Waterborough Parish, New Brunswick

This article is about the civil parish, former local service district, and census subdivision. For the community, see Waterborough, New Brunswick.

Waterborough is a civil parish in Queens County, New Brunswick, Canada.^[2]

Waterborough
Parish
Location within Queens County, New Brunswick.
Coordinates: 45°50′N 64°35′W / 45.84°N 64.59°W / 45.84; -64.59
Country	Canada
Province	New Brunswick
County	Queens County
Erected	1786
Area ^[1]
• Land	443.16 km^2 (171.11 sq mi)
Population  (2021)^[1]
• Total	903
• Density	2.0/km^2 (5/sq mi)
• Change 2016-2021	6.6%
• Dwellings	661
Time zone	UTC-4 (AST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-3 (ADT)

Prior to the 2023 governance reform, for governance purposes it formed the local service district of the parish of Waterborough,^[3] which was a member of Regional Service Commission 11 (RSC11).^[4]

Origin of name

The parish was said locally to describe the terrain.^[5] The original boundaries surrounded Grand Lake.

History

Waterborough was erected in 1786 as one of the county's original parishes.^[6] It completely surrounded Grand Lake and extended past the county line.^[7]

In 1827 Canning Parish was erected from Waterborough.^[8]

In 1852 part of Waterborough was included in the newly erected Cambridge Parish.^[9]

In 1855 Waterborough was expanded to the northwest, adding all of Chipman Parish southeast of Coal Creek.^[10]

In 1856 the boundary with Cambridge was adjusted.^[11]

In 1896 Waterborough was expanded northwest to reach the county line, taking part of Chipman.^[12]

Boundaries

Waterborough Parish is bounded:^{[2][13][14][15]}

• on the northeast by the Kent County line;
• on the southeast by a line running north 54º east^[a] from a point on the Saint John River about 1.8 kilometres southwest of the Route 715 bridge over McAlpines Brook, which then strikes the Kent County line north of Lake Stream Lake;
• on the southwest by Fowler Road and Mill Cove;
• on the west by Grand Lake;
• on the northwest by a line running through the Northeast Arm of Grand Bay, then up Coal Creek past the mouth of the South Branch Coal Creek to the southeastern corner of a grant to Malcolm Carmichael at a stretch called the Round Turns, then northeasterly parallelling the southeastern line of the parish to the county line;
• including Goat Island in Grand Lake.

Communities

Communities at least partly within the parish.^[13][14][15] bold indicates an incorporated municipality; italics indicate a name no longer in official use

• Cambridge-Narrows
• Cox Point
• Cumberland Bay
• Dixon
• Grant Settlement
• Mill Cove
• Pangburn
• Partridge Valley
• Pennlyn
• Rees
• The Range
• Union Settlement
• Waterborough
• Youngs Cove

Bodies of water

Bodies of water^[b] at least partly within the parish.^[13][14][15]

• Cumberland Bay Stream
• Coal Creek
• Youngs Creek
• Barton Lake
• Cameron Lake
• McLean Lake
• Grand Lake
  • Cumberland Bay
  • Northeast Arm

Islands

Islands at least partly within the parish.^[13][14][15]

• Goat Island

Other notable places

Parks, historic sites, and other noteworthy places at least partly within the parish.^{[13][14][15][17]}

• Partridge Valley West Protected Natural Area
• West Branch Coy Brook Protected Natural Area

Demographics

Parish population total does not include portion within Cambridge-Narrows

Population Population trend^[18]^[19]^[20]^[21] Census Population Change (%) 2016 847   0.5% 2011 851   4.7% 2006 893   4.0% 2001 859

Language Mother tongue (2016)^[21] Language Population Pct (%) English only 805 95.8% French only 20 2.4% Both English and French 5 0.6% Other languages 10 1.2%

Access Routes

Highways and numbered routes that run through the parish, including external routes that start or finish at the parish limits:^[22]

