Gladstone Parish, New Brunswick

Gladstone
Parish
Location within Sunbury County, New Brunswick
Country	Canada
Province	New Brunswick
County	Sunbury County
Erected	1874
Area [1]
• Land	362.08 km2 (139.80 sq mi)
Population  (2021) [1]
• Total	486
• Density	1.3/km2 (3/sq mi)
• Change 2016-2021	7.5%
• Dwellings	227
Time zone	UTC-4 (AST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-3 (ADT)
Figures do not include portions within the villages of Fredericton Junction and Tracy

Gladstone is a geographic parish in Sunbury County, New Brunswick, Canada. ^[2]

Prior to the 2023 governance reform, for governance purposes it was divided between the villages of Fredericton Junction and Tracy ^[3] and the local service district of the parish of Gladstone, ^[4] all of which were members of Capital Region Service Commission (RSC11). ^[5]

Origin of name

The parish was named in honour of William Ewart Gladstone, ^[6] Prime Minister of the United Kingdom until his defeat shortly after the House of Assembly began its 1874 session. ^[7]

History

Gladstone was erected in 1874 from Blissville Parish. ^[8]

In 1896 the land boundary with Blissville was changed to run along grant lines and magnetic bearing, ^[9]

Boundaries

Gladstone Parish is bounded: ^{[2] [10] [11] [12]}

• on the north by a line beginning at a point on the York County line about 3.3 kilometres southwesterly of Route 101, then running south 66º east ^{[lower-alpha 1]} to the Oromocto River;
• on the east and southeast by a line running up the Oromocto River and the South Branch Oromocto River to the northern line of a grant to Nathaniel Hubbard, which also serves as the southern boundary of Fredericton Junction, then southwesterly along the line to the rear of the grant, then southerly about 2.2 kilometres along the rear line of grants, then south 67º west ^{[lower-alpha 2]} to the Charlotte County line;
• on the south by the Charlotte County line;
• on the northwest by the York County line.

Communities

Communities at least partly within the parish; ^{[10] [11] [12]} bold indicates an incorporated municipality

• Bailey
• Fredericton Junction
• Little Lake
• Three Tree Creek
• Tracy
  • Klondike Settlement
• Tracyville
• Upper Tracy
• Vespra

Bodies of water

Bodies of water ^{[lower-alpha 3]} at least partly in the parish: ^{[10] [11] [12]}

• Oromocto River
  • North Branch Oromocto River
• Peltoma Outlet
• Piskahegan Stream
• Porcupine Stream
• Yoho Stream
• Hardwood Creek
• Shaw Creek
• Shin Creek
• Three Tree Creek
• Peltoma Lake

Islands

Islands in the parish: ^{[10] [11] [12]}

• Curries Island
• MacGougans Island

Other notable places

Parks, historic sites, and other noteworthy places in the parish. ^{[10] [11] [12]}

• Russel Dam

Demographics

Parish population total does not include Fredericton Junction or Tracy

Population Population trend [16] [17] [18] Census Population Change (%) 2016 452 6.8% 2011 485 9.9% 2006 538 4.5% 2001 515

Language Mother tongue (2016) [18] Language Population Pct (%) English only 430 95.6% French only 15 3.3% Both English and French 0 0% Other languages 5 1.1%

Access Routes

Highways and numbered routes that run through the parish, including external routes that start or finish at the parish limits: ^[19]

Highways None

Principal Routes Route 101

Secondary Routes: Route 645 Route 785

External Routes: None

See also

• List of parishes in New Brunswick

Notes

1. By the magnet of 1834, ^[13] when declination in the area was between 16º and 17º west of north. ^[14] The Territorial Division Act clause referring to magnetic direction bearings was omitted in the 1952 ^[15] and 1973 Revised Statutes. ^[2]
2. By the magnet of 1896, when declination in the area was about 20º west of north. ^[14]
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 85-6 under the Municipalities Act (O.C. 85-45)". Government of New Brunswick. Retrieved 22 July 2020.
4. "New Brunswick Regulation 84-168 under the Municipalities Act (O.C. 84-582)". Government of New Brunswick. Retrieved 22 July 2020.
5. "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
6. Ganong, William F. (1896). A Monograph of the Place-Nomenclature of the Province of New Brunswick. Royal Society of Canada. p. 236. Retrieved 17 March 2021.
7. Journal of the House of Assembly of the Province of New Brunswick, being The Fifth Session of the Twenty Second General Assembly. Fredericton: Province of New Brunswick. 1874. p. 9. Available as a free ebook from Google Books.
8. "37 Vic. c. 38 An Act to erect a part of the Parish of Blissville, in the County of Sunbury, 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 1874. Fredericton: Government of New Brunswick. 1874. pp. 112–113. Available as a free ebook from Google Books.
9. "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.
10. "No. 137". Provincial Archives of New Brunswick. Department of Natural Resources and Energy Development. Retrieved 22 June 2021. Remainder of parish on maps 146 and 147 at same site.
11. "409" (PDF). Transportation and Infrastructure. Government of New Brunswick. Retrieved 22 June 2021. Remainder of parish on mapbooks 410, 426–428, 441, and 442 at same site.
12. "Search the Canadian Geographical Names Database (CGNDB)". Government of Canada. Retrieved 22 June 2021.
13. "4 Wm. IV c. 42 An Act to erect a new Parish in the County of Sunbury.". Acts of the General Assembly of His Majesty's Province of New Brunswick, Passed in the Year 1834. Fredericton: Government of New Brunswick. 1834. pp. 103–104. Retrieved 27 March 2021.
14. "Historical Magnetic Declination". National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Retrieved 28 April 2021.
15. "Chapter 227 Territorial Division Act". The Revised Statutes of New Brunswick 1952 Volume III. Fredericton: Government of New Brunswick. 1952. pp. 3725–3771.
16. Statistics Canada: 2001, 2006 census
17. 2011 Statistics Canada Census Profile: Gladstone Parish, New Brunswick
18. "Census Profile, 2016 Census: Gladstone, Parish [Census subdivision], New Brunswick". Statistics Canada. Retrieved 30 September 2019.
19. Atlantic Canada Back Road Atlas ISBN   978-1-55368-618-7

45°37′01″N66°45′11″W / 45.616919°N 66.75293°W / 45.616919; -66.75293 (Gladstone Parish, New Brunswick)