Musquash Parish, New Brunswick

Musquash is a civil parish in Saint John County, New Brunswick, Canada.[2]

This article is about the parish. For the community, see Musquash, New Brunswick.
Musquash
Parish
Location within Saint John County.
map erroneously shows Saint John as part of Simonds Parish
Coordinates: 46.17°N 66.36°W / 46.17; -66.36
Country Canada
Province New Brunswick
CountySaint John County
Erected1877
Area
 • Land235.33 km2 (90.86 sq mi)
Population
 (2016)[1]
 • Total1,194
 • Change
2011-16
 0.5%
 • Dwellings
600
Time zoneUTC-4 (AST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC-3 (ADT)
Median Income*$71,680 CDN
  • Median household total income, 2015 (all households)

For governance purposes it forms the local service district of the parish of Musquash,[3] which is a member of the Fundy Regional Service Commission (FRSC).[4]

Origin of name

The Provincial Archives of New Brunswick gives it origin as "derived from the Maliseet word for muskrat" but does not mention that word or give a source.[5]

William F. Ganong has entries for Musquash Islands and Musquash Harbour, the former translated from the French I. aux Rats musquez, island of muskrats, the latter uncertain, both possibly related to Maliseet words.[6]

Musquash is a synonym of muskrat, possibly borrowed from Massachusett.[7]

History

Musquash was erected in 1877 from Lancaster Parish.[8]

Delineation

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

All that part of the County which lies west of the City of Saint John.

Communities

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

Bodies of water & Islands

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

Demographics

Access Routes

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

See also

References
  1. "Census Profile, 2016 Census: Musquash, Parish [Census subdivision], New Brunswick". Statistics Canada. Retrieved September 29, 2019.
  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 22 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. "Musquash Parish". Provincial Archives of New Brunswick. Retrieved 23 October 2020.
  6. Ganong, William F. (1896). A Monograph of the Place-Nomenclature of the Province of New Brunswick. Royal Society of Canada. p. 227.
  7. "musquash". The Free Dictionary. Farlex. Retrieved 23 October 2020. American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language and Collins English Dictionary are cited.
  8. "41 Vic. c. 21 An Act to erect part of the Parish of Lancaster, in the City and County of Saint John, into a separate Parish.". Acts of the General Assembly of Her Majesty's Province of New Brunswick. Passed in the Month of March 1877. Fredericton: Government of New Brunswick. 1877. pp. 91–93.
  9. Statistics Canada: 2001, 2006 census
  10. 2011 Statistics Canada Census Profile: Musquash Parish, New Brunswick
  11. Atlantic Canada Back Road Atlas ISBN 978-1-55368-618-7



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