North Lake Parish, New Brunswick Explained
North Lake |
Settlement Type: | Parish |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | Province |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Established Title: | Erected |
Established Date: | 1879 |
Area Footnotes: | [1] |
Area Land Km2: | 439.60 |
Population As Of: | 2021 |
Population Total: | 282 |
Population Density Km2: | 0.6 |
Population Blank1 Title: | Change 2016-2021 |
Population Blank1: | 21.0% |
Population Blank2 Title: | Dwellings |
Population Blank2: | 383 |
Timezone: | AST |
Utc Offset: | -4 |
Timezone Dst: | ADT |
Utc Offset Dst: | -3 |
Coordinates: | 45.8275°N -67.73°W |
North Lake is a geographic parish in York County, New Brunswick, Canada.[2]
Prior to the 2023 governance reform, for governance purposes it formed the local service district of the parish of North Lake,[3] which was a member of the Western Valley Regional Service Commission (WVRSC).
Origin of name
The parish takes its name from the eponymous lake.[4]
History
North Lake was erected in 1879 from Canterbury Parish.[5]
Boundaries
North Lake Parish is bounded:[2] [6] [7]
- on the north by the Carleton County line;
- on the east by a line running up Eel River, including First Eel Lake, Second Eel Lake, and Third Eel Lake, then east-southeasterly across land to La Coote Lake, then down La Coote Lake and Big La Coote Stream to the northern end of Palfrey Lake;
- on the southeast by a line running southwesterly from the southeastern corner of a grant to Abraham Lint west of Allandale Road near the Saint John River to a point west of Sandy Point on Spednic Lake, paralleling the southeastern lines of other parishes south of the Saint John River;
- on the west by the international border, running up Spednic Lake, Grand Lake, the North Lake Thoroughfare, North Lake, and Monument Brook to the Carleton County line.
Communities
Communities at least partly within the parish.[8]
Bodies of water
Bodies of water[9] at least partly within the parish. italics indicate a name no longer in official use
- Eel River
- Big La Coote Stream
- Mud Lake Stream
- Bolton Lake
- more than a dozen other officially named lakes
Islands
Islands at least partly within the parish.
Other notable places
Parks, historic sites, and other noteworthy places at least partly within the parish.[10]
- First Eel Lake Protected Natural Area
- Hay Brook Protected Natural Area
- Maxwell Protected Natural Area
- Monument Brook Protected Natural Area
- North Lake Protected Natural Area
- Spednic Lake Protected Natural Area
- Tamarack Brook Protected Natural Area
Demographics
Population
Population trend[11] [12]
Census | Population | Change (%) |
---|
2016 | 233 | 4.1% |
2011 | 243 | 19.0% |
2006 | 300 | 37.6% |
2001 | 218 | 2.3% |
1996 | 213 | 4.9% |
1991 | 224 | N/A | |
Language
Mother tongue (2016)[12]
Language | Population | Pct (%) |
---|
English only | 215 | 91.5% |
French only | 5 | 2.1% |
Both English and French | 0 | 0% |
Other languages | 15 | 6.4% | |
See also
References
45.8275°N -67.73°W
Notes and References
- Web site: Census Profile . Statistics Canada . 30 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 . 25 July 2020.
- Book: Ganong . William F. . A Monograph of the Place-Nomenclature of the Province of New Brunswick . 1896 . Royal Society of Canada . 258 . 17 March 2021.
- Book: Acts of the General Assembly of Her Majesty's Province of New Brunswick. Passed in the Month of April 1879.. 1879. Government of New Brunswick. Fredericton. 84–85. 42 Vic. c. 42 An Act to erect part of the Parish of Canterbury, in the County of York, into a separate Parish.. Available as a free ebook from Google Books.
- Web site: No. 123 . Provincial Archives of New Brunswick . Department of Natural Resources and Energy Development . 25 June 2021. Remainder of parish on maps 134, 135, and 145 at same site.
- Web site: 365 . Transportation and Infrastructure . Government of New Brunswick . 25 June 2021. Remainder of parish on mapbooks 384, 385, 403–405, 421–423, and 438 at same site.
- 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.
- Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006, 2011 census
- Web site: Census Profile, 2016 Census North Lake, Parish [Census subdivision], New Brunswick ]. Statistics Canada . October 7, 2019.