Grand Manan Parish, New Brunswick Explained

Grand Manan Parish
Native Name:Paroisse de Grand Manan
Native Name Lang:fr
Settlement Type:Parish
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Type1:Province
Subdivision Type2:County
Established Title:Erected
Established Date:1816
Area Footnotes:[1]
Area Land Km2:5.96
Population As Of:2021
Population Total:139
Population Density Km2:23.3
Population Blank1 Title:Change 2016-2021
Population Blank1: 4.1%
Population Blank2 Title:Dwellings
Population Blank2:106
Timezone:AST
Utc Offset:-4
Timezone Dst:ADT
Utc Offset Dst:-3
Footnotes:Figures do not include the village of Grand Manan, which includes all of the parish other than White Head Island

Grand Manan is a geographic parish in Charlotte County, New Brunswick, Canada,[2] comprising one village and part of a rural district; the rural district portion was formerly a local service district (LSD); both of which are members of the Southwest New Brunswick Service Commission (SNBSC). The parish includes Grand Manan Island and numerous lesser islands, only one of which has permanent year-round inhabitants.

Confusion is sometimes caused by other uses of the name: epenthesis of Grand Manan Island to Grand Manan; the village of Grand Manan; the census subdivision of Grand Manan Parish, which includes only White Head Island; and the assumption of an LSD with the name of Grand Manan, which never existed.

Origin of name

The parish takes its name from Grand Manan Island, which is often shortened to Grand Manan. Ganong gives the origin of the island's name as Mun-aa-nook', his transcription of the locative form of the Passamaquoddy word for island, combined with the French adjective grand used on some early French maps of the area.[3]

History

The parish was erected in 1816 from West Isles Parish as Grand-Manan, to include "Grand-Manan with its appurtenances".[4]

The hyphen was dropped from the name in 1850[5] and appurtenances was clarified in 1877,[6] implicitly adding Machias Seal Island to the parish.[7]

Boundaries

Grand Manan Parish includes the main island and all islands to the south and west.[8] [9]

Municipality

The village of Grand Manan was formed in 1995[10] and includes all of the parish except White Head Island.[11]

Former local service district

White Head Island comprised only that island.[12]

The LSD was established in 1979 to assess for fire protection,[13] making it the last inhabited part of the parish to become part of a village or LSD.

In 2021, the LSD assessed for only the basic LSD services of fire protection, police services, land use planning, emergency measures, and dog control.[14] The taxing authority was 521.00 White Head Island.

Since the beginning of 2023, it forms part of the Southwest rural district.[15]

Former villages and local service districts

Before 1995 Grand Manan Island comprised three villages and two LSDs. Running clockwise from the northern end of the island, these were:

Communities

Communities within the parish.[16] all communities except White Head are part of the village of Grand Manan

Bodies of water

Bodies of water[17] within the parish.

Islands

Islands within the parish.

Other notable places

Parks, historic sites, and other noteworthy places within the parish.[18] [19]

Census data

Population totals do not include the village of Grand Manan

Language

Canada Census Mother Tongue - Grand Manan Parish, New Brunswick
CensusTotal
YearResponsesCountTrendPop % CountTrendPop %CountTrendPop %CountTrendPop %
160 17.9%94.12%5 n/a%2.94%0 0.0%0.00%5 n/a%2.94%
195 7.7%100.00%0 0.0%0.00%0 0.0%0.00%0 100.0%0.00%
180 27.8%94.74%0 0.0%0.00%0 0.0%0.00%10 n/a%5.26%
130 n/a100.00%0n/a0.00%0n/a0.00%0n/a0.00%

References

44.6828°N -66.7879°W

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Census Profile . Statistics Canada . 29 October 2022 . 26 October 2022.
  2. Web site: Chapter T-3 Territorial Division Act . Government of New Brunswick . 13 November 2020.
  3. Book: Ganong . William F. . A Monograph of the Place-Nomenclature of the Province of New Brunswick . 1896 . Royal Society of Canada . 237 . 17 March 2021.
  4. Book: Acts of the General Assembly of His Majesty's Province of New-Brunswick. Passed in the Year 1816.. 27 March 2021. 1816. Government of New Brunswick. Fredericton. 28. 56 Geo. III c. 10 An Act to constitute the Island of Grand-Manan and its appurtenances in the County of Charlotte into a distinct Town or Parish..
  5. 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.
  6. Book: The Consolidated Statutes of New Brunswick.. 1877. Government of New Brunswick. Fredericton. 56–85. Chapter 2 The Division of the Province into Counties, Towns, and Parishes.. Available as a free ebook from Google Books.
  7. Machias Seal Island is 32 km from Grand Manan Island, perhaps a bit far to be considered an appurtenance.
  8. Web site: No. 167 . Provincial Archives of New Brunswick . Department of Natural Resources and Energy Development . 3 July 2021.
  9. Web site: 504 . Transportation and Infrastructure . Government of New Brunswick . 3 July 2021. Remainder of parish (excluding Machias Seal Island) on mapbooks 505–508 at same site.
  10. New Brunswick Regulation 95-37.
  11. Web site: New Brunswick Regulation 85-6 under the Municipalities Act (O.C. 85-45) . Government of New Brunswick . 6 February 2021.
  12. Web site: New Brunswick Regulation 84-168 under the Municipalities Act (O.C. 84-582) . Government of New Brunswick . 6 February 2021.
  13. New Brunswick Regulation 79-158
  14. Web site: 2020 Local Government Statistics for New Brunswick . Department of Environment and Local Government . 55 . 6 February 2021.
  15. Web site: Southwest Regional Service Commission: RD 10 . Government of New Brunswick . 23 March 2023.
  16. Web site: Search the Canadian Geographical Names Database (CGNDB) . Government of Canada . 4 July 2021.
  17. Not including brooks, ponds or coves.
  18. 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.
  19. Web site: Explore New Brunswick's Protected Natural Areas . GeoNB . 4 July 2021.

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