Queensbury Parish, New Brunswick

Queensbury
Parish
Location within York County.
Coordinates: 45°57′45″N67°00′54″W / 45.9625°N 67.015°W / 45.9625; -67.015
Country	Canada
Province	New Brunswick
County	York
Erected	1786
Area [1]
• Land	294.35 km2 (113.65 sq mi)
Population  (2021) [1]
• Total	1,237
• Density	4.2/km2 (11/sq mi)
• Change 2016-2021	5.4%
• Dwellings	579
Time zone	UTC-4 (AST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-3 (ADT)

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

Prior to the 2023 governance reform, for governance purposes it was formed the local service district of the parish of Queensbury, ^[3] which was a member of Capital Region Service Commission (RSC11). ^[4]

Origin of name

The area was settled by the Queen's Rangers, ^[5] a Loyalist unit named in honour of Queen Charlotte.

History

Queensbury was erected in 1786 as one of the original parishes of York County. ^[6]

In 1824 part of Queensbury was included in the newly erected Douglas Parish. ^[7]

In 1835 the boundary between Queensbury and Douglas was moved upriver, removing territory from Queensbury. ^[8]

In 1842 the interior boundary with Douglas was altered. ^[9]

In 1847 four islands in the Saint John River were transferred from Prince William Parish. ^[10] Big Coac, Little Coac, and Great Bear all appear on the cadastral map of the area; ^[11] Bloodworth appears as Heustis Island, which was granted to N. Bloodworth.

In 1865 the boundary with Southampton Parish was altered, ^[12] adding the remainder of the Caverhill Settlement to Queensbury.

In 1973 all mention of islands in the Saint John River was removed. ^[13] The islands were flooded by the Mactaquac Dam.

Boundaries

Queensbury Parish is bounded: ^{[2] [14] [15]}

• on the northeast beginning where the Burnt Lake Branch crosses the Bright Parish line, about 2.6 kilometres northwesterly of the Central Hainesville Road, and about 3.1 kilometres northeasterly of where Route 104 crosses the East Branch Nackawic Stream, on the prolongation of the central line of a two-lot grant to Jonathan Williams on the Saint John River, then running southeasterly along the prolongation and the Williamson line to the Saint John, about 675 metres south of the mouth of Currie Brook;
• on the southeast and southwest by the Saint John River;
• on the northwest by a line beginning on the shore of the Saint John about 150 metres downstream of the mouth of Quigg Brook, then running northeasterly about 6.4 kilometres along the upper line of a large grant to Major Richard Armstrong and its prolongation to the southeastern line of a grant to William Dobie, about 1.7 kilometres northwesterly of Route 610, then northwesterly about 750 metres along the Dobie grant and its prolongation to the rear line of a grant to John Morehouse, then northeasterly and northwesterly along the Morehouse grant to the East Branch Nackawic Stream, then up the East Branch Nackawic and the Burnt Lake Branch to the starting point.

Governance

The entire parish forms the local service district of the parish of Queensbury, established in 1966 to assess for fire protection. Community services were added in 1967 and first aid and ambulance services in 1978.

Communities

Communities at least partly within the parish. ^{[14] [15] [16]}

• Bear Island
• Day Hill
• Granite Hill
• Lower Caverhill
• Lower Line Queensbury
• Lower Queensbury
• McNallys
• Middle Hainesville
• Scotch Lake
• Springfield
• Staples Settlement
• Upper Caverhill
• Upper Hainesville
• Upper Queensbury
• Wiggins Mill

Bodies of water

Bodies of water ^{[lower-alpha 1]} at least partly within the parish. ^{[14] [15] [16]}

• Saint John River
  • Coac Reach
  • Nackawic Bend
  • Scoodawakscook Bend
• Burtt Lake Branch
• Coac Stream
• Little Mactaquac Stream
• Mactaquac Stream
  • Mactaquac Stream Basin
• Mill Stream
• East Branch Nackawic Stream
• Mazerall Creek
• Pinder Creek
• Sandy Creek
• Campbell Lake
• Coac Lake
• Mactaquac Lake
• Scotch Lake

Other notable places

Parks, historic sites, and other noteworthy places at least partly within the parish. ^{[14] [15] [16] [17]}

