Wellington Parish, New Brunswick

Wellington is a civil parish in Kent County, New Brunswick, Canada.[2]

Wellington
Parish
Saint-Édouard-de-Kent
Location within Kent County, New Brunswick.
Coordinates: 46.525°N 64.745°W / 46.525; -64.745
Country Canada
Province New Brunswick
CountyKent County
Erected1814
Area
 • Land184.32 km2 (71.17 sq mi)
Population
 (2016)[1]
 • Total3,079
 • Density16.7/km2 (43/sq mi)
 • Change 2011-2016
 7.5%
 • Dwellings
1,716
Time zoneUTC-4 (AST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC-3 (ADT)

For governance purposes it is divided between the town of Bouctouche, Buctouche 16 Indian reserve, and the local service districts of Sainte-Anne-de-Kent and the parish of Wellington, all of which except the Indian reserve are members of the Kent Regional Service Commission (KRSC).[3] Wellington includes the special service areas of Bouctouche Cove, Desroches,[lower-alpha 1] Dixon Point-Route 134,[lower-alpha 2] and Saint-Grégoire.[lower-alpha 3]

Origin of name

The parish was named for the Marquess of Wellington,[lower-alpha 4] British commander in the Peninsular War.[5]

History

Wellington was erected in 1814 as part of Northumberland County from Newcastle Parish.[6] It included modern Dundas and Sainte-Marie Parishes plus most of Saint-Paul Parish.

In 1827 Dundas was erected as its own parish.[7]

In 1828 the boundary with Dundas was adjusted.[8]

In 1862 the boundary with Dundas was adjusted again.[9]

In 1867 Sainte-Marie was erected, including Saint-Paul.[10]

In 1871 part of Sainte-Marie was returned.[11]

Delineation

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

South by Dundas Parish; north by Chockpish River and a line running south sixty-eight degrees west from the forks thereof; east by the Gulf of Saint Lawrence; and west by a line commencing where the southerly prolongation of the line between lots U and V, on the Little Buctouche River, strikes the northern boundary of Dundas Parish; thence along the prolongation of the said line north forty-three degrees west to the Little Buctouche River; thence down stream to the westerly line of lot number 7, granted to Joshua White; thence along the said westerly line of said lot to the northwest corner thereof; thence in a direct line to the southeast corner of lot number 13, granted to Michael Basterache, on the south side of the Buctouche River; thence along the eastern line of that lot northerly to the Buctouche River; thence to the mouth of Mill Creek; thence following the course of the said creek up stream to the eastern line of the grant to John W. Holderness, on said creek; thence northerly along that line to the rear line of said grant; thence westerly along said line to the western line of lots granted to Angus Cameron; thence northerly along that line and its prolongation to Mill Creek; thence following the various courses thereof up stream to the eastern line of lot number 101, granted to John McEachran; thence northerly along that line and its northern prolongation to the northern line of lot number 95, granted to John McNairn; thence westerly along the said last mentioned line and its western prolongation to meet the eastern line of lot number 138, granted to George Holder; thence along said eastern line and its prolongation in a northerly direction to the northern line of lot number 110 in Block O; thence along that line in an easterly direction to meet the southern prolongation of the eastern line of lot number 52, granted to John Cochrane; thence along said prolongation and eastern line of said last mentioned grant to the northern line of the parish, including the islands in front.

Communities

Demographics

See also

Notes
  1. Taxing Authority Wellington - Desroches[4]
  2. Taxing Authority Wellington - Dixon Point-Route 134[4]
  3. Although not explicitly mention in Regulation 84-168, Saint-Grégoire's boundaries extend into Dundas Parish
  4. Wellington was raised to Duke two months after the parish was erected.

References
  1. "Census Profile, 2016 Census Wellington, Parish [Census subdivision], New Brunswick". Statistics Canada. Retrieved September 14, 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 2 February 2021
  4. "2019 Local Government Statistics for New Brunswick" (PDF). Department of Environment and Local Government. p. 61. Retrieved 9 July 2020.
  5. Ganong, William F. (1896). A Monograph of the Place-Nomenclature of the Province of New Brunswick. Royal Society of Canada. p. 279.
  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. "7 Geo. IV c. 31 An Act for the division of the County of Northumberland into three Counties, and to provide for the Government and Representation of the two new Counties.". Acts of the General Assembly of His Majesty's Province of New-Brunswick, Passed in the Year 1827. Fredericton: Government of New Brunswick. 1827. pp. 97–103.
  8. "9 Geo. IV c. 11 An Act to alter the division line between the Parishes of Dundas and Wellington in the County of Kent.". Acts of the General Assembly of His Majesty's Province of New-Brunswick, Passed in the Year 1828. Fredericton: Government of New Brunswick. 1828. p. 17.
  9. "25 Vic. c. 47 An Act to alter the Division Line of the Parishes of Dundas and Wellington, in the County of Kent.". Acts of the General Assembly of Her Majesty's Province of New Brunswick, Passed in March and April 1862. Fredericton: Government of New Brunswick. 1862. pp. 117–118.
  10. "30 Vic. c. 32 An Act to erect a part of the Parish of Wellington, in the County of Kent, into a separate Town or Parish.". Acts of the General Assembly of Her Majesty's Province of New Brunswick, Passed in the Month of June 1867. Fredericton: Government of New Brunswick. 1867. pp. 56–58.
  11. "34 Vic. c. 14 An Act in amendment of the Act 30th Victoria, Chapter 32, intituled 'An Act to erect part of the Parish of Wellington, in the County of Kent, into a separate Town or Parish.'". Acts of the General Assembly of Her Majesty's Province of New Brunswick. Passed in the Month of May 1871. Fredericton: Government of New Brunswick. 1871. pp. 98–99.
  12. Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006 census
  13. 2011 Statistics Canada Census Profile: Wellington Parish, New Brunswick

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