Blissville Parish, New Brunswick Explained
| Blissville |
| Settlement Type: | Parish |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Type1: | Province |
| Subdivision Type2: | County |
| Established Title: | Erected |
| Established Date: | 1835 |
| Area Footnotes: | [1] |
| Area Land Km2: | 341.74 |
| Population As Of: | 2021 |
| Population Total: | 777 |
| Population Density Km2: | 2.3 |
| Population Blank1 Title: | Change 2016-2021 |
| Population Blank1: | 5.1% |
| Population Blank2 Title: | Dwellings |
| Population Blank2: | 369 |
| Timezone: | AST |
| Utc Offset: | -4 |
| Timezone Dst: | ADT |
| Utc Offset Dst: | -3 |
Blissville is a geographic parish in Sunbury County, New Brunswick, Canada.[2]
Prior to the 2023 governance reform, for governance purposes it was divided between CFB Gagetown and the local service district of the parish of Blissville,[3] which was a member of Capital Region Service Commission (RSC11).
Origin of name
The parish was probably named in honour of John Murray Bliss,[4] senior justice of the Supreme Court of New Brunswick at the time the Act erecting the parish[5] was passed in 1834 but died before it became effective in January 1835.
History
Blissville was erected in 1835 from Burton and Lincoln Parishes.
In 1874 Gladstone Parish was erected from the western part of Blissville.[6]
In 1896 the land boundary with Gladstone was completely altered, adding a large area to Blissville; the boundary with Burton was altered along the Nerepis Road.[7]
In 1949 the boundary with Burton was restored to its pre-1896 line.[8]
Boundaries
Blissville Parish is bounded:[2] [9] [10] [11]
- on the north beginning at a point on the eastern bank of the Oromocto River about 1.2 kilometres downstream of the mouth of Shaw Creek, then running south 66º east to the Queens County line;
- on the southeast by the Sunbury County line;
- on the south by the Charlotte County;
- on the west by a line beginning at a point on the Charlotte County about 2.9 kilometres west of the South Oromocto Lake Road, then running north 67º east about 19.2 kilometres to the rear line of grants along the western side of the South Branch Oromocto River, then northerly about 2.2 kilometres along the rear line of grants to the northern line of a grant to Nathaniel Hubbard, which is also the southern boundary of Fredericton Junction, then easterly to the river, then down the South Branch Oromocto River and the Oromocto River to the starting point.
Communities
Communities at least partly within the parish; italics indicate a community expropriated for CFB Gagetown
- Blissville
- Central Blissville
- Germany
- Hoyt
- Hoyt Station
- Juvenile Settlement
- Mill Settlement
- Mill Settlement West
- Patterson
- Sand Brook
- Tweedsmuir
Bodies of water
Bodies of water[12] at least partly in the parish:
- Oromocto River
- South Branch Oromocto River
- Brizley Stream
- Piskahegan Stream
- Back Creek
- Bass Creek
- White Birch Lake
Islands
Islands in the parish:
Other notable places
Parks, historic sites, and other noteworthy places in the parish.
Demographics
Revised census figures based on the 2023 local governance reforms have not been released.
Population
Population trend[13] [14]
| Census | Population | Change (%) |
|---|
| 2016 | 819 | 11.6% |
| 2011 | 926 | 9.2% |
| 2006 | 848 | 13.7% |
| 2001 | 983 | |
|
Language
Mother tongue (2016)[14]
| Language | Population | Pct (%) |
|---|
| English only | 790 | 96.3% |
| French only | 25 | 3.0% |
| Both English and French | 5 | 0.6% |
| Other languages | 0 | 0% | |
Access Routes
Highways and numbered routes that run through the parish, including external routes that start or finish at the parish limits:[15]
See also
References
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Notes and References
- Web site: Census Profile . Statistics Canada . 29 October 2022 . 26 October 2022.
- Web site: Chapter T-3 Territorial Division Act . Government of New Brunswick . 13 November 2020.
- Web site: New Brunswick Regulation 84-168 under the Municipalities Act (O.C. 84-582) . Government of New Brunswick . 22 July 2020.
- Book: Ganong . William F. . A Monograph of the Place-Nomenclature of the Province of New Brunswick . 1896 . Royal Society of Canada . 221 . 17 March 2021.
- Book: Acts of the General Assembly of His Majesty's Province of New Brunswick, Passed in the Year 1834.. 27 March 2021. 1834. Government of New Brunswick. Fredericton. 103–104. 4 Wm. IV c. 42 An Act to erect a new Parish in the County of Sunbury..
- Book: Acts of the General Assembly of Her Majesty's Province of New Brunswick. Passed in the Months of March & April 1874.. 1874. Government of New Brunswick. Fredericton. 112–113. 37 Vic. c. 38 An Act to erect a part of the Parish of Blissville, in the County of Sunbury, into a separate Town or Parish.. Available as a free ebook from Google Books.
- Book: Acts of the General Assembly of Her Majesty's Province of New Brunswick. Passed in the Month of March, 1896.. 1896. Government of New Brunswick. Fredericton. 86–123. 59 Vic. c. 8 An Act to Revise and Codify an Act to Provide for the Division of the Province into Counties, Towns and Parishes.. Available as a free ebook from Google Books.
- Book: Acts of the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick Passed During the Session of 1949. 1949. Government of New Brunswick. Fredericton. 468. 13 Geo. VI c. 146 An Act to Amend Chapter 2 of the Revised Statutes, 1927, Respecting the Division of the Province into Counties Towns and Parishes, in so far as It Relates to the County of Sunbury..
- Web site: No. 137 . Provincial Archives of New Brunswick . Department of Natural Resources and Energy Development . 22 June 2021. Remainder of parish on maps 138, 147, 148, and 155 at same site.
- Web site: 410 . Transportation and Infrastructure . Government of New Brunswick . 22 June 2021. Remainder of parish on mapbooks 411, 427–429, 442, 443, 457, and 458 at same site.
- Web site: Search the Canadian Geographical Names Database (CGNDB) . Government of Canada . 22 June 2021.
- Not including brooks, ponds or coves.
- Statistics Canada: 2001, 2006 census
- Web site: Census Profile, 2016 Census Blissville, Parish [Census subdivision], New Brunswick ]. Statistics Canada . September 30, 2019.
- Atlantic Canada Back Road Atlas