• Mill Stream-Mactaquac Protected Natural Area
• Scottsfield Airpark Airport

Demographics

Population Population trend [18] [19] [20] [21] Census Population Change (%) 2016 1,174 7.7% 2011 1,272 4.7% 2006 1,215 0.7% 2001 1,223 0.2% 1996 1,225 2.2% 1991 1,199 N/A

Language Mother tongue (2016) [21] Language Population Pct (%) English only 1,110 94.5% French only 40 3.4% Other languages 20 1.7% Both English and French 5 0.4%

See also

• List of parishes in New Brunswick
• Royal eponyms in Canada

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 2 February 2021
5. Ganong, William F. (1896). A Monograph of the Place-Nomenclature of the Province of New Brunswick. Royal Society of Canada. p. 264. Retrieved 17 March 2021.
6. "26 Geo. III Chapter I. An Act for the better ascertaining and confirming the Boundaries of the several Counties within this Province, and for subdividing them into Towns or Parishes.". Acts of the General Assembly of His Majesty's Province of New-Brunswick, passed in the year 1786. Saint John, New Brunswick: Government of New Brunswick. 1786. pp. 3–12. Retrieved 20 March 2021.
7. "5 Geo. IV c. 27 An Act for erecting a part of the Parishes of Saint Mary and Queensbury, in the County of York, into a separate and distinct Town or Parish.". Acts of the General Assembly of His Majesty's Province of New-Brunswick, Passed in the Year 1824. Fredericton: Government of New Brunswick. 1824. pp. 63–65. Retrieved 27 March 2021.
8. "5 Wm. IV c. 32 An Act to alter the division line between the Parishes of Douglas and Queensbury in the County of York.". Acts of the General Assembly of His Majesty's Province of New-Brunswick, Passed in the Year 1835. Fredericton: Government of New Brunswick. 1835. pp. 40–41. Retrieved 27 March 2021.
9. "5 Vic. c. 11 An Act to alter the Division Line of the Parishes of Douglas and Queensbury, in the County of York.". Acts of the General Assembly of Her Majesty's Province of New Brunswick, Passed in the Year 1842. Fredericton: Government of New Brunswick. 1842. p. 10. Retrieved 27 March 2021.
10. "9 Vic. c. 39 An Act to annex certain Islands in the River Saint John to the Parish of Queensbury, in the County of York.". Acts of the General Assembly of Her Majesty's Province of New Brunswick, Passed in the Year 1846. Fredericton: Government of New Brunswick. 1846. p. 42. Retrieved 27 March 2021.
11. "No. 125". Provincial Archives of New Brunswick. Department of Natural Resources and Energy Development. Retrieved 24 October 2020.
12. "28 Vic. c. 52 An Act to alter and the division line between the Parishes of Queensbury and Southampton in the County of York.". Acts of the General Assembly of Her Majesty's Province of New Brunswick, Passed in the Months of May & June 1865. Fredericton: Government of New Brunswick. 1865. pp. 150–151. Retrieved 27 March 2021.
13. "Chapter T-3 Territorial Division Act". Revised Statutes of New Brunswick 1973 Volume IV. Fredericton: Government of New Brunswick. 1973. pp. 1–70. The original printed version is cited separately to distinguish it from the edited version available online.
14. "No. 112". Provincial Archives of New Brunswick. Department of Natural Resources and Energy Development. Retrieved 25 June 2021. Remainder of parish on maps 113, 124, and 125 at same site.
15. "326" (PDF). Transportation and Infrastructure. Government of New Brunswick. Retrieved 25 June 2021. Remainder of parish on mapbooks 346–348, 367–369, 388, and 389 at same site.
16. "Search the Canadian Geographical Names Database (CGNDB)". Government of Canada. Retrieved 3 July 2021.
17. "Explore New Brunswick's Protected Natural Areas". GeoNB. Retrieved 3 July 2021.
18. Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006 census
19. 2006 Statistics Canada Community Profile: Queensbury Parish, New Brunswick
20. 2011 Statistics Canada Census Profile: Queensbury Parish, New Brunswick
21. "Census Profile, 2016 Census Queensbury, Parish [Census subdivision], New Brunswick". Statistics Canada. Retrieved 7 October 2019.

External links

• York Rural Community Project

45°57′45″N67°00′54″W / 45.96250°N 67.01500°W / 45.96250; -67.01500 (Queensbury Parish, New Brunswick)