Brunswick Parish, New Brunswick

Brunswick
Parish
Location within Queens County, New Brunswick.
Coordinates: 45°50′N64°35′W / 45.84°N 64.59°W / 45.84; -64.59
Country	Canada
Province	New Brunswick
County	Queens County
Erected	1816
Area [1]
• Land	703.20 km2 (271.51 sq mi)
Population  (2021) [1]
• Total	224
• Density	0.3/km2 (0.8/sq mi)
• Change 2016-2021	10.3%
• Dwellings	193
Time zone	UTC-4 (AST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-3 (ADT)

Brunswick is a geographic parish in the northeastern corner of Queens County, New Brunswick, Canada. ^[2]

Prior to the 2023 governance reform, for governance purposes it formed the local service district of the parish of Brunswick, which was a member of Kings Regional Service Commission (RSC8). ^{[3] [4]}

Origin of name

The parish was probably named in honour of the Duke of Brunswick, ^[5] German military leader against Napoleon, killed at the Battle of Quatre-Bras the year before the parish's erection.

History

In 1786 New Brunswick chose to set up the province's system of counties and parishes as first Act of the legislation, ^[6] replacing the counties established the year before through a series of Letters Patent and the township system that was inherited from Nova Scotia in 1784. The eastern boundary of Queens County passed approximately through Coles Island and the Gaspereau Forks on the Salmon River but the rear lines of Waterborough and Wickham Parishes ran approximately through Hunters Home and Chipman, extending into Westmorland and Northumberland Counties. ^[7] The county line was moved eastward in 1787 ^[8] by as much as 30 miles (48 km) in the north, created a large area that was not part of any parish; this area included large parts of Chipman and Waterborough Parishes in addition to most of modern Brunswick.

In 1816 this unassigned area was erected as Brunswick Parish; ^[9] because the county line hadn't been surveyed yet, any inhabitants of the New Canaan settlement were to belong to Brunswick Parish.

In 1835 part of Brunswick was included in the newly erected Chipman Parish. ^[10]

Boundaries

Brunswick Parish is bounded: ^{[2] [11] [12] [13]}

• on the northeast east by the Kent County line;
• on the east by the Westmorland County line;
• on the southeast by the Kings County line;
• on the west by a line running north-northwesterly from north of the end of Chittick Road in Marrtown, crossing the Canaan River east of Phillips Brook and striking the Waterborough Parish line about 2 kilometres northwest of Parks Lake;
• on the northwest by a line running north 54º east ^{[lower-alpha 1]} from a point on the Saint John River about 1.8 kilometres southwest of the Route 715 bridge over McAlpines Brook.

Communities

Communities at least partly within the parish. ^{[11] [12] [13]} bold indicates an incorporated municipality

Alward Brookvale Canaan Forks Cherryvale

Forks Stream Hunters Home New Canaan

Bodies of water

Bodies of water ^{[lower-alpha 2]} at least partly within the parish. ^{[11] [12] [13]}

Canaan River Forks Stream Long Creek Cranberry Lake

Lake Stream Lake Lower Lake Parks Lake Snowshoe Lake

Other notable places

Parks, historic sites, and other noteworthy places at least partly within the parish. ^{[11] [12] [13] [15]}

• Brookvale Protected Natural Area
• Canaan Bog Protected Natural Area
• Cranberry Lake Protected Natural Area

Demographics

Revised census figures based on the 2023 local governance reforms have not been released.

Population Population trend [16] [17] [18] Census Population Change (%) 2016 203 5.7% 2011 192 20.7% 2006 242 2.8% 2001 249

Language Mother tongue (2016) [18] Language Population Pct (%) English only 180 87.8% French only 20 9.8% Both English and French 0 0% Other languages 5 2.4%

Access Routes

Highways and numbered routes that run through the parish, including external routes that start or finish at the parish limits: ^[19]

Highways Route 2 (TCH)

Principal Routes Route 112

Secondary Routes: None

External Routes: None

See also

• List of parishes in New Brunswick

Notes

1. By the magnet of 1786, when declination at the starting point was a bit more than 14º west of north. ^[14]
2. 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 13 November 2020.
3. "New Brunswick Regulation 84-168 under the Municipalities Act (O.C. 84-582)". Government of New Brunswick. Retrieved 19 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. Ganong, William F. (1896). A Monograph of the Place-Nomenclature of the Province of New Brunswick. Royal Society of Canada. p. 222. Retrieved 17 March 2021.
6. "26 Geo. III Chapter I. An Act for the better ascertaining and confirming the Boundaries of the several Counties within this Province, and for subdividing them into Towns or Parishes.". Acts of the General Assembly of His Majesty's Province of New-Brunswick, passed in the year 1786. Saint John, New Brunswick: Government of New Brunswick. 1786. pp. 3–12. Retrieved 27 March 2021.
7. Ganong, William F. (1901). A Monograph of the Evolution of the Boundaries of the Province of New Brunswick. Royal Society of Canada. p. Map No. 35. Retrieved 25 April 2021.
8. "27 Geo. III Chapter VII. An Act in Addition to an Act for the better ascertaining and confirming the Boundaries of the several Counties within this Province, and for Subdividing them into Towns or Parishes.". Acts of the General Assembly, of His Majesty's Province of New-Brunswick, Passed in the Year 1787. Saint John, New Brunswick: Government of New Brunswick. 1787. p. 147. Retrieved 27 March 2021.
9. "56 Geo. III c. 27 An Act to erect into a separate Parish all the Lands in Queen's County, in the rear of the Parishes of Wickham and Waterborough.". Acts of the General Assembly of His Majesty's Province of New-Brunswick. Passed in the Year 1816. Fredericton: Government of New Brunswick. 1816. p. 51. Retrieved 27 March 2021.
10. "5 Wm. IV c. 23 An Act for erecting parts of the Towns or Parishes of Brunswick and Canning in Queen's County into a separate Town or Parish.". Acts of the General Assembly of His Majesty's Province of New-Brunswick, Passed in the Year 1835. Fredericton: Government of New Brunswick. 1835. p. 31. Retrieved 27 March 2021.
11. "No. 107". Provincial Archives of New Brunswick. Department of Natural Resources and Energy Development. Retrieved 19 June 2021. Remainder of parish on maps 108, 117, 118, 129, and 130 at same site.
12. "315" (PDF). Transportation and Infrastructure. Government of New Brunswick. Retrieved 19 June 2021. Remainder of parish on mapbooks 316, 333–335, 354–356, 375, 376, and 395 at same site.
13. "Search the Canadian Geographical Names Database (CGNDB)". Government of Canada. Retrieved 19 June 2021.
14. "Historical Magnetic Declination". National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Retrieved 26 April 2021.
15. "Explore New Brunswick's Protected Natural Areas". GeoNB. Retrieved 2 July 2021.
16. Statistics Canada: 2001, 2006 census
17. 2011 Statistics Canada Census Profile: Brunswick Parish, New Brunswick
18. "Census Profile, 2016 Census: Brunswick, Parish [Census subdivision], New Brunswick". Statistics Canada. Retrieved 28 September 2019.
19. Atlantic Canada Back Road Atlas ISBN   978-1-55368-618-7

46°06′12″N65°32′47″W / 46.103233°N 65.546494°W / 46.103233; -65.546494 (Brunswick Parish, New Brunswick)