Kingston Parish, New Brunswick

The parish's name may have been chosen as a symbol of loyalty to the Crown but was also a common name in the Thirteen Colonies.[5]

Kingston was erected in 1786 as one of the original parishes of Kings County.[6] It included Greenwich Parish and parts of Hampton, Kars, and Norton Parishes but part of the modern parish along the Kennebecasis River was in Westfield Parish.

In 1795 Kings County's parishes were reorganised, erecting Hampton and Norton.[7]

In 1844 the boundary with Norton was altered.[8]

Kingston Parish is defined in the Territorial Division Act[2] as being bounded:

Northwest by Belleisle Bay and Long Reach; southwest by Westfield Parish; southeast by the Kennebecasis Bay and River until it meets the line dividing lots numbered twelve and thirteen in the Kingston grant; thence northerly along said line and easterly along the rear of the said grant to the line between the lots numbered thirty-three and thirty-four therein; thence northwesterly along the prolongation of said line to the Springfield Parish line; thence southwesterly and northerly along said Springfield Parish line to Belleisle Bay, including Long Island, in the Kennebecasis River.

The entire parish forms the local service district of the parish of Kingston, established in 1968 to assess for fire protection. Non-fire related rescue was added in 2015. First aid and ambulance services (1976–2015) was formerly included.

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

This is a list of rivers, lakes, streams, creeks, marshes and Islands that are at least partially in this parish

• Kennebecasis River
• Long Island
• Mather Island
• Saint John River

Highways and numbered routes that run through the parish, including external routes that start or finish at the parish limits:[11]

• List of parishes in New Brunswick