Wickham Parish, New Brunswick

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

Wickham
Parish
Location within Queens County, New Brunswick.
Country	Canada
Province	New Brunswick
County	Queens County
Erected	1786
Area [1]
• Land	160.54 km2 (61.98 sq mi)
Population  (2021) [1]
• Total	409
• Density	2.5/km2 (6/sq mi)
• Change 2016-2021	4.2%
• Dwellings	383
Time zone	UTC-4 (AST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-3 (ADT)
Figures do not include portion within the village of Cambridge-Narrows

Wickham is a geographic parish in Queens County, New Brunswick, Canada. ^[2]

Prior to the 2023 governance reform, for governance purposes it was divided between the village of Cambridge-Narrows and the local service district of the parish of Wickham, ^[3] both of which were members of Kings Regional Service Commission (RSC8). ^[4]

Origin of name

The parish may have been named for Wickham, Hampshire, ^[5] near the birthplace of William Spry. Among Spry's numerous pre-Loyalist grants was one of 3000 acres in the Wickham area in 1774. ^[6]

History

Wickham was erected in 1786 as one of the county's original parish. ^[7] The parish surrounded Washademoak Lake and extended past the county line. ^[8]

In 1839 the northeastern part of Wickham was erected as Johnston Parish. ^[9]

In 1852 part of Wickham was included in the newly erected Cambridge Parish. ^[10]

In 1895 the eastern half of Long Island was transferred from Hampstead Parish. ^[11]

Boundaries

Wickham Parish is bounded: ^{[2] [12] [13] [14]}

• on the east by a line beginning on Washademoak lake at the end of Watson Road in Cambridge-Narrows, then running southeasterly along Watson Road and Route 695 to the Kings County line;
• on the southeast by the Kings County line;
• on the west by the Saint John River;
• on the northwest by Washademoak Lake;
• including Hog Island, Killaboy Island, Lower Musquash Island, and the eastern half of Long Island.

Communities

Communities at least partly within the parish; ^{[12] [13] [14]} bold indicates an incorporated municipality

• Belyeas Cove
• Big Cove
• Cambridge-Narrows
• Carpenter
• Crafts Cove
• Henderson Settlement
• London Settlement
• MacDonalds Point
• Shannon
• Wickham

Bodies of water

Bodies of water ^{[lower-alpha 1]} at least partly in the parish: ^{[12] [13] [14]}

• Saint John River
• Colwells Creek
• Washademoak Creek
• Cranberry Lake
• Long Island Lake
• Musquash Lake
• Washademoak Lake

Islands

Islands in the parish: ^{[12] [13] [14]}

• Birch Island
• Hog Island
• Killaboy Island
• Long Island
• Lower Musquash Island
• Pine Island

Other notable places

Parks, historic sites, and other noteworthy places in the parish. ^{[12] [13] [14]}

• Hampstead Ferry
• The Bluff

Demographics

Parish population total does not include portion within Cambridge-Narrows

Population Population trend [15] [16] [17] Census Population Change (%) 2016 427 0.2% 2011 426 7.4% 2006 460 14.2% 2001 402

Language Mother tongue (2016) [17] Language Population Pct (%) English only 410 95.3% French only 5 1.2% Both English and French 5 1.2% Other languages 10 2.3%

Access Routes

Highways and numbered routes that run through the parish, including external routes that start or finish at the parish limits: ^[18]

Highways None

Principal Routes None

Secondary Routes: Route 705 Route 710

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 84-168 under the Municipalities Act (O.C. 84-582)". Government of New Brunswick. Retrieved 19 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. (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. x. Retrieved 12 April 2021.
6. Ganong, William F. (1899). A Monograph of Historic Sites in the Province of New Brunswick. Royal Society of Canada. p. 334. Retrieved 17 April 2021.
7. "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.
8. Ganong, William F. (1901). A Monograph of the Evolution of the Boundaries of the Province of New Brunswick. Royal Society of Canada. p. Map No. 35. Retrieved 21 March 2021.
9. "2 Vic. c. 21 An Act to erect a part of the Parish of Wickham, in Queen's County 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 1839. Fredericton: Government of New Brunswick. 1839. pp. 65–66. Retrieved 27 March 2021.
10. "15 Vic. c. 36 An Act for the erection of a new Parish in Queen's County.". Acts of the General Assembly of Her Majesty's Province of New Brunswick, Passed in the Year 1852. Fredericton: Government of New Brunswick. 1852. pp. 55–56. Retrieved 27 March 2021.
11. "57 Vic. c. 35 An Act to change the boundaries of the Parishes of Wickham and Hampstead, in the County of Queen's.". 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. 160–161. Available as a free ebook from Google Books.
12. "No. 139". Provincial Archives of New Brunswick. Department of Natural Resources and Energy Development. Retrieved 19 June 2021. Remainder of parish on map 149 at same site.
13. "394" (PDF). Transportation and Infrastructure. Government of New Brunswick. Retrieved 19 June 2021. Remainder of parish on mapbooks 412, 413, 430, and 431 at same site.
14. "Search the Canadian Geographical Names Database (CGNDB)". Government of Canada. Retrieved 19 June 2021.
15. Statistics Canada: 2001, 2006 census
16. 2011 Statistics Canada Census Profile: Wickham Parish, New Brunswick
17. "Census Profile, 2016 Census Wickham, Parish [Census subdivision], New Brunswick". Statistics Canada. Retrieved 27 September 2019.
18. Atlantic Canada Back Road Atlas ISBN   978-1-55368-618-7

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