Notre-Dame-de-Lourdes Parish, New Brunswick

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This article is about the parish. For the community, see Notre-Dame-de-Lourdes, New Brunswick. For the parish in Kent County, see Dundas Parish, New Brunswick. For the local service district near Bathurst, see Notre-Dame-des-Érables, New Brunswick.
Notre-Dame-de-Lourdes
Parish
Église ND-de-Lourdes, NB.jpg
Location within Madawaska County, New Brunswick.
Location within Madawaska County, New Brunswick.
Coordinates: 47°15′00″N 67°56′15″W / 47.25°N 67.9375°W / 47.25; -67.9375
Country Canada
Province New Brunswick
CountyMadawaska
Erected1922
Area
[1]
 • Land187.18 km2 (72.27 sq mi)
Population
 (2016)[1]
 • Total275
 • Density1.5/km2 (4/sq mi)
 • Pop 2011-2016
Increase 4.6%
 • Dwellings
125
Time zoneUTC-4 (AST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC-3 (ADT)

Notre-Dame-de-Lourdes is a civil parish in Madawaska County, New Brunswick, Canada.[2]

For governance purposes it forms the local service district of the parish of Notre-Dame-de-Lourdes,[3] which is a member of the Northwest Regional Service Commission (NWRSC).[4]

Origin of name[]

The parish takes its name from the Roman Catholic ecclesiastical parish.[5]

History[]

Notre-Dame-de-Lourdes was erected in 1922 from Sainte-Anne Parish.[5]

In 1946 Notre-Dame-de-Lourdes was affected by the major reorganisation of Madawaska County parish boundaries.[6]

Boundaries[]

Notre-Dames-de-Lourdes Parish is bounded:[2][7][8][9]

  • on the east by the Victoria County line, beginning at a point about 3.7 kilometres south of the Restigouche County line and running south about 10.2 kilometres to the prolongation of the southeastern line of a grant to Aimé Dubé on the southeastern side of Grande Rivière;
  • on the southeast, beginning on the county line, then running southwesterly along the prolongation of Dubé to its easternmost corner, then generally southerly along the rear line of grants fronting on the southeastern side of Grande Rivière to the end of the tier, about 450 metres past Diamond Road;
  • on the south, beginning at the southernmost corner of a grant to William Byram at the end of the Grande Rivière tier, then running westerly and northwesterly along the Byram grant to Grande Rivière, then downstream to the southeastern line of a grant to Rosomo Violette, about 600 metres northwesterly of Grande Rivière and about 400 metres northeasterly of Route 2, then southwesterly along the Violette grant to its southernmost corner, which is on the rear line of the grants along the Saint John River, then northwesterly along the Saint John River tier to a point on Route 2 about 50 metres northwest of the bridge across the Siegas River, the westernmost corner of a grant to Joseph P. Cye, then northeasterly along the northwestern line of Joseph P. Cyr to the rear line of Tier Two behind the Saint John River grants, then northwesterly along Tier Two, crossing Siegas River, to the westernmost corner of a grant to Paul Cyr, about 300 metres past the Siegas River;
  • on the west and northwest, beginning on the westernmost corner of the Paul Cyr, then running generally northeasterly along the rear line of grants fronting on the northwestern side of Ruisseau Noir Road until it reaches the northeastern line of a grant to James Dubé which straddles Ruisseau Noir near its mouth, then northeasterly along the rear line of Tier Four of the Siegas Lake Settlement, which fronts on the southeastern side of Martin Road, until it reaches the southwestern line of the Dubé Settlement at the southwestern line of a grant to Abel Gauvin, then northwesterly along Dubé Settlement to Martin Road, then northeasterly along the remainder of Martin Road to the northeastern line of Dubé Settlement, then southeasterly along Dubé Settlement to the prolongation of the southeastern line of the last four grants in Tier Four of Siegas Lake, then northeasterly along the prolongation to the county line.

Communities[]

Communities at least partly within the parish;[7][8][9] bold indicates an incorporated municipality

Bodies of water[]

Bodies of water[a] at least partly in the parish:[7][8][9]

Demographics[]

See also[]

Notes[]

  1. ^ Not including brooks, ponds or coves.

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b c d "Census Profile, 2016 Census Notre-Dame-de-Lourdes, Parish [Census subdivision], New Brunswick". Statistics Canada. Retrieved August 30, 2019.
  2. ^ Jump up to: 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 19 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 2 February 2021
  5. ^ Jump up to: a b "11 Geo. V c. 18 An Act to Amend Chapter 2 of the Consolidated Statutes, 1903, respecting the division of the Province into Counties, Towns and Parishes.". Acts of the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick Passed in the Month of April 1921. Fredericton: Government of New Brunswick. 1921. pp. 155–166.
  6. ^ "10 Geo. VI. c. 95 An Act to amend Chapter 2 of the Revised Statutes, 1927, respecting the division of the Province into Counties, Towns and Parishes, in so far as it relates to the County of Madawaska.". Acts of the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick Passed During the Session of 1946. Fredericton: Government of New Brunswick. 1946. pp. 321–339.
  7. ^ Jump up to: a b c "No. 22". Provincial Archives of New Brunswick. Department of Natural Resources and Energy Development. Retrieved 16 June 2021. Remainder of parish on maps 34, 35, 44, and 45 at same site.
  8. ^ Jump up to: a b c "081" (PDF). Transportation and Infrastructure. Government of New Brunswick. Retrieved 16 June 2021. Remainder of parish on mapbooks 100, 101, 122, 123, and 144 at same site.
  9. ^ Jump up to: a b c "Search the Canadian Geographical Names Database (CGNDB)". Government of Canada. Retrieved 16 June 2021.
  10. ^ Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006 census
  11. ^ 2011 Statistics Canada Census Profile: Notre-Dame-de-Lourdes Parish, New Brunswick



Coordinates: 47°15′00″N 67°56′15″W / 47.25000°N 67.93750°W / 47.25000; -67.93750 (Notre-Dame-de-Lourdes Parish, New Brunswick)

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