Saint Marys Parish, New Brunswick

This article is about the civil parish, former local service district, and census subdivision in York County. For the similar entity in Kent County, see Sainte-Marie Parish, New Brunswick.

Saint Marys is a civil parish in York County, New Brunswick, Canada.^[2]

Saint Marys Saint Mary's, St, Mary's, St. Marys
Parish
Location within York County, New Brunswick. map incorrectly includes part of Fredericton in Saint Marys
Coordinates: 46°12′18″N 66°30′18″W / 46.205°N 66.505°W / 46.205; -66.505
Country	Canada
Province	New Brunswick
County	York
Erected	1786
Area ^[1]
• Land	751.90 km^2 (290.31 sq mi)
Population  (2021)^[1]
• Total	5,084
• Density	6.8/km^2 (18/sq mi)
• Change 2016-2021	5.1%
• Dwellings	2,030
Time zone	UTC-4 (AST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-3 (ADT)
Figures do not include portions within the city of Fredericton and the Devon 30 Indian reserve

Prior to the 2023 governance reform, for governance purposes it was divided between the city of Fredericton,^[3] the Indian reserve of Devon 30, and the local service district of the parish of Saint Marys,^[4] of which the city and the LSD were members of Regional Service Commission 11 (RSC11).^[5] The LSD includes the special service areas of Evergreen Park and Pepper Creek.

Origin of name

The parish was settled in part by Loyalists from Maryland.^[6]

St. Mary's County, Maryland was established well before the American Revolution and may have been the source of some of the Loyalists.

History

Saint Marys was erected in 1786 as one of York County's original parishes.^[7] The parish ran thirty miles inland and extended to the Keswick River.

In 1824 part of Saint Marys was included in the newly erected Douglas Parish.^[8]

In 1837 part of Saint Marys was included in the newly erected Stanley Parish.^[9]

In 1838 Stanley was dissolved and its territory implicitly returned to its original parishes.^[10]

In 1847 part of Saint Marys was included in a new, much larger Stanley Parish.^[11]

In 1945 the town of Devon was annexed by Fredericton.^[12] The boundary description of Saint Marys in the Territorial Division Act (TDA) implicitly removes the area from Saint Marys but the Fredericton entry in the TDA is not updated.

In 1952 two grants were transferred to Saint Marys from Douglas.^[13] The boundary description of Fredericton was also updated, removing any ambiguity. The modern boundaries of Fredericton are not reflected in the TDA, having changed after the last revision of the Act.

Boundaries

Saint Marys Parish is bounded:^[2][14][15]

• on the north beginning at a point about 650 metres north-northwesterly of Red Rock Branch Road and 900 metres west-southwesterly of Route 107, at the northwestern corner of Loyalist grants along the Nashwaak River, then running easterly along the grant lines and their prolongation to the Sunbury County line, about 1.1 kilometres southwest of Cains River;
• on the southeast by the Sunbury County line, running southwesterly to the Saint John River;
• on the southwest by the Saint John River and a line beginning on the north bank of the Nashwaak River at the prolongation of Irvine Street, then northwesterly along Irvine Street, Eco Terra Drive, and the prolongation of Eco Terra Drive to meet the prolongation of Douglas Avenue near Ring Road;^[a]
• on the west by a line running northeasterly along the prolongation of Douglas Avenue to the southwestern line of the Devon 30 Indian reserve, then northwest^[b] about 5 kilometres along the reserve and its prolongation to the eastern line of a grant to Daniel Sawyer, about 2.3 kilometres west of Route 148, then north^[b] about 10 kilometres to the South Branch Dunbar Stream, then easterly about 1.25 kilometres down the South Branch Dunbar to the western line of a grant to Samuel and John Casey,^[c] then northerly about 1.4 kilometres and easterly about 1.6 kilometres around the Casey grant to meet the rear line of the Loyalist grants along the Nashwaak, then northerly along the Loyalist grants, including a grant to Alexander Drummond along the English Settlement Road,^[d] to the starting point.

