Saint-Basile Parish, New Brunswick Explained
| Saint-Basile |
| Other Name: | St. Basil, St. Basile |
| Settlement Type: | Parish |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Type1: | Province |
| Subdivision Type2: | County |
| Established Title: | Erected |
| Established Date: | 1850 |
| Area Footnotes: | [1] |
| Area Land Km2: | 129.96 |
| Population As Of: | 2021 |
| Population Total: | 736 |
| Population Density Km2: | 4.6 |
| Population Blank1 Title: | Change 2016-2021 |
| Population Blank1: | 24.3% |
| Population Blank2 Title: | Dwellings |
| Population Blank2: | 342 |
| Timezone: | AST |
| Utc Offset: | -4 |
| Timezone Dst: | ADT |
| Utc Offset Dst: | -3 |
| Coordinates: | 47.36°N -68.255°W |
| Footnotes: | Figures do not include portions within the city of Edmundston and the St. Basile 10 Indian reserve |
Saint-Basile is a geographic parish in Madawaska County, New Brunswick, Canada.
For governance purposes it is divided between the city of Edmundston,[2] the St. Basile 10 Indian Reserve, and the Northwest rural district;[3] the city and rural district are members of the Northwest Regional Service Commission.[4]
Before the 2023 governance reform, the area now in the rural district formed the local service district of the parish of Saint-Basile.[5]
Origin of name
The parish was named for the Roman Catholic church.[6]
History
Saint-Basile was erected as Saint Basil in 1850 from Madawaska Parish.[7]
In 1852 the parish's boundaries were extended northward to include territory awarded in the boundary settlement with the Province of Canada.[8]
In 1874 the core of modern Edmundston was removed from Saint-Basile and added to Madawaska Parish.[9]
In 1877 the newly erected Sainte-Anne Parish included part of Saint-Basile.[10]
In 1896 the boundary along Green River was altered.[11]
In 1920 part of Saint-Basile was erected as Rivière-Verte Parish.[12]
In 1973 the name was officially changed to Saint-Basile.[13]
Boundaries
Saint-Basile Parish is bounded:[14] [15] [16]
- on the northeast, beginning about 1.8 kilometres northeasterly of the Green River at a point on the prolongation of the northwestern line of a grant to John Hart on the Saint John River, then running southeasterly along the prolongation of the northeastern line of Tier Four northeast of the Green River and then Tier Four to the easternmost corner of Lot 21, about 825 metres west of the Quisibis River;
- on the southeast, running entirely along grant lines, beginning at the corner of Lot 21 and running southwesterly across Tier Three and Tier Two to the southernmost corner of a grant to Ferdinand Lavoie, about 400 metres northwesterly of the end of Therrien Road, then southeasterly about 200 metres to the easternmost corner of a grant in Tier One to Felix Martin, then southwesterly along the southeastern line of the Martin grant to Green River, then across Green River and southwesterly along the southeastern line of a grant to James Smyth to the rear line of grants along the Saint John River, then southeasterly about 475 metres along the Saint John River tier to the easternmost corner of a grant to Peter Cere, then southwesterly along the Cere grant to the international border within the Saint John River;
- on the south by the international border running upstream within the Saint John River;
- on the northwest, beginning on the international border within the Saint John on the prolongation of the northwestern line of the Hart grant, which passes between and roughly parallels Saint-Louis and Irène Streets near the river, then running northeasterly along the Hart grant and its prolongation to a point about 700 metres past the Iroquois River, then southeasterly about 75 metres along the rear line of the Saint John River grants to the westernmost corner of Tier Two behind the Saint John, then northeasterly along the northwestern lines of Tiers Two, Three, and Four to Tier Five, then northwesterly about 75 metres to the westernmost corner of a Tier Five grant to Remi H. Martin, then northeasterly along the northwestern line of the Martin grant and its prolongation to meet the prolongation of the northwestern line of a tier of grants on the eastern side of Green River, then northeasterly along the prolongation and the tier to the western channel of Green River, passing through the southern loop of Deuxième-Sault Road and the northern tip of an unnamed island in the river, then northerly about 450 metres up Green River to the southern line of a grant to Octave Therriault on the south side of Étang Deuxième-Sault (the pond above Second Falls), then easterly and northerly around the outside of the Therriault grant to the pond, then up Green River past the mouth of Burnt Camp Brook to meet the prolongation of the Hart grant, then northeasterly along the prolongation to the starting point.
