Lorne Parish, New Brunswick

This article is about the geographic parish, former local service district, and census subdivision in Victoria County. For the LSD in Restigouche County, see Lorne, New Brunswick.

Lorne
Parish
Location within Victoria County, New Brunswick.
Coordinates: 47°07′03″N67°07′12″W / 47.1175°N 67.12°W / 47.1175; -67.12
Country	Canada
Province	New Brunswick
County	Victoria
Erected	1871
Area [1]
• Land	1,632.21 km2 (630.20 sq mi)
Population  (2021) [1]
• Total	313
• Density	0.2/km2 (0.5/sq mi)
• Change 2016-2021	32.5%
• Dwellings	337
Time zone	UTC-4 (AST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-3 (ADT)

Lorne 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 local service districts of Riley Brook and the parish of Lorne, ^[3] both of which were members of the Western Valley Regional Service Commission (WVRSC). ^[4]

Origin of name

The parish was named for the Marquess of Lorne, ^[5] recently married to The Princess Louise, daughter of Queen Victoria. Lorne was later Governor General of Canada.

History

Lorne was erected in 1871 from Gordon Parish. ^[6]

In 1896 the northwestern boundary was altered from running north-northeast to running northeast. ^[7]

Boundaries

Lorne Parish is bounded: ^{[2] [8] [9]}

• on the northeast by the Restigouche County line, beginning about 1.5 kilometres northwesterly of O'Dare Brook and running southeasterly;
• on the east by the Northumberland County line, running about 50 kilometres south-southeasterly from the meeting point of the Restigouche, Northumberland, and Victoria County lines;
• on the south 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 northwest by a line running north 45º east ^{[lower-alpha 2]} from a point about 1.35 kilometres east of Blue Bell Lake and 750 metres north of Route 108 near Crombie Settlement to the starting point.

Communities

Communities at least partly within the parish. ^{[8] [9] [13]}

• Blue Mountain Bend
• Burntland Brook
• Enterprise
• Everett
• Mapleview
• Nictau
• North View
• Oxbow
• Riley Brook
• Sisson Brook
• Two Brooks

Bodies of water

Bodies of water ^{[lower-alpha 3]} at least partly within the parish. ^{[8] [9] [13]}

• River Dee
• River Don
• Gulquac River
• Little Gulquac River
• Little Tobique River
• Mamozekel River
• Salmon River
• Serpentine River
• Tobique River
• Sisson Branch
• Trousers Lake
  • Left Hand Leg
  • Right Hand Leg
• Sisson Branch Reservoir
• more than thirty other officially named lakes

Islands

Islands at least partly within the parish. ^{[8] [9] [13]}

• Balm of Gilead Island
• Campbell Island
• Diamond Island
• Gulquac Island
• Horse Island
• Long Island
• Oxbow Island

Other notable places

Parks, historic sites, and other noteworthy places at least partly within the parish. ^{[8] [9] [13] [14]}

• Blue Mountain Protected Natural Area
• Nictau Airstrip
• Nictau Protected Natural Area
• Plaster Rock-Renous Wildlife Management Area ^[15]

Demographics

Population Population trend [16] [17] [18] Census Population Change (%) 2021 313 32.5% 2016 464 10.4% 2011 518 16.0% 2006 617 0.8% 2001 622 9.5% 1996 687 2.3% 1991 703 N/A

Language Mother tongue (2016) [18] Language Population Pct (%) English only 400 86.0% French only 60 12.9% Both English and French 0 0% Other languages 5 1.1%

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. By the magnet of 1896, ^[10] when declination in the area was between 20º and 21º west of north. ^[11] The Territorial Division Act clause referring to magnetic direction bearings was omitted in the 1952 ^[12] and 1973 Revised Statutes. ^[2]
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 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. 246. Retrieved 17 March 2021.
6. "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.
7. "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.
8. "No. 36". Provincial Archives of New Brunswick. Department of Natural Resources and Energy Development. Retrieved 23 June 2021. Remainder of parish on maps 37, 46, 47, 55–57, and 63–66 at same site.
9. "103" (PDF). Transportation and Infrastructure. Government of New Brunswick. Retrieved 23 June 2021. Remainder of parish on mapbooks 104, 125, 126, 147–149, 163–166, 179–183, and 194–198 at same site.
10. "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.
11. "Historical Magnetic Declination". National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Retrieved 30 April 2021.
12. "Chapter 227 Territorial Division Act". The Revised Statutes of New Brunswick 1952 Volume III. Fredericton: Government of New Brunswick. 1952. pp. 3725–3771.
13. "Search the Canadian Geographical Names Database (CGNDB)". Government of Canada. Retrieved 3 July 2021.
14. "Explore New Brunswick's Protected Natural Areas". GeoNB. Retrieved 3 July 2021.
15. "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.
16. Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006, 2011 census
17. 2011 Statistics Canada Census Profile: Lorne Parish, New Brunswick
18. "Census Profile, 2016 Census Lorne, Parish [Census subdivision], New Brunswick". Statistics Canada. Retrieved 31 August 2019.

47°07′03″N67°07′12″W / 47.11750°N 67.12000°W / 47.11750; -67.12000 (Lorne Parish, New Brunswick)