Gagetown Parish, New Brunswick Explained
| Gagetown |
| Settlement Type: | Parish |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Type1: | Province |
| Subdivision Type2: | County |
| Established Title: | Erected |
| Established Date: | 1786 |
| Area Footnotes: | [1] |
| Area Land Km2: | 234.58 |
| Population As Of: | 2021 |
| Population Total: | 324 |
| Population Density Km2: | 1.4 |
| Population Blank1 Title: | Change 2016-2021 |
| Population Blank1: | 4.2% |
| Population Blank2 Title: | Dwellings |
| Population Blank2: | 149 |
| Timezone: | AST |
| Utc Offset: | -4 |
| Timezone Dst: | ADT |
| Utc Offset Dst: | -3 |
| Footnotes: | Figures do not include portion within the village of Gagetown |
Gagetown is a geographic parish in Queens County, New Brunswick, Canada.[2]
Prior to the 2023 governance reform, for governance purposes it was divided between CFB Gagetown, the village of Gagetown and the local service district of Upper Gagetown,[3] the latter two of which were members of Capital Region Service Commission (RSC11).
Origin of name
The original township was named in honour of General Thomas Gage, British Commander-in-Chief, North America at the time; he was principal grantee of the township.[4]
History
Gagetown was created in 1765 as Gage Township in Nova Scotia.
In 1786 the township formed the core of Gagetown Parish when New Brunswick erected its counties and parishes.[5] The parish added territory back to the Charlotte County line.[6] [7]
In 1838 the rear of Gagetown was included in the newly erected Petersville Parish.[8]
Boundaries
Gagetown Parish is bounded[2] [9] [10]
- on the northeast by the Saint John River;
- on the southeast by the southern line of a grant to Nathaniel Jarvis, which forms the southern boundary of the village of Gagetown, and running southwesterly to the rear of the grant, then turning left and running south 52º west, crossing Route 102 and into CFB Gagetown, about 12 kilometres to the southernmost corner of a grant to Robert Nelson at the corner of Lawfield Road and Kerr Road in the former community of Summer Hill;
- on the southwest by the southwestern line of the Nelson grant prolonged to the Sunbury County line;
- on the northwest by the Sunbury County line;
- including Gagetown Island and Grimross Island.
Communities
Communities at least partly within the parish.[11] bold indicates an incorporated municipality; italics indicate a community expropriated for CFB Gagetown
- Lawfield
- Summer Hill
- Upper Gagetown
Bodies of water
Bodies of water[12] at least partly within the parish.
- Mount Creek
- Coys Lake
- Harts Lake
Islands
Islands at least partly within the parish.
- Gagetown Island
- Grimross Island
- McAllisters Island
Other notable places
Parks, historic sites, and other noteworthy places at least partly within the parish.
Demographics
Parish population total does not include village of Gagetown
Population
Population trend[14]
| Census | Population | Change (%) |
|---|
| 2016 | 311 | 1.6% |
| 2011 | 316 | 6.4% |
| 2006 | 297 | 5.4% |
| 2001 | 314 | 0.0% | - | 1996 | | 0.0% |
| 1991 | | N/A --> | |
Language
Mother tongue language (2016)[15]
| Language | Population | Pct (%) |
|---|
| French only | 10 | 3.2% |
| English only | 300 | 96.8% |
| Both English and French | 0 | 0.00% |
| Other languages | 0 | 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: 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 . 235 . 17 March 2021.
- Book: Acts of the General Assembly of His Majesty's Province of New-Brunswick, passed in the year 1786.. 20 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: A Monograph of the Evolution of the Boundaries of the Province of New Brunswick . 1901 . Royal Society of Canada . 431 . 28 March 2021.
- Book: Ganong . Evolution . Map No. 35 . 21 March 2021.
- Book: Acts of the General Assembly of Her Majesty's Province of New Brunswick, Passed in the Year 1838.. 27 March 2021. 1838. Government of New Brunswick. Fredericton. 78. 1 Vic. c. 35 An Act to erect a part of the Parishes of Gagetown and Hampstead, in Queen's County, into a separate and distinct Town or Parish..
- Web site: No. 127 . Provincial Archives of New Brunswick . Department of Natural Resources and Energy Development . 19 June 2021. Remainder of parish on maps 138, 139, and 148 at same site.
- Web site: 392 . Transportation and Infrastructure . Government of New Brunswick . 19 June 2021. Remainder of parish on mapbooks 393, 411, 412, 429, and 430 at same site.
- Web site: Search the Canadian Geographical Names Database (CGNDB) . Government of Canada . 7 July 2021.
- Not including brooks, ponds or coves.
- Web site: New Brunswick Regulation 94-43 under the Fish and Wildlife Act (O.C. 94-231) . Government of New Brunswick . 8 July 2021 . 5 June 2006.
- Statistics Canada: 2001, 2006 census
- Web site: Census Profile, 2016 Census: Gagetown, Parish [Census subdivision], New Brunswick ]. Statistics Canada . August 26, 2019.
- Atlantic Canada Back Road Atlas
