Rothesay Parish, New Brunswick

Rothesay is a civil parish in Kings County, New Brunswick, Canada.[2]

This article is about the parish. For the town, see Rothesay, New Brunswick.
Rothesay
Parish
Location within Kings County, New Brunswick.
Country Canada
Province New Brunswick
CountyKings County
Erected1870
Area
 • Land7.26 km2 (2.80 sq mi)
Population
 (2016)[1]
 • Total325
 • Density44.8/km2 (116/sq mi)
 • Change 2011-2016
 6.3%
 • Dwellings
136
Time zoneUTC-4 (AST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC-3 (ADT)

For governance purposes it is divided between the towns of Rothesay and Quispamsis[3] and the local service district of the parish of Rothesay,[4] all of which are members of the Fundy Regional Service Commission (FRSC).[5]

Origin of name

The parish may been named for the Duke of Rothesay, one of the hereditary titles of the Prince of Wales, who visited the area in 1860[6] as part of his tour of North America.

History

Rothesay was erected from Hampton Parish in 1870.[7]

In 1873 the boundary with Hempton was clarified among the islands of Hammond River and altered to run along grant lines on the mainland.[8]

Delineation

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

Westerly and northerly by the Kennebecasis Bay and River; easterly by Hampton Parish and southerly by the County line.

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, Peninsulas and Islands that are at least partially in this parish

  • Hunter Lake

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: Rothesay, Parish [Census subdivision], New Brunswick". Statistics Canada. Retrieved September 19, 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. 266.
  7. "33 Vic. c. 56 An Act to erect a part of the Parish of Hampton, in King's County, into a separate Town or Parish.". Acts of the General Assembly of Her Majesty's Province of New Brunswick Passed in the Months of March & April 1870. Fredericton: Government of New Brunswick. 1870. pp. 112–115.
  8. "36 Vic. c. 76 An Act to alter the division line between the Parishes of Hampton and Rothesay in the County of King's County.". Acts of the General Assembly of Her Majesty's Province of New Brunswick. Passed in the Months of March & April 1873. Fredericton: Government of New Brunswick. 1873. pp. 254–255.
  9. Statistics Canada: 2001, 2006 census
  10. 2011 Statistics Canada Census Profile: Rothesay Parish, New Brunswick
  11. Atlantic Canada Back Road Atlas ISBN 978-1-55368-618-7



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