Sackville Parish, New Brunswick

This article is about the geographic parish, former local service district, and rural census subdivision. For the former town, see Sackville, New Brunswick. For other uses, see Sackville (disambiguation).

Sackville
Parish
Location within Westmorland County, New Brunswick.
Coordinates: 46°11′N64°36′W / 46.19°N 64.60°W / 46.19; -64.60
Country	Canada
Province	New Brunswick
County	Westmorland County
Erected	1786
Area [1]
• Land	578.90 km2 (223.51 sq mi)
Lowest elevation	0 m (0 ft)
Population  (2021) [1]
• Total	1,204
• Density	2.1/km2 (5/sq mi)
• Change 2016-2021	1.9%
• Dwellings	549
Time zone	UTC-4 (AST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-3 (ADT)
Area code	506
Figures do not include portions within the town of Sackville and the rural community of Beaubassin East

Sackville is a geographic parish in Westmorland County, New Brunswick, Canada. ^[4]

For governance purposes it is divided between the town of Tantramar, the incorporated rural community of Strait Shores, ^[5] and the Southeast rural district, ^[6] with small border areas belonging to the town of Cap-Acadie. ^{[lower-alpha 1]} All are members of the Southeast Regional Service Commission. ^[7]

Prior to the 2023 governance reform, the parish was divided between the town of Sackville ^[8] and the local service district of the parish of Sackville, ^[9] with a small area in the northeast part of the rural community of Beaubassin East. ^[10]

Origin of name

The parish was named in honour of Lord George Sackville, ^[11] later Secretary of State for the Colonies.

History

Sackville was established in 1772 as a Nova Scotia township. ^[12]

Sackville was erected as one of Westmorland County's original parishes in 1786 ^[13] with enlarged boundaries; most of the modern town of Shediac was added.

In 1827 the northern part of Sackville was included in the newly erected Shediac Parish. ^[14]

In 1880 the boundary with Westmorland Parish was altered, adding a large inland area to Sackville. ^[15]

In 1894 the existing boundaries were made retroactive to the erection of the parish. ^[16]

Boundaries

Sackville Parish is bounded: ^{[2] [17] [18]}

• on the north by the prolongation of a line running south 83º 45' east ^{[lower-alpha 2]} from the southern side of the mouth of Fox Creek, beginning about 5.75 kilometres past the Memramcook River and running easterly to a point about 200 metres east of Chemin des Moulins in Saint-André-LeBlanc;
• on the northeast by a line running north 38º 30' west ^{[lower-alpha 3]} from the southeast angle of lot number one, granted to Otho Reed, at the mouth of Gaspereau Creek in Port Elgin;
• on the southeast by a line beginning about 8 kilometres southeasterly of Route 940, then running south 45º west ^{[lower-alpha 4]} to Brooklyn Road, then turning slightly more westerly and running to Robinson Brook, then down Robinson Brook and Goose Creek to Big Jolicure Lake, then through the lake to a point on the western shore about 1.6 kilometres southeast of Brooklyn Road, then south 57º 30' west ^{[lower-alpha 4]} to the prolongation of Route 940 and Goose Lake Road, then south-southeasterly along the Goose Lake Road prolongation to the Aulac River, then downstream to the Cumberland Basin;
• on the south by the Cumberland Basin and Chignecto Bay;
• on the west by Shepody Bay and a line beginning at the junction of Ralph Stiles Road and Route 935 and running northeasterly 102 chains (about 2.1 kilometres) along the southeastern line of a grant to John Sherwood and its prolongation to a point about 100 metres south of Route 106, then running north 11º east ^{[lower-alpha 5]} to the starting point.

Communities

Communities at least partly within the parish. ^{[17] [18] [25]} bold indicates an incorporated municipality or rural community

• Aboushagan Road
• Anderson Settlement
• Beaubassin East
• British Settlement
• Brooklyn
• Brooklyn Road
• Centre Village
• Cherry Burton
• Coles Island
• Cookville
• Evans
• Fairfield
• Johnson's Mills
• Lower Rockport
• Midgic
• Mount View
• Rockport
• Upper Rockport
• Upper Sackville
• Ward
• West Sackville
• Westcock
• Wood Point
• Woodhurst
• Sackville
  • Frosty Hollow
  • Middle Sackville
  • Ogden Mill

Bodies of water

Bodies of water ^{[lower-alpha 6]} at least partly within the parish. ^{[17] [18] [25]}

• Aulac River
• Gaspereau River
• South Branch Memramcook River
• Tantramar River
• Log Lake Stream
• Allen Creek
• Goose Creek
• Green Creek
• Harvey Creek
• Johnson Creek
• Morice Creek
• Wood Creek
• Cumberland Basin
• Chignecto Bay
• Shepody Bay
• Pink Rock Lake
• more than ten other officially named lakes

Other notable places

Parks, historic sites, and other noteworthy places at least partly within the parish. ^{[17] [18] [25] [26]}

• Johnson's Mills Protected Natural Area

Demographics

Parish population total does not include town of Sackville and portion within Beaubassin East

Population Historical populations: Sackville Parish, NB Year Pop. ±% 1991 1,237 —     1996 1,237 +0.0% 2001 1,266 +2.3% 2006 1,174 −7.3% 2011 1,336 +13.8% 2016 1,182 −11.5% [27] [28] [29]

