Southampton Parish, New Brunswick Explained
| Southampton |
| Settlement Type: | Parish |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Type1: | Province |
| Subdivision Type2: | County |
| Established Title: | Erected |
| Established Date: | 1833 |
| Area Footnotes: | [1] |
| Area Land Km2: | 446.85 |
| Population As Of: | 2021 |
| Population Total: | 1,497 |
| Population Density Km2: | 3.4 |
| Population Blank1 Title: | Change 2016-2021 |
| Population Blank1: | 0.9% |
| Population Blank2 Title: | Dwellings |
| Population Blank2: | 699 |
| Timezone: | AST |
| Utc Offset: | -4 |
| Timezone Dst: | ADT |
| Utc Offset Dst: | -3 |
| Coordinates: | 45.9675°N -67.25°W |
| Footnotes: | Figures do not include portions within the town of Nackawic and the village of Millville |
Southampton 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 town of Nackawic, the village of Millville, and the local service district of the parish of Southampton,[3] all of which were members of Capital Region Service Commission (RSC11).
Origin of name
When Carleton County was erected in 1832 the new county line went through Northampton Parish. The next year the part of Northampton south of the line was erected as Southampton.[4]
History
Southampton was erected in 1833 from the part of Northampton Parish that was southeast of the Carleton County line.
In 1834 the county line was altered to run along grant lines, adding territory to Southampton.[5]
In 1865 the boundary with Queensbury Parish was altered, removing territory east of the East Branch Nackawic Stream.[6]
Boundaries
Southampton Parish is bounded:[2] [7] [8]
- on the northeast beginning on the Carleton County line about 600 metres northeasterly of Route 104, on the prolongation the central line of a two-lot grant to Jonathan Williams on the Saint John River, then running southeasterly along the prolongation to the Burnt Lake Branch;
- on the southeast by a line running down the Burnt Lake Branch and the East Branch Nackawic Stream to the northeastern line of a grant to John Morehouse, about 2.4 kilometres easterly of the junction of Caverhill Siding Road with Route 605, then southeasterly about 1.2 kilometres and southwesterly about 275 metres along the Morehouse grant to the prolongation of the southeastern line of a grant to William Dobie, then southeasterly about 675 metres along the Dobie grant to the prolongation of the southeastern line of a large grant to Captain Joseph Cunliffe, then southwesterly along the Cunliffe grant, striking the Saint John River about 150 metres downstream of the mouth of Quigg Brook, then up the Saint John;
- on the south by the Saint John River;
- on the northwest by the Carleton County line.
Communities
Communities at least partly within the parish.[9]
Bodies of water
Bodies of water[10] at least partly within the parish.
- Saint John River
- Meductic Reach
- Pokiok Reach
- Burnt Lake Branch
- Nackawic Stream
- Bulls Creek
- Farnhams Creek
- Gibson Creek
- Greer Creek
- Bull Lake
- Mactaquac Lake
- more than a half-dozen other officially named lakes
Other notable places
Parks, historic sites, and other noteworthy places at least partly within the parish.[11]
- Ayers Lake Stream Protected Natural Area
- Becaguimec Wildlife Management Area[12]
- Carr Falls Brook Protected Natural Area
- Greer Creek Protected Natural Area
- Woodman Protected Natural Area
Demographics
Parish population total does not include Millville and Nackawic
Population
Population trend[13] [14]
| Census | Population | Change (%) |
|---|
| 2016 | 1,484 | 3.5% |
| 2011 | 1,538 | 3.9% |
| 2006 | 1,601 | 7.9% |
| 2001 | 1,738 | 1.8% |
| 1996 | 1,769 | 3.3% |
| 1991 | 1,829 | N/A | |
Language
Mother tongue (2016)[14]
| Language | Population | Pct (%) |
|---|
| English only | 1,425 | 96.0% |
| Other languages | 20 | 1.3% |
| French only | 40 | 2.7% |
| Both English and French | 0 | 0% | |
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 84-168 under the Municipalities Act (O.C. 84-582) . Government of New Brunswick . 25 July 2020.
- Book: Acts of the General Assembly of His Majesty's Province of New Brunswick, Passed in the Year 1833.. 27 March 2021. 1833. Government of New Brunswick. Fredericton. 181–182. 3 Wm. IV c. 38 An Act to alter the Names of certain Parts of Three Parishes in the County of York, and to erect Two separate Parishes therein..
- Book: Acts of the General Assembly of His Majesty's Province of New Brunswick, Passed in the Year 1834.. 27 March 2021. 1834. Government of New Brunswick. Fredericton. 71–72. 4 Wm. IV c. 28 An Act to alter the Division Line between the Counties of York and Carleton..
- Book: Acts of the General Assembly of Her Majesty's Province of New Brunswick, Passed in the Months of May & June 1865.. 27 March 2021. 1865. Government of New Brunswick. Fredericton. 150–151. 28 Vic. c. 52 An Act to alter and the division line between the Parishes of Queensbury and Southampton in the County of York..
- Web site: No. 102 . Provincial Archives of New Brunswick . Department of Natural Resources and Energy Development . 25 June 2021. Remainder of parish on maps 112, 113, and 124 at same site.
- Web site: 306 . Transportation and Infrastructure . Government of New Brunswick . 25 June 2021. Remainder of parish on mapbooks 324–326, 345–347, 366, and 367 at same site.
- 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, 2011 census
- Web site: Census Profile, 2016 Census: Southampton, Parish [Census subdivision], New Brunswick ]. Statistics Canada . August 28, 2019.
