Saint Marys Parish, New Brunswick Explained
| Saint Marys |
| Other Name: | Saint Mary's, St, Mary's, St. Marys |
| Settlement Type: | Parish |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Type1: | Province |
| Subdivision Type2: | County |
| Established Title: | Erected |
| Established Date: | 1786 |
| Area Footnotes: | [1] |
| Area Land Km2: | 751.90 |
| Population As Of: | 2021 |
| Population Total: | 5,084 |
| Population Density Km2: | 6.8 |
| Population Blank1 Title: | Change 2016-2021 |
| Population Blank1: | 5.1% |
| Population Blank2 Title: | Dwellings |
| Population Blank2: | 2,030 |
| Timezone: | AST |
| Utc Offset: | -4 |
| Timezone Dst: | ADT |
| Utc Offset Dst: | -3 |
| Coordinates: | 46.205°N -66.505°W |
| Footnotes: | Figures do not include portions within the city of Fredericton and the Devon 30 Indian reserve |
Saint Marys is a geographic parish in York County, New Brunswick, Canada.[2]
Prior to the 2023 governance reform, for governance purposes it was divided between the city of Fredericton,[3] the Indian reserve of Devon 30, and the local service district of the parish of Saint Marys,[4] of which the city and the LSD were members of Capital Region Service Commission (RSC11). The LSD includes the special service areas of Evergreen Park and Pepper Creek.
Origin of name
The parish was settled in part by Loyalists from Maryland.[5]
St. Mary's County, Maryland was established well before the American Revolution and may have been the source of some of the Loyalists.
History
Saint Marys was erected in 1786 as one of York County's original parishes.[6] The parish ran thirty miles inland and extended to the Keswick River.
In 1824 part of Saint Marys was included in the newly erected Douglas Parish.[7]
In 1837 part of Saint Marys was included in the newly erected Stanley Parish.[8]
In 1838 Stanley was dissolved and its territory implicitly returned to its original parishes.[9]
In 1847 part of Saint Marys was included in a new, much larger Stanley Parish.[10]
In 1945 the town of Devon was annexed by Fredericton.[11] The boundary description of Saint Marys in the Territorial Division Act (TDA) implicitly removes the area from Saint Marys but the Fredericton entry in the TDA is not updated.
In 1952 two grants were transferred to Saint Marys from Douglas.[12] The boundary description of Fredericton was also updated, removing any ambiguity. The modern boundaries of Fredericton are not reflected in the TDA, having changed after the last revision of the Act.
Boundaries
Saint Marys Parish is bounded:[2] [13] [14]
- on the north beginning at a point about 650 metres north-northwesterly of Red Rock Branch Road and 900 metres west-southwesterly of Route 107, at the northwestern corner of Loyalist grants along the Nashwaak River, then running easterly along the grant lines and their prolongation to the Sunbury County line, about 1.1 kilometres southwest of Cains River;
- on the southeast by the Sunbury County line, running southwesterly to the Saint John River;
- on the southwest by the Saint John River and a line beginning on the north bank of the Nashwaak River at the prolongation of Irvine Street, then northwesterly along Irvine Street, Eco Terra Drive, and the prolongation of Eco Terra Drive to meet the prolongation of Douglas Avenue near Ring Road;[15]
- on the west by a line running northeasterly along the prolongation of Douglas Avenue to the southwestern line of the Devon 30 Indian reserve, then northwest about 5 kilometres along the reserve and its prolongation to the eastern line of a grant to Daniel Sawyer, about 2.3 kilometres west of Route 148, then north about 10 kilometres to the South Branch Dunbar Stream, then easterly about 1.25 kilometres down the South Branch Dunbar to the western line of a grant to Samuel and John Casey, then northerly about 1.4 kilometres and easterly about 1.6 kilometres around the Casey grant to meet the rear line of the Loyalist grants along the Nashwaak, then northerly along the Loyalist grants, including a grant to Alexander Drummond along the English Settlement Road, to the starting point.
Communities
Communities at least partly within the parish.[16] 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 within the parish.
Islands
Islands at least partly within the parish.