Communities

Communities at least partly within the parish.^[14][15][21] bold indicates an incorporated municipality or Indian reserve; italics indicate a name no longer in official use

• Bantalor
• Cross Creek Station
• Devon 30
• Durham Bridge
• Fredericton
  • Barkers Point
  • Marysville
  • Sandyville
• Glencoe
• Lower Durham
• Manzer
• Mount Hope
• Nashwaak
• Nashwaak Bridge
• Nashwaak Village
• Penniac
• Pleasant Valley
• Ross
• St. Mary's 24
• South Portage
• Taymouth
• Upper Durham
• Wellington
• Zionville

Bodies of water

Bodies of water^[e] at least partly within the parish.^[14][15][21]

• Cains River
• Nashwaak River
• Saint John River
• Tay River
• East Branch
• Campbell Creek
• Carman Creek
• Grieves Creek
• Kaine Creek
• Dunbar Stream
• Penniac Stream

Islands

Islands at least partly within the parish.^[14][15][21]

• Penniac Island

Other notable places

Parks, historic sites, and other noteworthy places at least partly within the parish.^{[14][15][21][22][23]}

• Bantalor Protected Natural Area
• Bantalor Wildlife Management Area
• Burpee Wildlife Management Area
• Cains River Protected Natural Area
• Dunbar Falls

Demographics

Parish population total does not include Indian reserves and portion within Fredericton

Population Population trend^[24]^[25]^[26]^[27] Census Population Change (%) 2016 4,837   2.2% 2011 4,733   12.1% 2006 4,224   11.3% 2001 3,796   7.8% 1996 3,522   24.2% 1991 2,835 N/A

Language Mother tongue (2016)^[27] Language Population Pct (%) English only 4,365 90.4% French only 355 7.4% Other languages 55 1.1% Both English and French 55 1.1%

See also

• List of parishes in New Brunswick

Notes

1. The Territorial Division Act uses the boundaries of Fredericton before the 1973 amalgamations.
2. By the magnet of 1850,^[16] when declination in the area was between 18º and 19º west of north.^[17] The Territorial Division Act clause referring to magnetic direction bearings was omitted in the 1952^[18] and 1973 Revised Statutes.^[2]
3. Both cadastral map No. 114 and mapbook 328 show the Casey grant being part of Saint Marys, although Casey wasn't part of either Loyalist group grant along the Nashwaak. The Casey grant was made in 1811,^[19] more than twenty years before Stanley Parish was first erected to encompass the lands of the New Brunswick and Nova Scotia Land Company.
4. Mapbook 328 erroneously includes the Drummond grant with Stanley Parish, but cadastral map No. 104 has the correct boundary, as confirmed by Drummond's inclusion in the list of grantees for the Campbell grant.^[20]
5. Not including brooks, ponds or coves.

