Gagetown Parish, New Brunswick

This article is about the geographic parish. For the village, see Gagetown, New Brunswick. For the military base, see CFB Gagetown.

Gagetown
Parish
Location within Queens County, New Brunswick.
Country	Canada
Province	New Brunswick
County	Queens County
Erected	1786
Area [1]
• Land	234.58 km2 (90.57 sq mi)
Population  (2021) [1]
• Total	324
• Density	1.4/km2 (4/sq mi)
• Change 2016-2021	4.2%
• Dwellings	149
Time zone	UTC-4 (AST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-3 (ADT)
Figures do not include portion within the village of Gagetown

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

Prior to the 2023 governance reform, for governance purposes it was divided between CFB Gagetown, the village of Gagetown and the local service district of Upper Gagetown, ^[3] the latter two of which were members of Capital Region Service Commission (RSC11). ^[4]

Origin of name

The original township was named in honour of General Thomas Gage, British Commander-in-Chief, North America at the time; he was principal grantee of the township. ^[5]

History

Gagetown was created in 1765 as Gage Township in Nova Scotia.

In 1786 the township formed the core of Gagetown Parish when New Brunswick erected its counties and parishes. ^[6] The parish added territory back to the Charlotte County line. ^{[7] [8]}

In 1838 the rear of Gagetown was included in the newly erected Petersville Parish. ^[9]

Boundaries

Gagetown Parish is bounded ^{[2] [10] [11]}

• on the northeast by the Saint John River;
• on the southeast by the southern line of a grant to Nathaniel Jarvis, which forms the southern boundary of the village of Gagetown, and running southwesterly to the rear of the grant, then turning left and running south 52º west, ^{[lower-alpha 1]} crossing Route 102 and into CFB Gagetown, about 12 kilometres to the southernmost corner of a grant to Robert Nelson at the corner of Lawfield Road and Kerr Road in the former community of Summer Hill;
• on the southwest by the southwestern line of the Nelson grant prolonged to the Sunbury County line;
• on the northwest by the Sunbury County line;
• including Gagetown Island and Grimross Island.

Communities

Communities at least partly within the parish. ^{[10] [11] [15]} bold indicates an incorporated municipality; italics indicate a community expropriated for CFB Gagetown

Coytown Gagetown Mill Road Hersey Corner

Lawfield Summer Hill Upper Gagetown

Bodies of water

Bodies of water ^{[lower-alpha 2]} at least partly within the parish. ^{[10] [11] [15]}

Saint John River Duck Creek Gagetown Creek

Mount Creek Coys Lake Harts Lake

Islands

Islands at least partly within the parish. ^{[10] [11] [15]}

• Gagetown Island
• Grimross Island
• McAllisters Island

Other notable places

Parks, historic sites, and other noteworthy places at least partly within the parish. ^{[10] [11] [15]}

• CFB Gagetown
• Mount Ararat Wildlife Management Area ^[16]

Demographics

Parish population total does not include village of Gagetown

Population Population trend [17] [18] Census Population Change (%) 2016 311 1.6% 2011 316 6.4% 2006 297 5.4% 2001 314 0.0%

Language Mother tongue language (2016) [19] Language Population Pct (%) French only 10 3.2% English only 300 96.8% Both English and French 0 0.00% Other languages 0 0.00%

Access Routes

Highways and numbered routes that run through the parish, including external routes that start or finish at the parish limits: ^[20]

Highways none

Principal Routes Route 102

Secondary Routes: None

External Routes: None

See also

• List of parishes in New Brunswick

Notes

1. By the magnet of 1850, ^[12] when declination at the starting point was about 18º 20' west of north. ^[13] The Territorial Division Act clause referring to magnetic direction bearings was omitted in the 1952 ^[14] and 1973 Revised Statutes. ^[2]
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. 235. 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 20 March 2021.
7. A Monograph of the Evolution of the Boundaries of the Province of New Brunswick. Royal Society of Canada. 1901. p. 431. Retrieved 28 March 2021.
8. Ganong. Evolution. p. Map No. 35. Retrieved 21 March 2021.
9. "1 Vic. c. 35 An Act to erect a part of the Parishes of Gagetown and Hampstead, in Queen's County, into a separate and distinct Town or Parish.". Acts of the General Assembly of Her Majesty's Province of New Brunswick, Passed in the Year 1838. Fredericton: Government of New Brunswick. 1838. p. 78. Retrieved 27 March 2021.
10. "No. 127". Provincial Archives of New Brunswick. Department of Natural Resources and Energy Development. Retrieved 19 June 2021. Remainder of parish on maps 138, 139, and 148 at same site.
11. "392" (PDF). Transportation and Infrastructure. Government of New Brunswick. Retrieved 19 June 2021. Remainder of parish on mapbooks 393, 411, 412, 429, and 430 at same site.
12. "13 Vic. c. 51 An Act to consolidate all the Laws now in force for the division of the Province into Counties, Towns and Parishes.". Acts of the General Assembly of Her Mjaesty's Province of New Brunswick, Passed in the Year 1850. Fredericton: Government of New Brunswick. 1850. pp. 142–152, 145–149. Book was poorly proofread, resulting in title typo and reuse of page numbers 145–152.
13. "Historical Magnetic Declination". National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Retrieved 25 April 2021.
14. "Chapter 227 Territorial Division Act". The Revised Statutes of New Brunswick 1952 Volume III. Fredericton: Government of New Brunswick. 1952. pp. 3725–3771.
15. "Search the Canadian Geographical Names Database (CGNDB)". Government of Canada. Retrieved 7 July 2021.
16. "New Brunswick Regulation 94-43 under the Fish and Wildlife Act (O.C. 94-231)". Government of New Brunswick. 5 June 2006. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
17. Statistics Canada: 2001, 2006 census
18. 2011 Statistics Canada Census Profile: Gagetown Parish, New Brunswick
19. "Census Profile, 2016 Census: Gagetown, Parish [Census subdivision], New Brunswick". Statistics Canada. Retrieved 26 August 2019.
20. Atlantic Canada Back Road Atlas ISBN   978-1-55368-618-7

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