Kars Parish, New Brunswick

Kars is a civil parish[lower-alpha 1] in Kings County, New Brunswick, Canada. For governance purposes it forms the local service district of the parish of Kars.[2]

This article is about the parish. For the community, see Kars, New Brunswick.
Kars
Parish
Location within Kings County, New Brunswick.
Coordinates: 45.84°N 64.59°W / 45.84; -64.59
Country Canada
Province New Brunswick
CountyKings County
Established1859
Area
 • Land75.84 km2 (29.28 sq mi)
Population
 (2016)[1]
 • Total325
 • Density4.3/km2 (11/sq mi)
 • Change 2011-2016
 20.1%
 • Dwellings
352
Time zoneUTC-4 (AST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC-3 (ADT)

History

Kars Parish erected in 1859 from Kingston Parish: named for the 1855 Siege of Kars in eastern Turkey during the Crimean War.

Delineation

Kars Parish is defined in the Territorial Division Act[3] as being bounded:

West by the Saint John River; east by the eastern side lines of lots number ten, granted to Richard B. Squires, number one, granted to William McDonald, and number seven, granted to James Peters; and south by Belleisle Bay, including the islands at the mouth of Belleisle Bay.

Governance

The entire parish forms the local service district of the parish of Kars, established in 1968 to assess for fire protection. Recreational facilities were added in 2001 and non-fire related rescue in 2012. First aid and ambulance services (1972—2001) and community services (1986—2001) were formerly included.

Communities

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

Downeyville, New Brunswick[4] Tooleton, New Brunswick[5] Palmer Settlement or Palmer Point[6] Jones Settlement or Jones Corner [7] Paddock[8]

Bodies of water & Islands

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

  • Hog Island

Other Islands: Pig Island, Ghost Island

Main Water Sources: Belleisle Bay, Saint John River

Coves: Tennants Cove, Jenkins Cove, Urquharts Cove, Earle Cove

Demographics

Access Routes

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

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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.

References
  1. "Census Profile, 2016 Census Kars, Parish [Census subdivision], New Brunswick". Statistics Canada. Retrieved September 20, 2019.
  2. "New Brunswick Regulation 84-168 under the Municipalities Act (O.C. 84-582)". Government of New Brunswick. Retrieved 19 July 2020.
  3. "Territorial Division Act (R.S.N.B. 1973, c. T-3)". Government of New Brunswick website. Retrieved 23 August 2016.
  4. http://archives.gnb.ca/Exhibits/Communities/Details.aspx?culture=en-CA&community=1088
  5. http://archives.gnb.ca/Exhibits/Communities/Details.aspx?culture=en-CA&community=4073
  6. http://archives.gnb.ca/Exhibits/Communities/Details.aspx?culture=en-CA&community=2953
  7. http://archives.gnb.ca/Exhibits/Communities/Details.aspx?culture=en-CA&community=1904
  8. http://archives.gnb.ca/Exhibits/Communities/Details.aspx?culture=en-CA&community=2949
  9. Statistics Canada: 2001, 2006 census
  10. 2011 Statistics Canada Census Profile: Kars Parish, New Brunswick
  11. Atlantic Canada Back Road Atlas ISBN 978-1-55368-618-7



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