Sheffield Parish, New Brunswick

This article is about the geographic parish and former local service district. For the community, see Sheffield, New Brunswick.

Sheffield is a geographic parish in Sunbury County, New Brunswick, Canada.^[2]

Sheffield
Parish
Location within Sunbury County, New Brunswick
Country	Canada
Province	New Brunswick
County	Sunbury County
Erected	1786
Area [1]
• Land	271.29 km2 (104.75 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[1]
• Total	888
• Density	3.3/km2 (9/sq mi)
• Change 2016-2021	9.8%
• Dwellings	499
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 Sheffield,^[3] which was a member of Capital Region Service Commission (RSC11).^[4]

Origin of name

The parish was named for Baron Sheffield, notable as a friend of the province.^[5]

History

Sheffield was erected in 1786 as one of Sunbury County's original parishes;^[6] it extended twenty-five miles inland and included part of Northfield Parish.

In 1850 Sheffield was extended to the county line, adding unassigned territory to its rear.^[7]

In 1855 the parish was split into two polling districts, Eastern and Western.^[8] The boundary ran along the modern parish line with Northfield.

In 1857 the Eastern District was erected as Northfield Parish.^[9]

Boundaries

Sheffield Parish is bounded:^[2][10][11]

• on the northeast by a line beginning on the Maugerville Parish line about 300 metres northwesterly of the mouth of Barton Brook, then running south-southwesterly along the prolongation of the eastern line of a grant to S. B. Corey on the northern side of Route 10 in New Zion, passing about 500 metres west of Colwell Street, to strike the Queens County line about 2 kilometres southwesterly of the Minto Dump Road;
• on the southeast by the Queens County line;
• on the south by the Saint John River;
• on the northwest by the southeastern line of a grant to Nathaniel Underhill and D. Palmer Jr. on the Saint John River, about 225 metres upstream of the foot of Middle Island, then northeasterly along its prolongation to the starting point;
• including Middle Island in the Saint John River.

Communities

Communities at least partly within the parish.^[10][11][12]

• Albrights Corner
• Fernmount
• Lakeville Corner
• Maquapit Lake
• McGowans Corner
• Randall Corner
• Ripples
• Scale
• Sheffield

Bodies of water

Bodies of water^[a] at least partly within the parish.^[10][11][12]

• Little River
• Saint John River
  • Sheffield Channel
• Baltimore Stream
• Portobello Stream
• Bridges Creek
• Loders Creek
• Otter Creek
• Portobello Reach
• Brownhouse Lead
• Coldspring Lead
• Palmer Lead
• Blind Thoroughfare
• Main Thoroughfare
• The Blobs
• The Narrows
• Cowperthwaite Lake
• French Lake
• Indian Lake
• Maquapit Lake
• Upper Timber Lake

Islands

Islands at least partly within the parish.^[10][11][12]

• Apple Island
• Butternut Island
• French Island
• Fulton Island
• Gull Island
• Harrison Island
• Indian Island
• Middle Island
• Princes Island

Other notable places

Parks, historic sites, and other noteworthy places at least partly within the parish.^[10][11][12]

• Burpee Wildlife Management Area^[13]
• Grand Lake Protected Natural Area^[14]

Demographics

Population Population trend[15][16][17] Census Population Change (%) 2016 809 5.2% 2011 853 6.1% 2006 909 2.5% 2001 887 0.0%

Language Mother tongue (2016)[17] Language Population Pct (%) French only 25 3.2% English only 765 95.0% 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:^[18]

Highways Route 10

Principal Routes Route 105

Secondary Routes: Route 670 Route 690

External Routes: None

See also

• List of parishes in New Brunswick

Notes

1. 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 22 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. 272. Retrieved 17 March 2021. William Francis Ganong cites Footprints by J. W. Lawrence as his source.
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. "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. Retrieved 27 March 2021. Book was poorly proofread, resulting in title typo and reuse of page numbers 145–152.
8. "18 Vic. c. 37 An Act to Regulate the Election of Members to serve in the General Assembly.". 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. pp. 127–150. Available as a free ebook from Google Books.
9. "20 Vic. c. 11 An Act to authorize the division of the Parish of Sheffield into two Parishes.". Acts of the General Assembly of Her Majesty's Province of New Brunswick, Passed in July 1856, and March and July 1857. Fredericton: Government of New Brunswick. 1857. pp. 16–17. Retrieved 27 March 2021.
10. "No. 115". Provincial Archives of New Brunswick. Department of Natural Resources and Energy Development. Retrieved 22 June 2021. Remainder of parish on maps 116, 127, and 128 at same site.
11. "330" (PDF). Transportation and Infrastructure. Government of New Brunswick. Retrieved 22 June 2021. Remainder of parish on mapbooks 331, 351, 352, 372, 373, 391, and 392 at same site.
12. "Search the Canadian Geographical Names Database (CGNDB)". Government of Canada. Retrieved 3 July 2021.
13. "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.
14. "Explore New Brunswick's Protected Natural Areas". GeoNB. Retrieved 3 July 2021.
15. Statistics Canada: 2001, 2006 census
16. 2011 Statistics Canada Census Profile: Sheffield Parish, New Brunswick
17. "Census Profile, 2016 Census: Sheffield, Parish [Census subdivision], New Brunswick". Statistics Canada. Retrieved 29 August 2019.
18. Atlantic Canada Back Road Atlas ISBN 978-1-55368-618-7

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