Dumbarton Parish, New Brunswick Explained
| Dumbarton |
| Settlement Type: | Parish |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Type1: | Province |
| Subdivision Type2: | County |
| Established Title: | Erected |
| Established Date: | 1856 |
| Area Footnotes: | [1] |
| Area Land Km2: | 373.20 |
| Population As Of: | 2021 |
| Population Total: | 346 |
| Population Density Km2: | 0.9 |
| Population Blank1 Title: | Change 2016-2021 |
| Population Blank1: | 3.3% |
| Population Blank2 Title: | Dwellings |
| Population Blank2: | 182 |
| Timezone: | AST |
| Utc Offset: | -4 |
| Timezone Dst: | ADT |
| Utc Offset Dst: | -3 |
Dumbarton is a geographic parish in Charlotte County, New Brunswick, Canada, located inland north of St. George and south of Harvey.
For governance purposes, the entire parish is part of the Southwest rural district,[2] which is a member of the Southwest New Brunswick Service Commission.[3]
Prior to the 2023 governance reform, it comprised a single local service district (LSD), which was a member of the Southwest New Brunswick Service Commission (SNBSC).
The Census subdivision of the same name shares the parish's boundaries.[1]
Origin of name
The parish may have been named for the town of Dumbarton, Scotland,[4] although William Francis Ganong considered this uncertain.
History
Dumbarton was erected from northern Saint Patrick Parish in 1856.[5]
It included a small triangle of Saint Croix Parish southwest of the junction of Wilson Road and Route 127 until 1958.[6]
Boundaries
Dumbarton Parish is bounded:[7] [8]
- on the north by the York County line;
- on the east by the prolongation of the eastern line of a shoreline grant to John McDougall west of Sherard Beach;
- on the south by the southern line of a grant beginning at the mouth of Milligan Brook on the Magaguadavic River, then running westerly along the grant line and its prolongation to the rear line of grants along the Digdeguash River, then southwesterly along the southeastern line of a grant to John Campbell the crosses Route 770 until it strikes the Digdeguash, then upstream about 300 metres to the southeastern line of a grant to John Gillman, then southwesterly along the Gillman grant, crossing Wilson Road, to the rear line of grants along Cathcart Road, then northwesterly about 150 metres, then southwesterly along the southeastern line of a grant to John McFarlane to a point near Route 127;
- on the west by a line beginning near Route 127, then running northwesterly along the southwestern line of grants to John McFarlane and John McKenney to a point about 150 metres south of the old railway, on the eastern line of the Cape Ann Association grant, the easternmost grants of which front on the eastern side of Board Road, then northerly along the Cape Ann grant and its prolongation to the York County line.
Local service district
The local service district of the parish of Dumbarton comprised the entire parish.[9]
The LSD was established in 1969 to assess for community services,[10] in this case to provide ambulance service after local funeral homes ceased doing so.[11] Fire protection was added in 1970.[12]
In 2021, the LSD assessed for only the basic LSD services of fire protection, police services, land use planning, emergency measures, and dog control.[13] The taxing authority is 510.00 Dumbarton.
Communities
Communities at least partly within the parish.[14]
- Berrys Falls
- Clarence Ridge
- Dumbarton
- Flume Ridge
- Greenock
- Hewitt
- Pleasant Ridge
- Rollingdam
- Sorrel Ridge
- Tryon Settlement
- Whittier Ridge
Bodies of water
Bodies of water[15] at least partly within the parish.
- Digdeguash River
- Magaguadavic River
- Clarence Stream
- Kedron Stream
- Big Kedron Lake
- Craig Lake
Islands
Parks, historic sites, and other noteworthy places at least partly within the parish.
Demographics
Language
| Canada Census Mother Tongue - Dumbarton 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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| | | | 360 | 4.2% | 96.00% | | 15 | n/a% | 4.00% | | 0 | 0.0% | 0.00% | | 0 | 100.0% | 0.00% |
| | | | 345 | 19.8% | 97.18% | | 0 | 0.0% | 0.00% | | 0 | 0.0% | 0.00% | | 10 | n/a% | 2.82% |
| | | | 430 | 3.4% | 100.00% | | 0 | 0.0% | 0.00% | | 0 | 0.0% | 0.00% | | 0 | 0.0% | 0.00% |
| | | | 445 | n/a | 100.00% | | 0 | n/a | 0.00% | | 0 | n/a | 0.00% | | 0 | n/a | 0.00% | |
Access Routes
Highways and numbered routes that run through the parish, including external routes that start or finish at the parish limits:[16]
See also
References
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Notes and References
- Web site: Census Profile . Statistics Canada . 29 October 2022 . 26 October 2022.
- Web site: Southwest Regional Service Commission: RD 10 . 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 . 231 . 17 March 2021.
- Book: Acts of the General Assembly of Her Majesty's Province of New Brunswick, Passed in the Months of March, April, and May 1856.. 27 March 2021. 1856. Government of New Brunswick. Fredericton. 42–43. 19 Vic. c. 25 An Act to erect the upper part of the Parish of Saint Patrick, in the County of Charlotte, into a separate Town or Parish..
- Book: Acts of the Legislature of New Brunswick Passed During the Session of 1958. 1958. Government of New Brunswick. Fredericton. 117–119. 7 Elizabeth II, 1958, c. 56 An Act to Amend the Territorial Division Act.
- Web site: No. 145 . Provincial Archives of New Brunswick . Department of Natural Resources and Energy Development . 3 July 2021. Remainder of parish on maps 146, 153, 154, and 161 at same site.
- Web site: 440 . Transportation and Infrastructure . Government of New Brunswick . 3 July 2021. Remainder of parish on mapbooks 441, 455, 456, 468, 469, and 479 at same site.
- Web site: New Brunswick Regulation 84-168 under the Municipalities Act (O.C. 84-582) . Government of New Brunswick . 6 February 2021.
- Regulation 69–17 under the Municipalities Act (O. C. 69–161) . The Royal Gazette . Fredericton . 12 March 1969 . 127 . 149.
- St. Stephen – Milltown Ambulance Brigade . The New Brunswick Municipal Monthly . March 1969 . 25 . 3 . 5 . Department of Municipal Affairs . Fredericton, NB.
- Regulation 70–63 under the Municipalities Act (O. C. 70–385) . The Royal Gazette . Fredericton . 17 June 1970 . 128 . 343–344.
- Web site: 2020 Local Government Statistics for New Brunswick . Department of Environment and Local Government . 55 . 6 February 2021.
- Web site: Search the Canadian Geographical Names Database (CGNDB) . Government of Canada . 4 July 2021.
- Not including brooks, ponds or coves.
- Atlantic Canada Back Road Atlas Pages 4, 12
