Southesk Parish, New Brunswick Explained
| Southesk |
| Settlement Type: | Parish |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Type1: | Province |
| Subdivision Type2: | County |
| Established Title: | Erected |
| Established Date: | 1879 |
| Area Footnotes: | [1] |
| Area Land Km2: | 2,462.60 |
| Population As Of: | 2021 |
| Population Total: | 1,666 |
| Population Density Km2: | 0.7 |
| Population Blank1 Title: | Change 2016-2021 |
| Population Blank1: | 1.7% |
| Population Blank2 Title: | Dwellings |
| Population Blank2: | 813 |
| Timezone: | AST |
| Utc Offset: | -4 |
| Timezone Dst: | ADT |
| Utc Offset Dst: | -3 |
| Coordinates: | 46.9775°N -66.48°W |
| Footnotes: | Figures do not include portion within the Red Bank 4 Indian reserve |
Southesk is a geographic parish in Northumberland County, New Brunswick, Canada.
For governance purposes it is divided between the Indian reserve of Red Bank 4, the incorporated rural community of Miramichi River Valley,[2] and the Greater Miramichi rural district,[3] the last two of which are members of the Greater Miramichi Regional Service Commission.[4]
Prior to the 2023 governance reform, all of the parish outside the Indian reserve formed the local service district of the parish of South Esk.
Origin of name
The parish takes its name from its position relative to Northesk Parish.[5]
History
Southesk was erected in 1879 from Northesk Parish south of the Northwest Miramichi River and a northwestern line starting at the mouth of the Little Southwest Miramichi River.[6] The Derby Parish boundary was significantly differently than it is today.
Boundaries
Southesk Parish is bounded:[7] [8]
- on the north, beginning on the Victoria County line at a point about 150 metres south-southeast of Route 385, then running south 45º east to the mouth of the Little Southwest Miramichi River, then down the Northwest Miramichi River to a point about 825 metres downstream of the Route 8 bridge;
- on the east by a line from the middle of the Northwest Miramichi River to the northeastern corner of a grant to Charles Vye Sr., about 700 metres east of Enclosure Road;
- on the south by a line beginning at the northeastern corner of the Vye grant, then westerly in a straight line 116 chains (about 2.3 kilometres) to the southeastern line of a grant to Stephen Sherwood at a point about 700 metres slightly east of south of the junction of Route 420 and Creamer Road, then northwesterly to Old Creamer Road, then southwesterly about 600 metres along Old Creamer Road to the southwestern line of a grant to James Oxford, then northwesterly along the Oxford grant to its westernmost corner, then southwesterly and northwesterly along the rear line of grants on the Southwest Miramichi River, then northwesterly and southwesterly to exclude a grant to Jared Betts on the northeastern side of Williamstown Road, then southeasterly along Williamstown Road to rejoin the rear line of Southwest Miramichi River grants, then generally southwesterly along the river grants before turning westerly to exclude several inland grants straddling Route 8 south of Crocker Lake, then southwesterly to Route 8 at the northwest line of the Elm Tree Tract granted to William Davidson, then southwesterly along the Elm Tree Tract and its prolongation to the Blackville Parish line, about 1.8 kilometres northwesterly of Route 8, then northwesterly about 7 kilometres along a line running north 22º west from the mouth of the Renous River, then south 72º west by an astronomic bearing to the York County line;
- on the west by the York and Victoria county lines.
Evolution of boundaries
Southesk has had the same western, northern, and eastern boundaries from its creation; the boundary with Derby was a straight line running a line running south 68º west from modern Wilsons Point.
In 1920 the boundary with Derby Parish was changed to run along property and grant lines.[9] The wording was ambiguous enough to require clarification in 1953[10] and 1954.[11] The 1954 Act also changed the wording of the boundary with Blackville, Blissfield, and Ludlow Parishes to run partly by an astronomic rather than a magnetic bearing.
Communities
Communities at least partly within the parish.[12] bold indicates an Indian reserve
Bodies of water
Bodies of water[13] at least partly within the parish.
Islands
Islands at least partly within the parish.
