Glenelg Parish, New Brunswick

Glenelg
Parish
Location within Northumberland County, New Brunswick
Coordinates: 47.0°N 65.29°W / 47.0; -65.29
Country	Canada
Province	New Brunswick
County	Northumberland
Established	1814
Area
• Land	505.21 km2 (195.06 sq mi)
Population  (2016)
• Total	1,560
• Density	3.1/km2 (8/sq mi)
• Change 2011-2016	3.1%
• Dwellings	742
Time zone	UTC-4 (AST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-3 (ADT)

Glenelg is a Canadian parish in Northumberland County, New Brunswick.

Its population in the 2016 Census was 1,560.

Delineation

Glenelg Parish is defined in the Territorial Division Act 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; 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):

• Bay du Vin Mills
• Black River Bridge
• Centre Napan
• Fowlies Mill
• Glenwood

• Little Branch
• Lower Napan
• McKenzie Settlement
• Napan Bay
• Point aux Carr

• Redmondville
• St. Margarets
• Victoria
• Wine River

Demographics

Population

Population trend

Census	Population	Change (%)
2016	1,560	3.1%
2011	1,610	2.5%
2006	1,652	3.5%
2001	1,712	1.3%
1996	1,735	10.5%
1991	1,570	N/A

Language

Mother tongue (2016)

Language	Population	Pct (%)
English only	1,440	92.3%
French only	90	5.8%
Other languages	20	1.3%
Both English and French	10	0.6%

See also

• List of parishes in New Brunswick