Rogersville Parish, New Brunswick Explained
| Rogersville |
| Settlement Type: | Parish |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Type1: | Province |
| Subdivision Type2: | County |
| Established Title: | Erected |
| Established Date: | 1881 |
| Area Footnotes: | [1] |
| Area Land Km2: | 326.27 |
| Population As Of: | 2021 |
| Population Total: | 1,072 |
| Population Density Km2: | 3.3 |
| Population Blank1 Title: | Change 2016-2021 |
| Population Blank1: | 2.7% |
| Population Blank2 Title: | Dwellings |
| Population Blank2: | 538 |
| Timezone: | AST |
| Utc Offset: | -4 |
| Timezone Dst: | ADT |
| Utc Offset Dst: | -3 |
| Coordinates: | 46.7756°N -65.48°W |
| Footnotes: | Figures do not include portion within the village of Rogersville |
Rogersville (originally Rogerville) is a geographic parish in Northumberland County, New Brunswick, Canada.
For governance purposes it is divided between the village of Nouvelle-Arcadie[2] and the Greater Miramichi rural district,[3] which are members of the Kent Regional Service Commission and Greater Miramichi RSC respectively.[4]
Prior to the 2023 governance reform, the parish was divided between the village of Rogersville[5] and the local service districts of Collette and the parish of Rogersville.[6] Rogersville and Collette became part of Nouvelle-Arcadie while the parish LSD was split between the new village and the rural district.
Origin of name
The parish was named in honour of James Rogers, then Bishop of Chatham.[7]
History
Rogersville was erected in 1881 from Nelson Parish.[8]
The parish was expanded northeastward in 1900 to take in the Rosaireville area of Glenelg Parish.[9]
Boundaries
Rogersville Parish is bounded:[10] [11]
- on the northwest, by a line beginning at a point about 2.25 kilometres west of North Lake and seven miles (11.27 kilometres) from the Kent County line, then running northeasterly parallel to the county line at a distance of seven miles until it strikes the southeasterly prolongation of the northeastern line of a grant to Thomas McCallum, which begins at a cove northeasterly of the junction of Rasche Street and St. Patrick's Drive in Miramichi, then southeasterly along the McCallum prolongation until it strikes the northern line of a grant to John Townley at the mouth of Big Hovel Brook, about 1.8 kilometres north of Route 440 and about 2.6 kilometres east of East Collette Villa Laplatte Road, then northeasterly along the Townley grant to the Bay du Vin River, then downstream to the eastern line of the Richard Settlement grants, which run along a north-south section of Route 440 north of Richard-Village, then southeasterly along the tier and its prolongation to the county line;
- on the southeast by the county line;
- on the southwest by a line beginning on the county line at a point about 900 metres southwest of Despres Lake, then running north 22º west through the mouth of the Renous River.
Evolution of boundaries
When Rogersville was erected it included all of Nelson Parish within seven miles (11.27 kilometres) of the Kent County line.
In 1900 all of Glenelg Parish south of the Bay du Vin River as far east as the tier of grants along Route 440 was transferred to Rogersville, adding Rosaireville and the Richard Settlement east of it.
Communities
Communities at least partly within the parish.[12] bold indicates an incorporated municipality; italics indicate a name no longer in official use
Bodies of water
Bodies of water[13] at least partly within the parish.
- Barnaby River
- Bay du Vin River
- Despres Lake
- North Lake
- North Branch Lake
Other notable places
Parks, historic sites, and other noteworthy places at least partly within the parish.
- West Collette Wildlife Management Area[14]
Demographics
Parish population total does not include portion within the village of Rogersville
Population
Population trend[15] [16]
| Census | Population | Change (%) |
|---|
| 2016 | 1,102 | 9.2% |
| 2011 | 1,213 | 2.7% |
| 2006 | 1,247 | 8.0% |
| 2001 | 1,356 | 5.0% |
| 1996 | 1,427 | 2.7% |
| 1991 | 1,466 | N/A | |
Language
Mother tongue (2016)[16]
| Language | Population | Pct (%) |
|---|
| French only | 925 | 83.7% |
| English only | 155 | 14.0% |
| Both English and French | 15 | 1.4% |
| Other languages | 10 | 0.9% | |
See also
External links
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Notes and References
- Web site: Census Profile . Statistics Canada . 30 October 2022 . 26 October 2022.
- Web site: Kent Regional Service Commission: RSC 6 . Government of New Brunswick . 13 February 2023.
- Web site: Greater Miramichi Regional Service Commission: RD 5 . Government of New Brunswick . 13 February 2023.
- Web site: Regions Regulation – Regional Service Delivery Act . Government of New Brunswick . 13 February 2023 . 21 July 2022.
- Web site: Municipalities Order - Municipalities Act . Governmentof New Brunswick . 13 February 2023 . 25 June 2021.
- Web site: Local Service Districts Regulation - Municipalities Act . Government of New Brunswick . 13 February 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 . 266 . 17 March 2021.
- Book: Acts of the General Assembly of Her Majesty's Province of New Brunswick. Passed in the Month of March 1881.. 1881. Government of New Brunswick. Fredericton. 59–61. 44 Vic. c. 28 An Act to erect part of the Parish of Nelson, in the County of Northumberland, 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 Months of March and April, 1900.. 1900. Government of New Brunswick. Fredericton. 101–102. 63 Vic. c. 19 An Act to amend 59 Victoria, Chapter VIII., intituled 'An Act to revise and codify an Act to provide for the division of the Province into Counties, Towns and Parishes,' in so far as the same relates to the Parishes of Glenelg and Rogersville in the County of Northumberland.. Available as a free ebook from Google Books.
- Web site: No. 70 . Provincial Archives of New Brunswick . Department of Natural Resources and Energy Development . 18 June 2021. Remainder of parish on maps 78, 79, and 87 at same site.
- Web site: 219 . Transportation and Infrastructure . Government of New Brunswick . 18 June 2021. Remainder of parish on mapbooks 220, 233–235, 249, and 250 at same site.
- Web site: Search the Canadian Geographical Names Database (CGNDB) . Government of Canada . 7 July 2021.
- Not including brooks, ponds or coves.
- 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 census
- Web site: Census Profile, 2016 Census: Rogersville, Parish [Census subdivision], New Brunswick ]. Statistics Canada . September 25, 2019.
