Elgin Parish, New Brunswick

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Elgin
Parish
Location within Albert County.
Location within Albert County.
Coordinates: 45°53′N 64°50′W / 45.89°N 64.83°W / 45.89; -64.83Coordinates: 45°53′N 64°50′W / 45.89°N 64.83°W / 45.89; -64.83
Country Canada
Province New Brunswick
CountyAlbert
Erected1847
Area
[1]
 • Land519.59 km2 (200.61 sq mi)
Population
 (2016)[1]
 • Total892
 • Density1.7/km2 (4/sq mi)
 • Change 2011-2016
Decrease 7.9%
 • Dwellings
595
Time zoneUTC-4 (AST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC-3 (ADT)

Elgin is a civil parish in the interior of Albert County, New Brunswick, Canada,[2] the only one of the county's parishes that does not border either the Bay of Fundy or the Petitcodiac River. It comprises two local service districts,[3] both of which are members of the Southeast Regional Service Commission.[4]

The Census subdivision of the same name includes all of the parish.[1]

Origin of name[]

The parish was probably named in honour of Lord Elgin, who was appointed Governor-General of the Province of Canada in 1847.[5]

History[]

Elgin Parish was erected in 1847 from the northern part of Harvey Parish.[6]

Located 4.3 km ENE of Goshen: Elgin Parish, Albert County: PO from 1852: in 1866 Elgin was a farming settlement with about 36 families: in 1871 Elgin had a population of 250: in 1898 Elgin was a station on the Elgin, Petitcodiac and Havelock Railway with 1 post office, 6 stores, 3 hotels, 1 sawmill, 1 grist mill, 1 tannery, 1 carriage shop, 1 cheese factory and 2 churches.[7]

Boundaries[]

Elgin Parish is bounded:[2][8][9]

  • on the north and northwest by the Westmorland County line, beginning at the Kings County line and running northeasterly then northerly to a point about 3.2 kilometres east of Sanatorium Road and about 4 kilometres south of Middlesex Road, on the prolongation of the northern line of a grant to Albert E. Rogers on the Petitcodiac River, about 120 metres south of the mouth of Stoney Creek, then running northeasterly along the Rogers grant prolongation to a point about 2.6 kilometres east of Little River;
  • on the east by the western line of Hillsborough Parish, a line running south 20º east[a] to the prolongation of the south line of a grant to William Carlisle on the Petitcodiac River, then running easterly along the Carlisle prolongation about 500 metres to a point where Elgin, Hillsborough, Harvey, and Hopewell Parishes meet, about 1.35 kilometres north of Lumsden Road;
  • on the south by a line running south 72º west[b] to the Kings County line;
  • on the west by Kings County.

Local service districts[]

Elgin[]

Elgin (informally Elgin Centre) was established on 23 November 1966 to assess for fire protection and street lighting[14] following the abolition of county councils under the new Municipalities Act, comprising an irregular area around the community of Elgin; First aid & ambulance services were added on 14 March 1973.[15]

Today Elgin assesses for street lighting and community & recreation services in addition to the basic LSD services of fire protection, police services, land use planning, emergency measures, and dog control.[16] The taxing authority is 628.00 Elgin Centre.

Elgin Parish[]

The local service district of the parish of Elgin (informally Elgin Parish), comprising all of the parish outside Elgin, was also established on 23 November 1966 but only assessed for fire protection.[14] Ambulance service was added on 14 March 1973.[15]

Today the parish of Elgin assesses for community & recreation services and basic LSD services.[16] The taxing authority is 614.00 Elgin Parish.

Communities[]

Communities at least partly within the parish;[8][9][17]

  • Church Hill
  • Churchs Corner
  • Elgin
  • Ferndale
  • Forest Hill
  • Goshen
  • Gowland Mountain
  • Harrison Settlement
  • Hillside
  • Little River
  • Mapleton
  • Meadow
  • Midland
  • Parkindale
  • Pleasant Vale
  • Prosser Brook
  • River View
  • Ross Corner
  • Upper Goshen

Bodies of water[]

Bodies of water[c] at least partly in the parish:[8][9][17]

Other notable places[]

Parks, historic sites, and other noteworthy places in the parish.[8][9][17][18]

  • Cat Road Protected Natural Area
  • Fundy National Park
  • Mount Tom Protected Natural Area
  • Upham Brook Protected Natural Area

