginnings at a Lakeburn field in the 1920s to a modern new terminal building near the Dieppe Blvd.. Its state-of-the-art facility is proximity 6 km to downtown Dieppe; and 10 km to Moncton. Also, NAV CANADA provides Air traffic control, flight information services and weather briefings.
Dieppe adheres to its Parks and open spaces. Its design enhances the quality of life of its residents. As of 2011, the community boasts some thirty parks and green spaces: one city park, fifteen district parks, seven neighbourhood parks, five green islands and a linear park with 20 kilometres of trails.
The Dieppe Kite International( in french, L’International du cerf-volant) is the most renowned kite festival in North America.The best kite flyers in the world, from several countries, come to Dove Park in Dieppe, to fly multi-colored kites of all shapes and sizes. It is an annual event comprising three types of activities: kite flying, community activities and cultural activities. The first Dieppe Kite Internationaltook place in 2001 with the objective to offer an event that was original and of international calibre.
Carnaval d'amitié de Dieppe / Dieppe Friendship Carnival is the annual friendship winter carnival since the 1970s that showcases sleigh rides, skating on the pond, fiddle music, community breakfasts, canteen and much more.
Dieppe is the fourth largest city in the province of New Brunswick with a history and identity that goes back to the eighteenth century. It was first incorporated as a town in 1952 and designated as a city in 2003. It is the fastest growing city in Atlantic Canada with a population growth rate of 24.2% from 2001 to 2006. In 2006 the city proper had a population of 18,565 (CSd).
Dieppe is a bilingual city where both French and English services can be sought harmoniously. Linguistically it is predominantly French (75 %) mostly of Acadian roots, though the city has an active English-speaking minority population (25%). Regardless of language, however, a large majority of Dieppe’s population were in favour of the by-law regulating the use of language on external commercial signs in Dieppe, which is a first for the province of New Brunswick. It is the second-largest majority-francophone city in North America outside Quebec and Haiti, behind Clarence-Rockland, Ontario, which has a population exceeding 20,000 and is 68% francophone - as opposed to Dieppe's 18,565 (2006 Statistic Canada). The city is racially homogenous with a high majority originating from western Europe. Recent migration is mostly inter-provincial within its rural regions or elsewhere in the Maritimes. Like its neighbouring city - Moncton - it remains a challenge to attract visible minority. In 1994 it was one of the co-host communities of the first Congrès Mondial Acadien (Acadian World Congress) which was held in Moncton.
Dieppe's economy is mostly centred on transportation, services and logistics industries.
Dieppe is located on the Peticodiac river east of the adjacent city of Moncton. It forms the southeastern part of the Greater Moncton Area, which also includes the city of Moncton, the town of Riverview, Moncton Parish, Memramcook, Coverdale and Salisbury.
Acadians from the Petitcoudiac and Shepody (french Chipoudy) regions were the first pioneers to settled in the area and founded Sylvabreau in 1730, followed by the Melanson family at Ruisseau-des-Renards (Fox Creek) in 1746 and the LeBlanc and Boudreau families at Chartersville in 1776.
It is to be noted that preceding the arrival of Acadian settlers, the southern fief of the province was inhabited by the Algonquin people. The first humans to set foot and cultivate the region were the indigenous Mi’kmaqs, respectively.
The Battle of the Petitcodiac was fought on Sept 2, 1755 during the British expulsion of the Acadians, after the capture of Fort Beauséjour. The Massachusetts-British force was soundly defeated by Boishébert, Acadian militia, and First Nations. At the mouth of the Nacadie Creek (Hall's) settlements such as Terre-Rouge (The Bend), Sylvabreau and the surrounding hamlets were destroyed. The families of Jean Darois, his brother-in-law Sylvain Breau and his nephew Trahan lived in Sylvabreau during this period in history. Even after these raids, Acadians returned to these villages and the numbers grew as the deportation from peninsula Nova Scotia continued, followed by the deportation of present-day Prince Edward Island and Cape Breton. Victory for the British belligerent occurred three years later (1758) during the Petitcodiac River Campaign (la bataille du Cran) which had the same operation to deport the Acadians that either lived along the Petitcodiac River or had taken refuge there from earlier deportation operations. Subsequently, the Acadians resettled the hamlets in present day Dieppe.
Dieppe was known as Upper Village after the Expulsion and was settled by the Surette, Maillet, and Thibodeau families, while Chartersville was called Leblanc's Village and also included members of the Boudreau's clan. Prior to 1800, Pierre Bourgeois had established himself on the (Ruisseau des Renards) Fox Creek salt marsh. Agriculture, forestry and some fishing sustained these Acadian families up until the mid-1800s, when shipbuilding and railways created employment opportunities for Acadians around the Moncton area. After a bridge was completed in 1867 at the mouth of Hall's Creek (Nacadie during the french settlement at Le Coude), a road was constructed that link Westmorland Road (Main Street) to the Dieppe area. This road went through farmland that had belong to the Leger family and intersected the old road (Acadie Avenue) that had taken travellers up and around Hall's Creek to get to Moncton. By 1900, the little area around the intersection became known as Léger's Corner, and with the increasing traffic from the bridge, merchants became attracted to the corner and soon set up shops and services around the intersection. Prior to the First World War, a small residential development was erected, and the community continue to grow until the Second World War. Then a population explosion occurred. Léger's Corner received the largest influx of military personnel in southeastern New Brunswick. Ten thousand airmen (due to the airport) and their support staff arrived overnight in 1940, and soon temporary warehouses and housing were erected.
