Gagetown Parish, New Brunswick
Gagetown | |
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Country | Canada |
Province | New Brunswick |
County | Queens County |
Established | 1765 |
Area | |
• Land | 235.19 km2 (90.81 sq mi) |
Population (2011)[1] | |
• Total | 316 |
• Density | 1.3/km2 (3/sq mi) |
• Pop 2006-2011 | 6.4% |
• Dwellings | 146 |
Time zone | UTC-4 (AST) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC-3 (ADT) |
Gagetown is a Canadian parish in Queens County, New Brunswick.[2]
History
Gagetown Parish was created in 1765 as Gage Township in Nova Scotia: in 1786 this township became Gagetown Parish as part of the new province of New Brunswick: named for General Thomas Gage (1721-1787), commander in chief of the British forces in North America from 1763-1772 and a local land grantee: included part of Petersville Parish until 1838.
Delineation
Gagetown Parish is defined in the Territorial Division Act[3] as being bounded:
- Northwest by the County line; southwest by Petersville Parish; northeast by the Saint John River; south and southeast by a line beginning on the western shore of the Saint John River at the northeast angle of lot number thirty-seven, granted to George Sweet; thence westerly along the northwest angle of same; thence south fifty-two degrees west, or to the southeast angle of lot number twenty-five, granted to T.T. Hewlett, on the northwestern side of the Gagetown Road,[a] including Grimross Island.
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
PopulationPopulation trend[4]
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LanguageMother tongue language (2006)[5]
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Access Routes
Highways and numbered routes that run through the parish, including external routes that start or finish at the parish limits:[6]
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See also
Footnotes
- ^ Road is within CFB Gagetown and no longer appears on provincial road maps. Cadastral maps label it the Lawfield Road.
References
- ^ a b 2011 Statistics Canada Census Profile: Gagetown Parish, New Brunswick
- ^ New Brunswick Provincial Archives - Gagetown Parish
- ^ "Territorial Division Act (R.S.N.B. 1973, c. T-3)". Government of New Brunswick website. Retrieved 22 August 2016.
- ^ Statistics Canada: 2001, 2006 census
- ^ Profile: Gagetown Parish, New Brunswick
- ^ Atlantic Canada Back Road Atlas ISBN 978-1-55368-618-7