Manners Sutton Parish, New Brunswick

Manners Sutton
Parish
Location within York County, New Brunswick.
Coordinates: 45°41′N67°02′W / 45.69°N 67.04°W / 45.69; -67.04
Country	Canada
Province	New Brunswick
County	York
Erected	1855
Area [1]
• Land	524.75 km2 (202.61 sq mi)
Population  (2021) [1]
• Total	1,920
• Density	3.7/km2 (10/sq mi)
• Change 2016-2021	8.0%
• Dwellings	1,067
Time zone	UTC-4 (AST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-3 (ADT)
Figures do not include portion within the village of Harvey

Manners Sutton is a geographic parish in York County, New Brunswick, Canada. ^[2]

Prior to the 2023 governance reform, for governance purposes it was divided between the village of Harvey and the local service district of the parish of Manners Sutton, ^[3] both of which were members of the Southwest New Brunswick Service Commission (SNBSC). ^[4]

Origin of name

The parish was named in honour of John Manners-Sutton, 3rd Viscount Canterbury, ^[5] Lieutenant Governor of New Brunswick at the time. Canterbury Parish was erected at the same time.

History

Manners Sutton was erected in 1855 from Kingsclear and Prince William Parishes. ^[6]

Boundaries

Manners Sutton Parish is bounded: ^{[2] [7] [8]}

• on the northeast by a line beginning on the eastern shore of Lake George and running south 45º east ^{[lower-alpha 1]} along the northeastern line a grant to John Hood on the western side of Route 640 and along the southwestern boundary of Hanwell until it strikes the northwestern line of New Maryland Parish, about 5.2 kilometres past Route 640;
• on the southeast by the northwestern line of New Maryland Parish, which parallels the Sunbury County line;
• on the south by the Charlotte County line;
• on the northwest by a line beginning about 3.8 kilometres east of Route 3 on the Charlotte County line, then running northeasterly parallel to the Sunbury County line to the starting point on Lake George.

Communities

Communities at least partly within the parish. ^{[7] [8] [12]} bold indicates an incorporated municipality; italics indicate a name no longer in official use

• Acton
• Brockway
• Christie Ridge
• Coburn
• Cork
• Frog Lake
• Harvey (PO Harvey Station)
• Harvey Settlement
• Hurley Corner
• Manners Sutton
• Prince William Station
• Roach
• South Tweedside
• Swans Shore
• Thomaston Corner
• Tweedside
• Upper Brockway
• Upper Mills
• Wilmot
• York Mills

Bodies of water

Bodies of water ^{[lower-alpha 2]} at least partly within the parish. ^{[7] [8] [12]}

• Magaguadavic River
• Harvey Lake Thoroughfare
• Lyons Stream
• Yoho Stream
• Gardner Creek
• Jewetts Creek
• Frog Lake
• Lake George
• Grieve Lake
• Holland Lake
• Mud Lake
• Oromocto Lake
• Stephenson Lake

Islands

Islands at least partly within the parish. ^{[7] [8] [12]}

• Birch Island
• Cedar Islands
• Jackknife Islands
• Kelly Island
• Pine Island
• Ship Island
• Spruce Island

Other notable places

Parks, historic sites, and other noteworthy places at least partly within the parish. ^{[7] [8] [12]}

• Briggs & Little
• Brockway Airport

Demographics

Parish population total does not include Harvey

Population Population trend [13] [14] [15] [16] Census Population Change (%) 2016 1,777 1.6% 2011 1,806 3.1% 2006 1,863 1.0% 2001 1,882 2.8% 1996 1,830 5.1% 1991 1,741 N/A

Language Mother tongue (2016) [16] Language Population Pct (%) English only 1,715 96.3% French only 45 2.5% Other languages 20 1.1% Both English and French 0 0%

See also

• List of parishes in New Brunswick

Notes

1. By the magnet of 1896, ^[9] when declination in the area was between 19º and 20º west of north. ^[10] The Territorial Division Act clause referring to magnetic direction bearings was omitted in the 1952 ^[11] and 1973 Revised Statutes. ^[2]
2. 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 25 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. 249. Retrieved 17 March 2021. Ganong mistakenly gives his name as H.T. Manners-Sutton
6. "18 Vic. c. 46 An Act to erect a part of the Parishes of Kingsclear and Prince William, in the County of York, into a separate Town or Parish.". Acts of the General Assembly of Her Majesty's Province of New Brunswick, Passed in the Month of November, 1854, and in the Months of February, March, and April, 1855. Fredericton: Government of New Brunswick. 1855. p. 175. Available as a free ebook from Google Books.
7. "No. 136". Provincial Archives of New Brunswick. Department of Natural Resources and Energy Development. Retrieved 25 June 2021. Remainder of parish on maps 145 and 146 at same site.
8. "388" (PDF). Transportation and Infrastructure. Government of New Brunswick. Retrieved 25 June 2021. Remainder of parish on mapbooks 389, 407, 408, 424–426, and 439–441 at same site.
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. "Historical Magnetic Declination". National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Retrieved 5 May 2021.
11. "Chapter 227 Territorial Division Act". The Revised Statutes of New Brunswick 1952 Volume III. Fredericton: Government of New Brunswick. 1952. pp. 3725–3771.
12. "Search the Canadian Geographical Names Database (CGNDB)". Government of Canada. Retrieved 6 July 2021.
13. Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006, 2011 census
14. 2006 Statistics Canada Community Profile: Manners Sutton Parish, New Brunswick
15. 2011 Statistics Canada Census Profile: Manners Sutton Parish, New Brunswick
16. "Census Profile, 2016 Census: Manners Sutton, Parish [Census subdivision], New Brunswick". Statistics Canada. Retrieved 8 October 2019.

45°41′24″N67°02′24″W / 45.69000°N 67.04000°W / 45.69000; -67.04000 (Manners Sutton Parish, New Brunswick)