Newcastle Parish, New Brunswick

Newcastle is a civil parish in Northumberland County, New Brunswick, Canada.[2]

This article is about the parish. For the former town, see Newcastle, New Brunswick.
Newcastle
Parish
Location within Northumberland County, New Brunswick
Coordinates: 47.0°N 65.57°W / 47.0; -65.57
Country Canada
Province New Brunswick
CountyNorthumberland
Erected1786
Area
 • Land578.92 km2 (223.52 sq mi)
Population
 (2016)[1]
 • Total1,136
 • Density2.0/km2 (5/sq mi)
 • Change
2011-2016
 6.9%
 • Dwellings
522
Time zoneUTC-4 (AST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC-3 (ADT)

For governance purposes it is divided between the city of Miramichi,[3] the Indian reserves of Eel Ground 2 and Metepenagiag Uta'nk, and the local service districts of Lower Newcastle-Russellville and the parish of Newcastle.[4] The city and LSDs are members of the Greater Miramichi Regional Service Commission (GMRSC).[5]

Origin of name

The parish's name probably came from Newcastle upon Tyne,[6] a city in what was then Northumberland County, England, located near Alnwick.

History

Newcastle was erected in 1786 as one the Northumberland County's original parishes.[7] The northern boundary was slightly south of where it is today; the western boundary was well west of the bend of the Northwest Miramichi River and reached down to Westmorland County.[8]

In 1814 Northumberland County was reorganised and Newcastle assumed its modern shape.[9] Carleton, Chatham, Glenelg, Ludlow, Northesk and Wellington Parishes were all erected at least in part from Newcastle and all except Chatham were later split.

In 1824 the boundary with Northesk was adjusted.[10]

Delineation

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

East by Alnwick Parish; south by Miramichi River; north by the County line; and west by a line running north from the southeast angle of lot number five, granted to Oliver Willard, at Oxford Cove.[lower-alpha 1]

Communities

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

Demographics

See also

Notes
  1. Now officially Jones Cove.[11]

References
  1. "Census Profile, 2016 Census: Newcastle, Parish [Census subdivision], New Brunswick". Statistics Canada. Retrieved September 25, 2019.
  2. "Chapter T-3 Territorial Division Act". Government of New Brunswick. Retrieved 13 November 2020.
  3. "New Brunswick Regulation 85-6 under the Municipalities Act (O.C. 85-45)". Government of New Brunswick. Retrieved 19 July 2020.
  4. "New Brunswick Regulation 84-168 under the Municipalities Act (O.C. 84-582)". Government of New Brunswick. Retrieved 19 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. 227.
  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.
  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.
  9. "54 Geo. III c. 17 An Act in further addition to an Act, intituled '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 1814. Saint John, New Brunswick: Government of New Brunswick. 1814. pp. 16–18.
  10. "5 Geo. IV c. 20 An Act to alter the Division Line between the Parishes of New-Castle and Northesk, in the County of Northumberland.". Acts of the General Assembly of His Majesty's Province of New-Brunswick, Passed in the Year 1824. Fredericton: Government of New Brunswick. 1824. pp. 44–45.
  11. "Oxford Cove". Canadian Geographical Names. Government of Canada. Retrieved 24 August 2016.
  12. Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006 census
  13. 2011 Statistics Canada Census Profile: Newcastle Parish, New Brunswick



This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.