Brunswick Parish, New Brunswick Explained
| Brunswick |
| Settlement Type: | Parish |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Type1: | Province |
| Subdivision Type2: | County |
| Established Title: | Erected |
| Established Date: | 1816 |
| Area Footnotes: | [1] |
| Area Land Km2: | 703.20 |
| Population As Of: | 2021 |
| Population Total: | 224 |
| Population Density Km2: | 0.3 |
| Population Blank1 Title: | Change 2016-2021 |
| Population Blank1: | 10.3% |
| Population Blank2 Title: | Dwellings |
| Population Blank2: | 193 |
| Timezone: | AST |
| Utc Offset: | -4 |
| Timezone Dst: | ADT |
| Utc Offset Dst: | -3 |
| Coordinates: | 45.84°N -64.59°W |
Brunswick is a geographic parish in the northeastern corner of Queens County, New Brunswick, Canada.[2]
Prior to the 2023 governance reform, for governance purposes it formed the local service district of the parish of Brunswick, which was a member of Kings Regional Service Commission (RSC8).[3]
Origin of name
The parish was probably named in honour of the Duke of Brunswick,[4] German military leader against Napoleon, killed at the Battle of Quatre-Bras the year before the parish's erection.
History
In 1786 New Brunswick chose to set up the province's system of counties and parishes as first Act of the legislation,[5] replacing the counties established the year before through a series of Letters Patent and the township system that was inherited from Nova Scotia in 1784. The eastern boundary of Queens County passed approximately through Coles Island and the Gaspereau Forks on the Salmon River but the rear lines of Waterborough and Wickham Parishes ran approximately through Hunters Home and Chipman, extending into Westmorland and Northumberland Counties.[6] The county line was moved eastward in 1787[7] by as much as in the north, created a large area that was not part of any parish; this area included large parts of Chipman and Waterborough Parishes in addition to most of modern Brunswick.
In 1816 this unassigned area was erected as Brunswick Parish;[8] because the county line hadn't been surveyed yet, any inhabitants of the New Canaan settlement were to belong to Brunswick Parish.
In 1835 part of Brunswick was included in the newly erected Chipman Parish.[9]
Boundaries
Brunswick Parish is bounded:[2] [10] [11] [12]
- on the northeast east by the Kent County line;
- on the east by the Westmorland County line;
- on the southeast by the Kings County line;
- on the west by a line running north-northwesterly from north of the end of Chittick Road in Marrtown, crossing the Canaan River east of Phillips Brook and striking the Waterborough Parish line about 2 kilometres northwest of Parks Lake;
- on the northwest by a line running north 54º east from a point on the Saint John River about 1.8 kilometres southwest of the Route 715 bridge over McAlpines Brook.
Communities
Communities at least partly within the parish. bold indicates an incorporated municipality
- Forks Stream
- Hunters Home
- New Canaan
Bodies of water
Bodies of water[13] at least partly within the parish.
- Lake Stream Lake
- Lower Lake
- Parks Lake
- Snowshoe Lake
Other notable places
Parks, historic sites, and other noteworthy places at least partly within the parish.[14]
- Brookvale Protected Natural Area
- Canaan Bog Protected Natural Area
- Cranberry Lake Protected Natural Area
Demographics
Revised census figures based on the 2023 local governance reforms have not been released.
Population
Population trend[15] [16]
| Census | Population | Change (%) |
|---|
| 2016 | 203 | 5.7% |
| 2011 | 192 | 20.7% |
| 2006 | 242 | 2.8% |
| 2001 | 249 | |
| 1996 | | 0.0% |
| 1991 | | N/A --> | |
Language
Mother tongue (2016)[16]
| Language | Population | Pct (%) |
|---|
| English only | 180 | 87.8% |
| French only | 20 | 9.8% |
| Both English and French | 0 | 0% |
| Other languages | 5 | 2.4% | |
Access Routes
Highways and numbered routes that run through the parish, including external routes that start or finish at the parish limits:[17]
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 . 19 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 His Majesty's Province of New-Brunswick, passed in the year 1786.. 27 March 2021. 1786. Government of New Brunswick. Saint John, New Brunswick. 3–12. 26 Geo. III Chapter I. An Act for the better ascertaining and confirming the Boundaries of the several Counties within this Province, and for subdividing them into Towns or Parishes..
- Book: Ganong . William F. . A Monograph of the Evolution of the Boundaries of the Province of New Brunswick . 1901 . Royal Society of Canada . Map No. 35 . 25 April 2021.
- Book: Acts of the General Assembly, of His Majesty's Province of New-Brunswick, Passed in the Year 1787.. 27 March 2021. 1787. Government of New Brunswick. Saint John, New Brunswick. 147. 27 Geo. III Chapter VII. An Act in Addition to an Act for the better ascertaining and confirming the Boundaries of the several Counties within this Province, and for Subdividing them into Towns or Parishes..
- Book: Acts of the General Assembly of His Majesty's Province of New-Brunswick. Passed in the Year 1816.. 27 March 2021. 1816. Government of New Brunswick. Fredericton. 51. 56 Geo. III c. 27 An Act to erect into a separate Parish all the Lands in Queen's County, in the rear of the Parishes of Wickham and Waterborough..
- Book: Acts of the General Assembly of His Majesty's Province of New-Brunswick, Passed in the Year 1835.. 27 March 2021. 1835. Government of New Brunswick. Fredericton. 31. 5 Wm. IV c. 23 An Act for erecting parts of the Towns or Parishes of Brunswick and Canning in Queen's County into a separate Town or Parish..
- Web site: No. 107 . Provincial Archives of New Brunswick . Department of Natural Resources and Energy Development . 19 June 2021. Remainder of parish on maps 108, 117, 118, 129, and 130 at same site.
- Web site: 315 . Transportation and Infrastructure . Government of New Brunswick . 19 June 2021. Remainder of parish on mapbooks 316, 333–335, 354–356, 375, 376, and 395 at same site.
- Web site: Search the Canadian Geographical Names Database (CGNDB) . Government of Canada . 19 June 2021.
- Not including brooks, ponds or coves.
- Web site: Explore New Brunswick's Protected Natural Areas . GeoNB . 2 July 2021.
- Statistics Canada: 2001, 2006 census
- Web site: Census Profile, 2016 Census: Brunswick, Parish [Census subdivision], New Brunswick ]. Statistics Canada . September 28, 2019.
- Atlantic Canada Back Road Atlas
