Drummond Parish, New Brunswick

This article is about the geographic parish, former local service district, and rural census subdivision. For the village now part of Grand Falls, see Drummond, New Brunswick.

Drummond
Parish
Location within Victoria County, New Brunswick.
Coordinates: 47°19′03″N67°30′36″W / 47.3175°N 67.51°W / 47.3175; -67.51
Country	Canada
Province	New Brunswick
County	Victoria
Erected	1872
Area [1]
• Land	1,013.66 km2 (391.38 sq mi)
Population  (2021) [1]
• Total	2,095
• Density	2.1/km2 (5/sq mi)
• Change 2016-2021	2.9%
• Dwellings	899
Time zone	UTC-4 (AST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-3 (ADT)
Figures do not include portions within the town of Grand Falls and the village of Drummond

Drummond is a geographic parish in Victoria County, New Brunswick, Canada. ^[4]

For governance purposes it is divided between the town of Grand Falls, ^[5] the town of Vallée-des-Rivières, ^{[lower-alpha 1]} and the Northwest rural district, ^[6] both of which are members of the Northwest Regional Service Commission. ^[7]

Prior to the 2023 governance reform, for governance purposes it was divided between the village of Drummond, the town of Grand Falls, and the local service district of the parish of Drummond. ^[8]

Origin of name

The parish may have been named in honour of General Sir Gordon Drummond, ^[9] former Governor General of the Canadas.

Drummond was originally a neighbour of Gordon Parish before the erections of Denmark and Lorne Parishes.

History

Drummond was erected in 1872 from Grand Falls Parish. ^[10] It included Denmark Parish.

In 1875 the county line was altered and part of Drummond was transferred to Victoria County. ^[11]

In 1927 the area within the municipal limits of the town of Grand Falls was removed from Drummond. ^[12]

In 1936 much of Drummond was erected as Denmark Parish. ^[13] Three months later the inland boundary was simplified, returning part of Denmark to Drummond. ^[14]

In 1955 part of Drummond was added to the town of Grand Falls. ^[15]

Boundaries

Drummond Parish is bounded: ^{[2] [16] [17]}

• on the northeast by the Restigouche County line, running about 33 kilometres southeasterly from the northernmost point of Victoria County;
• on the southeast by a line beginning on the Restigouche County line at the prolongation of the southeastern line of the Fourth Tract of lands granted to the New Brunswick Railway Company, then running southwesterly along the prolongation, the Fourth Tract, and the First Tract to the northeastern line of the Seventh Tract, then southeasterly about 5.6 kilometres along the Seventh Tract and its prolongation to the prolongation of the southeastern line of Range 2 of the Burgess Settlement, then about 15 kilometres southwesterly, southeasterly, and southwesterly along the Burgess Settlement, Ennishone Settlement, and Block 52 to strike the Salmon River opposite the end of the Salmon River Road south of Davis Mill, then downstream to about 1.5 kilometres past Mill Hill Road to meet the southeastern line of a grant to John King, then southwesterly along the King grant past Route 105 to the northernmost corner of a grant to Lyman Whitehead, then southeasterly about 500 metres along the Whitehead grant, then southwesterly to the Saint John River at a point about 700 metres south of the mouth of Salmon River;
• on the west by the Saint John River;
• on the west by the Madawaska County line, running north-northeasterly and then true north to the starting point, the meeting point of Restigouche, Madawaska, and Victoria Counties;
• excepting the Mill Lease of the War Department Lands, ^{[lower-alpha 2]} which are part of Grand Falls Town. ^{[lower-alpha 3]}

Communities

Communities at least partly within the parish. ^{[16] [17] [18]} bold indicates an incorporated municipality

• Black Brook
• Burgess Settlement
• Caldwell
• Canton
• Davis Mill
• Desjardins Road
• Drummond
  • Price Road
• Ennishone
• Grand Falls
• Hennigar Corner
• Jardine Brook
• McManus Siding
• Quatre-Coins
• Undine
• Violette Brook
• Violette Station

Bodies of water

Bodies of water ^{[lower-alpha 4]} at least partly within the parish. ^{[16] [17] [18]}

