Simonds Parish, Carleton County, New Brunswick

Simonds is a civil parish in Carleton County, New Brunswick, Canada,[2] located north of Woodstock on the western bank of the Saint John River. It comprises one local service district and part of one town, both of which are members of the Western Valley Regional Service Commission (WVRSC).[3]

Not to be confused with Simonds Parish, Saint John County, New Brunswick.
Simonds
Parish
Location within Carleton County, New Brunswick
Coordinates: 46.3275°N 67.5525°W / 46.3275; -67.5525
Country Canada
Province New Brunswick
CountyCarleton
Erected1842
Area
 • Land75.56 km2 (29.17 sq mi)
Population
 (2016)[1]
 • Total473
 • Density6.3/km2 (16/sq mi)
 • Pop 2011-2016
 16.3%
 • Dwellings
203
Time zoneUTC-4 (AST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC-3 (ADT)

The Census subdivision of Simonds Parish includes all of the civil parish except the town of Florenceville-Bristol.[1]

Origin of name

The parish may have been named in honour of Charles Simonds, Speaker of the House of Assembly when the parish was erected, or his family, who were prominent in the early history of the province.[4]

History

Simonds was erected in 1842 from northern Wakefield Parish.[5] It included Wilmot Parish and extended nearly a kilometre further upriver.

In 1869 the western polling district of Simonds, created in 1867,[6] was erected as Wilmot Parish.[7]

In 1870 the northern boundary was moved to its current location;[8] the lost territory was added to Wicklow Parish.

Boundaries

Simonds Parish is bounded on the north by the northern line of land grant at the mouth of Whitemarsh Creek and its prolongation; on the east by the Saint John River; on the south by the southern line of a land grant at the mouth of the Little Presque Isle Stream and its prolongation; and on the west by two reserved lines running east of the Charleston Road and west of or along the Mount Delight and Wilmot Roads. The parish also includes the islands in front of it in the Saint John River.[2]

The islands large enough to have permanent names are Becaguimec, Presque Isle, and Lower Presque Isle.

Municipality

The town of Florenceville-Bristol is located at the northeastern corner of the parish,[9] along the Saint John River.

Local service district

The local service district of the parish of Simonds comprises all of the parish that is not part of Florenceville-Bristol.[10]

The LSD was established in 1966 to assess for fire protection.[11] Community services were added in 1967.[12]

Today Simonds assesses for community & recreation services in addition to the basic LSD services of fire protection, police services, land use planning, emergency measures, and dog control.[13] The taxing authority is 214.00 Simonds.

LSD advisory committee: Yes, as of 2018.[14] Chair Tena McLellan sat on the WVRSC board of directors from August 2016 until June 2018.[15][16][14]

Communities

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

Bodies of water

Bodies of water at least partly in the parish

  • Saint John River

Demographics

See also

References
  1. "Census Profile, 2016 Census: Simonds, Parish [Census subdivision], New Brunswick". Statistics Canada. Retrieved August 29, 2019.
  2. "Chapter T-3 Territorial Division Act". Government of New Brunswick. Retrieved 13 November 2020.
  3. "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 1 February 2021
  4. Ganong, William F. (1896). A Monograph of the Place-Nomenclature of the Province of New Brunswick. Royal Society of Canada. p. 273.
  5. "5 Vic. c. 17 An Act to erect the upper part of the Parish of Wakefield, in the County of Carleton, into a separate and distinct Town or Parish.". Acts of the General Assembly of Her Majesty's Province of New Brunswick, Passed in the Year 1842. Fredericton: Government of New Brunswick. 1842. p. 13.
  6. "30 Vic. c. 26 An Act to establish additional Polling places in the County of Carleton.". Acts of the General Assembly of Her Majesty's Province of New Brunswick, Passed in the Month of June 1867. Fredericton: Government of New Brunswick. 1867. pp. 49–51.
  7. "32 Vic. c. 52 An Act to erect part of the Parish of Simonds in the County of Carleton into a separate Town or Parish.". Acts of the General Assembly of Her Majesty's Province of New Brunswick. Passed in the Month of April 1869. Fredericton: Government of New Brunswick. 1869. pp. 97–98.
  8. "33 Vic. c. 10 An Act to alter the Division Line between the Parish of Wicklow and the Parishes of Simonds and Wilmot, in the County of Carleton.". 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. p. 19.
  9. "New Brunswick Regulation 85-6 under the Municipalities Act (O.C. 85-45)". Government of New Brunswick. Retrieved 12 January 2021.
  10. "New Brunswick Regulation 84-168 under the Municipalities Act (O.C. 84-582)". Government of New Brunswick. Retrieved 12 January 2021.
  11. "Regulation 66–41 under the Municipalities Act (O. C. 66–968)". The Royal Gazette. Fredericton. 124: 604–605. 21 December 1966.
  12. "Regulation 67–130 under the Municipalities Act (O. C. 67–1196)". The Royal Gazette. Fredericton. 126: 10–11. 3 January 1968.
  13. "2020 Local Government Statistics for New Brunswick" (PDF). Department of Environment and Local Government. p. 55. Retrieved 12 January 2021.
  14. "2018 Annual Report" (PDF). Western Valley Regional Service Commission. 2016. p. 2. Retrieved 27 January 2021.
  15. "2016 Annual Report" (PDF). Western Valley Regional Service Commission. 2016. p. 2. Retrieved 27 January 2021.
  16. "2017 Annual Report" (PDF). Western Valley Regional Service Commission. 2016. p. 2. Retrieved 27 January 2021.
  17. Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006 census
  18. 2011 Statistics Canada Census Profile: Simonds Parish, New Brunswick



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