Lorne Parish, New Brunswick Explained
| Lorne |
| Settlement Type: | Parish |
| Mapsize: | 225px |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Type1: | Province |
| Subdivision Type2: | County |
| Established Title: | Erected |
| Established Date: | 1871 |
| Area Footnotes: | [1] |
| Area Land Km2: | 1,632.21 |
| Population As Of: | 2021 |
| Population Total: | 313 |
| Population Density Km2: | 0.2 |
| Population Blank1 Title: | Change 2016-2021 |
| Population Blank1: | 32.5% |
| Population Blank2 Title: | Dwellings |
| Population Blank2: | 337 |
| Timezone: | AST |
| Utc Offset: | -4 |
| Timezone Dst: | ADT |
| Utc Offset Dst: | -3 |
| Coordinates: | 47.1175°N -67.12°W |
Lorne is a geographic parish in Victoria County, New Brunswick, Canada.[2]
Prior to the 2023 governance reform, for governance purposes it was divided between the local service districts of Riley Brook and the parish of Lorne,[3] both of which were members of the Western Valley Regional Service Commission (WVRSC).
Origin of name
The parish was named for the Marquess of Lorne,[4] recently married to The Princess Louise, daughter of Queen Victoria. Lorne was later Governor General of Canada.
History
Lorne was erected in 1871 from Gordon Parish.[5]
In 1896 the northwestern boundary was altered from running north-northeast to running northeast.[6]
Boundaries
Lorne Parish is bounded:[2] [7] [8]
- on the northeast by the Restigouche County line, beginning about 1.5 kilometres northwesterly of O'Dare Brook and running southeasterly;
- on the east by the Northumberland County line, running about 50 kilometres south-southeasterly from the meeting point of the Restigouche, Northumberland, and Victoria County lines;
- on the south by a line running true east and west from the foot of an unnamed island downstream of Long Island[9] in the Tobique River;
- on the northwest by a line running north 45º east from a point about 1.35 kilometres east of Blue Bell Lake and 750 metres north of Route 108 near Crombie Settlement to the starting point.
Communities
Communities at least partly within the parish.[10]
- Blue Mountain Bend
- Burntland Brook
- Enterprise
- Everett
- Mapleview
- Nictau
- North View
- Oxbow
- Riley Brook
- Sisson Brook
- Two Brooks
Bodies of water
Bodies of water[11] at least partly within the parish.
- River Dee
- River Don
- Gulquac River
- Little Gulquac River
- Little Tobique River
- Mamozekel River
- Salmon River
- Serpentine River
- Tobique River
- Sisson Branch
- Trousers Lake
- Left Hand Leg
- Right Hand Leg
- Sisson Branch Reservoir
- more than thirty other officially named lakes
Islands
Islands at least partly within the parish.
- Balm of Gilead Island
- Campbell Island
- Diamond Island
- Gulquac Island
- Horse Island
- Long Island
- Oxbow Island
Other notable places
Parks, historic sites, and other noteworthy places at least partly within the parish.[12]
- Blue Mountain Protected Natural Area
- Nictau Airstrip
- Nictau Protected Natural Area
- Plaster Rock-Renous Wildlife Management Area[13]
Demographics
Population
Population trend[14] [15]
| Census | Population | Change (%) |
|---|
| 2021 | 313 | 32.5% |
| 2016 | 464 | 10.4% |
| 2011 | 518 | 16.0% |
| 2006 | 617 | 0.8% |
| 2001 | 622 | 9.5% |
| 1996 | 687 | 2.3% |
| 1991 | 703 | N/A | |
Language
Mother tongue (2016)[15]
| Language | Population | Pct (%) |
|---|
| English only | 400 | 86.0% |
| French only | 60 | 12.9% |
| Both English and French | 0 | 0% |
| Other languages | 5 | 1.1% | |
See also
References
47.1175°N -67.12°W
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 . 23 July 2020.
- Book: Ganong . William F. . A Monograph of the Place-Nomenclature of the Province of New Brunswick . 1896 . Royal Society of Canada . 246 . 17 March 2021.
- Book: Acts of the General Assembly of Her Majesty's Province of New Brunswick. Passed in the Month of May 1871.. 1871. Government of New Brunswick. Fredericton. 168–169. 34 Vic. c. 29 An Act to erect part of the Parish of Gordon, in the County of Victoria, into a separate Town or Parish.. Available as a free ebook from Google Books.
- Book: Acts of the General Assembly of Her Majesty's Province of New Brunswick. Passed in the Month of March, 1896.. 1896. Government of New Brunswick. Fredericton. 86–123. 59 Vic. c. 8 An Act to Revise and Codify an Act to Provide for the Division of the Province into Counties, Towns and Parishes.. Available as a free ebook from Google Books.
- Web site: No. 36 . Provincial Archives of New Brunswick . Department of Natural Resources and Energy Development . 23 June 2021. Remainder of parish on maps 37, 46, 47, 55–57, and 63–66 at same site.
- Web site: 103 . Transportation and Infrastructure . Government of New Brunswick . 23 June 2021. Remainder of parish on mapbooks 104, 125, 126, 147–149, 163–166, 179–183, and 194–198 at same site.
- The actual wording is "the foot of Long Island" but both cadastral and highway maps show the boundary running south of Long Island. Long Island and the two unnamed islands south of it are all wetlands, so Long Island probably broke up after it was first used as a boundary point in 1871.
- Web site: Search the Canadian Geographical Names Database (CGNDB) . Government of Canada . 3 July 2021.
- Not including brooks, ponds or coves.
- Web site: Explore New Brunswick's Protected Natural Areas . GeoNB . 3 July 2021.
- 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: 1996, 2001, 2006, 2011 census
- Web site: Census Profile, 2016 Census Lorne, Parish [Census subdivision], New Brunswick ]. Statistics Canada . August 31, 2019.
