Hillsborough Parish, New Brunswick Explained
| Hillsborough |
| Settlement Type: | Parish |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Type1: | Province |
| Subdivision Type2: | County |
| Subdivision Name2: | Albert County |
| Established Title: | Erected |
| Established Date: | 1786 |
| Area Footnotes: | [1] |
| Area Land Km2: | 304.03 |
| Population As Of: | 2021 |
| Population Total: | 1,397 |
| Population Density Km2: | 4.6 |
| Population Blank1 Title: | Change 2016-2021 |
| Population Blank1: | 6.8% |
| Population Blank2 Title: | Dwellings |
| Population Blank2: | 656 |
| Timezone: | AST |
| Utc Offset: | -4 |
| Timezone Dst: | ADT |
| Utc Offset Dst: | -3 |
| Coordinates: | 45.92°N -64.7°W |
| Footnotes: | Figures do not include portion within the village of Hillsborough |
Hillsborough is a geographic parish in eastern Albert County, New Brunswick, Canada.
For governance purposes, Hillsborough is divided between the village of Fundy Albert,[2] which includes most of the parish, and the Southeast rural district;[3] both are members of the Southeast Regional Service Commission.[4]
Prior to the 2023 governance reform, the parish was divided between the village of Hillsborough[5] and the local service district of the parish of Hillsborough.[6]
Origin of name
Hillsborough was probably named in honour of the Earl of Hillsborough,[7] First Lord of Trade in 1765.
History
Hillsborough was originally established in 1765 as a township within Nova Scotia, a grant of 100 000 acres to Robert Cummings and four others[8] that included modern Hillsborough Parish and most of Coverdale Parish. In 1786 the township's boundaries were explicitly used for the newly erected Hillsborough Parish.[9]
Boundaries
Hillsborough Parish is bounded:[10] [11]
- on the north by the northern line of a grant to Albert E. Rogers on the Petitcodiac River, about 120 metres south of the mouth of Stoney Creek, and its prolongation inland to a point about 2.6 kilometres east of Little River;
- on the east by the Petitcodiac River;
- on the south by the southern line of a grant to William Carlisle on the Petitcodiac River, about 2 kilometres north of the junction of Grub Road with Route 114, and its prolongation southwesterly for to a point inland;
- on the west by a line running north 22º west to the prolongation of the Rogers grant.
Evolution of boundaries
Originally the western line of Hillsborough extended north to the Petitcodiac River west of Upper Coverdale.
In 1828 all of the parish north of a line running west from the mouth of Stoney Creek was erected as Coverdale Parish.[12]
The northern boundary was moved slightly south in 1850 to its modern starting point.[13] 1850 was also the first year the parish's southern and western boundaries were described without referring to the original boundaries of the pre-Loyalist township.
Municipality
The village of Hillsborough is on the Petitcodiac River, from south of Weldon Creek to north of Christopher Lane; the inland boundary is irregular, based partly on grant lines and partly on property lines of the late 1960s.[14]
Local service district
The local service district of the parish of Hillsborough included the entire parish outside the village of Hillsborough.[15]
The LSD was established on 23 November 1966 to assess for fire protection[16] following the abolition of rural governments by the new Municipalities Act. First aid & ambulance services were added on 17 November 1976.[17]
In 2020, the LSD assessed for community & recreation services in addition to the basic LSD services of fire protection, police services, land use planning, emergency measures, and dog control.[18] The taxing authority was 615.00 Hillsborough.
Communities
Communities at least partly within the parish;[19] bold indicates an incorporated municipality
Bodies of water
Bodies of water[20] at least partly in the parish:
Islands
Islands at least partly in the parish:
Other notable places
Parks, historic sites, and other noteworthy places at least partly in the parish.
- Big Meadows Protected Natural Area
- Caledonia Gorge Protected Natural Area
- Lewis Mountain Protected Natural Area
- Wilson Brook Protected Natural Area
Demographics
Population
Parish population total does not include the village of Hillsborough
Language
Mother tongue (2016)
| Language | Population | Pct (%) |
|---|
| English only | 1,250 | 95.4% |
| French only | 40 | 3.1% |
| Both English and French | 5 | 0.4% |
| Other languages | 15 | 1.1% | |
Access Routes
Highways and numbered routes that run through the parish, including external routes that start or finish at the parish limits:[21]
References
Notes and References
- Web site: Census Profile . Statistics Canada . 29 October 2022 . 26 October 2022.
- Web site: Southeast Regional Service Commission: RSC 7 . Government of New Brunswick . 26 March 2023.
- Web site: Southeast Regional Service Commission: RD 7 . Government of New Brunswick . 26 March 2023.
- Web site: Regions Regulation – Regional Service Delivery Act . Government of New Brunswick . 26 March 2023 . 21 July 2022.
- Web site: Municipalities Order - Municipalities Act . Government of New Brunswick . 26 March 2023 . 25 June 2021.
- Web site: Local Service Districts Regulation - Municipalities Act . Government of New Brunswick . 26 March 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 . 240 . 17 March 2021.
- Book: Ganong . William F. . A Monograph of Historic Sites in the Province of New Brunswick . 1899 . Royal Society of Canada . 30 March 2021 . 335.
- 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..
- Web site: No. 131 . Provincial Archives of New Brunswick . Department of Natural Resources and Energy Development . 2 June 2021. Remainder of parish on maps 132, 142, and 143 at same site.
- Web site: 379 . Transportation and Infrastructure . Government of New Brunswick . 2 June 2021. Remainder of parish on mapbooks 380 and 399–401 at same site.
- Book: Acts of the General Assembly of His Majesty's Province of New-Brunswick, Passed in the Year 1828.. 27 March 2021. 1828. Government of New Brunswick. Fredericton. 22. 9 Geo. IV c. 17 An Act to erect a part of the Parish of Hillsborough in the County of Westmoreland, into a distinct Town or Parish..
- 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.
- Web site: New Brunswick Regulation 85-6 under the Municipalities Act (O.C. 85-45) . Government of New Brunswick . 12 December 2020.
- Web site: New Brunswick Regulation 84-168 under the Municipalities Act (O.C. 84-582) . Government of New Brunswick . 12 December 2020.
- Regulation 66–41 under the Municipalities Act (O. C. 66–968) . The Royal Gazette . Fredericton . 21 December 1966 . 124 . 604–605.
- Regulation 76–148 under the Municipalities Act (O. C. 76–847) . The Royal Gazette . Fredericton . 24 November 1976 . 134 . 1194.
- Web site: 2020 Local Government Statistics for New Brunswick . Department of Environment and Local Government . 55 . 12 December 2020.
- Web site: Canadian Geographical Names Database . Government of Canada . 8 June 2021.
- Not including brooks, ponds or coves.
- Atlantic Canada Back Road Atlas
