Madawaska Parish, New Brunswick

The parish was named for the Madawaska River.[7]

Madawska was erected in 1833 from the northern part of Kent Parish, taking in most of modern Madawaska County and the northern part of Victoria County.[8]

In 1850 three new parishes were erected from Madawaska: Saint-Basile, Saint-François, and Saint-Léonard.[9]

In 1852 the parish was extended northward to include territory awarded in the boundary settlement with Lower Canada.[10]

In 1874 the centre of modern Edmundston was added to Madawaska from Saint-Basile.[11]

In 1877 Saint-Jacques Parish was erected from Madawaska and Saint-Hilaire Parish also included part of Madawaska.[12]

In 1930 Saint-Joseph Parish included part of Madawaska.[13]

In 1946 Madawaska was affected by the major reorganisation of Madawaska County parish boundaries.[14]

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

Beginning at a point in the International Boundary where it is intersected by the southeast prolongation of the southwest limit of lot No. 25 fronting on the St. John River granted to Alexander Ouellet, Jr., thence northwesterly along said prolongation and said limit of said lot No. 25 to the rear line of lots fronting on the St. John River, thence northeasterly along the northern limit of lots fronting on the St. John River to the southwest angle of lot No. 118 in Tier Two north of the St. John River granted to Vital Ouellet, thence northerly along the west limit of said lot No. 118 to the north limit of lots in Tier Two north of the St. John River thence easterly along said limit to the west limit of lots fronting on the west side of the Madawaska River, thence northerly along said limit to the northern limit of lot No. 15 granted to Peter St. Ange, thence easterly along said northern limit of lot No. 15 to the western shore of the Madawaska River, thence following the western shore of the Madawaska River downstream to a point where it is intersected by the western prolongation of the southern limit of lot No. 16 east of the Madawaska River granted to Cyprien Michaud, thence easterly along said prolongation and said southern limit of the eastern shore of Iroquois River, thence southerly along the eastern shore of said Iroquois River to the northwestern angle of lot No. 1 granted to Jos. Martin, thence in a southeasterly direction following the western limit of said lot No. 1 and its prolongation to the southeastern angle of lot No. 150, thence in a southwesterly direction following the southeastern limit of said lot No. 150 and its prolongation to the International Boundary, thence in a westerly direction along the said International Boundary to the place of beginning.

Also:- Beginning at a point in Green River[lower-alpha 1] where the same is intersected by the northeasterly prolongation of the northwest limit of lot No. 1 north of the St. John River and near the mouth of the Madawaska River granted to John Hart, thence from said place of beginning running in a northeasterly direction along said prolongation to the boundary line between the Counties of Madawaska and Restigouche thence northwesterly along said boundary line to Green River, thence in a southerly direction following the various courses of said Green River to the place of beginning.

Parish population total does not include incorporated municipalities (in bold) and communities within their respective boundaries (in italics).

• Edmundston

Bodies of water at least partly in the parish

• Saint John River

• List of parishes in New Brunswick