Botsford Parish, New Brunswick Explained
| Botsford |
| Settlement Type: | Parish |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Type1: | Province |
| Subdivision Type2: | County |
| Established Title: | Erected |
| Established Date: | 1805 |
| Area Footnotes: | [1] |
| Area Land Km2: | 304.62 |
| Population As Of: | 2021 |
| Population Total: | 1,120 |
| Population Density Km2: | 3.7 |
| Population Blank1 Title: | Change 2016-2021 |
| Population Blank1: | 5.9% |
| Population Blank2 Title: | Dwellings |
| Population Blank2: | 978 |
| Timezone: | AST |
| Utc Offset: | -4 |
| Timezone Dst: | ADT |
| Utc Offset Dst: | -3 |
| Coordinates: | 46.19°N -64.6°W |
| Footnotes: | Figures do not include portions within the villages of Cap-Pelé and Port Elgin and the rural community of Beaubassin East |
Botsford is a geographic parish in Westmorland County, New Brunswick, Canada.
For governance purposes it divided almost entirely between the town of Cap-Acadie and the incorporated rural community of Strait Shores,[2] small areas along its southwestern border belong to the Southeast rural district. All are members of the Southeast Regional Service Commission.[3]
Prior to the 2023 governance reform, the parish was divided between the villages of Cap-Pelé and Port Elgin,[4] the rural community of Beaubassin East,[5] and the local service districts of Bayfield, Cape Tormentine, and the parish of Botsford.[6]
Origin of name
The parish was named in honour of Amos Botsford, then Speaker of the House of Assembly[7] and MLA for Westmorland County.
History
Botsford was erected in 1805 from all of the unassigned territory east of Sackville and Westmorland Parishes.[8]
In 1850 the western boundary moved west to match that of Westmorland Parish, adding part of Shediac Parish.[9] The western boundary was at the mouth of the Kouchibouguac River.
In 1894 the western boundary was altered on its northern end, the boundary with Shediac Parish now running through Cap-Pelé. This was clarified in 1904.
Boundaries
Botsford Parish is bounded:[10] [11]
- on the north by Northumberland Strait;
- on the south by Baie Verte
- on the southwest by a line running north 38º 30' west from the southeast angle of lot number one, granted to Otho Reed, at the mouth of Gaspereau Creek in Port Elgin to a point about 1.6 kilometres northwesterly of the junction of Chemin des Moulins and Route 940 and about 450 metres from Square Lake, then running north 4º 30' east to the Northumberland Strait at a point about 375 metres east of the mouth of the Tedish River in Cap-Pelé.
Communities
Communities at least partly within the parish.[12] bold indicates an incorporated municipality
Bodies of water
Bodies of water[13] at least partly within the parish.
- Gaspereau River
- Timber River
- Amos Creek
- Fox Creek
- Grant Creek
- Lanchester Creek
- McKays Creek
- Robinson Creek
- Northumberland Strait
- Baie Verte
- Shemogue Harbour
- Collins Lake
- Niles Lake
- Square Lake
Islands
Islands at least partly within the parish.
Other notable places
Parks, historic sites, and other noteworthy places at least partly within the parish.
Demographics
Parish population total does not include portions within 2021 boundaries of Cap-Pelé, Port Elgin, and Beaubassin East. Revised census figures based on the 2023 local governance reforms have not been released.
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
External links
46.1113°N -63.9754°W
Notes and References
- Web site: Census Profile . Statistics Canada . 29 October 2022 . 26 October 2022.
- Web site: Southeast Regional Service Commission: RSC 7 . Government of New Brunswick . 26 March 2023.
- Web site: Regions Regulation – Regional Service Delivery Act . Government of New Brunswick . 26 March 2023 . 21 July 2022.
- Web site: Municipalities Order - Municipalities Act . Government of New Brunswick . 26 March 2023 . 25 June 2021.
- Web site: New Brunswick Regulation 95-36 under the Municipalities Act (O.C. 95-342) . Government of New Brunswick . 23 July 2020.
- Web site: Local Service Districts Regulation - Municipalities Act . Government of New Brunswick . 26 March 2023 . 25 June 2021.
- Book: Ganong . William F. . A Monograph of the Place-Nomenclature of the Province of New Brunswick . 1896 . Royal Society of Canada . 222 . 17 March 2021.
- Book: Acts of the General Assembly, of His Majesty's Province of New-Brunswick, Passed in the Year 1805.. 27 March 2021. 1805. Government of New Brunswick. Saint John, New Brunswick. 368–369. 45 Geo. III c. 18 An Act for erecting the Eastern part of the county of Westmorland into a distinct Town or Parish..
- Book: Acts of the General Assembly of Her Mjaesty's Province of New Brunswick, Passed in the Year 1850.. 27 March 2021. 1850. Government of New Brunswick. Fredericton. 142–152, 145–149. 13 Vic. c. 51 An Act to consolidate all the Laws now in force for the division of the Province into Counties, Towns and Parishes.. Book was poorly proofread, resulting in title typo and reuse of page numbers 145–152.
- Web site: No. 121 . Provincial Archives of New Brunswick . Department of Natural Resources and Energy Development . 24 June 2021. Remainder of parish on map 122 at same site.
- Web site: 321 . Transportation and Infrastructure . Government of New Brunswick . 24 June 2021. Remainder of parish on mapbooks 322, 340–343, and 362–364 at same site.
- Web site: Search the Canadian Geographical Names Database (CGNDB) . Government of Canada . 5 July 2021.
- Not including brooks, ponds or coves.
- New Brunswick Regulation 2017-46 under the Parks Act (O.C. 2017-293) . The Royal Gazette . 13 December 2017 . 175 . 1496–1497 . 5 July 2021 . . . 1714-9428.
- Atlantic Canada Back Road Atlas
