Waterford Parish, New Brunswick Explained
| Waterford |
| Settlement Type: | Parish |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Type1: | Province |
| Subdivision Type2: | County |
| Established Title: | Erected |
| Established Date: | 1874 |
| Area Footnotes: | [1] |
| Area Land Km2: | 221.27 |
| Population As Of: | 2021 |
| Population Total: | 491 |
| Population Density Km2: | 2.2 |
| Population Blank1 Title: | Change 2016-2021 |
| Population Blank1: | 4.7% |
| Population Blank2 Title: | Dwellings |
| Population Blank2: | 255 |
| Timezone: | AST |
| Utc Offset: | -4 |
| Timezone Dst: | ADT |
| Utc Offset Dst: | -3 |
| Coordinates: | 45.84°N -64.59°W |
Waterford is a geographic parish in Kings County, New Brunswick, Canada.[2]
Prior to the 2023 governance reform, for governance purposes it formed the local service district of the parish of Waterford,[3] which was a member of Kings Regional Service Commission (RSC8).
The community of Waterford has an active outdoor ice rink (Waterford Youth Centre) as well as a Community Hall that hold events such as paint nights, Thanksgiving and Christmas dinners, Easter parties and more. The area is known for its Skiing and Mountain Biking at Poley Mountain Resorts, hunting, fishing ATVing and other outdoor activities. Some local hotspots include: Friars Nose, Trout Creek Falls, Waterford Falls, Adairs Wilderness Lodge, Parlee Brook Amphitheatre Trail, Urney Covered Bridge and the Moores Mill Covered Bridge.
Origin of name
The parish was said locally to be named by Mr. A. McAfee, an Irish immigrant, for Waterford, Ireland.[4]
History
Waterford was erected in 1874 from Sussex Parish.[5]
In 1875 the boundary with Hammond Parish was altered.[6]
Boundaries
Waterford Parish is bounded:[7] [8] [9]
- on the north by a line beginning on the Sussex Parish line at a point southeast of DeCourcey Lake and about 1.4 kilometres north-northwest of Trout Creek, then running east-northeasterly along the southern line of grants straddling Picadilly Road until it reaches the northeastern corner of a grant to David Law on the southern side of Law Road, then east-southeasterly to the northwestern line of a grant to Thomas Nicholson, on the eastern side of Morton Road west-southwesterly of Mechanic Lake, then east-northeasterly along the northern line of the Nicholson grant and its prolongation to the Albert County line;
- on the east by the Albert County line;
- on the south by a line beginning on the Albert County line at a point about 1.65 kilometres south-southeast from Route 114, then running north 88º west to the northeastern corner of a grant to William Thompson, about 450 metres south of the southern tip of Walton Lake and about 150 metres west of the Creek Road, then westerly to a point about 825 metres north of the western end of Cassidy Lake in Upham Parish;
- on the west by a line running south from the mouth of Halfway Brook in Studholm Parish.
Communities
Communities at least partly within the parish. italics indicate a name no longer in official use
- Cedar Camp
- Chambers Settlement
- Donegal
- Long Settlement
- Parlee Brook
- Urney
- Walker Settlement
- Waterford
Bodies of water
Bodies of water[10] at least partly in the parish.
- Point Wolfe River
- Trout Creek
- Flood Lake
- Hamilton Lake
- Lair Lake
- Mechanic Lake
- Pleasant Lake
- Victor Lake
- Walton Lake
- Wolfe Lake
Other notable places
Parks, historic sites, and other noteworthy places at least partly in the parish.[11]
Demographics
Population
Population trend[12] [13]
| Census | Population | Change (%) |
|---|
| 2016 | 469 | 2.4% |
| 2011 | 458 | 9.3% |
| 2006 | 505 | 2.5% |
| 2001 | 518 | 7.3% |
| 1996 | 559 | | |
Language
Mother tongue language (2016)[13]
| Language | Population | Pct (%) |
|---|
| English only | 455 | 96.8% |
| French only | 5 | 1.1% |
| Both English and French | 0 | 0% |
| Other languages | 10 | 2.1% | |
Access Routes
Highways and numbered routes that run through the parish, including external routes that start or finish at the parish limits:[14]
Notable people
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 . 12 December 2020.
- Web site: New Brunswick Regulation 84-168 under the Municipalities Act (O.C. 84-582) . Government of New Brunswick . 19 July 2020.
- Book: Ganong. William F.. Additions and Corrections to Monographs on the Place-Nomenclature, Cartography, Historic Sites, Boundaries and Settlement-origins of the Province of New Brunswick. 12 April 2021. 1906. Royal Society of Canada. 53.
- Book: Acts of the General Assembly of Her Majesty's Province of New Brunswick. Passed in the Months of March & April 1874.. 1874. Government of New Brunswick. Fredericton. 119–121. 37 Vic. c. 42 An Act to erect separate Parishes out of part of the Parish of Sussex, in King's County.. Available as a free ebook from Google Books.
- Book: Acts of the General Assembly of Her Majesty's Province of New Brunswick. Passed in the Month of April 1875.. 1875. Government of New Brunswick. Fredericton. 388–389. 38 Vic. c. 114 An Act to establish the division line between the Parish of Hammond and the Parishes of Sussex and Waterford, in King's County.. Available as a free ebook from Google Books.
- Web site: No. 141 . Provincial Archives of New Brunswick . Department of Natural Resources and Energy Development . 14 June 2021. Remainder of parish on maps 142, 151, and 152 at same site.
- Web site: 415 . Transportation and Infrastructure . Government of New Brunswick . 14 June 2021. Remainder of parish on mapbooks 416, 417, 433–435, and 449 at same site.
- Web site: Search the Canadian Geographical Names Database (CGNDB) . Government of Canada . 14 June 2021.
- Not including brooks, ponds or coves.
- Web site: Explore New Brunswick's Protected Natural Areas . GeoNB . 2 July 2021.
- Statistics Canada: 2001, 2006 census
- Web site: Census Profile, 2016 Census Waterford, Parish [Census subdivision], New Brunswick ]. Statistics Canada . September 21, 2019.
- Atlantic Canada Back Road Atlas
- Book: Jules Heller. Nancy G. Heller. North American Women Artists of the Twentieth Century: A Biographical Dictionary. 19 December 2013. Routledge. 978-1-135-63882-5.
