Cardwell Parish, New Brunswick Explained
| Cardwell |
| Settlement Type: | Parish |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Type1: | Province |
| Subdivision Type2: | County |
| Established Title: | Erected |
| Established Date: | 1874 |
| Area Footnotes: | [1] |
| Area Land Km2: | 311.87 |
| Population As Of: | 2021 |
| Population Total: | 1,401 |
| Population Density Km2: | 4.5 |
| Population Blank1 Title: | Change 2016-2021 |
| Population Blank1: | 3.5% |
| Population Blank2 Title: | Dwellings |
| Population Blank2: | 721 |
| Timezone: | AST |
| Utc Offset: | -4 |
| Timezone Dst: | ADT |
| Utc Offset Dst: | -3 |
| Coordinates: | 45.84°N -64.59°W |
Cardwell is a geographic parish in Kings County, New Brunswick, Canada, located on the eastern border of the county.
For governance purposes, the parish is part of the Kings rural district,[2] which is a member of the Kings Regional Service Commission.[3]
Prior to the 2023 governance reform, it comprised a single local service district, which was a member of Kings Regional Service Commission (RSC8).
The Census subdivision of the same name shares the parish's boundaries.[1]
Origin of name
The parish was named in honour of Viscount Cardwell, British Secretary of State for War[4] until two months before the parish's erection.
History
Cardwell was erected in 1874 from Sussex Parish.[5]
Boundaries
Cardwell Parish is bounded:[6] [7] [8]
- on the northwest by a line beginning at the northeastern corner of a grant to Jacob Smith, about 975 metres north of the junction of Plumweseep Road and Back Road, then running north 66º east to the Westmorland County line;
- on the east by the Westmorland and Albert County lines;
- on the south by a line beginning on the Albert County line at a point on the prolongation of the north line of a grant to Thomas Nicholson on the eastern side of Morton Road, west-southwesterly of Mechanic Lake, then running west-southwesterly along the prolongation and the grant line to the northwestern corner of the grant, then north-northwesterly to the northeastern corner of a grant to David Law on the southern side of the Law Road, then west-southwesterly along grant lines south of the Picadilly Road to the Sussex Parish line, southeast of DeCourcey Lake;
- on the west by a line beginning at a point on the eastern line of a large grant to Elias Snyder, then running northerly along the grant line and its prolongation to the Kennebecasis River, then downstream about 300 metres past the Horton Road to the eastern line of the Jacob Smith grant, then northerly along the grant to the starting point.
Former local service district
The entire parish formed the local service district of the parish of Cardwell, established in 1968 to assess for fire protection. Recreational and sports facilities was added to the assessment in 2012. First aid and ambulance services were listed from 1972 until the description was rewritten in 2012.
Communities
Communities at least partly within the parish;
Bodies of water
Bodies of water[9] at least partly in the parish:
Other notable places
Parks, historic sites, and other noteworthy places at least partly in the parish.[10]
- Picadilly Mountain Protected Natural Area
Demographics
Revised census figures based on the 2023 local governance reforms have not been released.
Population
Population trend[11] [12]
| Census | Population | Change (%) |
|---|
| 2016 | 1,353 | 4.3% |
| 2011 | 1,414 | 4.4% |
| 2006 | 1,479 | 7.0% |
| 2001 | 1,382 | 2.8% |
| 1996 | 1,422 | 6.4% |
| 1991 | 1,337 | | |
Language
Mother tongue (2016)[12]
| Language | Population | Pct (%) |
|---|
| French only | 40 | 2.9% |
| English only | 1,305 | 96.0% |
| Both English and French | 5 | 0.4% |
| Other languages | 10 | 0.7% | |
Access Routes
Highways and numbered routes that run through the parish, including external routes that start or finish at the parish limits:[13]
See also
References
45.782°N -65.3219°W
Notes and References
- Web site: Census Profile . Statistics Canada . 29 October 2022 . 26 October 2022.
- Web site: Kings rural district: RD 8 . Government of New Brunswick . 5 June 2023.
- Web site: Regions Regulation – Regional Service Delivery Act . Government of New Brunswick . 5 June 2023 . 21 July 2022.
- Book: Ganong . William F. . A Monograph of the Place-Nomenclature of the Province of New Brunswick . 1896 . Royal Society of Canada . 225 . 17 March 2021.
- 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. 119–121. 37 Vic. c. 42 An Act to erect separate Parishes out of part of the Parish of Sussex, in King's County.. Available as a free ebook from Google Books.
- Web site: No. 130 . Provincial Archives of New Brunswick . Department of Natural Resources and Energy Development . 14 June 2021. Remainder of parish on maps 141 and 142 at same site.
- Web site: 377 . Transportation and Infrastructure . Government of New Brunswick . 14 June 2021. Remainder of parish on mapbooks 396, 397, 415–417, and 434 at same site.
- Web site: Search the Canadian Geographical Names Database (CGNDB) . Government of Canada . 14 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: Statistics Canada . Census Profile, 2016 Census: Cardwell, Parish [Census subdivision], New Brunswick ]. September 11, 2017.
- Atlantic Canada Back Road Atlas
