Perth Parish, New Brunswick

This article is about the geographic parish, former local service district, and rural census subdivision. For the former village, see Perth-Andover.

Perth
Parish
Location within Victoria County, New Brunswick.
Coordinates: 46°41′N67°37′W / 46.69°N 67.62°W / 46.69; -67.62
Country	Canada
Province	New Brunswick
County	Victoria
Erected	1833
Area [1]
• Land	318.10 km2 (122.82 sq mi)
Population  (2021) [1]
• Total	1,047
• Density	3.3/km2 (9/sq mi)
• Change 2016-2021	3.2%
• Dwellings	560
Time zone	UTC-4 (AST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-3 (ADT)
Figures do not include portions within the village of Perth-Andover and the Tobique 20 Indian reserve

Perth 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 village of Perth-Andover, the Indian reserve of Tobique 20, and the local service district of the parish of Perth. ^[3] The village and LSD were both members of the Western Valley Regional Service Commission (WVRSC). ^[4]

Origin of name

Sir Archibald Campbell, then Lieutenant Governor of New Brunswick, was born at Glen Lyon, Perthshire, Scotland. Another possible origin is that local Scotch settlers named it for the city of Perth, Scotland. ^[5]

History

Perth was erected in 1833 in Carleton County from Kent Parish. ^[6] The parish included all of modern Victoria County east of the Saint John River and south of the Grand Falls.

In 1850 Victoria County was erected from Carleton County; the new county line ran through Perth, removing part of the parish. ^[7]

In 1853 all of Perth north of the Tobique Indian Reserve was included in the newly erected Grand Falls Parish. ^[8]

In 1854 the county line was moved to the pre-1850 southern line of Perth. ^[9]

In 1864 the eastern part of Perth was included in the newly erected Gordon Parish. ^[10] Three months later the pre-1854 county line was restored. ^[11]

Boundaries

Perth Parish is bounded: ^{[2] [12] [13]}

• on the north by a line running true east from the northwestern corner of the Tobique 20 Indian reserve on the Saint John River;
• on the east by the Royal Road, ^{[lower-alpha 1]} starting about 14.5 kilometres inland and running southerly or south-southeasterly along a path passing west of Birch Ridge, through Red Rapids, to the Carleton County line north of Chapmanville;
• on the south by the Carleton County line;
• on the west by the Saint John River.

Communities

Communities at least partly within the parish. ^{[12] [13] [15]} bold indicates an incorporated municipality or Indian reserve; italics indicate a name no longer in official use

• Beech Glen
• Bon Accord
• Currie
• Gladstone
• Gladwyn
• Hillside (Caldwell Brook)
• Inman
• Kilburn
• Kincardine
• Lower Kintore
• Lower Perth
• Muniac
• Perth-Andover
• Quaker Brook
• Red Rapids
• Rowena
• Tobique 20
  • Maliseet
• Tobique Narrows
• Upper Kintore

Bodies of water

Bodies of water ^{[lower-alpha 2]} at least partly within the parish. ^{[12] [13] [15]}

• Pokiok River
• Saint John River
• Tobique River
• Monquart Stream
• Muniac Stream
• Larlee Creek
• Mud Lake

Other notable places

Parks, historic sites, and other noteworthy places at least partly within the parish. ^{[12] [13] [15] [16]}

• Blind Gully Brook Protected Natural Area
• Pokiok River Protected Natural Area
• Porcupine Mountain Protected Natural Area
• Tobique Narrows Dam

Demographics

Parish population total does not include Tobique 20 Indian reserve and portion within Perth-Andover

Population Population trend [17] [18] [19] Census Population Change (%) 2016 1,082 1.3% 2011 1,096 12.9% 2006 1,259 2.3% 2001 1,288 3.5% 1996 1,335 1.8% 1991 1,311 N/A

Language Mother tongue (2016) [19] Language Population Pct (%) English only 995 92.1% French only 65 6.0% Other languages 15 1.4% Both English and French 5 0.5%

See also

• List of parishes in New Brunswick

Notes

1. The Royal Road is now traceable on maps only by the parish line. The remainder of the Royal Road and similar roads can be seen in an 1878 map of Victoria County. ^[14]
2. 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 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. (1906). Additions and Corrections to Monographs on the Place-Nomenclature, Cartography, Historic Sites, Boundaries and Settlement-origins of the Province of New Brunswick. Royal Society of Canada. p. 41. Retrieved 12 April 2021.
6. "3 Wm. IV c. 17 An Act to divide the Parish of Kent, in the County of Carleton, into Five Towns or Parishes.". Acts of the General Assembly of His Majesty's Province of New Brunswick, Passed in the Year 1833. Fredericton: Government of New Brunswick. 1833. pp. 114–115. Retrieved 27 March 2021.
7. "13 Vic. c. 51 An Act to consolidate all the Laws now in force for the division of the Province into Counties, Towns and Parishes.". Acts of the General Assembly of Her Mjaesty's Province of New Brunswick, Passed in the Year 1850. Fredericton: Government of New Brunswick. 1850. pp. 142–152, 145–149. Retrieved 27 March 2021. Book was poorly proofread, resulting in title typo and reuse of page numbers 145–152.
8. "15 Vic. c. 35 An Act to erect part of the Parish of Andover, the County of Victoria, into a separate Parish.". Acts of the General Assembly of Her Majesty's Province of New Brunswick, Passed in the Year 1852. Fredericton: Government of New Brunswick. 1852. p. 55. Retrieved 27 March 2021.
9. "Chapter 1.". The Revised Statutes of New Brunswick Volume 1. Fredericton: Government of New Brunswick. 1854. pp. 2–19. Retrieved 27 March 2021.
10. "26 Vic. c. 44 An Act to erect parts of the Parishes of Grand Falls, Perth, and Saint Leonard, 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 April, 1863. Fredericton: Government of New Brunswick. 1863. p. 101. Retrieved 27 March 2021.
11. "27 Vic. c. 27 An Act to define the Boundaries between the Counties of Carleton and Victoria.". Acts of the General Assembly of Her Majesty's Province of New Brunswick, Passed in the Month of April 1864. Fredericton: Government of New Brunswick. 1864. pp. 50–51. Retrieved 27 March 2021.
12. "No. 72". Provincial Archives of New Brunswick. Department of Natural Resources and Energy Development. Retrieved 23 June 2021. Remainder of parish on maps 73, 81, and 82 at same site.
13. "208" (PDF). Transportation and Infrastructure. Government of New Brunswick. Retrieved 23 June 2021. Remainder of parish on mapbooks 209, 223, 224, 239, and 240 at same site.
14. Roe, A. D.; Roe, W. B. (1878). Atlas of the Maritime Provinces of the Dominion of Canada. Saint John, New Brunswick: Roe Brothers. p. 27. Copies can be found at several websites.
15. "Search the Canadian Geographical Names Database (CGNDB)". Government of Canada. Retrieved 3 July 2021.
16. "Explore New Brunswick's Protected Natural Areas". GeoNB. Retrieved 3 July 2021.
17. Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006 census
18. 2011 Statistics Canada Census Profile: Perth Parish, New Brunswick
19. "Census Profile, 2016 Census: Perth, Parish [Census subdivision], New Brunswick". Statistics Canada. Retrieved 2 October 2019.

External links

• Village of Perth-Andover

46°41′24″N67°37′12″W / 46.69000°N 67.62000°W / 46.69000; -67.62000 (Perth Parish, New Brunswick)