Dumbarton Parish, New Brunswick

Dumbarton
Parish
Location within Charlotte County.
Country	Canada
Province	New Brunswick
County	Charlotte County
Erected	1856
Area [1]
• Land	373.20 km2 (144.09 sq mi)
Population  (2021) [1]
• Total	346
• Density	0.9/km2 (2/sq mi)
• Change 2016-2021	3.3%
• Dwellings	182
Time zone	UTC-4 (AST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-3 (ADT)

Dumbarton is a geographic parish in Charlotte County, New Brunswick, Canada, ^[4] located inland north of St. George and south of Harvey.

For governance purposes, the entire parish is part of the Southwest rural district, ^[5] which is a member of the Southwest New Brunswick Service Commission. ^[6]

Prior to the 2023 governance reform, it comprised a single local service district (LSD), which was a member of the Southwest New Brunswick Service Commission (SNBSC). ^[7]

The Census subdivision of the same name shares the parish's boundaries. ^[1]

Origin of name

The parish may have been named for the town of Dumbarton, Scotland, ^[8] although William Francis Ganong considered this uncertain.

History

Dumbarton was erected from northern Saint Patrick Parish in 1856. ^[9]

It included a small triangle of Saint Croix Parish southwest of the junction of Wilson Road and Route 127 until 1958. ^[10]

Boundaries

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

• on the north by the York County line;
• on the east by the prolongation of the eastern line of a shoreline grant to John McDougall west of Sherard Beach;
• on the south by the southern line of a grant beginning at the mouth of Milligan Brook on the Magaguadavic River, then running westerly along the grant line and its prolongation to the rear line of grants along the Digdeguash River, then southwesterly along the southeastern line of a grant to John Campbell the crosses Route 770 until it strikes the Digdeguash, then upstream about 300 metres to the southeastern line of a grant to John Gillman, then southwesterly along the Gillman grant, crossing Wilson Road, to the rear line of grants along Cathcart Road, then northwesterly about 150 metres, then southwesterly along the southeastern line of a grant to John McFarlane to a point near Route 127;
• on the west by a line beginning near Route 127, then running northwesterly along the southwestern line of grants to John McFarlane and John McKenney to a point about 150 metres south of the old railway, on the eastern line of the Cape Ann Association grant, the easternmost grants of which front on the eastern side of Board Road, then northerly along the Cape Ann grant and its prolongation to the York County line.

Local service district

The local service district of the parish of Dumbarton comprised the entire parish. ^[13]

The LSD was established in 1969 to assess for community services, ^[14] in this case to provide ambulance service after local funeral homes ceased doing so. ^[15] Fire protection was added in 1970. ^[16]

In 2021, the LSD assessed for only the basic LSD services of fire protection, police services, land use planning, emergency measures, and dog control. ^[17] The taxing authority is 510.00 Dumbarton.

Communities

Communities at least partly within the parish. ^{[11] [12] [18]}

• Berrys Falls
• Clarence Ridge
• Dumbarton
• Flume Ridge
• Greenock
• Hewitt
• Pleasant Ridge
• Rollingdam
• Sorrel Ridge
• Tryon Settlement
• Whittier Ridge

Bodies of water

Bodies of water ^{[lower-alpha 1]} at least partly within the parish. ^{[11] [12] [18]}

• Digdeguash River
• Magaguadavic River
• Clarence Stream
• Kedron Stream
• Big Kedron Lake
• Craig Lake

Islands

Parks, historic sites, and other noteworthy places at least partly within the parish. ^{[11] [12] [18]}

• Flume Islands

Demographics

Population

Canada census – Dumbarton community profile

	2021	2016	2011
Population	346 (+3.3% from 2016)	335 (-9.0% from 2011)	368 (+3.4% from 2006)
Land area	373.20 km2 (144.09 sq mi)	374.43 km2 (144.57 sq mi)	375.08 km2 (144.82 sq mi)
Population density	0.9/km2 (2.3/sq mi)	0.9/km2 (2.3/sq mi)	1.0/km2 (2.6/sq mi)
Median age	50.4 (M: 50.0, F: 52.0)	51.3 (M: 49.0, F: 52.1)	48.4 (M: 47.8, F: 48.6)
Private dwellings	182 (total)  158 (occupied)	195 (total)	204 (total)
Median household income	$60,800	$46,784	$.N/A

Notes: 2011 income data for this area has been suppressed for data quality or confidentiality reasons.
References: 2021 ^[19] 2016 ^[20] 2011 ^[21] earlier ^{[22] [23]}