Other notable places
Parks, historic sites, and other noteworthy places at least partly within the parish.[18] [19]
- Bantalor Protected Natural Area
- Bantalor Wildlife Management Area
- Burpee Wildlife Management Area
- Cains River Protected Natural Area
- Dunbar Falls
Demographics
Parish population total does not include Indian reserves and portion within Fredericton
Population
Population trend[20] [21]
| Census | Population | Change (%) |
|---|
| 2016 | 4,837 | 2.2% |
| 2011 | 4,733 | 12.1% |
| 2006 | 4,224 | 11.3% |
| 2001 | 3,796 | 7.8% |
| 1996 | 3,522 | 24.2% |
| 1991 | 2,835 | N/A | |
Language
Mother tongue (2016)[21]
| Language | Population | Pct (%) |
|---|
| English only | 4,365 | 90.4% |
| French only | 355 | 7.4% |
| Other languages | 55 | 1.1% |
| Both English and French | 55 | 1.1% | |
See also
References
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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 85-6 under the Municipalities Act (O.C. 85-45) . Government of New Brunswick . 25 July 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 . 270 . 17 March 2021.
- Book: Acts of the General Assembly of His Majesty's Province of New-Brunswick, passed in the year 1786.. 20 March 2021. 1786. Government of New Brunswick. Saint John, New Brunswick. 3–12. 26 Geo. III Chapter I. An Act for the better ascertaining and confirming the Boundaries of the several Counties within this Province, and for subdividing them into Towns or Parishes..
- Book: Acts of the General Assembly of His Majesty's Province of New-Brunswick, Passed in the Year 1824.. 27 March 2021. 1824. Government of New Brunswick. Fredericton. 63–65. 5 Geo. IV c. 27 An Act for erecting a part of the Parishes of Saint Mary and Queensbury, in the County of York, into a separate and distinct Town or Parish..
- Book: Acts of the General Assembly of His Majesty's Province of New Brunswick, Passed in the Year 1837.. 27 March 2021. 1837. Government of New Brunswick. Fredericton. 82–83. 7 Wm. IV c. 25 An Act for erecting a part of the Parishes of Saint Mary's and Douglas in the County of York, into a separate and distinct Town or Parish..
- Book: Acts of the General Assembly of Her Majesty's Province of New Brunswick, Passed in the Year 1838.. 27 March 2021. 1838. Government of New Brunswick. Fredericton. 77–78. 1 Vic. c. 34 An Act to repeal an Act, intituled 'An Act for erecting a part of the Parishes of Saint Mary's and Douglas in the County of York, into a separate and distinct Town or Parish.'.
- Book: Acts of the General Assembly of Her Majesty's Province of New Brunswick, Passed in the Year 1846.. 27 March 2021. 1846. Government of New Brunswick. Fredericton. 41–42. 9 Vic. c. 38 An Act for erecting a part of the Parishes of Saint Mary's and Douglas, in the County of York, into a separate and distinct Town or Parish..
- Book: Acts of the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick Passed During the Session of 1945. 1945. Government of New Brunswick. Fredericton. 216–225. 9 Geo. VI c. 69 An Act to extend the Limits of the City of Fredericton to include the Town of Devon..
- Book: The Revised Statutes of New Brunswick 1952 Volume III. 1952. Government of New Brunswick. Fredericton. 3725–3771. Chapter 227 Territorial Division Act.
- Web site: No. 95 . Provincial Archives of New Brunswick . Department of Natural Resources and Energy Development . 25 June 2021. Remainder of parish on maps 104, 105, 114, 115, and 126 at same site.
- Web site: 293 . Transportation and Infrastructure . Government of New Brunswick . 25 June 2021. Remainder of parish on mapbooks 294, 295, 309–311, 328–330, 349, 350, 370, and 371 at same site.
- The Territorial Division Act uses the boundaries of Fredericton before the 1973 amalgamations.
- 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 census
- Web site: Census Profile, 2016 Census: Saint Marys, Parish [Census subdivision], New Brunswick ]. Statistics Canada . October 8, 2019.
