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Chipman Parish, New Brunswick

Coordinates: 46°14′43″N 65°49′18″W / 46.2454°N 65.8216°W / 46.2454; -65.8216
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Chipman
Parish
Location within Queens County, New Brunswick.
Location within Queens County, New Brunswick.
Country Canada
Province New Brunswick
CountyQueens County
Established1835
Area
[1]
 • Land482.81 km2 (186.41 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)[1]
 • Total
962
 • Density2.0/km2 (5/sq mi)
 • Pop 2006-2011
Decrease 8.9%
 • Dwellings
481
Time zoneUTC-4 (AST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC-3 (ADT)

Chipman is a Canadian parish in Queens County, New Brunswick.[2]

History

Chipman Parish was erected in 1835 from Brunswick Parish and Canning Parish: named for Ward Chipman Jr. (1787-1851), the chief justice of New Brunswick from 1834-1851: included the eastern part of Waterborough Parish until 1896.

Delineation

Chipman Parish is defined in the Territorial Division Act[3] as being bounded:

Northwest and northeast by the County lines; southwest by a line beginning on the Sunbury County line, intersected by the northern line of lot number nine[a] on the eastern side of the Hardwood Ridge Road;[b] thence easterly along said line to the northeast angle of said lot; thence south forty-five degrees east to Salmon Bay; thence southeasterly in a direct line to Indian Point; thence easterly up the northeast arm of Grand Lake to Coal Creek; thence easterly up Coal Creek to the southeast angle of lot number one, surveyed for Malcolm Carmichael, at the Round Turns on said Coal Creek; thence northeasterly parallel to the northwest line of Brunswick Parish to the County line.

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:[6]

See also

Footnotes

  1. ^ Now within lot 157 due to a resurvey and redivision of the area.
  2. ^ Now part of Route 10.

References

  1. ^ a b 2011 Statistics Canada Census Profile: Chipman Parish, New Brunswick
  2. ^ New Brunswick Provincial Archives - Chipman Parish
  3. ^ "Territorial Division Act (R.S.N.B. 1973, c. T-3)". Government of New Brunswick website. Retrieved 18 August 2016.
  4. ^ Statistics Canada: 2001, 2006 census
  5. ^ Profile: Chipman Parish, New Brunswick
  6. ^ Atlantic Canada Back Road Atlas ISBN 978-1-55368-618-7



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