Demographics[]

Access routes[]

Highways and numbered routes that run through the parish, including external routes that start or finish at the parish limits:[21]

See also[]

Notes[]

  1. ^ By the magnet of 1765,[10] when declination in the area was between 14º and 15º west of north.[11] The Territorial Division Act clause referring to magnetic direction bearings was later changed to the problematic wording "by the magnet of the year in which the County or Parish was erected",[12] which ignores lines changed after the erection of the county or parish, before being omitted in the 1952[13] and 1973 Revised Statutes.[2]
  2. ^ By the magnet of 1847, when declination in the area was between 19º and 20º west of north.
  3. ^ Not including brooks, ponds, or coves.

References[]

  1. ^ a b c d e "Census Profile, 2016 Census: Elgin, Parish [Census subdivision], New Brunswick". Statistics Canada. Retrieved August 26, 2019.
  2. ^ a b c "Chapter T-3 Territorial Division Act". Government of New Brunswick. Retrieved 13 November 2020.
  3. ^ "New Brunswick Regulation 84-168 under the Municipalities Act (O.C. 84-582)". Government of New Brunswick. Retrieved 12 December 2020.
  4. ^ "Communities in each of the 12 Regional Service Commissions (RSC) / Les communautés dans chacune des 12 Commissions de services régionaux (CSR)" (PDF), Government of New Brunswick, July 2017, retrieved 1 February 2021
  5. ^ Ganong, William F. (1896). A Monograph of the Place-Nomenclature of the Province of New Brunswick. Royal Society of Canada. p. 232. Retrieved 17 March 2021.
  6. ^ "10 Vic. c. 46 An Act for erecting the Parish of Harvey, in the County of Albert, into two separate Parishes.". Acts of the General Assembly of Her Majesty's Province of New Brunswick, Passed in the Year 1847. Fredericton: Government of New Brunswick. 1847. pp. 43–44. Retrieved 27 March 2021.
  7. ^ New Brunswick Provincial Archives, Government of New Brunswick.
  8. ^ a b c d "No. 130". Provincial Archives of New Brunswick. Department of Natural Resources and Energy Development. Retrieved 29 May 2021. Remainder of parish on maps 131, 141, 142, 143, and 152 at same site.
  9. ^ a b c d "378" (PDF). Transportation and Infrastructure. Government of New Brunswick. Retrieved 29 May 2021. Remainder of parish on mapbooks 379, 397–399, 416–418, and 435 at same site.
  10. ^ "Chapter 2 The Division of the Province into Counties, Towns, and Parishes.". The Consolidated Statutes of New Brunswick. Fredericton: Government of New Brunswick. 1877. pp. 56–85. Available as a free ebook from Google Books.
  11. ^ "Historical Magnetic Declination". National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Retrieved 29 May 2021.
  12. ^ "59 Vic. c. 8 An Act to Revise and Codify an Act to Provide for the Division of the Province into Counties, Towns and Parishes.". Acts of the General Assembly of Her Majesty's Province of New Brunswick. Passed in the Month of March, 1896. Fredericton: Government of New Brunswick. 1896. pp. 86–123. Available as a free ebook from Google Books.
  13. ^ "Chapter 227 Territorial Division Act". The Revised Statutes of New Brunswick 1952 Volume III. Fredericton: Government of New Brunswick. 1952. pp. 3725–3771.
  14. ^ a b "Regulation 66–41 under the Municipalities Act (O. C. 66–968)". The Royal Gazette. Fredericton. 124: 604–605. 21 December 1966.
  15. ^ a b "Regulation 73–34 under the Municipalities Act (O. C. 73–210)". The Royal Gazette. Fredericton. 131: 258–259. 21 March 1973.
  16. ^ a b "2020 Local Government Statistics for New Brunswick" (PDF). Department of Environment and Local Government. p. 55. Retrieved 12 December 2020.
  17. ^ a b c "Canadian Geographical Names Database". Government of Canada. Retrieved 8 June 2021.
  18. ^ "Explore New Brunswick's Protected Natural Areas". GeoNB. Retrieved 1 July 2021.
  19. ^ Statistics Canada: 2001, 2006 census
  20. ^ 2011 Statistics Canada Census Profile: Elgin Parish, New Brunswick
  21. ^ Atlantic Canada Back Road Atlas ISBN 978-1-55368-618-7



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