Westfield Parish, New Brunswick

The parish may have been named for the town of Westfield in Massachusetts.

Westfield was erected in 1786 as one of the original parishes of the county.[5]

The 1795 reorganisation of the county[6] affected the boundary on the Kingston Peninsula.

In 1896 the boundary on the Long Reach side of the Kingston Peninsula was altered slightly.[7]

Westfield Parish is defined in the Territorial Division Act[8] as being bounded:

On the northwest, south and west, by the boundary line of the County; and on the northeast by a line beginning on the County line between Kings and Queens, intersected by the northwestern prolongation of the line dividing lots number twenty-three and number twenty-four at Devils Back, on the Long Reach; thence southeasterly along said prolongation and line to the northwestern shore of the Long Reach; thence southeasterly in a direct line across the Saint John River to the line dividing lots number twenty-five and number twenty-six, granted to Robert and Caleb Merritt; thence southeasterly along said line and its southeastern prolongation to the rear line of lots fronting on the northwest side of Kennebecasis Bay; thence southwesterly along said line to the northeast line of lot number twenty-eight, granted to Dennis Coombe; thence southeasterly along said line and its southeastern prolongation to the County line, including Kennebecasis Island.

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

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

• Eagle Lake
• Kennebecasis Island
• Loch Alva
• Saint John River
• Seven Mile Lake

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

• List of parishes in New Brunswick

• Town of Grand Bay-Westfield
• Westfield West and East Local Service District - LSD