Stanley Parish, New Brunswick

This article is about the geographic parish and former LSD. For the community, see Stanley, New Brunswick.

Stanley
Parish
Stanley village
Location within York County, New Brunswick.
Coordinates: 46°29′51″N66°42′36″W / 46.4975°N 66.71°W / 46.4975; -66.71
Country	Canada
Province	New Brunswick
County	York
Erected	1837
Dissolved	1838
Reërected	1847
Area [1]
• Land	1,218.38 km2 (470.42 sq mi)
Population  (2021) [1]
• Total	920
• Density	0.8/km2 (2/sq mi)
• Change 2016-2021	10.6%
• Dwellings	433
Time zone	UTC-4 (AST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-3 (ADT)
Figures do not include portions within the village of Stanley and the rural community of Upper Miramichi

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

Prior to the 2023 governance reform, for governance purposes it was divided between the village of Stanley, the incorporated rural community of Upper Miramichi, ^[3] and the local service district of the parish of Stanley. ^[4] Upper Miramichi was a member of the Greater Miramichi Regional Service Commission (GMRSC), ^[5] the others of Capital Region Service Commission (RSC11). ^[5]

Origin of name

The parish takes its name from the settlement of Stanley, in turn named for Lord Stanley, ^[6] Secretary of State for War and the Colonies at the time and an early supporter of the New Brunswick and Nova Scotia Land Company that promoted settlement of the area.

History

The first iteration of Stanley was erected in 1837 from Douglas and Saint Marys Parishes. ^[7]

In 1838 Stanley was dissolved. ^[8]

In 1847 the modern Stanley was erected from Douglas and Saint Marys, ^[9] expanding to include the northern part of the county.

Boundaries

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

• on the northeast by the Northumberland County line;
• on the southeast and south by a line beginning at the meeting of point of Sunbury, Northumberland, and York Counties, then running southwesterly about 5.25 kilometres along the Sunbury County line to the prolongation of the northern line of Loyalist grants along the Nashwaak River, then west-southwesterly along the prolongation and the Loyalist grants to a point about 650 metres north-northwesterly of Red Rock Branch Road and 900 metres west-southwesterly of Route 107, then southerly along the rear line the Loyalist grants on the western side of the Nashwaak, including a grant to Alexander Drummond along the English Settlement Road, ^{[lower-alpha 1]} to the northern line of a grant to Samuel and John Casey, ^{[lower-alpha 2]} then westerly about 1.6 kilometres and southerly about 1.4 kilometres to the South Branch Dunbar Stream, then westerly up the South Branch Dunbar to the eastern line of a grant to Thomas Richards fronting on the eastern side of Route 620;
• on the southwest and west by a line running along the rear line of grants fronting on the east side of Route 620 and Currieburg Road to the northeastern corner of a grant to Isaac Woodward Jouett, on the south side of Mick Road, then running north ^{[lower-alpha 3]} to the Carleton County line;
• on the northwest by the Carleton and Victoria County lines.

Communities

Communities at least partly within the parish. ^{[10] [11] [17]} bold indicates an incorporated municipality or incorporated rural community; italics indicate a name no longer in official use

• Centreville
• Cross Creek
• Cross Creek Station
• English Settlement
• Giants Glen (The Glen)
• Green Hill
• Limekiln
• Maple Grove
• Maple Grove Station
• Mavis Mills
• Red Rock
• South Portage
• Stanley
• Sutherland Siding
• Tay Falls
• Tay Valley
• Ward Settlement
• Williamsburg
• Woodlands
• rural community of Upper Miramichi
  • Astle
  • Bloomfield Ridge
  • Clearwater
  • Gordon Vale
  • Hayesville
  • McGivney
  • North Cains
  • Parker Ridge
  • Taxis River
  • Tugtown

Bodies of water

Bodies of water ^{[lower-alpha 4]} at least partly within the parish. ^{[10] [11] [17]}

• Cains River
• Dungarvon River
• Little Dungarvon River
• Nashwaak River
• Southwest Miramichi River
• Taxis River
• Tay River
• Tuadook River
• Hinman Branch
• Dunbar Stream
• Cathle Creek
• Cross Creek
• more than thirty officially named lakes

Islands

Islands at least partly within the parish. ^{[10] [11] [17]}

• Clearwater Island
• Gaspereau Island
• Grassy Island
• Lower Birch Island
• Palmer Island
• Slate Island
• Strongbow Island
• Upper Birch Island
• Hayes Bar

Other notable places

Parks, historic sites, and other noteworthy places at least partly within the parish. ^{[10] [11] [17] [18] [19]}

• Bantalor Wildlife Management Area
• Clearwater Aerodrome
• Plaster Rock-Renous Wildlife Management Area
• Push and Be Damned Rapids
• Taxis Airstrip
• Tay River Protected Natural Area

Demographics

Parish population total does not include village of Stanley and portion within Upper Miramichi