Highways none

Principal Routes   Route 2 (TCH)   Route 10

Secondary Routes:   Route 105

External Routes: None

See also

• List of parishes in New Brunswick

Notes

1. By the magnet of 1786, when declination at the starting point was a bit more than 14º west of north.^[16]
2. 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 84-168 under the Municipalities Act (O.C. 84-582)". Government of New Brunswick. Retrieved 19 July 2020.
4. "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
5. Ganong, William F. (1896). A Monograph of the Place-Nomenclature of the Province of New Brunswick. Royal Society of Canada. p. 279. Retrieved 17 March 2021.
6. "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.
7. Ganong, William F. (1901). A Monograph of the Evolution of the Boundaries of the Province of New Brunswick. Royal Society of Canada. p. Map No. 35. Retrieved 21 March 2021.
8. "8 Geo. IV c. 12 An Act for erecting the North-western part of the Town or Parish of Waterborough, in Queens County, into a separate Town or Parish.". Acts of the General Assembly of His Majesty's Province of New-Brunswick, Passed in the Year 1827. Fredericton: Government of New Brunswick. 1827. pp. 26–27. Retrieved 27 March 2021.
9. "15 Vic. c. 36 An Act for the erection of a new Parish in Queen's County.". Acts of the General Assembly of Her Majesty's Province of New Brunswick, Passed in the Year 1852. Fredericton: Government of New Brunswick. 1852. pp. 55–56. Retrieved 27 March 2021.
10. "18 Vic. c. 50 An Act to alter the division line between the Parishes of Chipman and Waterborough, in Queen's County.". Acts of the General Assembly of Her Majesty's Province of New Brunswick, Passed in the Month of November, 1854, and in the Months of February, March, and April, 1855. Fredericton: Government of New Brunswick. 1855. p. 179. Available as a free ebook from Google Books.
11. "19 Vic. c. 5 An Act to alter the Division Line of the Parish of Cambridge, in Queen's County.". Acts of the General Assembly of Her Majesty's Province of New Brunswick, Passed in the Months of March, April, and May 1856. Fredericton: Government of New Brunswick. 1856. pp. 4–5. Retrieved 27 March 2021.
12. "59 Vic. c. 8 An Act to Revise and Codify an Act to Provide for the Division of the Province into Counties, Towns and Parishes.". Acts of the General Assembly of Her Majesty's Province of New Brunswick. Passed in the Month of March, 1896. Fredericton: Government of New Brunswick. 1896. pp. 86–123. Available as a free ebook from Google Books.
13. "No. 107". Provincial Archives of New Brunswick. Department of Natural Resources and Energy Development. Retrieved 19 June 2021. Remainder of parish on maps 108, 116, 117, 128, and 129 at same site.
14. "314" (PDF). Transportation and Infrastructure. Government of New Brunswick. Retrieved 19 June 2021. Remainder of parish on mapbooks 315, 332–334, 352–354, 373, 374, 393, and 394 at same site.
15. "Search the Canadian Geographical Names Database (CGNDB)". Government of Canada. Retrieved 19 June 2021.
16. "Historical Magnetic Declination". National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Retrieved 26 April 2021.
17. "Explore New Brunswick's Protected Natural Areas". GeoNB. Retrieved 2 July 2021.
18. Statistics Canada: 2001, 2006 census
19. Profile: Waterborough Parish, New Brunswick
20. 2011 Statistics Canada Census Profile: Waterborough Parish, New Brunswick
21. "Census Profile, 2016 Census Waterborough, Parish [Census subdivision], New Brunswick". Statistics Canada. Retrieved 27 September 2019.
22. Atlantic Canada Back Road Atlas ISBN 978-1-55368-618-7

Coordinates: 45°33′15″N 65°35′31″W / 45.55418°N 65.59185°W / 45.55418; -65.59185 (Waterborough Parish, New Brunswick)