Blissfield Parish, New Brunswick

Blissfield is a civil parish in Northumberland County, New Brunswick, Canada.[2]

Blissfield
Parish
Location within Northumberland County, New Brunswick
Coordinates: 46.59°N 66.055°W / 46.59; -66.055
Country Canada
Province New Brunswick
CountyNorthumberland
Erected1830
Area
 • Land1,240.54 km2 (478.98 sq mi)
Population
 (2016)[1]
 • Total450
 • Density0.4/km2 (1/sq mi)
 • Change
2011-2016
 10.0%
 • Dwellings
268
Time zoneUTC-4 (AST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC-3 (ADT)

For governance purposes it is divided between the village of Doaktown[3] and the local service district of the parish of Blissfield,[4] both of which are members of the Greater Miramichi Regional Service Commission (GMRSC).[5]

Origin of name

The parish was named in honour of John Murray Bliss,[6] a judge on the New Brunswick Supreme Court for nearly two decades and Administrator of the province following the death of acting Governor of New Brunswick Ward Chipman in 1824.[7]

History

Blissfield was erected in 1830 from Ludlow Parish.[8] At the time it extended into modern Kent County, taking in part of Huskisson Parish.[9]

In 1845 the Kent County line was extended to Sunbury County, transferring the southern part of Blackville to Kent County.[10]

Delineation

Blissfield Parish is defined in the Territorial Division Act[2] as being bounded:

West by Ludlow Parish; north by Southesk Parish; south by the County line; and east by a line running north and south from the mouth of Donnelly Brook.

Communities

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

  • Amostown
  • Doaktown
  • O'Donnelltown
  • Storeytown

Demographics

See also

References
  1. "Census Profile, 2016 Census Blissfield, Parish [Census subdivision], New Brunswick". Statistics Canada. Retrieved September 26, 2019.
  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 19 July 2020.
  4. "New Brunswick Regulation 84-168 under the Municipalities Act (O.C. 84-582)". Government of New Brunswick. Retrieved 19 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. 221.
  7. "Bliss, John Murray". Dictionary of Canadian Biography. Retrieved 22 October 2020.
  8. "10 & 11 Geo. IV c. 15 An Act to alter the Boundary Lines of certain Parishes in the County of Northumberland, and to erect two new Parishes in said County.". Acts of the General Assembly of His Majesty's Province of New Brunswick, Passed in the Year 1830. Fredericton: Government of New Brunswick. 1830. pp. 17–18.
  9. 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. 39.
  10. "8 Vic. c. 80 An Act to extend the Division Line between the Counties of Northumberland and Kent to the rear Line of the Counties of Queen's County and Sunbury.". Acts of the General Assembly of Her Majesty's Province of New Brunswick, Passed in the Year 1845. Fredericton: Government of New Brunswick. 1845. p. 58.
  11. Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006 census
  12. 2006 Statistics Canada Community Profile: Blissfield Parish, New Brunswick
  13. Statistics Canada Population and dwelling counts, for Canada and census subdivisions (municipalities), 2006 and 2001 censuses - 100% data
  14. 2011 Statistics Canada Census Profile: Blissfield Parish, New Brunswick



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