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]
- on the north by the Restigouche River and Chaleur Bay;
- on the east by Chaleur Bay and a line running true south from near the northern end of the Eel River Bar Seawall;
- on the south by a line beginning on Mountain Brook, then running westerly along the rear line of grants along Route 11 then New Brunswick Route 280 to the Route 275, then along Route 275 to the southeastern corner of a grant to William Searls, at a point about 500 metres south of Welsh Road, then along the southern line of the Searls grant and its prolongation to the eastern line of the Balmoral Settlement, then running northerly to the corner of the Balmoral Settlement, then running westerly along the northern line of the Settlement to a point about 900 metres westerly of the junction of Val-d'Amour Road with Route 275;
- on the west by a line running true north to the most eastern point of the western side of the mouth of Walkers Brook, which runs through Campbellton;
- including all islands in front of the parish.
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.
- Eel River
- Restigouche River
- East Bay
- Eel Bay
- West Bay
- Dalhousie Harbour
- Eel River Gully
- Caldwell Lake
- Doucet Lake
- Lily Lake
- Prichard Lake
- Smith Lake
Islands
Islands at least partly within the parish.
- Dalhousie Island
- Bonamy Rocks
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 |
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| Census | | Total | | | | | | | | |
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| Year | | Responses | | Count | Trend | Pop % | | Count | Trend | Pop % | | Count | Trend | Pop % | | Count | Trend | Pop % |
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| | | | 535 | | 50.7% | | 465 | | 44.1% | | 35 | | 3.3% | | 20 | | 1.9% |
| | | | 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/a | 62.70% | | 1,000 | n/a | 35.03% | | 55 | n/a | 1.92% | | 10 | n/a | 0.35% | |
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
48.0025°N -66.5189°W
Notes and References
- Web site: Census Profile . Statistics Canada . 29 October 2022 . 26 October 2022.
- Web site: Restigouche Regional Service Commission: RSC 2 . Government of New Brunswick . 24 January 2023.
- Web site: Regions Regulation – Regional Service Delivery Act . Government of New Brunswick . 24 January 2023 . 21 July 2022.
- Web site: Local Service Districts Regulation - Municipalities Act . Government of New Brunswick . 24 January 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 . 229 . 17 March 2021.
- 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..
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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 Pages 5-6
