Rothesay Parish, New Brunswick

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

Rothesay
Parish
Location within Kings County, New Brunswick.
Country	Canada
Province	New Brunswick
County	Kings County
Erected	1870
Area [1]
• Land	7.26 km2 (2.80 sq mi)
Population  (2021) [1]
• Total	342
• Density	47.1/km2 (122/sq mi)
• Change 2016-2021	5.2%
• Dwellings	134
Time zone	UTC-4 (AST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-3 (ADT)
Figures do not include portion within the towns of Quispamsis and Rothesay

Rothesay is a geographic parish in Kings County, New Brunswick, Canada. ^[2]

Prior to the 2023 governance reform, it was divided for governence purposes between the towns of Rothesay and Quispamsis ^[3] and the local service district of the parish of Rothesay, ^[4] all of which were members of the Fundy Regional Service Commission (FRSC). ^[5]

Origin of name

The parish may have been named in honour of the Duke of Rothesay, one of the hereditary titles of the Prince of Wales, who visited the area in 1860 ^[6] as part of his tour of North America.

History

Rothesay was erected from Hampton Parish in 1870. ^[7]

In 1873 the boundary with Hampton was clarified among the islands of Hammond River and altered to run along grant lines on the mainland. ^[8]

Boundaries

Rothesay Parish is bounded: ^{[2] [9] [10] [11]}

• on the northwest by the Kennebecasis River;
• on the east by a line running up the Hammond River through its eastern channel, passing to the west of Darlings Island, past the island upriver of Darlings Island, then along grant lines through two islands, then upriver to a point about 675 metres upriver of Route 1, then south-southeasterly along a line about 300 metres west of, and parallel to, the eastern line of a grant to Zephaniah Kingsley to the rear line of the grant, then easterly along the grant line to the northeastern corner of a grant to Samuel Storms, then southeasterly along the eastern line of the Storms grant to the Saint John County line;
• on the south by the Saint John County line.

Communities

Communities at least partly within the parish; ^{[9] [10] [11]} bold indicates an incorporated municipality

French Village Quispamsis Blairs Gondola Point Hammond River Meenans Corner Otty Glen Ritchie Lake Stoneycroft

Rothesay Barsa Subdivision East Riverside-Kinghurst Fairvale Hillhurst Kennebecasis Park Renforth Upper Golden Grove Wells

Bodies of water

Bodies of water ^{[lower-alpha 1]} at least partly in the parish: ^{[9] [10] [11]}

Hammond River Kennebecasis River Salmon Creek Allison Lake Bay Lake Bradley Lakes

Duck Lake Hunter Lake MacFarlane Lake McKeever Lake McLachlan Lake Ritchie Lake

Conservation areas

Parks, historic sites, and related entities in the parish. ^{[9] [10] [11]}

• Stoneycroft Provincial Historic Site

Demographics

Parish population total does not include Quispamsis and the town of Rothesay

Population Population trend [12] [13] [14] Census Population Change (%) 2016 325 6.3% 2011 347 0.9% 2006 350 11.5% 2001 314 0.0%

Language Mother tongue (2016) [14] Language Population Pct (%) English only 285 87.7% French only 35 10.8% Both English and French 0 0% Other languages 5 1.5%

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 1

Principal Routes Route 100 Route 111

Secondary Routes: Route 860

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 30 October 2022.
2. "Chapter T-3 Territorial Division Act". Government of New Brunswick. Retrieved 13 November 2020.
3. "New Brunswick Regulation 85-6 under the Municipalities Act (O.C. 85-45)". Government of New Brunswick. Retrieved 19 July 2020.
4. "New Brunswick Regulation 84-168 under the Municipalities Act (O.C. 84-582)". Government of New Brunswick. Retrieved 19 July 2020.
5. "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
6. Ganong, William F. (1896). A Monograph of the Place-Nomenclature of the Province of New Brunswick. Royal Society of Canada. p. 266. Retrieved 17 March 2021.
7. "33 Vic. c. 56 An Act to erect a part of the Parish of Hampton, in King's County, into a separate Town or Parish.". Acts of the General Assembly of Her Majesty's Province of New Brunswick Passed in the Months of March & April 1870. Fredericton: Government of New Brunswick. 1870. pp. 112–115. Available as a free ebook from Google Books.
8. "36 Vic. c. 76 An Act to alter the division line between the Parishes of Hampton and Rothesay in the County of King's County.". Acts of the General Assembly of Her Majesty's Province of New Brunswick. Passed in the Months of March & April 1873. Fredericton: Government of New Brunswick. 1873. pp. 254–255. Available as a free ebook from Google Books.
9. "No. 149". Provincial Archives of New Brunswick. Department of Natural Resources and Energy Development. Retrieved 14 June 2021. Remainder of parish on map 157 at same site.
10. "446" (PDF). Transportation and Infrastructure. Government of New Brunswick. Retrieved 14 June 2021. Remainder of parish on mapbooks 460, 461, 473, and 474 at same site.
11. "Search the Canadian Geographical Names Database (CGNDB)". Government of Canada. Retrieved 14 June 2021.
12. Statistics Canada: 2001, 2006 census
13. 2011 Statistics Canada Census Profile: Rothesay Parish, New Brunswick
14. "Census Profile, 2016 Census: Rothesay, Parish [Census subdivision], New Brunswick". Statistics Canada. Retrieved 19 September 2019.
15. Atlantic Canada Back Road Atlas ISBN   978-1-55368-618-7

External links

• Town of Quispamsis
• Town of Rothesay

45°22′53″N65°58′14″W / 45.381301°N 65.970583°W / 45.381301; -65.970583 (Rothesay Parish, New Brunswick)