Lac Baker Parish, New Brunswick

This article is about the geographic parish, rural census subdivision, and former local service district. For the former village, see Lac Baker, New Brunswick. For the lake, see Lac Baker (New Brunswick).

Lac Baker
Parish
Lake Baker
Location within Madawaska County.
Coordinates: 47°22′N68°41′W / 47.36°N 68.68°W / 47.36; -68.68
Country	Canada
Province	New Brunswick
County	Madawaska
Erected	1912
Area [1]
• Land	24.30 km2 (9.38 sq mi)
Population  (2016) [1]
• Total	5
• Density	0.2/km2 (0.5/sq mi)
• Change 2011-2016	No change
• Dwellings	4
Time zone	UTC-4 (AST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-3 (ADT)
Figures do not include portion within village of Lac Baker No census data available after 2016

Lac Baker is a geographic parish in Madawaska County, New Brunswick, Canada. ^[2]

Before 2023, it was divided for governance purposed between the village of Lac Baker ^[3] and the incorporated rural community of Haut-Madawaska, ^[4] both of which are members of the Northwest Regional Service Commission (NWRSC). ^[5]

Origin of name

The parish takes its name from Baker Lake, which takes its name from John Baker, an American leader in the Aroostook War. ^[6] Baker remained in the area after the boundary settlement awarded the area to New Brunswick.

History

Lac Baker was erected as Baker Lake in 1912 from Clair Parish; ^[7] the boundary was slightly altered later that year. ^[8]

The parish was renamed Lac Baker and its boundaries affected by the major reorganisation of Madawaska County parish lines in 1946. ^[9]

Boundaries

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

• on the northwest by the Quebec provincial border;
• on the northeast and east, running entirely along grant lines, beginning on the provincial border at the eastern line of a grant on the eastern side of Lac Baker and running southeasterly along the Lac Baker grants to the northwestern line of Range Five of the Nadeau Settlement, near Baker-Brook River, then northeasterly to the northeastern line of Range Five, then southeasterly to the northwestern line of a grant in Range Four of Nadeau Settlement, about 550 metres southeast of Baker-Brook River, then northeasterly to the northeastern line of Range Four, then southeasterly past the end of Range Four to the northernmost corner of a grant to Maxime Cloutier, about 500 metres northeast of Morneault Road, then southwesterly along the southeastern line of the Cloutier grant and a grant to Thomas Ouellette, running partially along Chemin du Lac, ^{[lower-alpha 1]} to the southernmost corner of the Ouellette grant, then southeasterly along the northeastern line of a grant straddling Chemin du Lac, to the northern line of a grant on the eastern side of Caron Brook, then easterly to the northeastern corner of the grant, then southerly along the Caron Brook grants to the northern line of grants on the Saint John River;
• on the south, running entirely along grants lines, beginning at the southeastern corner of the grants east of Caron Brook, running westerly along the northern line of the Saint John River grants to an inland grant on Brown Road, then southwesterly and westerly along two grants on Brown Road to the southern point of Range Two of the Baker Lake Settlement;
• on the southwest, running entirely along grant lines, starting on the southern point of Range Two of Baker Lake Settlement and running northwesterly along the southwestern line of Range Two to a point about 1.35 kilometres northwest of Chemin des Long, then southwesterly to the southwestern line of Range Three of Baker Lake Settlement, then northwesterly to the provincial border.

Communities

Communities at least partly within the parish. ^{[10] [11] [12]} bold indicates an incorporated municipality; italics indicate a name no longer in official use

• Concession-des-Ouellette
• Lac Baker
  • Boundary (Lac Baker-Nord)
  • Portage-du-Lac
  • Saint-Castin
  • Soucy
• Rang-des-Collin

Bodies of water

Bodies of water ^{[lower-alpha 2]} at least partly in the parish. ^{[10] [11] [12]}

• Baker-Brook River
• Lac à Eugène
• Lac à Lang
• Lac Baker
• Lac Caron

Islands

Islands at least partly in the parish. ^{[10] [11] [12]}

• Île à Caron
• Île de Lac-Baker

Census data

Census data refers only to the Census subdivision of the parish, much of which was annexed by the village of Lac Baker in 2008. ^[13]

Population

Canada census – Lac Baker community profile

	2021	2016	2011
Population	685 (-0.7% from 2016)	5 (-83.3% from 2011)	5 (-83.3% from 2006)
Land area	37.24 km2 (14.38 sq mi)	24.30 km2 (9.38 sq mi)	24.29 km2 (9.38 sq mi)
Population density	18.4/km2 (48/sq mi)		0.2/km2 (0.52/sq mi)
Median age	58.8 (M: 59.6, F: 58.4)	N/A (M: , F: )	N/A (M: , F: )
Private dwellings	459 (total)  336 (occupied)	4 (total)	4 (total)
Median household income	$69,000	$.N/A	$.N/A

Notes: 2011 and 2016 income data for this area has been suppressed for data quality or confidentiality reasons.
References: 2021 ^[14] 2016 ^[15] 2011 ^[16] earlier ^{[17] [18]}

Historical Census Data - Lac Baker Parish, New Brunswick

Year Pop. ±% 1991 508 —     1996 472 −7.1% 2001 488 +3.4%	Year Pop. ±% 2006 566 +16.0% 2006A 30 −94.7% 2011 5 −83.3%	Year Pop. ±% 2011 5 +0.0%
[19] [1] (A) adjustment due to boundary change.

