Saint-Jacques Parish, New Brunswick Explained
| Saint-Jacques |
| Settlement Type: | Parish |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Type1: | Province |
| Subdivision Type2: | County |
| Established Title: | Erected |
| Established Date: | 1877 |
| Area Footnotes: | [1] |
| Area Land Km2: | 298.44 |
| Population As Of: | 2021 |
| Population Total: | 1,652 |
| Population Density Km2: | 5.5 |
| Population Blank1 Title: | Change 2016-2021 |
| Population Blank1: | 3.5% |
| Population Blank2 Title: | Dwellings |
| Population Blank2: | 755 |
| Timezone: | AST |
| Utc Offset: | -4 |
| Timezone Dst: | ADT |
| Utc Offset Dst: | -3 |
| Coordinates: | 47.43°N -68.385°W |
| Footnotes: | Figures do not include portion within the city of Edmundston |
Saint-Jacques is a geographic parish in Madawaska County, New Brunswick, Canada. The parish consists of two discontiguous portions separated by Saint-Joseph Parish.
For governance purposes the southwestern portion is divided between the city of Edmundston,[2] which includes the tier of grants on either side of the Madawaska River, and the Northwest rural district;[3] the northeastern portion is part of the rural district. Both city and rural district are members of the Northwest Regional Service Commission.[4]
Before the 2023 governance reform, the parish was divided between Edmundston and the local service district of the parish of Saint-Jacques,[5] part of which was annexed by Edmundston in the reform.
Origin of name
The parish is named for the local Roman Catholic church.[6]
History
Saint-Jacques was erected in 1877 from Madawaska Parish;[7] the name was spelt without a hyphen.
In 1930 part of Saint-Jacques was included in the newly erected Saint-Joseph Parish.[8]
In 1941 the boundary was altered.[9]
In 1946 Saint-Jacques was affected by the major reorganisation of Madawaska County parish boundaries.[10]
In 1973 the hyphen was added to the parish's legal name.[11]
Boundaries
Saint-Jacques Parish comprises two discontiguous portions: the populated southwestern portion and the interior northeastern portion, which lacks provincial roads.[12] [13]
The southeastern portion is bounded:
- on the northwest by the Quebec border;
- on the east, running entirely along grant lines, beginning on the provincial border at a point about 75 metres southwest of Ruisseau du Coin, then running generally southerly along the eastern line of the Sweeney Settlement grants, which straddle Ruisseau Richard Road and then Iroquois Road, until it passes the Petite rivière Iroquois (formerly the East Iroquois River) near Roussel et Martin Road, then westerly along the southern line of grants to Meril Grandmaison and Marcel Grandmaison, to the northeastern line of Tier Three of the Plourde Settlement, which straddles Iroquois Road, then southeasterly along Tier Three to a point about 200 metres past the Petite rivière Iroquois, at the easternmost corner of a grant to David A. Rousseau, then southwesterly along the southeastern line of grants to Rousseau and Pierre Plourde to the northeastern line of Tier Two of Plourde Settlement at a point about 150 metres northwest of the NB Power transmission line, then southeasterly along Tier Two to the Saint-Joseph Road, then southwesterly along the southern line of a grant to Joseph Theriault to the junction of St. Onge Road and Saint Joseph Road on the northeastern line of Tier One of the Plourde Settlement, which fronts on the eastern shore of the Madawaska River, then southeasterly along Tier One to the easternmost corner of a grant to Cyprien Michaud, about 200 metres north of the bridge across the Iroquois River on Olivier Boucher Road;
- on the south, running entirely along grant lines, southwesterly along the southeastern line of the Michaud grant, then nearly a kilometre upstream on the Madawaska, then southwesterly and westerly along the southern line of a grant to Charles Hughes, which is in Tier One of Trout Brook Settlement, to Farline Road, on the eastern line of Tier Two of Trout Brook Settlement, then southerly about 1.2 kilometres along Tier Two to its southern end, then southwesterly along the southeastern line of Tier Two and Tier Three of Trout Brook Settlement, then northwesterly along Tier Six of the Riceville Settlement, which straddles Guerrette Road and Richard Road, to its end, then southwesterly about 550 metres along the end of Tier Six to the southernmost corner of a grant to Denis H. Nadeau, then northwesterly along the southwestern line of the Nadeau grant, passing through the junction of Sisson Road and Paradis Road, to the eastern line of Tier Three of the Michaud Settlement;
- on the west, running entirely along grant lines, beginning at the corner of the Nadeau grant and running northerly about 750 metres along Tier Three to the northeastern corner of a grant to Joseph P. Nadeau, then southwesterly along the southern line of a grant to Felix Marquis to the western line of Tier Three, then northerly and northwesterly along Tier Three, this section of which straddles Sisson Road, to the provincial border.
