Hopewell Parish, New Brunswick

Hopewell is a civil parish in eastern Albert County, New Brunswick, Canada.[2] It comprises one village and one local service district, both of which are members of the Southeast Regional Service Commission.[3] The Hopewell Rocks are the parish's best known feature.

Hopewell
Parish
Location within Albert County.
Coordinates: 45.81°N 64.66°W / 45.81; -64.66
Country Canada
Province New Brunswick
CountyAlbert
Erected1786
Area
 • Land149.08 km2 (57.56 sq mi)
Population
 (2016)[1]
 • Total647
 • Density4.3/km2 (11/sq mi)
 • Pop 2011-2016
 0.6%
 • Dwellings
319
Time zoneUTC-4 (AST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC-3 (ADT)

The Census subdivision of the same name includes all of the parish except the village of Riverside-Albert.[1]

Origin of name

The parish may have been named for Hopewell, Pennsylvania, possibly the home of some of the settlers of the township.[4]

History

Hopewell was established in 1765 as a township within Nova Scotia. It extended west nearly to the modern boundary between Alma and Harvey Parishes.

In 1786 Hopewell was erected as a parish[5] with the same boundaries as the township.

In 1837 the Saint John County line was moved west to its present location and the area east of the new line was added to Hopewell.[6]

In 1838 the western part of Hopewell was included in the newly erected Harvey Parish.[7]

Boundaries

Hopewell Parish is bounded on the east and south by the Petitcodiac River and Shepody Bay, on the north by the prolongation of a grant line opposite Fort Folly Point, and on the west by the Shepody River, Crooked Brook, and a line running 20° west of north.[2]

Municipality

Riverside-Albert is located in the southwestern corner of the parish, along the Shepody River between the mouths of Crooked Brook and Chapman Creek.[8]

Local service district

The local service district of the parish of Hopewell contains all of the parish outside Riverside-Albert.[9]

The LSD was established on 23 November 1966 to assess for fire protection following the abolition of county councils by the new Municipalities Act. First aid & ambulance services were added on 21 January 1976.[10]

Today the LSD assesses for community & recreation services in addition to the basic LSD services of fire protection, police services, land use planning, emergency measures, and dog control.[11] The taxing authority is 616.00 Hopewell.

Communities

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

Bodies of water & Islands

This is a list of rivers, lakes, streams, creeks, marshes and Islands that are at least partially in this parish

Demographics

Access Routes

Highways and numbered routes that run through the parish, including external routes that start or finish at the parish limits:[14]

See also

References
  1. "Census Profile, 2016 Census: Hopewell, Parish [Census subdivision], New Brunswick". Statistics Canada. Retrieved September 4, 2019.
  2. "Chapter T-3 Territorial Division Act". Government of New Brunswick. Retrieved 13 November 2020.
  3. "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 1 February 2021
  4. Ganong, William F. (1896). A Monograph of the Place-Nomenclature of the Province of New Brunswick. Royal Society of Canada. p. 240.
  5. "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.
  6. "7 Wm. IV c. 35 An Act to establish a Boundary Line between the Counties of Westmorland and Saint John, and King's and Queen's Counties.". Acts of the General Assembly of His Majesty's Province of New Brunswick, Passed in the Year 1837. Fredericton: Government of New Brunswick. 1837. pp. 91–92.
  7. "1 Vic. c. 23 An Act for erecting parts of the Towns or Parishes of Hopewell and Salisbury, in the County of Westmorland, into a separate Town or Parish.". Acts of the General Assembly of Her Majesty's Province of New Brunswick, Passed in the Year 1838. Fredericton: Government of New Brunswick. 1838. pp. 72–73.
  8. "New Brunswick Regulation 85-6 under the Municipalities Act (O.C. 85-45)". Government of New Brunswick. Retrieved 12 December 2020.
  9. "New Brunswick Regulation 84-168 under the Municipalities Act (O.C. 84-582)". Government of New Brunswick. Retrieved 12 December 2020.
  10. "Regulation 76–17 under the Municipalities Act (O. C. 76–71)". The Royal Gazette. Fredericton. 134: 91. 28 January 1976.
  11. "2020 Local Government Statistics for New Brunswick" (PDF). Department of Environment and Local Government. p. 55. Retrieved 12 December 2020.
  12. Statistics Canada: 2001, 2006 census
  13. 2011 Statistics Canada Census Profile: Hopewell Parish, New Brunswick
  14. Atlantic Canada Back Road Atlas ISBN 978-1-55368-618-7



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