Waterborough Parish, New Brunswick
Parish in New Brunswick, Canada From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Waterborough is a geographic parish in Queens County, New Brunswick, Canada.[2]
Waterborough | |
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 Location within Queens County, New Brunswick. | |
| Coordinates: 45.84°N 64.59°W | |
| Country |  Canada |
| Province |  New Brunswick |
| County | Queens County |
| Erected | 1786 |
| Area | |
| • Land | 443.16 km2 (171.11 sq mi) |
| Population (2021)[1] | |
| • Total | 903 |
| • Density | 2.0/km2 (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 Capital Region Service Commission (RSC11).[4]
The parish was said locally to describe the terrain.[5] The original boundaries surrounded Grand Lake.
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]
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[lower-alpha 1] 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 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[lower-alpha 2] 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 at least partly within the parish.[13][14][15]
- Goat Island
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
Parish population total does not include portion within Cambridge-Narrows
Highways and numbered routes that run through the parish, including external routes that start or finish at the parish limits:[22]
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- By the magnet of 1786, when declination at the starting point was a bit more than 14º west of north.[16]
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