Language Mother tongue (2016) [29] Language Population Pct (%) English only 1,105 93.2% French only 60 5.1% Both English and French 0 0% Other languages 20 1.7%

Access routes

Highways and numbered routes that run through the parish, including external routes that start or finish at the parish limits: ^[30]

Highways Route 2 (TCH) Route 16 (TCH)

Principal Routes Route 106

Secondary Routes: Route 935 Route 940

External Routes: None

See also

• List of parishes in New Brunswick

Notes

1. Maps still visible as thumbnails show the current and previous governance boundaries. ^[5]
2. By the magnet of 1894, ^[16] when declination in the area was between 21º and 22º west of north. ^[19] The Territorial Division Act clause referring to magnetic direction bearings was omitted in the 1952 ^[20] and 1973 Revised Statutes. ^[2]
3. By the magnet of 1867, ^[16] when declination in the area was between 21º and 22º west of north. ^[21]
4. By the magnet of 1880, ^[15] when declination in the area was between 22º and 23º west of north. ^[22]
5. By the magnet of 1765, ^[23] when declination in the area was a bit more than 14º west of north. ^[24]
6. 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 26 March 2023.
3. "Chapter I-13 Interpretation Act". Government of New Brunswick. Retrieved 26 March 2023.
4. The Territorial Division Act ^[2] divides the province into 152 parishes, the cities of Saint John and Fredericton, and one town of Grand Falls. The Interpretation Act ^[3] clarifies that parishes include any local government within their borders.
5. "Southeast Regional Service Commission: RSC 7". Government of New Brunswick. Retrieved 26 March 2023.
6. "Southeast Regional Service Commission: RD 7". Government of New Brunswick. Retrieved 26 March 2023.
7. "Regions Regulation – Regional Service Delivery Act". Government of New Brunswick. 21 July 2022. Retrieved 26 March 2023.
8. "Municipalities Order - Municipalities Act". Government of New Brunswick. 25 June 2021. Retrieved 26 March 2023.
9. "Local Service Districts Regulation - Municipalities Act". Government of New Brunswick. 25 June 2021. Retrieved 26 March 2023.
10. "New Brunswick Regulation 95-36 under the Municipalities Act (O.C. 95-342)". Government of New Brunswick. Retrieved 23 July 2020.
11. 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.
12. Ganong, William F. (1899). A Monograph of Historic Sites in the Province of New Brunswick. Royal Society of Canada. p. 335. Retrieved 27 March 2021.
13. "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.
14. "8 Geo. IV c. 13 An Act to erect the North-eastern part of the County of Westmoreland into a distinct Town or Parish, and also to authorize the appointment of Parish Officers at the November General Sessions in each year.". Acts of the General Assembly of His Majesty's Province of New-Brunswick, Passed in the Year 1827. Fredericton: Government of New Brunswick. 1827. pp. 28–30. Retrieved 27 March 2021.
15. "43 Vic. c. 40 An Act to alter a portion of the Boundary Line of the Parish of Sackville, Westmorland County.". Acts of the General Assembly of Her Majesty's Province of New Brunswick. Passed in the Months of March & April 1880. Fredericton: Government of New Brunswick. 1880. pp. 80–81. Available as a free ebook from Google Books.
16. "57 Vic. c. 36 An Act to amend Chapter 2 of the Consolidated Statutes, of 'The division of the Province into Counties, Towns and Parishes,' so far as relates to the County of Westmorland.". 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. 162–163. Available as a free ebook from Google Books.
17. "No. 120". Provincial Archives of New Brunswick. Department of Natural Resources and Energy Development. Retrieved 24 June 2021. Remainder of parish on maps 121, 132, 133, and 144 at same site.
18. "339" (PDF). Transportation and Infrastructure. Government of New Brunswick. Retrieved 24 June 2021. Remainder of parish on mapbooks 340, 341, 360–362, 381, 382, 401, 402, and 420 at same site.
19. "Historical Magnetic Declination". National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Retrieved 2 May 2021.
20. "Chapter 227 Territorial Division Act". The Revised Statutes of New Brunswick 1952 Volume III. Fredericton: Government of New Brunswick. 1952. pp. 3725–3771.
21. "Historical Magnetic Declination". National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Retrieved 2 May 2021.
22. "Historical Magnetic Declination". National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Retrieved 2 May 2021.
23. "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. Book was poorly proofread, resulting in title typo and reuse of page numbers 145–152.
24. "Historical Magnetic Declination". National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Retrieved 2 May 2021.
25. "Search the Canadian Geographical Names Database (CGNDB)". Government of Canada. Retrieved 3 July 2021.
26. "Explore New Brunswick's Protected Natural Areas". GeoNB. Retrieved 3 July 2021.
27. Statistics Canada: 2001, 2006 census
28. 2011 Statistics Canada Census Profile: Sackville Parish, New Brunswick
29. "Census Profile, 2016 Census: Sackville, Parish [Census subdivision], New Brunswick". Statistics Canada. Retrieved 5 October 2019.
30. Atlantic Canada Back Road Atlas ISBN   978-1-55368-618-7

External links

• Rural community of Beaubassin East
• Town of Sackville

45°54′43″N64°19′13″W / 45.911869°N 64.320145°W / 45.911869; -64.320145 (Sackville Parish, New Brunswick)