Historical Census Data - Dumbarton Parish, New Brunswick

Year Pop. ±% 1991 426 —     1996 447 +4.9%	Year Pop. ±% 2001 430 −3.8% 2006 356 −17.2%	Year Pop. ±% 2011 368 +3.4% 2016 335 −9.0%
[24] [25]

Language

Canada Census Mother Tongue - Dumbarton Parish, New Brunswick [24]
Census		Total		English				French				English & French				Other
Year		Responses		Count	Trend	Pop %		Count	Trend	Pop %		Count	Trend	Pop %		Count	Trend	Pop %
2011		375		360	4.2%	96.00%		15	n/a%	4.00%		0	0.0%	0.00%		0	100.0%	0.00%
2006		355		345	19.8%	97.18%		0	0.0%	0.00%		0	0.0%	0.00%		10	n/a%	2.82%
2001		430		430	3.4%	100.00%		0	0.0%	0.00%		0	0.0%	0.00%		0	0.0%	0.00%
1996		445		445	n/a	100.00%		0	n/a	0.00%		0	n/a	0.00%		0	n/a	0.00%

Access Routes

Highways and numbered routes that run through the parish, including external routes that start or finish at the parish limits: ^[26]

Highways Route 3

Principal Routes Route 127

Secondary Routes: Route 770

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 5 June 2023.
3. "Chapter I-13 Interpretation Act". Government of New Brunswick. Retrieved 5 June 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. "Southwest Regional Service Commission: RD 10". Government of New Brunswick. Retrieved 5 June 2023.
6. "Regions Regulation – Regional Service Delivery Act". Government of New Brunswick. 21 July 2022. Retrieved 5 June 2023.
7. "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 1 February 2021
8. 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.
9. "19 Vic. c. 25 An Act to erect the upper part of the Parish of Saint Patrick, in the County of Charlotte, into a separate Town or Parish.". 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. 42–43. Retrieved 27 March 2021.
10. "7 Elizabeth II, 1958, c. 56 An Act to Amend the Territorial Division Act". Acts of the Legislature of New Brunswick Passed During the Session of 1958. Fredericton: Government of New Brunswick. 1958. pp. 117–119.
11. "No. 145". Provincial Archives of New Brunswick. Department of Natural Resources and Energy Development. Retrieved 3 July 2021. Remainder of parish on maps 146, 153, 154, and 161 at same site.
12. "440" (PDF). Transportation and Infrastructure. Government of New Brunswick. Retrieved 3 July 2021. Remainder of parish on mapbooks 441, 455, 456, 468, 469, and 479 at same site.
13. "New Brunswick Regulation 84-168 under the Municipalities Act (O.C. 84-582)". Government of New Brunswick. Retrieved 6 February 2021.
14. "Regulation 69–17 under the Municipalities Act (O. C. 69–161)". The Royal Gazette. 127. Fredericton: 149. 12 March 1969.
15. "St. Stephen – Milltown Ambulance Brigade". The New Brunswick Municipal Monthly. 25 (3). Fredericton, NB: Department of Municipal Affairs: 5. March 1969.
16. "Regulation 70–63 under the Municipalities Act (O. C. 70–385)". The Royal Gazette. 128. Fredericton: 343–344. 17 June 1970.
17. "2020 Local Government Statistics for New Brunswick" (PDF). Department of Environment and Local Government. p. 55. Retrieved 6 February 2021.
18. "Search the Canadian Geographical Names Database (CGNDB)". Government of Canada. Retrieved 4 July 2021.
19. "2021 Community Profiles". 2021 Canadian Census . Statistics Canada. 4 February 2022. Retrieved 19 October 2023.
20. "2016 Community Profiles". 2016 Canadian Census . Statistics Canada. 12 August 2021. Retrieved 8 September 2019.
21. "2011 Community Profiles". 2011 Canadian Census . Statistics Canada. 21 March 2019. Retrieved 15 March 2014.
22. "2006 Community Profiles". 2006 Canadian Census . Statistics Canada. 20 August 2019.
23. "2001 Community Profiles". 2001 Canadian Census . Statistics Canada. 18 July 2021.
24. Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006, 2011 census
25. "Census Profile, 2016 Census Dumbarton, Parish [Census subdivision], New Brunswick". Statistics Canada. Retrieved 8 September 2019.
26. Atlantic Canada Back Road Atlas ISBN   978-1-55368-618-7 Pages 4, 12

45°23′42″N67°04′26″W / 45.394954°N 67.073765°W / 45.394954; -67.073765 (Dumbarton Parish, New Brunswick)