Glenelg Parish, New Brunswick

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

Glenelg
Parish
Location within Northumberland County, New Brunswick
Coordinates: 47.0°N 65.29°W / 47.0; -65.29
Country Canada
Province New Brunswick
CountyNorthumberland
Erected1814
Area
 • Land505.21 km2 (195.06 sq mi)
Population
 (2016)[1]
 • Total1,560
 • Density3.1/km2 (8/sq mi)
 • Change
2011-2016
 3.1%
 • Dwellings
742
Time zoneUTC-4 (AST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC-3 (ADT)

For governance purposes it is divided between the city of Miramichi and the local service districts of Black River-Hardwicke, St. Margarets, and the parish of Glenelg,[3] all of which are members of the Greater Miramichi Regional Service Commission (GMRSC).[4]

Origin of name

The parish may have been named for Glenelg, Scotland.[5]

History

Glenelg was erected in 1814 from Newcastle Parish.[6]

In 1852 the eastern part of Glenelg was erected as Hardwicke Parish.[7]

Delineation

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

Southwest by Nelson Parish and the southeasterly prolongation of the northeastern line of Nelson Parish to the northern line of a 100 acre lot granted to John Townley, at the mouth of Big Hovel Brook; thence along the said line of the said grant easterly to Bay du Vin River; thence across the said river to the southern bank thereof; thence down the said Bay du Vin River in an easterly direction to the northwest angle of lot letter C, granted to the rector, church wardens and vestry of Saint Paul's Church, Chatham;[lower-alpha 1] thence southerly along the west line of said lot letter C and the southern prolongation thereof to the Kent county line; northwest and north by Chatham Parish, Napan River, and Miramichi Bay; southeast by the County line; northeast by a line commencing at the mouth of Black River; thence extending up the middle of the said river, following the several courses thereof, to the mouth of Little Black River; thence up the middle of the said Little Black River, following the several courses thereof until it comes to the line separating the property of George Fowlie from the lot number five, granted to Duncan McNaughton, being the upper side line of the said lot numbered five, thence by the said line and the southerly prolongation thereof to the County line.

Communities

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

Demographics

See also

Notes
  1. Chatham here refers to the civil parish as the church is in Bushville.

References
  1. "Census Profile, 2016 Census Glenelg, Parish [Census subdivision], New Brunswick". Statistics Canada. Retrieved September 25, 2019.
  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. 236.
  6. "54 Geo. III c. 17 An Act in further addition to an Act, intituled '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 1814. Saint John, New Brunswick: Government of New Brunswick. 1814. pp. 16–18.
  7. "14 Vic. Local Acts c. 6 An Act for dividing the Parish of Glenelg, in the County of Northumberland, into two separate Parishes.". Acts of the General Assembly of Her Majesty's Province of New Brunswick, Passed in the Year 1851. Fredericton: Government of New Brunswick. 1851. pp. 11–12. Local Acts have their own page numbering and follow page 56.
  8. Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006 census
  9. 2011 Statistics Canada Census Profile: Glenelg Parish, New Brunswick



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