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3 unusual facts about Anse


Bruno Thériault

Bruno Thériault (November 25, 1917 in Grande-Anse, New Brunswick - May 14, 2005 in Moncton, New Brunswick) was a blind piano tuner and former regional administrator for the Canadian National Institute for the Blind.

Étienne Jeanneau

On 14 June 1709 Jeanneau was granted a commission as a court officer and notary for the large territory encompassing Grande-Anse, Rivière-Ouelle, Kamouraska, Rivière-du-Loup, and Port-Joli.

Patriarchate of Aquileia

The Patriarchate of Aquileia was an early center of Christianity, an historical state and Catholic episcopal see, and today a Catholic titular see in northeastern Italy, centred on the ancient city of Aquileia situated at the head of the Adriatic, on what is now the Italian seacoast, at the confluence of the Anse and the Torre.


2012 Oceania Swimming Championships

Swimming was held at the CARD Guy Verlaguet pool in Dumbéa, Synchro was held at a pool in Ouen-Toro park, and the Open Water races were swum in the waters off Baie des Citrons (5K) and Anse-Vata (10K).

Deshaies

Robert Charlebois (Québécois singer) had his house towards Grand-Anse beach, the largest beach of Guadeloupe.

Glynis Roberts

It also takes in the Maurice Bishop International Airport in Point Salines, the world famous Grand Anse beach and St. George's University.

Hebard – Ford Summer House

In 1878, lumber baron Charles Hebard founded the logging town of Pequaming nine miles north of L'Anse on the shore of Lake Superior.

James Oliver Curwood

In addition, a mountain in L'Anse Township, Michigan was given the name Mount Curwood, and the L'Anse Township Park was renamed Curwood Park.

Saint Lucia National Trust

The Trust manages a number of different types of areas, including national landmarks (of which there is currently one: Pigeon Island National Landmark), historic sites (Morne Fortune), nature reserves (Maria Islands Nature Reserve, Anse La Liberte) and environmental protection areas (Pointe Sable Environmental Protection Area).

Soufrière Quarter

The nearby plantation at Anse Mamin is reputed to be the birthplace of Napoleon's Empress Josephine de Beauharnais.


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