Queensbury Parish, New Brunswick

Queensbury
Parish
Location within York County.
Coordinates: 45.9625°N 67.015°W / 45.9625; -67.015
Country	Canada
Province	New Brunswick
County	York
Established	1786
Area
• Land	301.38 km2 (116.36 sq mi)
Population  (2011)
• Total	1,272
• Density	4.2/km2 (11/sq mi)
• Pop 2006-2011	4.7%
• Dwellings	569
Time zone	UTC-4 (AST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-3 (ADT)

Queensbury is a Canadian parish in York County, New Brunswick.

Its population in the 2011 Census was 1,272.

Delineation

Queensbury Parish is defined in the Territorial Division Act as being bounded:

Northeast by Bright Parish; south and southwest by the Saint John River; and northwest by a line commencing at the Saint John River, at the southern angle of lot number one, granted to Joseph Cunliff, near the mouth of the Nackawic Stream; thence running northeasterly along the lower or southeastern line of said lot and its prolongation until it strikes the southwestern line of land granted to William Dobie, in Caverhill; thence northwesterly along the said line of said grant and its prolongation till it strikes the southeastern line of a grant to Henry Morehouse and three others; thence northeasterly along the line of said grant to its eastern angle; thence northwesterly along the northeast side of the said grant till it strikes the East Branch Nackawic Stream; thence following the course of the said river up stream to the forks at the mouth of the Burtt Lake Branch and thence following the course of the said Burtt Lake Branch up stream till it strikes the line of the parish of Bright.

Governance

The entire parish forms the local service district of the parish of Queensbury, established in 1966 to assess for fire protection. Community services were added in 1967 and first aid and ambulance services in 1978.

Communities

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

• Bear Island
• Day Hill
• Dumfries
• Granite Hill
• Lower Caverhill

• Lower Line Queensbury
• Lower Queensbury
• McNallys
• Middle Hainesville
• Scotch Lake

• Springfield
• Upper Caverhill
• Upper Hainesville
• Wiggins Mill
• York

Demographics

Population

Population trend

Census	Population	Change (%)
2006	1,215	0.7%
2001	1,223	0.2%
1996	1,225	2.2%
1991	1,199	N/A

Language

Mother tongue language (2006)

Language	Population	Pct (%)
English only	1,130	94.17%
French only	50	4.17%
Other languages	20	1.66%
Both English and French	0	0.00%

See also

• List of parishes in New Brunswick

External links

• York Rural Community Project