Southampton Parish, New Brunswick

This article is about the geographic parish, former local service district, and census subdivision. For the community, see Southampton, New Brunswick.

Southampton
Parish
Location within York County, New Brunswick.
Coordinates: 45°58′03″N67°15′00″W / 45.9675°N 67.25°W / 45.9675; -67.25
Country	Canada
Province	New Brunswick
County	York
Erected	1833
Area [1]
• Land	446.85 km2 (172.53 sq mi)
Population  (2021) [1]
• Total	1,497
• Density	3.4/km2 (9/sq mi)
• Change 2016-2021	0.9%
• Dwellings	699
Time zone	UTC-4 (AST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-3 (ADT)
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). ^[4]

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. ^[5]

History

Southampton was erected in 1833 from the part of Northampton Parish that was southeast of the Carleton County line. ^[5]

In 1834 the county line was altered to run along grant lines, adding territory to Southampton. ^[6]

In 1865 the boundary with Queensbury Parish was altered, removing territory east of the East Branch Nackawic Stream. ^[7]

Boundaries

Southampton Parish is bounded: ^{[2] [8] [9]}

• 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. ^{[8] [9] [10]}

• Bates Settlement
• Bull Lake
• Campbell Settlement
• Caverhill
• Central Waterville
• Clarkville
• County Line
• East Waterville
• Hainesville
• Hartfield
• Hawkins Corner
• Maple Ridge
• Maplewood
• Middle Southampton
• Millville
• Nackawic
• Nortondale
• Pinder
• Ritchie
• Rossville
• South Waterville
• Southampton
• Southampton Junction
• Temperance Vale
• Temple
• Upper Southampton
• West Waterville
• Woodman
• Woodstock Road

Bodies of water

Bodies of water ^{[lower-alpha 1]} at least partly within the parish. ^{[8] [9] [10]}

• 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. ^{[8] [9] [10] [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] [15] [16] 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) [16] 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

• List of parishes in New Brunswick

Notes

1. Not including brooks, ponds or coves.

References

1. "Census Profile". Statistics Canada. 26 October 2022. Retrieved 30 October 2022.
2. "Chapter T-3 Territorial Division Act". Government of New Brunswick. Retrieved 13 November 2020.
3. "New Brunswick Regulation 84-168 under the Municipalities Act (O.C. 84-582)". Government of New Brunswick. Retrieved 25 July 2020.
4. "Communities in each of the 12 Regional Service Commissions (RSC) / Les communautés dans chacune des 12 Commissions de services régionaux (CSR)" (PDF), Government of New Brunswick, July 2017, retrieved 2 February 2021
5. "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.". Acts of the General Assembly of His Majesty's Province of New Brunswick, Passed in the Year 1833. Fredericton: Government of New Brunswick. 1833. pp. 181–182. Retrieved 27 March 2021.
6. "4 Wm. IV c. 28 An Act to alter the Division Line between the Counties of York and Carleton.". Acts of the General Assembly of His Majesty's Province of New Brunswick, Passed in the Year 1834. Fredericton: Government of New Brunswick. 1834. pp. 71–72. Retrieved 27 March 2021.
7. "28 Vic. c. 52 An Act to alter and the division line between the Parishes of Queensbury and Southampton in the County of York.". Acts of the General Assembly of Her Majesty's Province of New Brunswick, Passed in the Months of May & June 1865. Fredericton: Government of New Brunswick. 1865. pp. 150–151. Retrieved 27 March 2021.
8. "No. 102". Provincial Archives of New Brunswick. Department of Natural Resources and Energy Development. Retrieved 25 June 2021. Remainder of parish on maps 112, 113, and 124 at same site.
9. "306" (PDF). Transportation and Infrastructure. Government of New Brunswick. Retrieved 25 June 2021. Remainder of parish on mapbooks 324–326, 345–347, 366, and 367 at same site.
10. "Search the Canadian Geographical Names Database (CGNDB)". Government of Canada. Retrieved 3 July 2021.
11. "Explore New Brunswick's Protected Natural Areas". GeoNB. Retrieved 3 July 2021.
12. "New Brunswick Regulation 94-43 under the Fish and Wildlife Act (O.C. 94-231)". Government of New Brunswick. 5 June 2006. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
13. Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006, 2011 census
14. 2006 Statistics Canada Community Profile: Southampton Parish, New Brunswick
15. 2011 Statistics Canada Census Profile: Southampton Parish, New Brunswick
16. "Census Profile, 2016 Census: Southampton, Parish [Census subdivision], New Brunswick". Statistics Canada. Retrieved 28 August 2019.

45°58′03″N67°15′00″W / 45.96750°N 67.25000°W / 45.96750; -67.25000 (Southampton Parish, New Brunswick)