When Léger's Corner became incorporated as a municipal village in 1946, the community was renamed Dieppe, after a port in France on the English Channel, to honour the 913 Canadian servicemen who took part in the Dieppe Raid, the bloody landing by Allied soldiers, on August 19, 1942, during the Second World War. Then, part of Lakeburn was annexed in 1946 and Dieppe-East in 1948. A referendum (262 for, 232 against) marginally favoured the village to incorporate as the Town of Dieppe in 1952. And growth continued unabated throughout the 1950s and 1960s as Dieppe annexed the villages of Saint-Anselme and Chartersville and the local service districts of Fox Creek-Dover in 1973. It became New Brunswick's eighth incorporated city on January 1, 2003. Dieppe's street maps prior to 1960 shows Champlain Street below Acadie Avenue as Main Street and above the intersection as Airport Road.(ref: McCully's New Brunswick Historic Aerial Photographs 1931-1939 - Dan Soucoup/ Richard Thorne McCully, 2005).
Thus, its geographic area is a direct union of Acadian parishes and villages such as: French Village(Léger's Corner), Fox Creek/Dover (1746), Chartersville (1776), Lakeburn (Le Brûlis-du-Lac) and Saint-Anselme (1820).
The downtown area is full of opportunities, there is space for both work and play. Located near the City Hall are businesses, professionals, banking institutions, office buildings, restaurants, a public square, a cultural centre and a farmers' market full of local products. The Dieppe Public Library, which is part of the New Brunswick Public Library System, has very modern facilities in the municipal building. Champlain Place and its numerous strip plazas on Paul and Champlain Streets, complements the dynamism of a great place to live, work and play.
- Champlain
Place (Place Champlain) The largest single building shopping
centre in Atlantic Canada by floor space (also the largest
single-story mall east of Montreal). The Mall, as it is referred
to, opened in 1974 and has over 150 stores and services with five
anchor tenants. A major interior and exterior renovation of the
mall was completed in November 2008.
- Crystal
Palace Complex (Palais Crystal) The Complex includes
Crystal Palace indoor amusement park with attractions such as a
roller coaster and wave swinger. In addition to the Complex, a
Ramada Hotel, McGinnis Landing Restaurant, a Crystal Palace
Convention Centre, a state-of-the-art 8 auditorium Empire Theatres
multiplex, Chapters Bookstores with a Starbucks coffee are some of
the features. The complex, opened in 1990, is adjacent to Champlain
Place and it is owned and operated by Cadillac Fairview.
Place 1604, Dieppe City Hall Complex, a modern centre city complex, is at the heart of the City of Dieppe's downtown area where citizens can go to eat, shop, do business, obtain government services and participate in the cultural and artistic scene. Place 1604 is a bustling area any time of the year. The Dieppe Farmers' Market is nearby, so is the Dieppe Public Library, an art gallery, an auditorium and a number of businesses. During the summer months, live entertainment is offered in the open area of Place 1604.
200 Champlain Street is a three storey building situated beside the Dieppe City Hall. It hosts a bank, a restaurant, a government services outlet, a café and other professional offices.
Dieppe City Hall, completed in 2006, forms part of the new Dieppe Downtown Development Plan and surrounds the vibrant public gathering space. The building features a library, council chamber, and underground parking.
Dieppe Arts and Culture Centre/Le centre des arts et de la culture de Dieppe(Former city Hall) has a variety of activities all under the same roof: a dance studio, a music school, an art gallery, an auditorium, studios for visual artists and the studios of radio station CFBO FM.
Marchè de Dieppe Market is a colorful vibrant market pavilion to accommodate farmers, crafts people and provides a gathering place for Dieppe Citizens.
The Dieppe Industrial Park, first established in the 1970s, has enjoyed an influx of companies specializing in land and air transportation, light manufacturing, communications and distribution all drawn to a powerfuln bilingual workforce over the last 30 plus years. Today, the park encompasses approximately 1,100 acres with over 200 businesses in three distinct zones: industrial, business and technology, as well as light industrial, aerospace, transportation and distribution. Offering fully serviced lots, reasonable utility costs and low property taxes, fibre optic telecommunications networking, and an able workforce, the Industrial Park also offers a superior transportation network with its geographical location being a distinct advantage.
The Greater Moncton International Airport was officially opened in 2002 by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II and has grown from its humble beginnings at a Lakeburn field in the 1920s to a modern new terminal building near the Dieppe Blvd.. Its state-of-the-art facility is proximity 6 km to downtown Dieppe; and 10 km to Moncton. Also, NAV CANADA provides Air traffic control, flight information services and weather briefings.
Dieppe adheres to its Parks and open spaces. Its design enhances the quality of life of its residents. As of 2011, the community boasts some thirty parks and green spaces: one city park, fifteen district parks, seven neighbourhood parks, five green islands and a linear park with 20 kilometres of trails.
The Dieppe Kite International( in french, L’International du cerf-volant) is the most renowned kite festival in North America.The best kite flyers in the world, from several countries, come to Dove Park in Dieppe, to fly multi-colored kites of all shapes and sizes. It is an annual event comprising three types of activities: kite flying, community activities and cultural activities. The first Dieppe Kite Internationaltook place in 2001 with the objective to offer an event that was original and of international calibre.
Carnaval d'amitié de Dieppe / Dieppe Friendship Carnival is the annual friendship winter carnival since the 1970s that showcases sleigh rides, skating on the pond, fiddle music, community breakfasts, canteen and much more.