21-538: Lebret may refer to: Lebret, Saskatchewan , a village in Canada Évelyne Lebret (born 1938), French sprinter Jacques Lebret (d. 1645), French clergyman Louis-Joseph Lebret (1897–1966), French scientist See also [ edit ] Cardin Le Bret (1558–1655), French jurist Jean Le Bret (1872–1947), French sailor at the 1900 Summer Olympics Labret ,
42-503: A body piercing Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Lebret . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Lebret&oldid=1045037282 " Categories : Disambiguation pages Disambiguation pages with surname-holder lists Hidden categories: Short description
63-495: A change of 2.3% from its 2016 population of 221 . With a land area of 1.24 km (0.48 sq mi), it had a population density of 182.3/km (472.0/sq mi) in 2021. In the 2016 Census of Population , the Village of Lebret recorded a population of 216 living in 96 of its 142 total private dwellings, a 7.9% change from its 2011 population of 199 . With a land area of 1.31 km (0.51 sq mi), it had
84-420: A picturesque, yet very quiet, community with Fort Qu'Appelle now relatively unique in retaining its vitality and even sometimes increasing in population while other towns once of equal significance and size steadily dwindle in population and economic activity. In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada , Lebret had a population of 226 living in 102 of its 146 total private dwellings,
105-541: A population density of 164.9/km (427.1/sq mi) in 2016. At various times during the village's history, there were numerous businesses including a gas station , diner, grain elevator, pawn shop, ice cream store, and hardware store . Fort San, Saskatchewan Fort San ( 2016 population : 222 ) is a resort village in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan within Census Division No. 6 . It
126-522: A population density of 91.4/km (236.7/sq mi) in 2021. In the 2016 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada , the Resort Village of Fort San recorded a population of 222 living in 93 of its 178 total private dwellings, a 18.7% change from its 2011 population of 187 . With a land area of 2.9 km (1.1 sq mi), it had a population density of 76.6/km (198.3/sq mi) in 2016. The Resort Village of Fort San
147-529: A power house, and an extensive library for patients provided by World War I veterans. After tuberculosis became less of a threat in the early 1960s, the sanatorium building's purpose was changed to house the Saskatchewan Summer School of the Arts in 1967. For thirty years, thousands of young people received summer tuition in dance, music, visual art, writing, and theatre. Through the 1970s
168-496: Is an urban legend that Fort San is haunted by patients who died there in its early years. Several authors have documented different accounts of strange occurrences which transpired in the time since it was decommissioned as a sanatorium. The Echo Valley Conference Centre , a provincial government run conference facility is operated out of the historic building on the site. The conference centre makes use of Arts and Craft/Tudor Revival style building built from 1912 to 1922 for use by
189-593: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Lebret, Saskatchewan Lebret ( 2016 population : 216 ) is a village in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan within the Rural Municipality of North Qu'Appelle No. 187 and Census Division No. 6 . The village is situated on Mission Lake of the Fishing Lakes in the Qu'Appelle Valley . Lebret
210-636: Is located along Highway 56 , about 70 km (43 mi) northeast of the City of Regina . The village was named after "the parish priest, Father Louis Lebret, who became the first postmaster of the community and, although he only held the position for a little more than six months, the office was named Lebret and the name became that of the community." The site of Lebret first came to non-First Nations attention in 1814 when Abbé Provencher visited. A further such visit occurred when Abbé Picard from Pembina arrived in 1841 and wintered with John McDonald, previously of
231-407: Is on the shores of Echo Lake of the Fishing Lakes in the Rural Municipality of North Qu'Appelle No. 187 . It is 3 kilometres (1.9 mi) west of Fort Qu'Appelle and approximately 77 kilometres (48 mi) northeast of Regina . Prior to becoming a resort village, Fort San was originally a sanatorium . Following the closure of the sanatorium, the area was first repurposed as a venue to house
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#1732797859818252-511: The Saskatchewan Summer School of the Arts . The resort village now houses the Echo Valley Conference Centre . Fort San incorporated as a resort village on September 1, 1987. Seventy years earlier, Fort San was opened as a sanatorium in 1917 during a time when tuberculosis infections were increasing. The facility was built to house 358 patients. It was a self-sufficient institution with vegetable gardens, livestock,
273-457: The 1970s as the popularity of the School increased. Fort San was run as a Royal Canadian Sea Cadet Camp named HMCS Qu'Appelle Cadet Summer Training Centre during the summers of the nineties to 2004. The programs offered were: One of the operating rooms was even converted to a 4 bunk barrack room and the cadets taking sailing or general training generally slept directly over the morgue. It
294-646: The Métis and First Nations people in the region and a base for Oblate priests who travelled the southern plains to points such as Wood Mountain and the Cypress Hills ." The federal government financed the Qu'Appelle Indian Residential School in Lebret. which started in 1884 and run by the Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate . The first post office was opened in 1886, named Lebret which was given to
315-657: The North-West Company. The next record of visit is of Bishop Taché passing through in 1864 enroute to Ile á la Crosse, returning with a party and staying in Fort Qu’Appelle. He chose the site which later became the village of Lebret for the Catholic mission, established the next year in 1866 (one of the earliest) in what became the Province of Saskatchewan in 1905. It "became the main centre of Catholicism for
336-616: The community. The Sisters of Our Lady of the Missions arrived in 1899 and founded Saint Gabriel's Convent in 1906. Lebret incorporated as a village on October 14, 1912. The fieldstone Sacred Heart Church built in 1925. Churchgoing vastly waned among the Baby-Boom Generation to all but fundamentalist denominations beginning in the mid-1960s but full-house concerts were held in Sacred Heart Church by choirs of
357-531: The convent, there was a public school, and the Oblates established a theological training centre, Sacred Heart Scholasticate, on the south side of Mission Lake. The scholasticate closed in the 1960s, the convent in the 1970s and the public school in 1980, its pupils transferring to Fort Qu’Appelle. The residential school was signed over to a First Nations school board in October 1973, at a ceremony presided over by
378-448: The facilities were expanded and improved to support the school over its 30 years. "Over 1,200 children and adults attended the seven-week program at the School during the summer of 1968." The school was closed in 1991 due to lack of funding. The Sage Hill Writing Experience is one of the spin-offs of the school that continued to operate using a variety of venues around the province. Existing facilities were expanded and improved throughout
399-517: The nearby Saskatchewan Summer School of the Arts in Fort San . This ceased when the Summer School closed in 1991 due to lack of funding. In 1929 the landmark stations of the cross and the small chapel shrine on the hill overlooking Lebret were erected. Until the latter half of the 20th century Lebret was an important religious and educational centre. In addition to the residential school and
420-591: The sanitarium. On September 30, 2004 a decision was made by the Saskatchewan Property Management Corporation to shut down the Centre and offer it for sale. In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada , Fort San had a population of 233 living in 120 of its 203 total private dwellings, a change of 5% from its 2016 population of 222 . With a land area of 2.55 km (0.98 sq mi), it had
441-518: The then Minister of Indian Affairs, Jean Chrétien . The school, which eventually became known as White Calf Collegiate, closed in 1998. It is still stated, though with its continuing relevance not dwelled upon, that "French Canadians continued to supplement the Métis in the Qu’Appelle Valley" and that "[t]he mission at Lebret was established in 1866. Lebret is well known for the "Garbage House" Made famous by Adam Opdahl" Today, Lebret remains
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