Kars Parish, New Brunswick

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Kars
Kings County NB - Kars Parish.png
Location within Kings County, New Brunswick.
Coordinates: 45°50′N64°35′W / 45.84°N 64.59°W / 45.84; -64.59
Country Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
Province Flag of New Brunswick.svg  New Brunswick
County Kings County
Erected1860
Area
[1]
  Land75.54 km2 (29.17 sq mi)
Population
 (2021) [1]
  Total377
  Density5.0/km2 (13/sq mi)
  Change 2016-2021
Increase2.svg 16.0%
  Dwellings
291
Time zone UTC-4 (AST)
  Summer (DST) UTC-3 (ADT)

Kars is a geographic parish in Kings County, New Brunswick, Canada. [2]

Contents

Prior to the 2023 governance reform, it comprised the local service district of the parish of Kars, [3] which was a member of Kings Regional Service Commission (RSC8). [4]

Origin of name

The parish was named for the Siege of Kars, last major operation of the Crimean War. [5]

History

Kars was erected in 1860 from Greenwich and Springfield Parishes. [6]

In 1877 the islands in Belleisle Bay were added to Kars. [7]

Boundaries

Kars Parish is bounded: [2] [8] [9] [10]

Governance

Before 2023, the entire parish formed the local service district of the parish of Kars, established in 1968 to assess for fire protection. Recreational facilities were added in 2001 and non-fire related rescue in 2012. First aid and ambulance services (1972—2001) and community services (1986—2001) were formerly included.

Communities

Communities at least partly within the parish. [8] [9] [10]

Bodies of water

Bodies of water [lower-alpha 1] at least partly in the parish. [8] [9] [10]

Islands

Islands at least partly in the parish. [8] [9] [10]

Demographics

Access Routes

Highways and numbered routes that run through the parish, including external routes that start or finish at the parish limits: [14]

See also

Notes

  1. Not including brooks, ponds or coves.

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References

  1. 1 2 "Census Profile". Statistics Canada. 26 October 2022. Retrieved 29 October 2022.
  2. 1 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. 242. Retrieved 17 March 2021.
  6. "22 Vic. c. 51 An Act to erect parts of the Parishes of Greenwich and Springfield, in King's County, into a separate Town or Parish.". Acts of the General Assembly of Her Majesty's Province of New Brunswick, Passed in March and April 1859. Fredericton: Government of New Brunswick. 1859. pp. 129–130. Retrieved 27 March 2021.
  7. "Chapter 2 The Division of the Province into Counties, Towns, and Parishes.". The Consolidated Statutes of New Brunswick. Fredericton: Government of New Brunswick. 1877. pp. 56–85. Available as a free ebook from Google Books.
  8. 1 2 3 4 "No. 139". Provincial Archives of New Brunswick. Department of Natural Resources and Energy Development. Retrieved 14 June 2021. Remainder of parish on map 149 at same site.
  9. 1 2 3 4 "430" (PDF). Transportation and Infrastructure. Government of New Brunswick. Retrieved 14 June 2021. Remainder of parish on mapbooks 431, 445, and 446 at same site.
  10. 1 2 3 4 "Search the Canadian Geographical Names Database (CGNDB)". Government of Canada. Retrieved 14 June 2021.
  11. Statistics Canada: 2001, 2006 census
  12. 2011 Statistics Canada Census Profile: Kars Parish, New Brunswick
  13. 1 2 "Census Profile, 2016 Census Kars, Parish [Census subdivision], New Brunswick". Statistics Canada. Retrieved 20 September 2019.
  14. Atlantic Canada Back Road Atlas ISBN   978-1-55368-618-7



45°37′08″N65°57′40″W / 45.61881°N 65.961142°W / 45.61881; -65.961142 (Kars Parish, New Brunswick)