Addington Parish, New Brunswick

For homonymy, see Addington.

Addington
Parish
Location within Restigouche County.
Coordinates: 47°42′28″N66°45′40″W / 47.707777°N 66.76111°W / 47.707777; -66.76111
Country	Canada
Province	New Brunswick
County	Restigouche
Erected	1827
Area [1]
• Land	933.00 km2 (360.23 sq mi)
Population  (2021) [1]
• Total	698
• Density	0.7/km2 (2/sq mi)
• Change 2016-2021	6.4%
• Dwellings	354
Time zone	UTC-4 (AST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-3 (ADT)
Figures do not include portions within the city of Campbellton and the villages of Atholville and Tide Head

Addington is a geographic parish in Restigouche County, New Brunswick, Canada. ^[4]

For governance purposes it is divided between the city of Campbellton ^[5] and the Restigouche rural district, ^[6] both of which are members of the Restigouche Regional Service Commission. ^[7]

Before the 2023 governance reform, the northern part of the parish was heavily divided, with (moving upriver from the eastern parish line) the city of Campbellton, the village of Atholville, the village of Tide Head and the local service district of Flatlands, which straddled the western parish line; the (LSD) of Glencoe was inland of Tide Head and Flatlands, along Route 17 and Route 275, with Atholville extending inland around the loop of Route 275; the remainder of the parish's mainland formed the LSD of the parish of Addington. The islands in the Restigouche River were divided between Flatlands and Tide Head, though the boundary the village claimed differed from those recognised by the Regional Service Commission's map of Flatlands. ^[8] The 2023 reform amalgamated Addington and Tide Head with Campbellton, annexing Glencoe with two parts of the LSD of the parish of Addington on either side of Walker Road, allowing a smoother boundary, while the boundary between the river islands was settled; ^[5] Flatlands and the remainder of the parish LSD became part of the rural district. ^[6]

Origin of name

The parish was named in honour of Henry Unwin Addington, a diplomat who was appointed in 1826 as a plenipotentiary in the boundary negotiations with the United States. ^{[9] [10]} He was the nephew of Henry Addington, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom 1801–1804.

The other plenipotentiary in 1826 was William Huskisson, for whom Huskisson Parish in Kent County was named at the same time.

History

Addington was erected in 1827 in Gloucester County from Beresford Parish. ^[11] The parish comprised the area north of the prolongation of the southern line of modern Beresford and between the Benjamin and Upsalquitch Rivers.

In 1840 Restigouche County was reorganised following its erection. Addington was reduced to its modern eastern boundary while having its western boundary changed to a line due south from the mouth of the Upsalquitch River. ^[12]

In 1879 Eldon Parish was dissolved and the area added to Addington. ^[13]

In 1896 Eldon was reërected with altered boundaries, giving Addington its modern boundaries. ^[14]

Boundaries

Addington Parish is bounded: ^{[2] [15] [16]}

• on the north by the Quebec provincial boundary, running through the Restigouche River;
• on the east by a line running true south from the most eastern point of the western side of the mouth of Walkers Brook, which runs through Campbellton;
• on the south by the Northumberland County line;
• on the west by a line beginning on the county line about at a point about 2.4 kilometres east of Bald Mountain Brook, then running true north to the southeastern corner of a grant to Thomas Gracie, about 1 kilometre west of Route 17 and 2 kilometres south of Evergreen Road, then running northwesterly along the western edge of Glenlivet Settlement to its northwestern corner, then along the prolongation of the eastern line of a grant to John Justason and the Justason grant to strike the Restigouche River near the lower end of Bell Island;
• including all the river islands in front.

Communities

Communities at least partly within the parish. ^{[15] [16] [17]} bold indicates an incorporated municipality

• Campbellton
• Christopher
• Flatlands
• Glen Levit
• Popelogan Depot
• Tide Head
• Atholville
  • Colebrooke Settlement
  • Dubé Settlement
  • Glencoe
  • Malauze
• Atholville
  • McKendrick
  • Saint-Arthur
  • Val-d'Amour
  • Val-Melanson

Bodies of water

Bodies of water ^{[lower-alpha 1]} at least partly within the parish. ^{[15] [16] [17]}

