McAdam Parish, New Brunswick

This article is about the geographic parish, former local service district, and rural census subdivision. For the village, see McAdam, New Brunswick.

McAdam
Parish
Location within York County, New Brunswick.
Coordinates: 45°41′N67°24′W / 45.68°N 67.40°W / 45.68; -67.40
Country	Canada
Province	New Brunswick
County	York
Erected	1895
Area [1]
• Land	534.77 km2 (206.48 sq mi)
Population  (2021) [1]
• Total	61
• Density	0.1/km2 (0.3/sq mi)
• Change 2016-2021	16.4%
• Dwellings	45
Time zone	UTC-4 (AST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-3 (ADT)
Figures do not include portion within the village of McAdam

McAdam 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 McAdam and the local service district of the parish of McAdam, ^[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 McAdam, a timber merchant and politician who died in 1893. ^[5]

History

McAdam was erected in 1895 from Prince William and Dumfries Parishes. ^[6]

Boundaries

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

• on the northeast by a line beginning at a point about 825 metres east of Moon Pond, then running southeasterly along grant lines, crossing Shogomoc Lake, to the prolongation of the eastern line of large grants to the New Brunswick Railway Company and New Brunswick and Canada Railway and Land Company east of McAdam, then southerly along the railway grants, crossing Magaguadavic Lake, to the railway north of Mink Lake, then running south-southwesterly, south-southeasterly, and southerly, crossing Route 4 to a point about 1 kilometre south of Route 4 and 2.9 kilometres southwest of its junction with Diffen Road;
• on the southeast by a line paralleling the Sunbury County line, as with other parishes south of the Saint John River, striking the Charlotte County line about 3 kilometres east of Route 630;
• on the south by the Charlotte County line;
• on the west and southwest by the international border, running through the St. Croix River and Spednic Lake;
• on the northwest by a line beginning west of Sandy Point and running northeasterly, paralleling the southeastern line, to the starting point.

Communities

Communities at least partly within the parish. ^{[7] [8] [9]} bold indicates an incorporated municipality; italics indicate a name no longer in official use

• Burpee
• Cottrell
• McAdam
• Newcomb
• St. Croix
• Sugar Brook

Bodies of water

Bodies of water ^{[lower-alpha 1]} at least partly within the parish. ^{[7] [8] [9]}

• Digdeguash River
• St. Croix River
• Canoose Stream
• Diggity Stream
• Shogomoc Stream
• Musquash Flowage
• Magaguadavic Lake
• Palfrey Lake
• Spednic Lake
• more than fifteen other officially named lakes

Islands

Islands at least partly within the parish. ^{[7] [8] [9]}

• Bells Island
• Ben Beaches Island
• Big Island
• Cummings Island
• Estys Island
• Hardwood Island
• Lindsay Island
• Little Indian Island
• Long Island
• Luffs Island
• O'Malleys Island
• Parker Island
• Star Island
• Todds Island
• Varney Island
• Whites Island
• Williams Island
• Works Island

Other notable places

Parks, historic sites, and other noteworthy places at least partly within the parish. ^{[7] [8] [9] [10]}

• Spednic Lake Protected Natural Area

Demographics

Parish population total does not include village of McAdam

Population Population trend [11] [12] [13] [14] Census Population Change (%) 2016 73 170.4%* 2011 27 66.3%* 2006 80 9.1% 2001 88 17.0% 1996 106 13.8% 1991 123 N/A The net change from 2006 to 2016 (80 people to 73) is a decline of 8.75%

Language Mother tongue (2016) [14] Language Population Pct (%) English only 70 93.3% French only 0 0% Both English and French 0 0% Other languages 5 6.7%

Access Routes

Highways and numbered routes that run through the parish, including external routes that start or finish at the parish limits: ^[15]

Highways Route 4

Principal Routes None

Secondary Routes: None

External Routes: None

See also

• List of parishes in New Brunswick

Notes

1. 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. 247. Retrieved 17 March 2021.
6. "57 Vic. c. 34 An Act to erect part of the Parishes of Prince William and Dumfries, in the County of York, into a separate Parish.". Acts of the General Assembly of Her Majesty's Province of New Brunswick. Passed in the Month of April, 1894. Fredericton: Government of New Brunswick. 1894. pp. 157–160. Available as a free ebook from Google Books.
7. "No. 124". Provincial Archives of New Brunswick. Department of Natural Resources and Energy Development. Retrieved 25 June 2021. Remainder of parish on maps 134, 135, and 145 at same site.
8. "386" (PDF). Transportation and Infrastructure. Government of New Brunswick. Retrieved 25 June 2021. Remainder of parish on mapbooks 387, 405, 406, 423, 424, 438, and 439 at same site.
9. "Search the Canadian Geographical Names Database (CGNDB)". Government of Canada. Retrieved 3 July 2021.
10. "Explore New Brunswick's Protected Natural Areas". GeoNB. Retrieved 3 July 2021.
11. Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006 census
12. 2006 Statistics Canada Community Profile: McAdam Parish, New Brunswick
13. 2011 Statistics Canada Census Profile: McAdam Parish, New Brunswick
14. "Census Profile, 2016 Census: McAdam, Parish [Census subdivision], New Brunswick". Statistics Canada. Retrieved 7 October 2019.
15. Atlantic Canada Back Road Atlas ISBN   978-1-55368-618-7

External links

• Village of McAdam

45°40′48″N67°24′00″W / 45.68000°N 67.40000°W / 45.68000; -67.40000 (McAdam Parish, New Brunswick)