Richibucto Parish, New Brunswick

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Richibucto
Parish
Cap-Lumière
Cap-Lumière
Location within Kent County, New Brunswick
Location within Kent County, New Brunswick
Coordinates: 46°37′03″N 64°47′24″W / 46.6175°N 64.79°W / 46.6175; -64.79
Country Canada
Province New Brunswick
CountyKent County
Erected1827
Area
[1]
 • Land249.05 km2 (96.16 sq mi)
Population
 (2016)[1]
 • Total1,887
 • Density7.6/km2 (20/sq mi)
 • Change 2011-2016
Decrease 5.0%
 • Dwellings
1,137
Time zoneUTC-4 (AST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC-3 (ADT)

Richibucto (originally Liverpool) is a civil parish in Kent County, New Brunswick, Canada.[2]

For governance purposes it is divided between the town of Richibucto, the village of Rexton, the Indian Island 28 Indian reserve, and the local service districts of Cap-de-Richibouctou, Sainte-Anne-de-Kent, and the parish of Richibucto, all of which except the Indian reserve are members of the Kent Regional Service Commission (KRSC).[3]

Origin of name[]

The parish was named for the Richibucto River, which in turn is of Mi'kmaq origin.[4]

History[]

Richibucto was erected from Carleton Parish as Liverpool parish in 1827.[5]

In 1832 the parish's name was changed to Richibucto.[6]

In 1835 the southwestern part of the parish was erected as Weldford Parish.[7]

In 1909 the newly erected Saint-Charles Parish included part of Richibucto.[8]

Boundaries[]

Richibucto Parish is bounded:[2][9][10]

  • on the northwest by a line beginning on the northern line of Weldford Parish, near Aldouane Station Cross Road, then running northeasterly to a point on the northern boundary of the town of Richibucto about midway between Route 11 and Route 134, at the corner of a land grant, then northeasterly along the grant line to the rear of a grant on Northwest Branch, then southeasterly to the mouth of Thomas Brook, down Northwest Branch to Richibucto River, and out through Richibucto Harbour to Northumberland Strait;
  • on the east by Northumberland Strait;
  • on the south by the Chockpish River upstream as far as the mouth of the Rivière Chockpish-nord, then south 68º west[a] to a point slightly west of East Branch Road;
  • on the west by a line running northwesterly to the mouth of Black Brook on the East Branch St. Nicholas River, then down the East Branch St. Nicholas and the St. Nicholas River to its mouth, then up the Richibucto River to the eastern line of the Richibucto 15 Indian reserve and along the reserve to its northernmost corner, then due west to the starting point.

Communities[]

Communities at least partly within the parish.[9][10][13] bold indicates an incorporated municipality or Indian reserve

Bodies of water[]

Bodies of water[b] at least partly within the parish.[9][10][13]

  • Rivière à Étienne
  • Chockpish River
  • Chockpish-nord River
  • Rivière des Vaches
  • Rivière du Cap
  • Richibucto River
  • St. Nicholas River
  • Beatties Creek
  • Big Cove Creek
  • Childs Creek
  • Gaspereau Creek
  • McAlmon Creek
  • Mill Creek
  • Mooneys Creek
  • Watering Creek
  • Weldon Creek
  • Geddes Lake
  • Northumberland Strait
  • Village Bay
  • Richibucto Harbour
  • Passe de l'Île
  • Richibucto Gully

Islands[]

Islands at least partly within the parish.[9][10][13]

  • Indian Island
  • McAlmon Island

Other notable places[]

Parks, historic sites, and other noteworthy places at least partly within the parish.[9][10][13][14]

  • Bonar Law Provincial Park

Demographics[]

Parish population total does not include incorporated municipalities and Indian reserve

See also[]

Notes[]

  1. ^ By the magnet of 1850,[11] when declination in the area was between 21º and 22º west of north.[12]
  2. ^ Not including brooks, ponds or coves.

References[]

  1. ^ a b c d "Census Profile, 2016 Census Richibucto, Parish [Census subdivision], New Brunswick". Statistics Canada. Retrieved September 14, 2019.
  2. ^ a b "Chapter T-3 Territorial Division Act". Government of New Brunswick. Retrieved 13 November 2020.
  3. ^ "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
  4. ^ Ganong, William F. (1896). A Monograph of the Place-Nomenclature of the Province of New Brunswick. Royal Society of Canada. p. 266. Retrieved 17 March 2021.
  5. ^ "7 Geo. IV c. 31 An Act for the division of the County of Northumberland into three Counties, and to provide for the Government and Representation of the two new Counties.". Acts of the General Assembly of His Majesty's Province of New-Brunswick, Passed in the Year 1827. Fredericton: Government of New Brunswick. 1827. pp. 97–103. Retrieved 27 March 2021.
  6. ^ "2 Wm. IV, c. 10 An Act to alter the name of the Shire Town in the County of Kent from Liverpool to Richibucto.". Acts of the General Assembly of His Majesty's Province of New-Brunswick, Passed at Two Sessions of the General Assembly, in the Year 1832. Fredericton: Government of New Brunswick. 1832. pp. 42–43. Retrieved 27 March 2021.
  7. ^ "5 Wm. IV c. 19 An Act to erect the South-Western part of the Parish of Richibucto into a separate and distinct Parish.". Acts of the General Assembly of His Majesty's Province of New-Brunswick, Passed in the Year 1835. Fredericton: Government of New Brunswick. 1835. pp. 28–29. Retrieved 27 March 2021.
  8. ^ "8 Edward 7 c. 21 An Act to amend the Act respecting the division of the Province into Counties, Towns and Parishes, so far as relates to the County of Kent.". Acts of the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick Passed in the Month of May 1908. Fredericton: Government of New Brunswick. 1908. pp. 49–52.
  9. ^ a b c d e "No. 80". Provincial Archives of New Brunswick. Department of Natural Resources and Energy Development. Retrieved 11 June 2021. Remainder of parish on maps 89 and 90 at same site.
  10. ^ a b c d e "237" (PDF). Transportation and Infrastructure. Government of New Brunswick. Retrieved 11 June 2021. Remainder of parish on mapbooks 238, 252–254, 269, and 270 at same site.
  11. ^ "13 Vic. c. 51 An Act to consolidate all the Laws now in force for the division of the Province into Counties, Towns and Parishes.". Acts of the General Assembly of Her Mjaesty's Province of New Brunswick, Passed in the Year 1850. Fredericton: Government of New Brunswick. 1850. pp. 142–152, 145–149. Retrieved 27 March 2021. Book was poorly proofread, resulting in title typo and reuse of page numbers 145–152.
  12. ^ "Historical Magnetic Declination". National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Retrieved 2 March 2021.
  13. ^ a b c d "Search the Canadian Geographical Names Database (CGNDB)". Government of Canada. Retrieved 5 July 2021.
  14. ^ "New Brunswick Regulation 2017-46 under the Parks Act (O.C. 2017-293)" (PDF). The Royal Gazette. Fredericton: Queen's Printer. 175: 1496–1497. 13 December 2017. ISSN 1714-9428. Retrieved 5 July 2021.
  15. ^ Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006 census
  16. ^ 2011 Statistics Canada Census Profile: Richibucto Parish, New Brunswick

External links[]


Coordinates: 46°37′03″N 64°47′24″W / 46.61750°N 64.79000°W / 46.61750; -64.79000 (Richibucto Parish, New Brunswick)

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