Shediac Parish, New Brunswick Explained
| Shediac |
| Settlement Type: | Parish |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Type1: | Province |
| Subdivision Type2: | County |
| Established Title: | Erected |
| Established Date: | 1827 |
| Area Footnotes: | [1] |
| Area Land Km2: | 178.79 |
| Population As Of: | 2021 |
| Population Total: | 5,144 |
| Population Density Km2: | 28.8 |
| Population Blank1 Title: | Change 2016-2021 |
| Population Blank1: | 7.4% |
| Population Blank2 Title: | Dwellings |
| Population Blank2: | 2,976 |
| Timezone: | AST |
| Utc Offset: | -4 |
| Timezone Dst: | ADT |
| Utc Offset Dst: | -3 |
| Coordinates: | 46.19°N -64.6°W |
| Footnotes: | Figures do not include portions within the city of Dieppe, the town of Shediac, the village of Cap-Pelé, and the rural community of Beaubassin East |
Shediac is a geographic parish in Westmorland County, New Brunswick, Canada.
For governance purposes it is divided between the city of Dieppe,[2] the towns of Cap-Acadie and Shediac, the incorporated rural communities of Beausoleil[3] and Maple Hills, and the Southeast rural district. Beausoleil is a members of the Kent Regional Service Commission, with the rest all belonging to the Southeast Regional Service Commission.[4]
Prior to the 2023 governance reform, the parish was divided between Dieppe, Shediac,[5] the village of Cap-Pelé, the rural community of Beaubassin East,[6] and the local service districts of Grande-Digue, Pointe-du-Chêne, Scoudouc, Scoudouc Road, Shediac Bridge-Shediac River, Shediac Cape, and the parish of Shediac.[7] With minor boundary changes, Grande-Digue and Shediac Bridge-Shediac River are now part of Beausoleil; Pointe-du-Chêne, Scoudouc, Scoudouc Road, and Shediac Cape were annexed by Shediac; Cap-Pelé and Beaubassin East merged to form Cap-Acadie; and the Shediac Parish LSD was divided between Beausoleil and Maple Hills.
Origin of name
The parish's name comes the community of Shediac, itself from a corruption of Mi'kmaq Es-ed-ei'-ik, translated by Rand as "running far back." There was a Fort Shediac mentioned in documents around 1755, on the mainland opposite Shediac Island.[8]
History
Shediac was erected in 1827 from Dorchester and Sackville Parishes.[9] The eastern boundary was at the mouth of the Kouchibouguac River.
In 1850 the eastern boundary was moved to run through Cap-Pelé.[10]
In 1894 the existing boundaries were declared retroactive to the parish's erection.
In 1904 the boundary with Botsford Parish was clarified.
Boundaries
Shediac Parish is bounded:[11] [12]
- on the north by the Kent County line and Northumberland Strait;
- on the east by a line beginning about 375 metres east of the mouth of the Tedish River and running south 4º 30' west to a point about 1.6 kilometres northwesterly of the junction of Chemin des Moulins and Route 940 and about 450 metres from Square Lake;
- on the south by the prolongation of a line running south 83º 45' east from the southern side of the mouth of Fox Creek;
- on the west by a line beginning about 1.3 kilometres east of the Memramcook River, at the prolongation of the southwestern line of a grant to Columb Connor on Route 134, then running northwesterly along the prolongation, the Connor grant, and its northwesterly prolongation to the Kent County line.
Communities
Communities at least partly within the parish.[13] bold indicates an incorporated municipality or rural community; italics indicate a name no longer in official use
Bodies of water
Bodies of water[14] at least partly within the parish.
- Aboujagane River
- Kinnear River
- Kouchibouguac River
- Scoudouc River
- Shediac River
- Tedish River
- Bear Creek
- Mill Creek
- Shediac Bay
- Shediac Harbour
- Lac des Boudreau
- Poucette Lake
- Petit Barachois
Islands
Islands at least partly within the parish.
Other notable places
Parks, historic sites, and other noteworthy places at least partly within the parish.
Demographics
Parish population total does not include the town of Shediac and portions within Dieppe, Cap-Pelé, and Beaubassin East
Language
Mother tongue (2016)
| Language | Population | Pct (%) |
|---|
| French only | 2,630 | 54.9% |
| English only | 1,995 | 41.6% |
| Both English and French | 90 | 1.9% |
| Other languages | 75 | 1.6% | |
Access routes
Highways and numbered routes that run through the parish, including external routes that start or finish at the parish limits:[16]
See also
External links
46.1929°N -64.5972°W
Notes and References
- Web site: Census Profile . Statistics Canada . 30 October 2022 . 26 October 2022.
- Web site: Southeast Regional Service Commission: RSC 7 . Government of New Brunswick . 13 February 2023.
- Web site: Kent Regional Service Commission: RSC 6 . 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 . Government of New Brunswick . 13 February 2023 . 25 June 2021.
- Web site: New Brunswick Regulation 95-36 under the Municipalities Act (O.C. 95-342) . Government of New Brunswick . 23 July 2020.
- 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 . 271 . 17 March 2021.
- Book: Acts of the General Assembly of His Majesty's Province of New-Brunswick, Passed in the Year 1827.. 27 March 2021. 1827. Government of New Brunswick. Fredericton. 28–30. 8 Geo. IV c. 13 An Act to erect the North-eastern part of the County of Westmoreland into a distinct Town or Parish, and also to authorize the appointment of Parish Officers at the November General Sessions in each year..
- Book: Acts of the General Assembly of Her Mjaesty's Province of New Brunswick, Passed in the Year 1850.. 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.
- Web site: No. 110 . Provincial Archives of New Brunswick . Department of Natural Resources and Energy Development . 24 June 2021. Remainder of parish on maps 120 and 121 at same site.
- Web site: 319 . Transportation and Infrastructure . Government of New Brunswick . 24 June 2021. Remainder of parish on mapbooks 320, 321, 338–340, and 360 at same site.
- Web site: Search the Canadian Geographical Names Database (CGNDB) . Government of Canada . 5 July 2021.
- Not including brooks, ponds or coves.
- 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.
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