• North Branch Charlo River
• Popelogan River
• Popelogan Lake Branch River
• Restigouche River
• Ferguson Creek
• Gordon Creek
• more than fifteen officially named lakes
• Upsalquitch River
  • Northwest Upsalquitch River
  • Southeast Upsalquitch River

Islands

Islands at least partly within the parish. ^{[15] [16] [17]}

• Apple Island
• Boulton Island
• Butters Islands (Apple Island)
• Delaney Island
• Dickson Island
• Duffs Island
• Duncan Island
• Ferguson Island
• Gillis Island
• Long Island
• McBeath Island
• Moses Island
• Murray Islands (Murray Island)
• Prichards Island (Pritchard Island)
• Smith Island

Other notable places

Parks, historic sites, and other noteworthy places at least partly within the parish. ^{[15] [16] [17] [18] [19]}

• Berry Brook Protected Natural Area
• Halls Shed Lake Protected Natural Area
• McDougalls Brook Protected Natural Area
• Mount Carleton Provincial Park
• Mount Carleton Wildlife Management Area ^[20]
• Northwest Upsalquitch River Protected Natural Area
• Popelogan Depot Protected Natural Area
• Squaw Cap Mountain Protected Natural Area
• Sugarloaf Provincial Park
• Upsalquitch Forks Protected Natural Area

Demographics

Parish population total does not include Tide Head or portions in Atholville and Campbellton. Revised census figures based on the 2023 local governance reforms have not been released.

Population

Canada census – Addington community profile

	2021	2016	2011
Population	698 (+6.4% from 2016)	656 (-8.5% from 2011)	2,615 (-4.1% from 2006)
Land area	933.00 km2 (360.23 sq mi)	935.17 km2 (361.07 sq mi)	1,024.99 km2 (395.75 sq mi)
Population density	0.7/km2 (1.8/sq mi)	0.7/km2 (1.8/sq mi)	2.6/km2 (6.7/sq mi)
Median age	53.2 (M: 54.0, F: 53.2)	53.3 (M: 53.6, F: 53.1)	46.6 (M: 46.6, F: 46.6)
Private dwellings	354 (total)  326 (occupied)	333 (total)	1,086 (total)
Median household income	$57,600	$48,640	$47,794

References: 2021 ^[21] 2016 ^[22] 2011 ^[23] earlier ^{[24] [25]}

Historical Census Data - Addington Parish, New Brunswick

Year Pop. ±% 1991 3,179 —     1996 3,014 −5.2% 2001 2,982 −1.1%	Year Pop. ±% 2006 2,727 −8.6% 2011 2,615 −4.1% 2011 Rev. 717 −72.6%	Year Pop. ±% 2016 656 −8.5%
[26] [27]

Language

Canada Census Mother Tongue - Addington Parish, New Brunswick [26]
Census		Total		French				English				French & English				Other
Year		Responses		Count	Trend	Pop %		Count	Trend	Pop %		Count	Trend	Pop %		Count	Trend	Pop %
2016		660		180		27.2%		470		71.2%		5		0.8%		5		0.8%
2011		2,610		1,950	2.5%	74.71%		630	8.0%	24.14%		30	20.0%	1.15%		0	100.0%	0.00%
2006		2,720		2,000	13.6%	73.53%		685	6.2%	25.18%		25	25.0%	0.92%		10	0.0%	0.37%
2001		2,990		2,315	7.7%	77.42%		645	17.8%	21.57%		20	50.0%	0.67%		10	50.0%	0.33%
1996		2,995		2,150	n/a	71.79%		785	n/a	26.21%		40	n/a	1.33%		20	n/a	0.67%

Access Routes

Highways and numbered routes that run through the parish, including external routes that start or finish at the parish limits: ^[28]

