Dalhousie Parish, New Brunswick Explained

Dalhousie
Settlement Type:Parish
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Type1:Province
Subdivision Type2:County
Established Title:Erected
Established Date:1840
Area Footnotes:[1]
Area Land Km2:62.62
Population As Of:2021
Population Total:1,090
Population Density Km2:17.4
Population Blank1 Title:Change 2016-2021
Population Blank1: 2.2%
Population Blank2 Title:Dwellings
Population Blank2:551
Timezone:AST
Utc Offset:-4
Timezone Dst:ADT
Utc Offset Dst:-3
Coordinates:48.0025°N -66.5189°W
Footnotes:Figures do not include portions within the city of Campbellton, the town of Dalhousie, the villages of Atholville and Charlo, and the Eel River 3 and Indian Ranch Indian reserves

Dalhousie is a geographic parish in Restigouche County, New Brunswick, Canada.

For governance purposes it is divided between the city of Campbellton, the town of Heron Bay, the village of Bois-Joli,[2] and the Eel River 3 and Indian Ranch Indian reserves; the municipalities are all members of the Restigouche Regional Service Commission.[3]

Prior to the 2023 governance reform, the parish also included parts of the town of Dalhousie, the villages of Atholville, Charlo and Eel River Crossing, and the local service districts of Dalhouse Junction, McLeods, Point La Nim, and the parish of Dalhousie,[4] which had been reduced to scattered pieces by the creation and growth of other LSDs and municipalities. The reform merged Atholville with Campbellton, Eel River Crossing with Balmoral to form Bois-Joli, and Dalhouse with Charlo to form Heron Bay. Campbellton also annexed most of McLeods and the portion of the parish LSD west of Eel River Crossing; Bois-Joli took the remainder of McLeods and a part of the parish LSD on its northern boundary, using the railway as its new boundary; and Heron Bay annexed Dalhousie Junction, Point La Nim, and the remainder of the parish LSD.

Origin of name

The parish took its name from the settlement of Dalhousie, which served as shiretown of Restigouche County from its erection. The settlement was named in honour of the Earl of Dalhousie, Governor General of British North America.[5]

History

Dalhousie was erected in 1840 from Addington Parish.[6] Dalhousie comprised all of Restigouche Parish between lines due south from Eel River on the east and Walker Brook on the west.

In 1850 the eastern boundary was altered slightly to run due south from milepost forty-eight on the eastern side of Eel River Gully.[7]

In 1896 the southern part of Dalhousie was erected as Balmoral Parish.[8]

Boundaries

Dalhousie Parish is bounded:[9] [10]

Communities

Communities at least partly within the parish.[11] bold indicates an incorporated municipality or Indian reserve

Bodies of water

Bodies of water[12] at least partly within the parish.

Islands

Islands at least partly within the parish.

Other notable places

Parks, historic sites, and other noteworthy places at least partly within the parish.[13]

Demographics

Parish population total does not include portions within municipalities or Indian reserves

Language

Canada Census Mother Tongue - Dalhousie Parish, New Brunswick
CensusTotal
YearResponsesCountTrendPop % CountTrendPop %CountTrendPop %CountTrendPop %
53550.7%46544.1%353.3%201.9%
1,490 0.0%67.27%660 15.9%29.80%40 60.0%1.80%25 16.7%1.13%
1,490 6.0%63.95%785 3.1%33.69%25 72.2%1.07%30 20.0%1.29%
1,585 11.5%63.15%810 19.0%32.27%90 63.6%3.59%25 150.0%1.00%
1,790 n/a62.70%1,000n/a35.03%55n/a1.92%10n/a0.35%

Access Routes

Highways and numbered routes that run through the parish, including external routes that start or finish at the parish limits:[14]

See also

External links



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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Census Profile . Statistics Canada . 29 October 2022 . 26 October 2022.
  2. Web site: Restigouche Regional Service Commission: RSC 2 . Government of New Brunswick . 24 January 2023.
  3. Web site: Regions Regulation – Regional Service Delivery Act . Government of New Brunswick . 24 January 2023 . 21 July 2022.
  4. Web site: Local Service Districts Regulation - Municipalities Act . Government of New Brunswick . 24 January 2023 . 25 June 2021.
  5. Book: Ganong . William F. . A Monograph of the Place-Nomenclature of the Province of New Brunswick . 1896 . Royal Society of Canada . 229 . 17 March 2021.
  6. Book: Acts of the General Assembly of Her Majesty's Province of New Brunswick, Passed in the Year 1839.. 27 March 2021. 1839. Government of New Brunswick. Fredericton. 63–64. 2 Vic. c. 19 An Act to divide the County of Restigouche into five Towns or Parishes and to define the boundaries thereof..
  7. 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.
  8. 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.
  9. Web site: No. 5 . Provincial Archives of New Brunswick . Department of Natural Resources and Energy Development . 20 June 2021. Remainder of parish on map 6 at same site.
  10. Web site: 001 . Transportation and Infrastructure . Government of New Brunswick . 20 June 2021. Remainder of parish on mapbooks 002, 003, and 013–015 at same site.
  11. Web site: Search the Canadian Geographical Names Database (CGNDB) . Government of Canada . 5 July 2021.
  12. Not including brooks, ponds or coves.
  13. 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.
  14. Atlantic Canada Back Road Atlas Pages 5-6