- Gibbons Island
- Johnsons Island
Other notable places
Parks, historic sites, and other noteworthy places at least partly within the parish.[14] [15]
- Adder Lakes Protected Natural Area
- Christmas Mountains
- Gover Mountain Protected Natural Area
- Kennedy Lakes Protected Natural Area
- Little Southwest Miramichi River Protected Natural Area
- Lower North Branch Little Southwest Miramichi River Protected Natural Area
- McCarty Brook Protected Natural Area
- McNeal Brook Protected Natural Area
- Miller Brook Protected Natural Area
- Nalaisk Mountain Protected Natural Area
- North Pole Stream Protected Natural Area
- Patchell Brook Protected Natural Area
- Plaster Rock-Renous Wildlife Management Area
- Tauadook River Protected Natural Area
- Upper Dungarvon River Protected Natural Area
- Wilson's Point Wildlife Refuge
Demographics
Parish population total does not include Indian reserves
Population
Population trend[16] [17]
| Census | Population | Change (%) |
|---|
| 2016 | 1,694 | 7.6% |
| 2011 | 1,833 | 6.6% |
| 2006 | 1,964 | 5.7% |
| 2001 | 2,083 | 4.4% |
| 1996 | 2,178 | 3.8% |
| 1991 | 2,098 | N/A | |
Language
Mother tongue language (2006)[18]
| Language | Population | Pct (%) |
|---|
| English only | 1,820 | 93.57% |
| French only | 70 | 3.60% |
| Other languages | 45 | 2.31% |
| Both English and French | 10 | 0.52% | |
See also
References
46.9775°N -66.48°W
Notes and References
- Web site: Census Profile . Statistics Canada . 30 October 2022 . 26 October 2022.
- Web site: Greater Miramichi Regional Service Commission: RSC 5 . Government of New Brunswick . 13 February 2023.
- Web site: Greater Miramichi Regional Service Commission: RD 5 . 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.
- Book: Ganong . William F. . A Monograph of the Place-Nomenclature of the Province of New Brunswick . 1896 . Royal Society of Canada . 273 . 17 March 2021.
- Book: Acts of the General Assembly of Her Majesty's Province of New Brunswick. Passed in the Month of April 1879.. 1879. Government of New Brunswick. Fredericton. 77–78. 42 Vic. c. 37 An Act to erect part of the Parish of Northesk, in the County of Northumberland, into a separate Parish.. Available as a free ebook from Google Books.
- Web site: No. 47 . Provincial Archives of New Brunswick . Department of Natural Resources and Energy Development . 18 June 2021. Remainder of parish on maps 48, 56–59, 66–69, 75, and 76 at same site.
- Web site: 126 . Transportation and Infrastructure . Government of New Brunswick . 18 June 2021. Remainder of parish on mapbooks 127, 148–150, 166–169, 182–187, 198–204, 213–218, and 228–230 at same site.
- 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: Acts of the Legislature of New Brunswick Passed During the Session of 1953. 1953. Government of New Brunswick. Fredericton. 202. 2 Elizabeth II, 1952, c. 81 An Act to Amend the Territorial Division Act.
- Book: Acts of the Legislature of New Brunswick Passed During the Session of 1954. 1954. Government of New Brunswick. Fredericton. 189–191. 3 Elizabeth II, 1954, c. 83 An Act to Amend the Territorial Division Act.
- Web site: Search the Canadian Geographical Names Database (CGNDB) . Government of Canada . 7 July 2021.
- Not including brooks, ponds or coves.
- Web site: Explore New Brunswick's Protected Natural Areas . GeoNB . 2 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: Southesk, Parish [Census subdivision], New Brunswick ]. Statistics Canada . August 28, 2019.
- http://www.census2006.com/census-recensement/2006/dp-pd/prof/92-591/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo1=CSD&Code1=1309026&Geo2=PR&Code2=13&Data=Count&SearchText=Southesk&SearchType=Begins&SearchPR=01&B1=Custom&Custom=1000,7000,8000 2006 Statistics Canada Community Profile: Southesk Parish, New Brunswick
