Waterborough Parish, New Brunswick

Waterborough is a civil parish in Queens County, New Brunswick, Canada.[2]

This article is about the parish. For the community, see Waterborough, New Brunswick.
Waterborough
Parish
Location within Queens County, New Brunswick.
Coordinates: 45.84°N 64.59°W / 45.84; -64.59
Country Canada
Province New Brunswick
CountyQueens County
Erected1786
Area
 • Land445.55 km2 (172.03 sq mi)
Population
 (2016)[1]
 • Total847
 • Density1.9/km2 (5/sq mi)
 • Change
2011-2016
 0.5%
 • Dwellings
885
Time zoneUTC-4 (AST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC-3 (ADT)

For governance purposes it forms the local service district of the parish of Waterborough,[3] which is a member of Regional Service Commission 11 (RSC11).[4]

Origin of name

The parish was said locally to describe the terrain.[5] The original boundaries surrounded Grand Lake.

History

Waterborough was erected in 1786 as one of the county's original parishes.[6] It completely surrounded Grand Lake and extended past the county line.[7]

In 1827 Canning Parish was erected from Waterborough.[8]

In 1852 part of Waterborough was included in the newly erected Cambridge Parish.[9]

In 1855 Waterborough was expanded to the northwest, adding all of Chipman Parish southeast of Coal Creek.[10]

In 1856 the boundary with Cambridge was adjusted.[11]

In 1896 Waterborough was expanded northwest to reach the county line, taking part of Chipman.[12]

Delineation

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

Southeast by Johnston and Brunswick Parishes; northeast by the County line; northwest by Chipman Parish and a line along the centre of Grand Lake from the mouth of Coal Creek to Mill Cove, and southwest by Cambridge Parish.

Communities

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

Bodies of water and 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:[16]

See also

References
  1. "Census Profile, 2016 Census Waterborough, Parish [Census subdivision], New Brunswick". Statistics Canada. Retrieved September 27, 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 19 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. Ganong, William F. (1896). A Monograph of the Place-Nomenclature of the Province of New Brunswick. Royal Society of Canada. p. 279.
  6. "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.
  7. 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.
  8. "8 Geo. IV c. 12 An Act for erecting the North-western part of the Town or Parish of Waterborough, in Queens County, into a separate Town or Parish.". Acts of the General Assembly of His Majesty's Province of New-Brunswick, Passed in the Year 1827. Fredericton: Government of New Brunswick. 1827. pp. 26–27.
  9. "15 Vic. c. 36 An Act for the erection of a new Parish in Queen's County.". Acts of the General Assembly of Her Majesty's Province of New Brunswick, Passed in the Year 1852. Fredericton: Government of New Brunswick. 1852. pp. 55–56.
  10. "18 Vic. c. 50 An Act to alter the division line between the Parishes of Chipman and Waterborough, in Queen's County.". Acts of the General Assembly of Her Majesty's Province of New Brunswick, Passed in the Month of November, 1854, and in the Months of February, March, and April, 1855. Fredericton: Government of New Brunswick. 1855. p. 179.
  11. "19 Vic. c. 5 An Act to alter the Division Line of the Parish of Cambridge, in Queen's County.". Acts of the General Assembly of Her Majesty's Province of New Brunswick, Passed in the Months of March, April, and May 1856. Fredericton: Government of New Brunswick. 1856. pp. 4–5.
  12. "59 Vic. c. 8 An Act to Revise and Codify an Act to Provide for the Division of the Province into Counties, Towns and Parishes.". Acts of the General Assembly of Her Majesty's Province of New Brunswick. Passed in the Month of March, 1896. Fredericton: Government of New Brunswick. 1896. pp. 86–123.
  13. Statistics Canada: 2001, 2006 census
  14. Profile: Waterborough Parish, New Brunswick
  15. 2011 Statistics Canada Census Profile: Waterborough Parish, New Brunswick
  16. Atlantic Canada Back Road Atlas ISBN 978-1-55368-618-7



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