Musquash Parish, New Brunswick

Musquash is a civil parish[lower-alpha 1] in Saint John County, New Brunswick, Canada.[2]

Musquash
Parish
Location within Saint John County.
Coordinates: 46.17°N 66.36°W / 46.17; -66.36
Country	Canada
Province	New Brunswick
County	Saint John County
Established	1839
Area [1]
• Land	235.33 km^2 (90.86 sq mi)
Population  (2016)[1]
• Total	1,194
• Change 2011-16	0.5%
• Dwellings	600
Time zone	UTC-4 (AST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-3 (ADT)
Median Income*	$71,680 CDN
Median household total income, 2015 (all households)

For governance purposes it forms the local service district of the parish of Musquash.[3]

History

Musquash Parish was set off from Lancaster Parish in 1877. Its name was derived from the Maliseet word for "muskrat".

Delineation

Musquash Parish is defined in the Territorial Division Act[4] as being bounded:

All that part of the County which lies west of the City of Saint John.

Communities

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

Chance Harbour Dam Road Dipper Harbour East Dipper Harbour West

Five Fathom Hole Gilmore Subdivision Gooseberry Cove Little Lepreau

Musquash Point Lepreau Prince of Wales Sherwood Road South Musquash Thompson Subdivision

Bodies of water & Islands

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

• Kingston Peninsula
• Kennebecasis Island

Demographics

Population Population trend[5][6][1] Census Population Change (%) 2016 1,194 0.5% 2011 1,200 2.8% 2006 1,235 3.5% 2001 1,280

Language Mother tongue (2016)[1] Language Population Pct (%) French only 45 3.8% English only 1,125 94.1% Both English and French 5 0.4% Other languages 20 1.7%

Access Routes

Highways and numbered routes that run through the parish, including external routes that start or finish at the parish limits:[7]

Highways Route 1

Principal Routes Route 111

Secondary Routes: Route 790 Route 795

External Routes: None

See also

• List of parishes in New Brunswick

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: Musquash, Parish [Census subdivision], New Brunswick". Statistics Canada. Retrieved September 29, 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 22 July 2020.
4. "Territorial Division Act (R.S.N.B. 1973, c. T-3)". Government of New Brunswick website. Retrieved 23 August 2016.
5. Statistics Canada: 2001, 2006 census
6. 2011 Statistics Canada Census Profile: Musquash Parish, New Brunswick
7. Atlantic Canada Back Road Atlas ISBN 978-1-55368-618-7