Notre-Dame-de-Lourdes Parish, New Brunswick

Notre-Dame-de-Lourdes is a civil parish[lower-alpha 1] in Madawaska County, New Brunswick, Canada.[2]

Notre-Dame-de-Lourdes
Parish
Location within Madawaska County, New Brunswick.
Coordinates: 47.25°N 67.9375°W / 47.25; -67.9375
Country	Canada
Province	New Brunswick
County	Madawaska
Established	1946
Area [1]
• Land	187.18 km^2 (72.27 sq mi)
Population  (2016)[1]
• Total	275
• Density	1.5/km^2 (4/sq mi)
• Pop 2011-2016	4.6%
• Dwellings	125
Time zone	UTC-4 (AST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-3 (ADT)

For governance purposes it forms the local service district of the parish of Notre-Dame-de-Lourdes.[3]

Delineation

Notre-Dames-de-Lourdes Parish is defined in the Territorial Division Act[4] as being bounded:

Beginning at the northwest angle of lot No. 54, granted to Jos. P. Cyr, situated in the Second Tier, east of the St. John River; thence in an easterly direction along the north limit of said lot to a point in the west limit of lot No. 300, granted to Augustus Cote, in Tier Three; thence in a northerly direction along said limit of said lot to the northwest angle of the same; thence in a northeasterly direction along the north limit of said lot to the northeast angle of the same; thence in a northerly direction to the southeast angle of lot No. 52, granted to D. Mazerol; thence in said direction along the east limit of the lots in the Second Tier east of the St. John River to the northeast angle of lot No. 62, granted to Paul Cyr; thence in an easterly direction along the north limit of said lot to the northeast angle of the same; thence in a northerly and easterly direction following the north limit of the lots in Tier Four from lot No. 326 to lot No. 331, both inclusive, to a point where the east limit of the last-mentioned lot intersects the Siegas River; thence in an easterly and southeasterly direction following the various courses of said river upstream to a point where the same intersects the north limit of said lots in Tier Four; thence in an easterly and southerly direction along said limit of said lots to the southeast angle of lot No. 169 northeast, granted to Ed. Dube; thence in a northerly direction along the east limit of said lot to the southwest angle of lot No. 398; thence in an easterly direction along the south limit of said lot to a point in the west limit of lot No. 1, granted to James J. Dube, in Tier Four, Siegas Lake Settlement; thence in a southerly and easterly direction following the said bounds of lots Nos. 1 to 10, in said Tier Four of said Settlement, to the southeast angle of the last-mentioned lot; thence in a northerly direction along the east limit of said lot to a point where the same is intersected by the western prolongation of the north limit of the lots in Siegas Lake Settlement; thence along said prolongation and said limit of said lots to a point in the West limit of lot No. 17, granted to Arsene Durette; thence in a northerly direction along said limit of said lot to a point in the south limit of lot No. 18, granted to D. Fournier, Tier Five, Siegas Lake Settlement; thence in an easterly direction along the south limit of said Tier Five of said settlement to the southeast angle of lot No. 23, granted to Noel Ruest; thence in a northerly direction along the east limit of said lot to a point in the south limit of the Reserved Road[lower-alpha 2] between lots in Siegas Lake Settlement; thence in an easterly direction along said limit of said Reserved Road to a point in the east limit of the Third Tract, granted to the New Brunswick Railway Company; thence in a southerly direction along said limit of said tract to a point where the same is intersected by the Eastern prolongation of the south limit of lots Nos. 20 East to 23 East, both inclusive, in aforesaid Tier Five, Siegas Lake Settlement; thence in an easterly direction along said prolongation to a point in the Madawaska-Victoria County Line; thence in a southerly direction along said County Line to a point where the same is intersected by the eastern prolongation of the division line between the Second Tract and the Fourth Tract West, granted to the New Brunswick Railway Company; thence in a westerly direction along said prolongation and said division line to the southeast angle of lot No. 272, granted to A. Dube; thence in a westerly and northerly direction along the base line of the lots in Tier One, south of the Grand River,[lower-alpha 3] to the southwest angle of lot No. 218, granted to Wm. Byram; thence in a northerly direction along the west limit of said lot to a point in the southeast bank or shore of aforesaid river; thence in a southwesterly direction along said bank or shore of said river to a point where the same is intersected by the eastern prolongation of the south limit of lot No. 281, granted to Rosomo Violette; thence in a westerly direction along said prolongation and said limit of said lot to the southwest angle of the same; and thence in a northerly direction along the east limit of the Reserved Road[lower-alpha 4] located along the base line of the lots fronting on the St. John River to the place of beginning.

Communities

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

• Durette Settlement
• Flemming
• Harrison Brook Settlement
• La Montagne
• Lower Siegas
• Notre-Dame-de-Lourdes

Demographics

Population Population trend[6][7][1] Census Population Change (%) 2016 275 4.6% 2011 263 7.4% 2006 284 7.2% 2001 306 11.3% 1996 345 26.9% 1991 472 N/A

Language Mother tongue (2016)[1] Language Population Pct (%) French only 245 89.1% English only 30 10.9% Other languages 0 0% Both English and French 0 0%

See also

• List of parishes in New Brunswick
• Little Main Restigouche River

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. Chemin Martin
3. Now officially Grande Rivière.[5]
4. Now mostly covered by Route 2

References

1. "Census Profile, 2016 Census Notre-Dame-de-Lourdes, Parish [Census subdivision], New Brunswick". Statistics Canada. Retrieved August 30, 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. "Territorial Division Act (R.S.N.B. 1973, c. T-3)". Government of New Brunswick website. Retrieved 24 August 2016.
5. "Grand River (Grande Rivière)". Canadian Geographical Names. Natural Resources Canada. Retrieved 24 August 2016.
6. Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006 census
7. 2011 Statistics Canada Census Profile: Notre-Dame-de-Lourdes Parish, New Brunswick