Bright Parish, New Brunswick Explained
| Bright |
| Settlement Type: | Parish |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Type1: | Province |
| Subdivision Type2: | County |
| Established Title: | Erected |
| Established Date: | 1869 |
| Area Footnotes: | [1] |
| Area Land Km2: | 403.73 |
| Population As Of: | 2021 |
| Population Total: | 3,317 |
| Population Density Km2: | 8.2 |
| Population Blank1 Title: | Change 2016-2021 |
| Population Blank1: | 0.9% |
| Population Blank2 Title: | Dwellings |
| Population Blank2: | 1,477 |
| Timezone: | AST |
| Utc Offset: | -4 |
| Timezone Dst: | ADT |
| Utc Offset Dst: | -3 |
| Coordinates: | 46.18°N -67.1°W |
Bright is a geographic parish in York County, New Brunswick, Canada.[2]
Prior to the 2023 governance reform, for governance purposes it was divided between the local service districts of Keswick Ridge and the parish of Bright,[3] both of which were members of Capital Region Service Commission (RSC11).
Origin of name
The parish was named in honour of John Bright, recently appointed British President of the Board of Trade at the time.[4]
History
Bright was erected in 1869 from Douglas Parish.[5]
Boundaries
Bright Parish is bounded:[2] [6] [7]
- on the northeast and east by a line beginning on the Carleton County line about 1.5 kilometres northeasterly of Little Forks Brook, then running south 40º east to the mouth of Howard Brook, then down the Keswick River to the Saint John River;
- on the south and southeast by the Saint John River;
- on the southwest by the central line of a two-lot grant to Jonathan Williams, about 675 metres south of the mouth of Currie Brook, then running northwesterly along the Williams line and its prolongation to the Carleton County line at a point about 600 metres northeasterly of Route 104;
- on the northwest by Carleton County.
Communities
Communities at least partly within the parish.[8]
- Barton
- Brewers Mills
- Burtts Corner
- Cahill
- Central Hainesville
- Greenhill
- Hayne
- Howland Ridge
- Jewetts Mills
- Keswick Ridge
- Lower Hainesville
- Mactaquac
- McKeens Corner
- Middle Hainesville
- Morehouse Corner
- Scotch Settlement
- Sisson Settlement
- Tripp Settlement
- Upper Keswick
- Zealand
Bodies of water
Bodies of water[9] at least partly within the parish.
Other notable places
Parks, historic sites, and other noteworthy places at least partly within the parish.[10]
Demographics
Revised census figures based on the 2023 local governance reforms have not been released.
Population
Population trend[12] [13]
| Census | Population | Change (%) |
|---|
| 2016 | 3,289 | 7.2% |
| 2011 | 3,068 | 2.9% |
| 2006 | 3,159 | 6.8% |
| 2001 | 2,958 | 0.2% |
| 1996 | 2,964 | 4.0% |
| 1991 | 2,849 | N/A | |
Language
Mother tongue (2016)[13]
| Language | Population | Pct (%) |
|---|
| English only | 3,090 | 94.1% |
| French only | 130 | 3.9% |
| Other languages | 55 | 1.7% |
| Both English and French | 10 | 0.3% | |
See also
External links
46.18°N -67.1°W
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 . 25 July 2020.
- 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 Her Majesty's Province of New Brunswick. Passed in the Month of April 1869.. 1869. Government of New Brunswick. Fredericton. 94–95. 32 Vic. c. 49 An Act to erect part of the Parish of Douglas, in the County of York, into a separate Town or Parish.. Available as a free ebook from Google Books.
- Web site: No. 102 . Provincial Archives of New Brunswick . Department of Natural Resources and Energy Development . 25 June 2021. Remainder of parish on maps 103, 112, 113, 125, and 126 at same site.
- Web site: 306 . Transportation and Infrastructure . Government of New Brunswick . 25 June 2021. Remainder of parish on mapbooks 307, 325, 326, 347, 348, and 369 at same site.
- Web site: Search the Canadian Geographical Names Database (CGNDB) . Government of Canada . 3 July 2021.
- Not including brooks, ponds or coves.
- Web site: Explore New Brunswick's Protected Natural Areas . GeoNB . 3 July 2021.
- 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.
- Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006 census
- Web site: Census Profile, 2016 Census Bright, Parish [Census subdivision], New Brunswick ]. Statistics Canada . October 8, 2019.