Highways Route 11 Route 17

Principal Routes Route 134 Route 180

Secondary Routes: Route 275

External Routes: None

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 29 October 2022.
2. "Chapter T-3 Territorial Division Act". Government of New Brunswick. Retrieved 24 January 2023.
3. "Chapter I-13 Interpretation Act". Government of New Brunswick. Retrieved 24 January 2023.
4. The Territorial Division Act ^[2] divides the province into 152 parishes, the cities of Saint John and Fredericton, and one town of Grand Falls. The Interpretation Act ^[3] clarifies that parishes include any local government within their borders.
5. "Restigouche Regional Service Commission: RSC 2". Government of New Brunswick. Retrieved 24 January 2023.
6. "Restigouche Regional Service Commission: RD 2". Government of New Brunswick. Retrieved 24 January 2023.
7. "Regions Regulation – Regional Service Delivery Act". Government of New Brunswick. 21 July 2022. Retrieved 24 January 2023.
8. The Flatlands Rural Plan can accessed at "Maps & By-Laws". Restigouche Regional Service Commission. Retrieved 25 January 2023. The RSC uses Google Drive to store its documents, so a direct link isn't possible. Tide Head claimed a river boundary that continued the mainland boundary in a straight line.
9. Ganong, William F. (1906). Additions and Corrections to Monographs on the Place-Nomenclature, Cartography, Historic Sites, Boundaries and Settlement-origins of the Province of New Brunswick. Royal Society of Canada. p. 13. Retrieved 12 April 2021.
10. "Addington Parish". Provincial Archives of New Brunswick. Retrieved 13 April 2021.
11. "7 Geo. IV c. 31 An Act for the division of the County of Northumberland into three Counties, and to provide for the Government and Representation of the two new Counties.". Acts of the General Assembly of His Majesty's Province of New-Brunswick, Passed in the Year 1827. Fredericton: Government of New Brunswick. 1827. pp. 97–103. Retrieved 27 March 2021.
12. "2 Vic. c. 19 An Act to divide the County of Restigouche into five Towns or Parishes and to define the boundaries thereof.". Acts of the General Assembly of Her Majesty's Province of New Brunswick, Passed in the Year 1839. Fredericton: Government of New Brunswick. 1839. pp. 63–64. Retrieved 27 March 2021.
13. "42 Vic. c. 57 An Act to extend the Parish of Addington, in the County of Restigouche.". Acts of the General Assembly of Her Majesty's Province of New Brunswick. Passed in the Month of April 1879. Fredericton: Government of New Brunswick. 1879. pp. 114–115. Available as a free ebook from Google Books.
14. "59 Vic. c. 8 An Act to Revise and Codify an Act to Provide for the Division of the Province into Counties, Towns and Parishes.". Acts of the General Assembly of Her Majesty's Province of New Brunswick. Passed in the Month of March, 1896. Fredericton: Government of New Brunswick. 1896. pp. 86–123. Available as a free ebook from Google Books.
15. "No. 5". Provincial Archives of New Brunswick. Department of Natural Resources and Energy Development. Retrieved 20 June 2021. Remainder of parish on maps 13, 24, 25, 37, and 38 at same site.
16. "001" (PDF). Transportation and Infrastructure. Government of New Brunswick. Retrieved 20 June 2021. Remainder of parish on mapbooks 012, 013, 026, 027, 045, 046, 065, 066, 085, 086, 105, 106, and 127 at same site.
17. "Search the Canadian Geographical Names Database (CGNDB)". Government of Canada. Retrieved 7 July 2021.
18. "Explore New Brunswick's Protected Natural Areas". GeoNB. Retrieved 2 July 2021.
19. "New Brunswick Regulation 2017-46 under the Parks Act (O.C. 2017-293)" (PDF). The Royal Gazette. 175. Fredericton: Queen's Printer: 1496–1497. 13 December 2017. ISSN   1714-9428 . Retrieved 5 July 2021.
20. "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.
21. "2021 Community Profiles". 2021 Canadian Census . Statistics Canada. 4 February 2022. Retrieved 19 October 2023.
22. "2016 Community Profiles". 2016 Canadian Census . Statistics Canada. 12 August 2021. Retrieved 28 September 2019.
23. "2011 Community Profiles". 2011 Canadian Census . Statistics Canada. 21 March 2019. Retrieved 16 March 2014.
24. "2006 Community Profiles". 2006 Canadian Census . Statistics Canada. 20 August 2019.
25. "2001 Community Profiles". 2001 Canadian Census . Statistics Canada. 18 July 2021.
26. Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006, 2011 census
27. "Census Profile, 2016 Census: Addington, Parish [Census subdivision], New Brunswick". Statistics Canada. Retrieved 28 December 2018.
28. Atlantic Canada Back Road Atlas ISBN   978-1-55368-618-7 Pages 5, 14

External links

• Village of Atholville
• City of Campbellton