Lac Baker Parish, New Brunswick Explained
| Lac Baker |
| Settlement Type: | Parish |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Type1: | Province |
| Subdivision Type2: | County |
| Established Title: | Erected |
| Established Date: | 1912 |
| Area Footnotes: | [1] |
| Area Land Km2: | 24.30 |
| Population As Of: | 2016 |
| Population Total: | 5 |
| Population Density Km2: | 0.2 |
| Population Blank1 Title: | Change 2011-2016 |
| Population Blank1: | No change |
| Population Blank2 Title: | Dwellings |
| Population Blank2: | 4 |
| Timezone: | AST |
| Utc Offset: | -4 |
| Timezone Dst: | ADT |
| Utc Offset Dst: | -3 |
| Coordinates: | 47.36°N -68.68°W |
| Footnotes: | Figures do not include portion within village of Lac Baker
No census data available after 2016 |
Lac Baker is a geographic parish in Madawaska County, New Brunswick, Canada.[2]
Before 2023, it was divided for governance purposed between the village of Lac Baker[3] and the incorporated rural community of Haut-Madawaska,[4] both of which are members of the Northwest Regional Service Commission (NWRSC).
Origin of name
The parish takes its name from Baker Lake, which takes its name from John Baker, an American leader in the Aroostook War.[5] Baker remained in the area after the boundary settlement awarded the area to New Brunswick.
History
Lac Baker was erected as Baker Lake in 1912 from Clair Parish;[6] the boundary was slightly altered later that year.[7]
The parish was renamed Lac Baker and its boundaries affected by the major reorganisation of Madawaska County parish lines in 1946.[8]
Boundaries
Lac Baker Parish is bounded:[9] [10] [11]
- on the northwest by the Quebec provincial border;
- on the northeast and east, running entirely along grant lines, beginning on the provincial border at the eastern line of a grant on the eastern side of Lac Baker and running southeasterly along the Lac Baker grants to the northwestern line of Range Five of the Nadeau Settlement, near Baker-Brook River, then northeasterly to the northeastern line of Range Five, then southeasterly to the northwestern line of a grant in Range Four of Nadeau Settlement, about 550 metres southeast of Baker-Brook River, then northeasterly to the northeastern line of Range Four, then southeasterly past the end of Range Four to the northernmost corner of a grant to Maxime Cloutier, about 500 metres northeast of Morneault Road, then southwesterly along the southeastern line of the Cloutier grant and a grant to Thomas Ouellette, running partially along Chemin du Lac,[12] to the southernmost corner of the Ouellette grant, then southeasterly along the northeastern line of a grant straddling Chemin du Lac, to the northern line of a grant on the eastern side of Caron Brook, then easterly to the northeastern corner of the grant, then southerly along the Caron Brook grants to the northern line of grants on the Saint John River;
- on the south, running entirely along grants lines, beginning at the southeastern corner of the grants east of Caron Brook, running westerly along the northern line of the Saint John River grants to an inland grant on Brown Road, then southwesterly and westerly along two grants on Brown Road to the southern point of Range Two of the Baker Lake Settlement;
- on the southwest, running entirely along grant lines, starting on the southern point of Range Two of Baker Lake Settlement and running northwesterly along the southwestern line of Range Two to a point about 1.35 kilometres northwest of Chemin des Long, then southwesterly to the southwestern line of Range Three of Baker Lake Settlement, then northwesterly to the provincial border.
Communities
Communities at least partly within the parish. bold indicates an incorporated municipality; italics indicate a name no longer in official use
- Concession-des-Ouellette
- Lac Baker
- Boundary (Lac Baker-Nord)
- Portage-du-Lac
- Saint-Castin
- Soucy
- Rang-des-Collin
Bodies of water
Bodies of water[13] at least partly in the parish.
Islands
Islands at least partly in the parish.
- Île à Caron
- Île de Lac-Baker
Census data
Census data refers only to the Census subdivision of the parish, much of which was annexed by the village of Lac Baker in 2008.[14]
Language
Canada Census Mother Tongue - Lac Baker Parish, New Brunswick
2011 and 2016 language data for this area has been suppressed for data quality or confidentiality reasons. |
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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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| | | | n/a | 0.0% | 0.00% | | n/a | 0.0% | 0.00% | | n/a | 0.0% | 0.00% | | n/a | 0.0% | 0.00% |
| | | | 520 | 9.6% | 0.00% | | 50 | 70.0% | 0.00% | | 0 | 0.0% | 0.00% | | 0 | 0.0% | 0.00% |
| | | | 470 | 1.1% | 96.91% | | 15 | 33.3% | 3.09% | | 0 | 0.0% | 0.00% | | 0 | 0.0% | 0.00% |
| | | | 465 | n/a | 97.89% | | 10 | n/a | 2.11% | | 0 | n/a | 0.00% | | 0 | n/a | 0.00% | |
See also
References
Notes and References
- Web site: Census Profile, 2016 Census: Lac Baker, Parish [Census subdivision], New Brunswick ]. Statistics Canada . September 23, 2019.
- Web site: Chapter T-3 Territorial Division Act . Government of New Brunswick . 13 November 2020.
- Web site: New Brunswick Regulation 85-6 under the Municipalities Act (O.C. 85-45) . Government of New Brunswick . 19 July 2020.
- Web site: New Brunswick Regulation 2017-3 under the Municipalities Act (O.C. 2017-52) . 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 . 218 . 17 March 2021.
- Book: Acts of the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick Passed in the Month of April, 1911. 1911. Government of New Brunswick. Fredericton. 167–170. 1 Geo. V c. 46 An Act to amend Chapter 2 of The Consolidated Statutes, 1903, respecting the Division of the Province into Counties, Towns and Parishes, so far as relates to the County of Madawaska..
- Book: New Brunswick Acts of the Legislative Assembly Passed in the Months of March and April, 1912. 1912. Government of New Brunswick. Fredericton. 131–132. 2 Geo. V c. 16 An Act to amend Chapter 2 of the Consolidated Statutes, 1903, respecting the Division of the Province into Counties, Towns and Parishes, so far as relates to the County of Madawaska..
- Book: Acts of the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick Passed During the Session of 1946. 1946. Government of New Brunswick. Fredericton. 321–339. 10 Geo. VI. c. 95 An Act to amend Chapter 2 of the Revised Statutes, 1927, respecting the division of the Province into Counties, Towns and Parishes, in so far as it relates to the County of Madawaska..
- Web site: No. 31 . Provincial Archives of New Brunswick . Department of Natural Resources and Energy Development . 16 June 2021. Remainder of parish on map 32 at same site.
- Web site: 118 . Transportation and Infrastructure . Government of New Brunswick . 16 June 2021. Remainder of parish on mapbook 119 at same site.
- Web site: Search the Canadian Geographical Names Database (CGNDB) . Government of Canada . 16 June 2021.
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- Not including brooks, ponds or coves.
- New Brunswick Regulation 2008-35 under the Municipalities Act (O.C. 2008-108) . The Royal Gazette . 26 March 2008 . 166 . 573–574 . 28 July 2020 . Office of the Queen's Printer . Fredericton, New Brunswick . 1714-9428.
