Cambridge Parish, New Brunswick

This article is about the geographic parish, former local service district, and rural census subdivision. For the former village, see Cambridge-Narrows.

Cambridge
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	1852
Area [1]
• Land	113.17 km2 (43.70 sq mi)
Population  (2021) [1]
• Total	684
• Density	6.0/km2 (16/sq mi)
• Change 2016-2021	5.7%
• Dwellings	478
Time zone	UTC-4 (AST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-3 (ADT)
Figures do not include portion within the village of Cambridge-Narrows

Cambridge is a geographic parish in Queens County, New Brunswick, Canada. ^[2]

Prior to the 2023 governance reform, for governance purposes it was divided between the village of Cambridge-Narrows and the local service district of the parish of Cambridge, ^[3] both of which were members of Capital Region Service Commission (RSC11). ^[4]

Origin of name

The parish was "said to" have been named in honour of the Duke of Cambridge, ^[5] who died in 1850.

History

Cambridge was erected in 1852 from Johnston, Waterborough, and Wickham Parishes. ^[6]

In 1856 the boundary with Johnston and Waterborough Parishes was altered. ^[7]

Boundaries

Cambridge Parish is bounded: ^{[2] [8] [9] [10]}

• on the east by a line beginning at Mill Cove on Grand Lake, then running along Fowler Road, Route 715, and the public landing southwest of Fowlers Cove to Washademoak Lake;
• on the southeast by Washademoak Lake;
• on the west by Colwells Creek and the Saint John River;
• on the northwest by a line beginning on the Saint John River about 75 metres downstream of the Route 2 interchange with Route 105 and Conservation Road, then running north-northeasterly across the isthmus to Grand Lake, then up Grand Lake to Mill Cove;
• including most of Thatch Island, which is now a peninsula.

Communities

Communities at least partly within the parish; ^{[8] [9] [10]} bold indicates an incorporated municipality

• Cherry Hill
• Jemseg
• Lower Cambridge
• Lower Jemseg
• Mill Cove
• Scovil
• Whites Cove
• Cambridge-Narrows
  • Central Cambridge
  • Lakeview
  • McDonald Corner

Bodies of water

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

• Jemseg River
• Saint John River
• Colwells Creek
• Trout Creek
• Lawson Passage
• Raft Channel
• Dykeman Lake
• Foshay Lake
• Grand Lake
• Little Lake
• Washademoak Lake

Islands

Islands in the parish: ^{[8] [9] [10]}

• Coreys Island
• Huestis Island
• Nevers Island
• Thatch Island

Demographics

Parish population total does not include portion within former incorporated village of Cambridge-Narrows. Revised census figures based on the 2023 local governance reforms have not been released.

Population Population trend [11] [12] [13] Census Population Change (%) 2016 647 0.6% 2011 651 4.5% 2006 682 6.7% 2001 639

Language Mother tongue (2016) [13] Language Population Pct (%) English only 535 94.7% French only 10 1.8% Both English and French 5 0.9% Other languages 15 2.6%

Access Routes

Highways and numbered routes that run through the parish, including external routes that start or finish at the parish limits: ^[14]

Highways Route 2 (TCH)

Principal Routes Route 105

Secondary Routes: Route 695 Route 715

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 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. 223. Retrieved 17 March 2021.
6. "15 Vic. c. 36 An Act for the erection of a new Parish in Queen's County.". Acts of the General Assembly of Her Majesty's Province of New Brunswick, Passed in the Year 1852. Fredericton: Government of New Brunswick. 1852. pp. 55–56. Retrieved 27 March 2021.
7. "19 Vic. c. 5 An Act to alter the Division Line of the Parish of Cambridge, in Queen's County.". Acts of the General Assembly of Her Majesty's Province of New Brunswick, Passed in the Months of March, April, and May 1856. Fredericton: Government of New Brunswick. 1856. pp. 4–5. Retrieved 27 March 2021.
8. "No. 128". Provincial Archives of New Brunswick. Department of Natural Resources and Energy Development. Retrieved 19 June 2021. Remainder of parish on map 139 at same site.
9. "373" (PDF). Transportation and Infrastructure. Government of New Brunswick. Retrieved 19 June 2021. Remainder of parish on mapbooks 393, 394, 412, and 413 at same site.
10. "Search the Canadian Geographical Names Database (CGNDB)". Government of Canada. Retrieved 19 June 2021.
11. Statistics Canada: 2001, 2006 census
12. 2011 Statistics Canada Census Profile: Cambridge Parish, New Brunswick
13. "Census Profile, 2016 Census Cambridge, Parish [Census subdivision], New Brunswick". Statistics Canada. Retrieved 27 September 2019.
14. Atlantic Canada Back Road Atlas ISBN   978-1-55368-618-7

45°49′22″N66°04′14″W / 45.822639°N 66.07049°W / 45.822639; -66.07049 (Cambridge Parish, New Brunswick)