Population Population trend [20] [21] [22] Census Population Change (%) 2016 832 7.9% 2011 903 7.0% 2006 after boundary change 971 N/A 2006 1,817 5.1% 2001 1,915 9.3% 1996 2,111 5.9% 1991 1,993 N/A

Language Mother tongue (2016) [22] Language Population Pct (%) English only 830 96.4% French only 25 3.0% Both English and French 0 0% Other languages 5 0.6%

See also

• List of parishes in New Brunswick

Notes

1. Mapbook 328 erroneously includes the Drummond grant with Stanley Parish, but cadastral map No. 104 has the correct boundary, as confirmed by Drummond's inclusion in the list of grantees for the Campbell grant. ^[12]
2. Both cadastral map No. 114 and mapbook 328 show the Casey grant being part of Saint Marys, although Casey wasn't part of either Loyalist group grant along the Nashwaak. The Casey grant was made in 1811, ^[13] more than twenty years before Stanley Parish was first erected to encompass the lands of the New Brunswick and Nova Scotia Land Company.
3. By the magnet of 1846, ^[14] when declination in the area was slightly more than 18º west of north. ^[15] The Territorial Division Act clause referring to magnetic direction bearings was omitted in the 1952 ^[16] and 1973 Revised Statutes. ^[2]
4. 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 2008-37 under the Municipalities Act (O.C. 2008-110)". Government of New Brunswick. Retrieved 25 July 2020.
4. "New Brunswick Regulation 84-168 under the Municipalities Act (O.C. 84-582)". Government of New Brunswick. Retrieved 25 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. 274. Retrieved 17 March 2021.
7. "7 Wm. IV c. 25 An Act for erecting a part of the Parishes of Saint Mary's and Douglas 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 1837. Fredericton: Government of New Brunswick. 1837. pp. 82–83. Retrieved 27 March 2021.
8. "1 Vic. c. 34 An Act to repeal an Act, intituled 'An Act for erecting a part of the Parishes of Saint Mary's and Douglas in the County of York, into a separate and distinct Town or Parish.'". Acts of the General Assembly of Her Majesty's Province of New Brunswick, Passed in the Year 1838. Fredericton: Government of New Brunswick. 1838. pp. 77–78. Retrieved 27 March 2021.
9. "9 Vic. c. 38 An Act for erecting a part of the Parishes of Saint Mary's and Douglas, in the County of York, into a separate and distinct Town or Parish.". Acts of the General Assembly of Her Majesty's Province of New Brunswick, Passed in the Year 1846. Fredericton: Government of New Brunswick. 1846. pp. 41–42. Retrieved 27 March 2021.
10. "No. 66". Provincial Archives of New Brunswick. Department of Natural Resources and Energy Development. Retrieved 25 June 2021. Remainder of parish on maps 74, 75, 83–85, 93–96, 104, 105, and 114 at same site.
11. "198" (PDF). Transportation and Infrastructure. Government of New Brunswick. Retrieved 25 June 2021. Remainder of parish on mapbooks 212, 213, 227, 228, 243–245, 259–261, 275–279, 291–295, 308–310, and 328 at same site.
12. "Grant number 11, Index to New Brunswick Land Grants, 1784 - 1997 (RS686)". Provincial Archives of New Brunswick. Retrieved 9 May 2021.
13. "Crown Grant Reference Map Viewer". Government of New Brunswick. Retrieved 9 May 2021.
14. "9 Vic. c. 38 An Act for erecting a part of the Parishes of Saint Mary's and Douglas, in the County of York, into a separate and distinct Town or Parish.". Acts of the General Assembly of Her Majesty's Province of New Brunswick, Passed in the Year 1846. Fredericton: Government of New Brunswick. 1846. pp. 41–42. Retrieved 27 March 2021.
15. "Historical Magnetic Declination". National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Retrieved 9 May 2021.
16. "Chapter 227 Territorial Division Act". The Revised Statutes of New Brunswick 1952 Volume III. Fredericton: Government of New Brunswick. 1952. pp. 3725–3771.
17. "Search the Canadian Geographical Names Database (CGNDB)". Government of Canada. Retrieved 3 July 2021.
18. "New Brunswick Regulation 94-43 under the Fish and Wildlife Act (O.C. 94-231)". Government of New Brunswick. 5 June 2006. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
19. "Explore New Brunswick's Protected Natural Areas". GeoNB. Retrieved 3 July 2021.
20. Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006 census
21. 2011 Statistics Canada Census Profile: Stanley Parish, New Brunswick
22. "Census Profile, 2016 Census: Stanley, Parish [Census subdivision], New Brunswick". Statistics Canada. Retrieved 28 August 2019.

External links

• The Village of Stanley
• Upper Miramichi Rural Community

46°29′51″N66°42′36″W / 46.49750°N 66.71000°W / 46.49750; -66.71000 (Stanley Parish, New Brunswick)