Gagetown Parish, New Brunswick

Gagetown
Parish

Location within Queens County, New Brunswick.
Country  Canada
Province  New Brunswick
County Queens County
Established 1765
Area[1]
 • Land 235.19 km2 (90.81 sq mi)
Population (2011)[1]
 • Total 316
 • Density 1.3/km2 (3/sq mi)
 • Pop 2006-2011 Increase 6.4%
 • Dwellings 146
Time zone AST (UTC-4)
 • Summer (DST) ADT (UTC-3)

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,[lower-alpha 1] including Grimross Island.

Communities

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

  • Mill Road
  • Upper Gagetown

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

Population

Population trend[4]

Census Population Change (%)
2011 316 Increase6.4%
2006 297 Decrease5.4%
2001 314 Increase0.0%
1996 Decrease0.0%
1991 N/A

Language

Mother tongue language (2006)[5]

Language Population Pct (%)
French only %
English only %
Both English and French 0 0.00%
Other languages 0 0.00%

Access Routes

Highways and numbered routes that run through the parish, including external routes that start or finish at the parish limits:[6]

  • Highways
    • none

  • Secondary Routes:
    • None
  • External Routes:
    • None

See also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Road is within CFB Gagetown and no longer appears on provincial road maps. Cadastral maps label it the Lawfield Road.

References

  1. 1 2 2011 Statistics Canada Census Profile: Gagetown Parish, New Brunswick
  2. ↑ New Brunswick Provincial Archives - Gagetown Parish
  3. ↑ "Territorial Division Act (R.S.N.B. 1973, c. T-3)". Government of New Brunswick website. Retrieved 22 August 2016.
  4. ↑ Statistics Canada: 2001, 2006 census
  5. ↑ Profile: Gagetown Parish, New Brunswick
  6. ↑ Atlantic Canada Back Road Atlas ISBN 978-1-55368-618-7


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Coordinates: 45°46′10″N 66°10′18″W / 45.7695°N 66.1716°W / 45.7695; -66.1716

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