North Lake Parish, New Brunswick

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North Lake
Parish
Location within York County, New Brunswick.
Location within York County, New Brunswick.
Coordinates: 45°49′39″N 67°43′48″W / 45.8275°N 67.73°W / 45.8275; -67.73
Country Canada
Province New Brunswick
CountyYork
Erected1879
Area
[1]
 • Land440.03 km2 (169.90 sq mi)
Population
 (2016)[1]
 • Total233
 • Density0.5/km2 (1/sq mi)
 • Change 2011-2016
Decrease 4.1%
 • Dwellings
387
Time zoneUTC-4 (AST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC-3 (ADT)

North Lake is a civil parish in York County, New Brunswick, Canada.[2]

For governance purposes it forms the local service district of the parish of North Lake,[3] which is a member of the Western Valley Regional Service Commission (WVRSC).[4]

Origin of name[]

The parish takes its name from the eponymous lake.[5]

History[]

North Lake was erected in 1879 from Canterbury Parish.[6]

Boundaries[]

North Lake Parish is bounded:[2][7][8]

  • on the north by the Carleton County line;
  • on the east by a line running up Eel River, including First Eel Lake, Second Eel Lake, and Third Eel Lake, then east-southeasterly across land to La Coote Lake, then down La Coote Lake and Big La Coote Stream to the northern end of Palfrey Lake;
  • on the southeast by a line running southwesterly from the southeastern corner of a grant to Abraham Lint west of Allandale Road near the Saint John River to a point west of Sandy Point on Spednic Lake, paralleling the southeastern lines of other parishes south of the Saint John River;
  • on the west by the international border, running up Spednic Lake, Grand Lake, the North Lake Thoroughfare, North Lake, and Monument Brook to the Carleton County line.

Communities[]

Communities at least partly within the parish.[7][8][9]

Bodies of water[]

Bodies of water[a] at least partly within the parish.[7][8][9] italics indicate a name no longer in official use

Islands[]

Islands at least partly within the parish.[7][8][9]

  • Frog Island
  • Pine Island

Other notable places[]

Parks, historic sites, and other noteworthy places at least partly within the parish.[7][8][9][10]

  • First Eel Lake Protected Natural Area
  • Hay Brook Protected Natural Area
  • Maxwell Protected Natural Area
  • Monument Brook Protected Natural Area
  • North Lake Protected Natural Area
  • Spednic Lake Protected Natural Area
  • Tamarack Brook Protected Natural Area

Demographics[]

See also[]

Notes[]

  1. ^ Not including brooks, ponds or coves.

References[]

  1. ^ a b c d "Census Profile, 2016 Census North Lake, Parish [Census subdivision], New Brunswick". Statistics Canada. Retrieved October 7, 2019.
  2. ^ a b "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 25 July 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. 258. Retrieved 17 March 2021.
  6. ^ "42 Vic. c. 42 An Act to erect part of the Parish of Canterbury, in the County of York, into a separate Parish.". Acts of the General Assembly of Her Majesty's Province of New Brunswick. Passed in the Month of April 1879. Fredericton: Government of New Brunswick. 1879. pp. 84–85. Available as a free ebook from Google Books.
  7. ^ a b c d e "No. 123". Provincial Archives of New Brunswick. Department of Natural Resources and Energy Development. Retrieved 25 June 2021. Remainder of parish on maps 134, 135, and 145 at same site.
  8. ^ a b c d e "365" (PDF). Transportation and Infrastructure. Government of New Brunswick. Retrieved 25 June 2021. Remainder of parish on mapbooks 384, 385, 403–405, 421–423, and 438 at same site.
  9. ^ a b c d "Search the Canadian Geographical Names Database (CGNDB)". Government of Canada. Retrieved 3 July 2021.
  10. ^ "Explore New Brunswick's Protected Natural Areas". GeoNB. Retrieved 3 July 2021.
  11. ^ Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006, 2011 census
  12. ^ 2011 Statistics Canada Census Profile: North Lake Parish, New Brunswick



Coordinates: 45°49′39″N 67°43′48″W / 45.82750°N 67.73000°W / 45.82750; -67.73000 (North Lake Parish, New Brunswick)

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