The northwestern portion is bounded:
- on the northeast by the Restigouche County line;
- on the east by Green River;
- on the southwest by Lake Branch, which runs through First Lake, Second Lake, and Third Lake;
- on the west by the provincial border
Communities
Communities at least partly within the parish.[14] bold indicates an incorporated municipality; italics indicate a name no longer in official use
- Edmundston
- Ennemond
- Grandmaison
- Moulin-Morneault
- Patrieville
- Petite-Rivière-à-la-Truite
- Quatre-Coins
- Rivière-à-la-Truite
- St. Joseph Settlement
- Sweeney Settlement
Bodies of water
Bodies of water[15] at least partly within the parish.
- Rivière à la Truite
- Green River (French Rivière Verte)
- Iroquois River
- Madawaska River
- Paradis Stream
- Lake Branch
- First Lake
- Petit lac Saint-Jean
- Second Lake
- Third Lake
- Twin Lakes
Other notable places
Parks, historic sites, and other noteworthy places at least partly within the parish.[16]
- Edmundston Airport
- Falls Brook Protected Natural Area
- Green River North Protected Natural Area
- République Provincial Park[17]
Demographics
Parish population total does not include portion in Edmundston
Language
| Canada Census Mother Tongue - Saint-Jacques 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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| | | | 1,525 | | 95.3% | | 60 | | 3.8% | | 5 | | 0.3% | | 10 | | 0.6% |
| | | | 1,535 | 0.3% | 95.94% | | 50 | 25.0% | 3.12% | | 10 | 71.4% | 0.62% | | 5 | n/a% | 0.31% |
| | | | 1,530 | 7.3% | 95.33% | | 40 | 20.0% | 2.49% | | 35 | 71.4% | 2.18% | | 0 | 100.0% | 0.00% |
| | | | 1,650 | 0.6% | 95.93% | | 50 | 50.0% | 2.91% | | 10 | 66.7% | 0.58% | | 10 | n/a% | 0.58% |
| | | | 1,660 | n/a | 96.79% | | 25 | n/a | 1.46% | | 30 | n/a | 1.75% | | 0 | n/a | 0.00% | |
See also
References
47.43°N -68.385°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 . 268 . 17 March 2021.
- 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 Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick Passed During the Session of 1929. 1929. Government of New Brunswick. Fredericton. 38–41. 19 Geo. V c. 16 An Act to amend Chapter 2 of the Revised Statutes, 1927, Respecting the Division of the Province into Counties, Towns and Parishes, so far as relates to the Parishes of Saint Jacques and Madawaska, in the County of Madawaska..
- Book: Acts of the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick Passed During the Session of 1941. 1941. Government of New Brunswick. Fredericton. 144–145. 5 Geo. VI c. 55 An Act to amend Chapter 2 of The Revised Statutes, 1927, respecting the Division of the Province into Counties, Towns and Parishes, so far as it relates to the Parishes of St. Jacques and Baker Brook in 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..
- Book: Revised Statutes of New Brunswick 1973 Volume IV. 1973. Government of New Brunswick. Fredericton. 1–70. Chapter T-3 Territorial Division Act. The original printed version is cited separately to distinguish it from the edited version available online.
- Web site: No. 9 . Provincial Archives of New Brunswick . Department of Natural Resources and Energy Development . 16 June 2021. Remainder of parish on maps 20, 32, and 33 at same site.
- Web site: 038 . Transportation and Infrastructure . Government of New Brunswick . 16 June 2021. Remainder of parish on mapbooks 039, 058, 059, 077–079, 097, 098, 119, and 120 at same site.
- Web site: Search the Canadian Geographical Names Database (CGNDB) . Government of Canada . 5 July 2021.
- Not including brooks, ponds or coves.
- Web site: Explore New Brunswick's Protected Natural Areas . GeoNB . 2 July 2021.
- New Brunswick Regulation 2017-46 under the Parks Act (O.C. 2017-293) . The Royal Gazette . 13 December 2017 . 175 . 1496–1497 . 5 July 2021 . . . 1714-9428.
