Gagetown Parish, New Brunswick

Gagetown is a civil parish[lower-alpha 1] in Queens County, New Brunswick, Canada.[2]

Gagetown
Parish
Location within Queens County, New Brunswick.
Country Canada
Province New Brunswick
CountyQueens County
Established1765
Area
 • Land234.88 km2 (90.69 sq mi)
Population
 (2016)[1]
 • Total311
 • Density1.3/km2 (3/sq mi)
 • Pop 2011-2016
 1.6%
 • Dwellings
155
Time zoneUTC-4 (AST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC-3 (ADT)

For governance purposes it is divided between CFB Gagetown, the village of Gagetown and the local service district of Upper Gagetown.[3]

History

Gagetown Parish was created in 1765 as Gage Township in Nova Scotia: in 1786 this township became Gagetown Parish as part of the new province of New Brunswick: named for General Thomas Gage (1721-1787), commander in chief of the British forces in North America from 1763-1772 and a local land grantee: included part of Petersville Parish until 1838.

Delineation

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

Northwest by the County line; southwest by Petersville Parish; northeast by the Saint John River; south and southeast by a line beginning on the western shore of the Saint John River at the northeast angle of lot number thirty-seven, granted to George Sweet; thence westerly along the northwest angle of same; thence south fifty-two degrees west, or to the southeast angle of lot number twenty-five, granted to T.T. Hewlett, on the northwestern side of the Gagetown Road,[lower-alpha 2] including Grimross Island.

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 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:[6]

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See also

Notes
  1. Civil parishes served a variety of government functions until 1966, when the new Municipalities Act stripped them of their responsibilities; they continue to provide convenient boundaries for government uses, especially electoral districts and local service districts. Statistics Canada uses civil parishes as census subdivisions for all parts of the province that are not within municipalities and similar entities.
  2. Road is within CFB Gagetown and no longer appears on provincial road maps. Cadastral maps label it the Lawfield Road.

References
  1. "Census Profile, 2016 Census: Gagetown, Parish [Census subdivision], New Brunswick". Statistics Canada. Retrieved August 26, 2019.
  2. "Chapter T-3 Territorial Division Act". Government of New Brunswick. Retrieved 22 July 2020.
  3. "New Brunswick Regulation 84-168 under the Municipalities Act (O.C. 84-582)". Government of New Brunswick. Retrieved 19 July 2020.
  4. Statistics Canada: 2001, 2006 census
  5. 2011 Statistics Canada Census Profile: Gagetown Parish, New Brunswick
  6. Atlantic Canada Back Road Atlas ISBN 978-1-55368-618-7



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