North Lake Parish, New Brunswick

North Lake
Parish
Location within York County, New Brunswick.
Coordinates: 45°49′39″N67°43′48″W / 45.8275°N 67.73°W / 45.8275; -67.73
Country	Canada
Province	New Brunswick
County	York
Erected	1879
Area [1]
• Land	439.60 km2 (169.73 sq mi)
Population  (2021) [1]
• Total	282
• Density	0.6/km2 (2/sq mi)
• Change 2016-2021	21.0%
• Dwellings	383
Time zone	UTC-4 (AST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-3 (ADT)

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

Prior to the 2023 governance reform, for governance purposes it formed the local service district of the parish of North Lake, ^[3] which was a member of the Western Valley Regional Service Commission (WVRSC). ^[4]

Origin of name

The parish takes its name from the eponymous lake. ^[5]

History

North Lake was erected in 1879 from Canterbury Parish. ^[6]

Boundaries

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

• on the north by the Carleton County line;
• on the east by a line running up Eel River, including First Eel Lake, Second Eel Lake, and Third Eel Lake, then east-southeasterly across land to La Coote Lake, then down La Coote Lake and Big La Coote Stream to the northern end of Palfrey Lake;
• on the southeast by a line running southwesterly from the southeastern corner of a grant to Abraham Lint west of Allandale Road near the Saint John River to a point west of Sandy Point on Spednic Lake, paralleling the southeastern lines of other parishes south of the Saint John River;
• on the west by the international border, running up Spednic Lake, Grand Lake, the North Lake Thoroughfare, North Lake, and Monument Brook to the Carleton County line.

Communities

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

Forest City Fosterville Graham Corner Green Mountain

Maxwell North Lake Pemberton Ridge

Bodies of water

Bodies of water ^{[lower-alpha 1]} at least partly within the parish. ^{[7] [8] [9]} italics indicate a name no longer in official use

Eel River Big La Coote Stream Mud Lake Stream Bolton Lake more than a dozen other officially named lakes

Chiputneticook Lakes Grand Lake Mud Lake (Azesko Lake) North Lake North Lake Thoroughfare Spednic Lake

Islands

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

• Frog Island
• Pine Island

Other notable places

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

• First Eel Lake Protected Natural Area
• Hay Brook Protected Natural Area
• Maxwell Protected Natural Area
• Monument Brook Protected Natural Area
• North Lake Protected Natural Area
• Spednic Lake Protected Natural Area
• Tamarack Brook Protected Natural Area

Demographics

Population Population trend [11] [12] [13] Census Population Change (%) 2016 233 4.1% 2011 243 19.0% 2006 300 37.6% 2001 218 2.3% 1996 213 4.9% 1991 224 N/A

Language Mother tongue (2016) [13] Language Population Pct (%) English only 215 91.5% French only 5 2.1% Both English and French 0 0% Other languages 15 6.4%

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 30 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. 258. Retrieved 17 March 2021.
6. "42 Vic. c. 42 An Act to erect part of the Parish of Canterbury, 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 1879. Fredericton: Government of New Brunswick. 1879. pp. 84–85. Available as a free ebook from Google Books.
7. "No. 123". 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. "365" (PDF). Transportation and Infrastructure. Government of New Brunswick. Retrieved 25 June 2021. Remainder of parish on mapbooks 384, 385, 403–405, 421–423, and 438 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, 2011 census
12. 2011 Statistics Canada Census Profile: North Lake Parish, New Brunswick
13. "Census Profile, 2016 Census North Lake, Parish [Census subdivision], New Brunswick". Statistics Canada. Retrieved 7 October 2019.

45°49′39″N67°43′48″W / 45.82750°N 67.73000°W / 45.82750; -67.73000 (North Lake Parish, New Brunswick)