Gordon Parish, New Brunswick

Gordon
Parish
Location within Victoria County, New Brunswick.
Coordinates: 46°50′15″N67°22′57″W / 46.8375°N 67.3825°W / 46.8375; -67.3825
Country	Canada
Province	New Brunswick
County	Victoria
Erected	1864
Area [1]
• Land	1,430.19 km2 (552.20 sq mi)
Highest elevation	651 m (2,136 ft)
Lowest elevation	95 m (312 ft)
Population  (2021) [1]
• Total	1,559
• Density	1.1/km2 (3/sq mi)
• Change 2016-2021	4.4%
• Dwellings	776
Time zone	UTC-4 (AST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-3 (ADT)
Figures do not include portion within the village of Plaster Rock

Gordon 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 village of Plaster Rock and the local service district of the parish of Gordon, ^[3] both of which were members of the Western Valley Regional Service Commission (WVRSC). ^[4]

Origin of name

The parish was named in honour of Arthur Hamilton-Gordon, Lieutenant Governor of New Brunswick at the time. ^[5]

History

Gordon was erected in 1864 from Grand Falls, Perth, and Saint-Léonard Parishes. ^[6] Three months later the Carleton County line was restored to its pre-1854 course, ^[7] removing part of Gordon.

In 1871 all of Gordon north of a line true east and west from the southern end of Long Island in the Tobique River was erected as Lorne Parish. ^[8]

In 1896 the boundary with Lorne was altered. ^[9]

Boundaries

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

• on the north by a line running true east and west from the foot of an unnamed island downstream of Long Island ^{[lower-alpha 1]} in the Tobique River;
• on the northeast by the Northumberland County line;
• on the southeast by the York County line;
• on the south by the Carleton County line;
• on the west by the Royal Road, ^{[lower-alpha 2]} running a northerly or north-northwesterly course starting on the county line north of Chapmanville at a point about 20.5 kilometres inland from the Saint John River, passing west of Birch Ridge, through Red Rapids, to a point slightly east of the junction of Currie Road with Route 380;
• on the northwest by a line running north 45º east ^{[lower-alpha 3]} about 7 kilometres to meet the northern line of the parish.

Communities

Communities at least partly within the parish. ^{[10] [11] [16]} bold indicates an incorporated municipality; italics indicate a name no longer in official use

• Anderson Road
• Anfield
• Arthurette
• Arbuckle
• Beveridge
• Birch Ridge
• Crombie Settlement
• Fraser
• Hazeldean
• Lampedo
• Licford
• Longley
• Lower Anfield
• Mapleview
• McLaughlin
• North View
• Odell
• Picadilly
• Plaster Rock
• Red Rapids
• Rowena
• St. Almo (Reeds Island)
• Sisson Ridge
• Summit
• Three Brooks
• Wapske
• Weaver

Bodies of water

Bodies of water ^{[lower-alpha 4]} at least partly within the parish. ^{[10] [11] [16]}

• River de Chute
• Gulquac River
• Lake Branch River
• Little Gulquac River
• Little Wapske River
• Odell River
• Odelloch River
• Pokoiok River
• North Branch Southwest Miramichi River
• Tobique River
• Tuadook River
• Wapske River
• Lampedo Branch
• more than 20 officially named lakes

Other notable places

Parks, historic sites, and other noteworthy places at least partly within the parish. ^{[10] [11] [16] [17]}

• Indian Brook Protected Natural Area
• Oven Rock Brook Protected Natural Area
• Plaster Rock-Renous Wildlife Management Area ^[18]
• Pokiok River Protected Natural Area

Demographics

Parish population totals do not include Plaster Rock

Population Population trend [19] [20] [21] Census Population Change (%) 2021 1,559 4.4% 2016 1,493 4.7% 2011 1,567 12.3% 2006 1,786 3.1% 2001 1,844 6.6% 1996 1,975 1.8% 1991 1,940 N/A

Language Mother tongue (2016) [21] Language Population Pct (%) English only 1,355 91.2% French only 115 7.7% Other languages 10 0.7% Both English and French 5 0.3%

See also

• List of parishes in New Brunswick

Notes

1. The actual wording is "the foot of Long Island" but both cadastral and highway maps show the boundary running south of Long Island. Long Island and the two unnamed islands south of it are all wetlands, so Long Island probably broke up after it was first used as a boundary point in 1871.
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. ^[12]
3. By the magnet of 1896, ^[13] when declination in the area was between 20º and 21º 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]
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 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 1 February 2021
5. 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.
6. "26 Vic. c. 44 An Act to erect parts of the Parishes of Grand Falls, Perth, and Saint Leonard, 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, 1863. Fredericton: Government of New Brunswick. 1863. p. 101. Retrieved 27 March 2021.
7. "27 Vic. c. 27 An Act to define the Boundaries between the Counties of Carleton and Victoria.". Acts of the General Assembly of Her Majesty's Province of New Brunswick, Passed in the Month of April 1864. Fredericton: Government of New Brunswick. 1864. pp. 50–51. Retrieved 27 March 2021.
8. "34 Vic. c. 29 An Act to erect part of the Parish of Gordon, 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 May 1871. Fredericton: Government of New Brunswick. 1871. pp. 168–169. 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. 63". Provincial Archives of New Brunswick. Department of Natural Resources and Energy Development. Retrieved 23 June 2021. Remainder of parish on maps 64–66, 72–75, and 82 at same site.
11. "194" (PDF). Transportation and Infrastructure. Government of New Brunswick. Retrieved 23 June 2021. Remainder of parish on mapbooks 195–198, 209–213, 224–227, 240, and 241 at same site.
12. 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.
13. "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.
14. "Historical Magnetic Declination". National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Retrieved 30 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. "Search the Canadian Geographical Names Database (CGNDB)". Government of Canada. Retrieved 3 July 2021.
17. "Explore New Brunswick's Protected Natural Areas". GeoNB. Retrieved 3 July 2021.
18. "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.
19. Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006, 2021 census
20. 2011 Statistics Canada Census Profile: Gordon Parish, New Brunswick
21. "Census Profile, 2016 Census: Gordon, Parish [Census subdivision], New Brunswick". Statistics Canada. Retrieved 2 October 2019.

46°50′15″N67°22′57″W / 46.83750°N 67.38250°W / 46.83750; -67.38250 (Gordon Parish, New Brunswick)