Denmark Parish, New Brunswick

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

Denmark
Parish
Location within Victoria County, New Brunswick.
Coordinates: 47°00′00″N67°35′06″W / 47.0°N 67.585°W / 47.0; -67.585
Country	Canada
Province	New Brunswick
County	Victoria
Erected	1936
Area [1]
• Land	751.08 km2 (289.99 sq mi)
Population  (2021) [1]
• Total	1,424
• Density	1.9/km2 (5/sq mi)
• Change 2016-2021	3.2%
• Dwellings	677
Time zone	UTC-4 (AST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-3 (ADT)
Figures do not include portion within the Tobique 20 Indian reserve

Denmark is a geographic parish in Victoria County, New Brunswick, Canada. ^[2]

Prior to the 2023 governance reform, for governance purposes it was divided between the Indian reserve of Tobique 20 and the local service district of the parish of Denmark, ^[3] the latter of which was a member of the Northwest Regional Service Commission (NWRSC). ^[4]

Origin of name

The parish was named for the community of New Denmark. ^[5]

History of name

Denmark was erected in 1936 from Drummond Parish. ^[6] Three months later the inland boundary was simplified, returning territory to Drummond. ^[7]

Boundaries

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

• on the northeast by the Restigouche County line, beginning about 5.25 kilometres southeasterly of the end of Chemin Rang 14 and running about 8 kilometres southeasterly;
• on the southeast by a line beginning on the county line and running south 45º west ^{[lower-alpha 1]} to a point slightly east of the junction of Currie Road with Route 380, then running south-southeasterly and southerly along the Royal Road ^{[lower-alpha 2]} to a point west of Piccadilly;
• on the south by a line running true east from the northwestern corner of the Tobique 20 Indian reserve on the Saint John River;
• on the west by the Saint John River;
• on the northwest by a line beginning on the Saint John River at the southernmost point of a grant to Lyman Whitehead, about 700 metres south of the mouth of the Salmon River, then running northeasterly and northwesterly along the Whitehead grant to the southeastern line of a grant to John King at a point about 75 metres from the Salmon River, then northeasterly along the King grant until it strikes the Salmon River, then upriver past Route 108 to a point opposite the end of the Salmon River Road, on the northwestern line of a grant to Gabriel C. Poitras, then generally northeasterly along the Poitras grant and the northwestern line of Range 3 of the New Denmark North Settlement and its prolongation, passing the end of Sutherland Brook Road and Salmon River, to the southwestern line of the First Tract of lands granted to the New Brunswick Railway Company, then northwesterly and northeasterly along the First Tract and the prolongation of its northwestern line to the starting point on the Restigouche County line.

Communities

Communities at least partly within the parish. ^{[8] [9] [14]} bold indicates an Indian reserve; italics indicate a name no longer in official use

• Bell Grove
• Blue Bell Corner
• Currie Road
• Foley Brook
• Hazeldean (Blue Bell)
• Hilldale Corner
• Lake Edward
• Lerwick
• Medford
• New Denmark
• New Denmark Corner
• New Denmark Station
• North Tilley
• Tobique 20
• Salmonhurst Corner
• South Tilley

Bodies of water

Bodies of water ^{[lower-alpha 3]} at least partly within the parish. ^{[8] [9] [14]}

• Little Salmon River
• Left Hand Branch Pokiok River
• Saint John River
• Salmon River
• Sisson Branch
• Back Lake
• Bear Lake
• Blue Bell Lake
• Lake Edward
• Mazerolle Lake
• Merritt Lake
• Pokiok Lake
• Sisson Branch Reservoir

Other notable places

Parks, historic sites, and other noteworthy places at least partly within the parish. ^{[8] [9] [14] [15]}

• Pokiok River Protected Natural Area

Demographics

Population totals do not include portion within Tobique 20 Indian reserve

Population Population trend [16] [17] [18] Census Population Change (%) 2016 1,471 7.6% 2011 1,592 5.7% 2006 1,688 7.9% 2001 1,833 1.6% 1996 1,863 3.0% 1991 1,808 N/A

Language Mother tongue (2016) [18] Language Population Pct (%) English only 1,045 71.1% French only 365 24.8% Other languages 40 2.7% Both English and French 20 1.4%

See also

• List of parishes in New Brunswick

Notes

1. By the magnet of 1896, ^[10] when declination in the area was between 20º and 21º west of north. ^[11] The Territorial Division Act clause referring to magnetic direction bearings was omitted in the 1952 ^[12] and 1973 Revised Statutes. ^[2]
2. The Royal Road is now traceable on maps only by the parish line. The remainder of the Royal Road and similar roads can be seen in an 1878 map of Victoria County. ^[13]
3. 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 23 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. "Denmark Parish". Provincial Archives of New Brunswick. Retrieved 23 October 2020.
6. "25 Geo. V c. 19 An Act To Amend Chapter 2, of The Revised Statutes, 1927, So As To Divide the Parish of Drummond in the County of Victoria.". Acts of the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick Passed During the Session of 1935. Fredericton: Government of New Brunswick. 1935. pp. 160–164.
7. "1 Edward VIII c. 54 An Act to amend Chapter 19 of 25 George V (1935), to correct the Dividing Line between the Parish of Drummond and the Parish of Denmark, in the County of Victoria.". Acts of the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick Passed During the Session of 1936. Fredericton: Government of New Brunswick. 1936. pp. 241–242.
8. "No. 36". Provincial Archives of New Brunswick. Department of Natural Resources and Energy Development. Retrieved 23 June 2021. Remainder of parish on maps 45, 46, 54, 55, 63, 64, and 72 at same site.
9. "103" (PDF). Transportation and Infrastructure. Government of New Brunswick. Retrieved 23 June 2021. Remainder of parish on mapbooks 104, 124, 125, 146, 147, 163, 164, 178, 179, 193, 194, 208, and 209 at same site.
10. "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.
11. "Historical Magnetic Declination". National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Retrieved 30 April 2021.
12. "Chapter 227 Territorial Division Act". The Revised Statutes of New Brunswick 1952 Volume III. Fredericton: Government of New Brunswick. 1952. pp. 3725–3771.
13. Roe, A. D.; Roe, W. B. (1878). Atlas of the Maritime Provinces of the Dominion of Canada. Saint John, New Brunswick: Roe Brothers. p. 27. Copies can be found at several websites.
14. "Search the Canadian Geographical Names Database (CGNDB)". Government of Canada. Retrieved 3 July 2021.
15. "Explore New Brunswick's Protected Natural Areas". GeoNB. Retrieved 3 July 2021.
16. Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006 census
17. 2011 Statistics Canada Census Profile: Denmark Parish, New Brunswick
18. "Census Profile, 2016 Census Denmark, Parish [Census subdivision], New Brunswick". Statistics Canada. Retrieved 2 October 2019.

47°00′00″N67°35′06″W / 47.00000°N 67.58500°W / 47.00000; -67.58500 (Denmark Parish, New Brunswick)