References

1. "Census Profile". Statistics Canada. 26 October 2022. Retrieved 30 October 2022.
2. "Chapter T-3 Territorial Division Act". Government of New Brunswick. Retrieved 13 November 2020.
3. "New Brunswick Regulation 85-6 under the Municipalities Act (O.C. 85-45)". Government of New Brunswick. Retrieved 25 July 2020.
4. "New Brunswick Regulation 84-168 under the Municipalities Act (O.C. 84-582)". Government of New Brunswick. Retrieved 25 July 2020.
5. "Communities in each of the 12 Regional Service Commissions (RSC) / Les communautés dans chacune des 12 Commissions de services régionaux (CSR)" (PDF), Government of New Brunswick, July 2017, retrieved 2 February 2021
6. Ganong, William F. (1896). A Monograph of the Place-Nomenclature of the Province of New Brunswick. Royal Society of Canada. p. 270. Retrieved 17 March 2021.
7. "26 Geo. III Chapter I. An Act for the better ascertaining and confirming the Boundaries of the several Counties within this Province, and for subdividing them into Towns or Parishes.". Acts of the General Assembly of His Majesty's Province of New-Brunswick, passed in the year 1786. Saint John, New Brunswick: Government of New Brunswick. 1786. pp. 3–12. Retrieved 20 March 2021.
8. "5 Geo. IV c. 27 An Act for erecting a part of the Parishes of Saint Mary and Queensbury, in the County of York, into a separate and distinct Town or Parish.". Acts of the General Assembly of His Majesty's Province of New-Brunswick, Passed in the Year 1824. Fredericton: Government of New Brunswick. 1824. pp. 63–65. Retrieved 27 March 2021.
9. "7 Wm. IV c. 25 An Act for erecting a part of the Parishes of Saint Mary's and Douglas in the County of York, into a separate and distinct Town or Parish.". Acts of the General Assembly of His Majesty's Province of New Brunswick, Passed in the Year 1837. Fredericton: Government of New Brunswick. 1837. pp. 82–83. Retrieved 27 March 2021.
10. "1 Vic. c. 34 An Act to repeal an Act, intituled 'An Act for erecting a part of the Parishes of Saint Mary's and Douglas in the County of York, into a separate and distinct Town or Parish.'". Acts of the General Assembly of Her Majesty's Province of New Brunswick, Passed in the Year 1838. Fredericton: Government of New Brunswick. 1838. pp. 77–78. Retrieved 27 March 2021.
11. "9 Vic. c. 38 An Act for erecting a part of the Parishes of Saint Mary's and Douglas, in the County of York, into a separate and distinct Town or Parish.". Acts of the General Assembly of Her Majesty's Province of New Brunswick, Passed in the Year 1846. Fredericton: Government of New Brunswick. 1846. pp. 41–42. Retrieved 27 March 2021.
12. "9 Geo. VI c. 69 An Act to extend the Limits of the City of Fredericton to include the Town of Devon.". Acts of the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick Passed During the Session of 1945. Fredericton: Government of New Brunswick. 1945. pp. 216–225.
13. "Chapter 227 Territorial Division Act". The Revised Statutes of New Brunswick 1952 Volume III. Fredericton: Government of New Brunswick. 1952. pp. 3725–3771.
14. "No. 95". Provincial Archives of New Brunswick. Department of Natural Resources and Energy Development. Retrieved 25 June 2021. Remainder of parish on maps 104, 105, 114, 115, and 126 at same site.
15. "293" (PDF). Transportation and Infrastructure. Government of New Brunswick. Retrieved 25 June 2021. Remainder of parish on mapbooks 294, 295, 309–311, 328–330, 349, 350, 370, and 371 at same site.
16. "13 Vic. c. 51 An Act to consolidate all the Laws now in force for the division of the Province into Counties, Towns and Parishes.". Acts of the General Assembly of Her Mjaesty's Province of New Brunswick, Passed in the Year 1850. Fredericton: Government of New Brunswick. 1850. pp. 142–152, 145–149. Book was poorly proofread, resulting in title typo and reuse of page numbers 145–152.
17. "Historical Magnetic Declination". National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Retrieved 9 May 2021.
18. "Chapter 227 Territorial Division Act". The Revised Statutes of New Brunswick 1952 Volume III. Fredericton: Government of New Brunswick. 1952. pp. 3725–3771.
19. "Crown Grant Reference Map Viewer". Government of New Brunswick. Retrieved 9 May 2021.
20. "Grant number 11, Index to New Brunswick Land Grants, 1784 - 1997 (RS686)". Provincial Archives of New Brunswick. Retrieved 9 May 2021.
21. "Search the Canadian Geographical Names Database (CGNDB)". Government of Canada. Retrieved 3 July 2021.
22. "Explore New Brunswick's Protected Natural Areas". GeoNB. Retrieved 3 July 2021.
23. "New Brunswick Regulation 94-43 under the Fish and Wildlife Act (O.C. 94-231)". Government of New Brunswick. 5 June 2006. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
24. Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006 census
25. 2006 Statistics Canada Community Profile: Saint Marys Parish, New Brunswick
26. 2011 Statistics Canada Census Profile: Saint Marys Parish, New Brunswick
27. "Census Profile, 2016 Census: Saint Marys, Parish [Census subdivision], New Brunswick". Statistics Canada. Retrieved 8 October 2019.

46°12′18″N 66°30′18″W / 46.20500°N 66.50500°W / 46.20500; -66.50500 (Saint Marys Parish, New Brunswick)