Kingsclear Parish, New Brunswick

Kingsclear is a civil parish in York County, New Brunswick, Canada.[2]

This article is about the parish. For the community, see Kingsclear, New Brunswick.
Kingsclear
Parish
Location within York County, New Brunswick.
Coordinates: 45.885°N 66.9075°W / 45.885; -66.9075
Country Canada
Province New Brunswick
CountyYork
Erected1786
Area
 • Land303.38 km2 (117.14 sq mi)
Population
 (2016)[1]
 • Total7,572
 • Density24.96/km2 (64.6/sq mi)
 • Change
2011-2016
 2.4%
 • Dwellings
2,925
 Kingsclear Parish including RC of Hanwell
Time zoneUTC-4 (AST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC-3 (ADT)

For governance purposes it is divided between the city of Fredericton, the Indian reserve of Kingsclear 6, the incorporated rural community of Hanwell,[3] and the local service district of the parish of Kingsclear,[4] all of which except the Indian reserve are members of Regional Service Commission 11 (RSC11).[5] The LSD includes the special service area of Oswald Gray.

Origin of name

The parish's name may be a shortening of King's Clearing, a reference to early clearing of forests in the area.[6][7]

History

Kingsclear was erected in 1786 as one of the county's original parishes.[8] The parish ran twelve miles back into the country and included the islands in front of it in the Saint John River.

In 1845 Madam Keswick Island (Keswick Island and Mitchells Island) was transferred to Douglas Parish.[9]

In 1850 the area behind Fredericton was included in the newly erected New Maryland Parish; Merrithews Island (Upper and Lower Shores Islands) was transferred to Douglas; and Kingsclear was extended back to the Charlotte County line.[10]

In 1855 the rear of Kingsclear was included in the newly erected Manners Sutton Parish.[11]

In 1867 Nevers Island and part of Sugar Island were transferred to Douglas.[12]

In 1869 the 1867 changes were repealed.[13]

In 1903 the 1867 changes were reinstituted.[14]

In 1973 Nevers Island was returned to Kingsclear.[15]

Delineation

Kingsclear Parish was defined in the Territorial Division Act[2] as being bounded:

North by the Saint John River; southeast by the City of Fredericton and New Maryland Parish; southwest by Manners Sutton Parish, and northwest by the lower line of lot numbered one, granted to Francis Horsman, and its southwesterly prolongation, including all the islands in front, with the exception of Upper Shores, Lower Shores, Mitchells, Merrithews and Keswick Islands, and the north range of lots, comprising lots number one to number nine inclusive, and lots number thirty-seven to number seventy-one inclusive, on Sugar Island, which form part of the Parish of Douglas.

Communities

Parish population total does not include incorporated municipalities (in bold):

Bodies of water

Bodies of water at least partly in the parish

  • Saint John River

Demographics

See also

Notes
  1. The 2011 population count of the LSD was only 2,947[18] and the rural community had the same boundaries as the LSD.

References
  1. "Census Profile, 2016 Census Kingsclear, Parish [Census subdivision], New Brunswick and Hanwell, Rural community [Census subdivision], New Brunswick". Statistics Canada. Retrieved October 8, 2019.
  2. "Chapter T-3 Territorial Division Act". Government of New Brunswick. Retrieved 13 November 2020.
  3. "New Brunswick Regulation 2014-30 under the Municipalities Act (O.C. 2014-81)". 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. 243.
  7. "Kingsclear Parish". Provincial Archives of New Brunswick. Retrieved 24 October 2020.
  8. "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.
  9. "8 Vic. c. 66 An Act to annex the Madam Kiswick Island to the Parish of Douglas, in the County of York.". Acts of the General Assembly of Her Majesty's Province of New Brunswick, Passed in the Year 1845. Fredericton: Government of New Brunswick. 1845. p. 46.
  10. "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.
  11. "18 Vic. c. 46 An Act to erect a part of the Parishes of Kingsclear and Prince William, in the County of York, into a separate Town or Parish.". Acts of the General Assembly of Her Majesty's Province of New Brunswick, Passed in the Month of November, 1854, and in the Months of February, March, and April, 1855. Fredericton: Government of New Brunswick. 1855. p. 175.
  12. "30 Vic. c. 30 An Act to alter and amend Chapter 1, Title I, of the Revised Statutes, 'Of the Division of the Province into Counties and Parishes.'.". Acts of the General Assembly of Her Majesty's Province of New Brunswick, Passed in the Month of June 1867. Fredericton: Government of New Brunswick. 1867. p. 53.
  13. "32 Vic. c. 79 An Act relating to certain Islands in the River Saint John, lying in front of the Parishes of Kingsclear and Douglas, in the County of York.". Acts of the General Assembly of Her Majesty's Province of New Brunswick. Passed in the Month of April 1869. Fredericton: Government of New Brunswick. 1869. pp. 136–137.
  14. "Chapter 2. Respecting the Division of the Province into Counties, Towns, and Parishes.". The Consolidated Statutes of New Brunswick, 1903. Vol. I. Fredericton: Government of New Brunswick. 1903. pp. 17–54.
  15. "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.
  16. Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006 census
  17. 2011 Statistics Canada Census Profile: Kingsclear Parish, New Brunswick
  18. "Hanwell LSD Census Profile". Statistics Canada. Retrieved 25 July 2020.
  19. 2006 Statistics Canada Community Profile: Kingsclear Parish, New Brunswick



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