Communities
Communities at least partly within the parish. bold indicates an incorporated municipality or Indian reserve; italics indicate a name no longer in official use
Bodies of water
Bodies of water[17] at least partly in the parish.
- Ruisseau à la Coulée Noire
- Lac à Poisson
- Lac de Vase
Islands
Islands at least partly in the parish.
Demographics
Parish population total does not include Indian reserve or portion in Edmundston
Language
| Canada Census Mother Tongue - Saint-Basile Parish, New Brunswick |
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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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| | | | 695 | 11.5% | 97.20% | | 20 | 33.3% | 2.80% | | 0 | 0.0% | 0.00% | | 0 | 0.0% | 0.00% |
| | | | 785 | 18.9% | 98.13% | | 15 | 0.0% | 1.87% | | 0 | 100.0% | 0.00% | | 0 | 0.0% | 0.00% |
| | | | 660 | 1.5% | 92.96% | | 15 | 50.0% | 2.11% | | 35 | 250.0% | 4.93% | | 0 | 0.0% | 0.00% |
| | | | 650 | n/a | 97.01% | | 10 | n/a | 1.49% | | 10 | n/a | 1.49% | | 0 | n/a | 0.00% | |
See also
References
47.36°N -68.255°W
Notes and References
- Web site: Census Profile . Statistics Canada . 30 October 2022 . 26 October 2022.
- Web site: Northwest Regional Service Commission: RSC 1 . Government of New Brunswick . 24 January 2023.
- Web site: Northwest Regional Service Commission: RD 1 . Government of New Brunswick . 24 January 2023.
- Web site: Regions Regulation – Regional Service Delivery Act . Government of New Brunswick . 24 January 2023 . 21 July 2022.
- Web site: Local Service Districts Regulation - Municipalities Act . Government of New Brunswick . 24 January 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 . 267 . 17 March 2021.
- 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.
- Book: Acts of the General Assembly of Her Majesty's Province of New Brunswick, Passed in the Year 1852.. 27 March 2021. 1852. Government of New Brunswick. Fredericton. 4–5. 15 Vic. c. 6 An Act to annex the Territory awarded to this Province by the New Brunswick and Canadian Arbitrators in the recent settlement of the Boundary question between the Provinces of New Brunswick and Canada, to the Counties of Victoria and Restigouche, and to alter the present Boundary Line between these counties..
- Book: Acts of the General Assembly of Her Majesty's Province of New Brunswick. Passed in the Months of March & April 1874.. 1874. Government of New Brunswick. Fredericton. 129. 37 Vic. c. 47 An Act to include certain Lands in the Parish of Saint Basil in the Parish of Madawaska, in the County of Madawaska.. 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 1877.. 1877. Government of New Brunswick. Fredericton. 125–128. 40 Vic. c. 30 An Act to erect parts of the Parishes of Saint Leonard, Saint Basil, Madawaska, and Saint Francis, in the County of Madawaska, into three additional Parishes.. 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.
- Book: Acts of the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick Passed in the Month of April 1919. 1919. Government of New Brunswick. Fredericton. 258–265. 9 Geo. V c. 55 An Act to amend Chapter 2 of the Consolidated Statutes, 1903, respecting the division of the Province into Counties, Towns and Parishes..
- Book: Revised Statutes of New Brunswick 1973 Volume IV. 1973. Government of New Brunswick. Fredericton. 1–70. Chapter T-3 Territorial Division Act.
- Web site: No. 20 . Provincial Archives of New Brunswick . Department of Natural Resources and Energy Development . 16 June 2021. Remainder of parish on maps 33 and 34 at same site.
- Web site: 079 . Transportation and Infrastructure . Government of New Brunswick . 16 June 2021. Remainder of parish on mapbooks 098, 099, 120, and 121 at same site.
- Web site: Search the Canadian Geographical Names Database (CGNDB) . Government of Canada . 16 June 2021.
- Not including brooks, ponds or coves.