Language

Canada Census Mother Tongue - Lac Baker Parish, New Brunswick 2011 and 2016 language data for this area has been suppressed for data quality or confidentiality reasons. [19]
Census		Total		French				English				French & English				Other
Year		Responses		Count	Trend	Pop %		Count	Trend	Pop %		Count	Trend	Pop %		Count	Trend	Pop %
2011		n/a		n/a	0.0%	0.00%		n/a	0.0%	0.00%		n/a	0.0%	0.00%		n/a	0.0%	0.00%
2006		570		520	9.6%	0.00%		50	70.0%	0.00%		0	0.0%	0.00%		0	0.0%	0.00%
2001		485		470	1.1%	96.91%		15	33.3%	3.09%		0	0.0%	0.00%		0	0.0%	0.00%
1996		475		465	n/a	97.89%		10	n/a	2.11%		0	n/a	0.00%		0	n/a	0.00%

See also

• List of parishes in New Brunswick

Notes

1. WP:ENG is ignored when it would result in a clumsy construction.
2. Not including brooks, ponds or coves.

References

1. "Census Profile, 2016 Census: Lac Baker, Parish [Census subdivision], New Brunswick". Statistics Canada. Retrieved 23 September 2019.
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 19 July 2020.
4. "New Brunswick Regulation 2017-3 under the Municipalities Act (O.C. 2017-52)". Government of New Brunswick. Retrieved 19 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. 218. Retrieved 17 March 2021.
7. "1 Geo. V c. 46 An Act to amend Chapter 2 of The Consolidated Statutes, 1903, respecting the Division of the Province into Counties, Towns and Parishes, so far as relates to the County of Madawaska.". Acts of the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick Passed in the Month of April, 1911. Fredericton: Government of New Brunswick. 1911. pp. 167–170.
8. "2 Geo. V c. 16 An Act to amend Chapter 2 of the Consolidated Statutes, 1903, respecting the Division of the Province into Counties, Towns and Parishes, so far as relates to the County of Madawaska.". New Brunswick Acts of the Legislative Assembly Passed in the Months of March and April, 1912. Fredericton: Government of New Brunswick. 1912. pp. 131–132.
9. "10 Geo. VI. c. 95 An Act to amend Chapter 2 of the Revised Statutes, 1927, respecting the division of the Province into Counties, Towns and Parishes, in so far as it relates to the County of Madawaska.". Acts of the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick Passed During the Session of 1946. Fredericton: Government of New Brunswick. 1946. pp. 321–339.
10. "No. 31". Provincial Archives of New Brunswick. Department of Natural Resources and Energy Development. Retrieved 16 June 2021. Remainder of parish on map 32 at same site.
11. "118" (PDF). Transportation and Infrastructure. Government of New Brunswick. Retrieved 16 June 2021. Remainder of parish on mapbook 119 at same site.
12. "Search the Canadian Geographical Names Database (CGNDB)". Government of Canada. Retrieved 16 June 2021.
13. "New Brunswick Regulation 2008-35 under the Municipalities Act (O.C. 2008-108)" (PDF). The Royal Gazette. 166. Fredericton, New Brunswick: Office of the Queen's Printer: 573–574. 26 March 2008. ISSN   1714-9428 . Retrieved 28 July 2020.
14. "2021 Community Profiles". 2021 Canadian Census . Statistics Canada. 4 February 2022. Retrieved 19 October 2023.
15. "2016 Community Profiles". 2016 Canadian Census . Statistics Canada. 12 August 2021. Retrieved 23 September 2019.
16. "2011 Community Profiles". 2011 Canadian Census . Statistics Canada. 21 March 2019. Retrieved 22 March 2014.
17. "2006 Community Profiles". 2006 Canadian Census . Statistics Canada. 20 August 2019.
18. "2001 Community Profiles". 2001 Canadian Census . Statistics Canada. 18 July 2021.
19. Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006, 2011 census

47°21′36″N68°40′48″W / 47.36000°N 68.68000°W / 47.36000; -68.68000 (Lac Baker Parish, New Brunswick)