• Grande Rivière
• Little River
• Little Main Restigouche River
• Saint John River
• Salmon River
• Lac à Minet
• Basley Lake
• Gounamitz Lake
• Gull Lake
• Hammond Lake
• Little Barkerhouse Lake
• Ryan Brook Lake
• Stony Lake

Other notable places

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

• Boston Brook Airstrip
• Burgess Settlement Protected Natural Area
• Grand Falls Airport
• Petit Sault

Demographics

Parish population totals do not include village of Drummond and portion within Grand Falls

Population Population trend [20] [21] [22] Census Population Change (%) 2016 2,157 4.1% 2011 2,250 0.7% 2006 2,265 3.8% 2001 2,182 3.0% 1996 2,250 4.7% 1991 2,148 N/A

Language Mother tongue (2016) [22] Language Population Pct (%) French only 1,845 86.0% English only 260 12.1% Other languages 10 0.5% Both English and French 30 1.4%

See also

• List of parishes in New Brunswick
• Little Main Restigouche River
• Gounamitz River

Notes

1. An area along Highway 17, as shown by the original map of Vallée-des-Rivières, with the unchanged boundaries for the new town as an overlay on the pre-2023 governance boundaries; this map is still available in thumbnail form on the NWRSC governance reform map page. ^[6]
2. The exact location of the Mill Lease is not stated and doesn't appear on cadastral or highway maps.
3. This is the only instance in the Territorial Division Act where an incorporated town appears; Grand Falls town in the Territorial Division Act is much smaller in area than the modern municipality of Grand Falls
4. 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. "Northwest Regional Service Commission: RSC 1". Government of New Brunswick. Retrieved 24 January 2023.
6. "Northwest Regional Service Commission: RD 1". 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. "Local Service Districts Regulation - Municipalities Act". Government of New Brunswick. 25 June 2021. Retrieved 24 January 2023.
9. Ganong, William F. (1896). A Monograph of the Place-Nomenclature of the Province of New Brunswick. Royal Society of Canada. p. 231. Retrieved 17 March 2021.
10. "35 Vic. c. 34 An Act to erect part of the Parish of Grand Falls in the County of Victoria, into a separate Town or Parish.". Acts of the General Assembly of Her Majesty's Province of New Brunswick. Passed in the Month of April 1872. Fredericton: Government of New Brunswick. 1872. pp. 67–68. Available as a free ebook from Google Books.
11. "38 Vic. c. 101 An Act to alter the Division line between the Counties of Victoria and Madawaska.". Acts of the General Assembly of Her Majesty's Province of New Brunswick. Passed in the Month of April 1875. Fredericton: Government of New Brunswick. 1875. pp. 359–360. Available as a free ebook from Google Books.
12. "Chapter 2. Respecting the Division of the Province into Counties, Towns and Parishes.". The Revised Statutes of New Brunswick 1927 Volume I. Fredericton: Government of New Brunswick. 1927. pp. 18–64.
13. "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.
14. "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.
15. "4 Elizabeth 2, 1955, c. 113 An Act to Amend An Act to Incorporate the Town of Grand Falls 1890". Acts of the Legislature of New Brunswick Passed During the Session of 1955. Fredericton: Government of New Brunswick. 1955. pp. 440–442.
16. "No. 22". Provincial Archives of New Brunswick. Department of Natural Resources and Energy Development. Retrieved 23 June 2021. Remainder of parish on maps 23, 35, 36, 45, 46, 54, and 63 at same site.
17. "081" (PDF). Transportation and Infrastructure. Government of New Brunswick. Retrieved 23 June 2021. Remainder of parish on mapbooks 082, 101–103, 123–125, 145, 146, 162, 163, 178, 179, and 193 at same site.
18. "Search the Canadian Geographical Names Database (CGNDB)". Government of Canada. Retrieved 3 July 2021.
19. "Explore New Brunswick's Protected Natural Areas". GeoNB. Retrieved 3 July 2021.
20. Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006 census
21. 2011 Statistics Canada Census Profile: Drummond Parish, New Brunswick
22. "Census Profile, 2016 Census: Drummond, Parish [Census subdivision], New Brunswick". Statistics Canada. Retrieved 1 October 2019.

47°19′03″N67°30′36″W / 47.31750°N 67.51000°W / 47.31750; -67.51000 (Drummond Parish, New Brunswick)