Westmorland Parish, New Brunswick

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Westmorland
Parish
Location within Westmorland County, New Brunswick.
Location within Westmorland County, New Brunswick.
Coordinates: 46°11′N 64°36′W / 46.19°N 64.60°W / 46.19; -64.60
Country Canada
Province New Brunswick
CountyWestmorland County
Erected1786
Area
[1]
 • Land175.43 km2 (67.73 sq mi)
Population
 (2016)[1]
 • Total908
 • Density5.2/km2 (13/sq mi)
 • Change 2011-2016
Decrease 5.8%
 • Dwellings
596
Time zoneUTC-4 (AST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC-3 (ADT)

Westmorland is a civil parish in Westmorland County, New Brunswick, Canada.[2]

For governance purposes it is divided between the village of Port Elgin[3] and the local service districts of Baie-Verte, Pointe de Bute, and the parish of Westmorland.[4]

All governance units are members of the Southeast Regional Service Commission.[5]

Origin of name[]

Ganong considers the name to have "probably" come from Westmorland's proximity to Cumberland in England, or by the marshes in the English county.[6]

Westmorland County was part of Cumberland County, Nova Scotia until New Brunswick was created, and Westmorland Parish was part of the Nova Scotia township of Cumberland.[7]

History[]

Cumberland Township was organised in Nova Scotia in 1763.[8]

Westmorland was erected as a parish in 1786[9] from the New Brunswick portion of Cumberland Township.

In 1880 the boundary with Sackville Parish was altered, transferring a large interior area to Sackville.[10]

In 1894 the existing boundaries were declared retroactive to the parish's erection.[11]

Boundaries[]

Westmorland Parish is bounded:[2][12][13][14]

  • on the northeast by a line running north 38º 30' west[a] from the southeast angle of lot number one, granted to Otho Reed, at the mouth of Gaspereau Creek in Port Elgin;
  • on the east by Baie Verte;
  • on the southeast by the Nova Scotia border;
  • on the southwest by Cumberland Basin;
  • on the west and northwest by a line running up the Aulac River to the prolongation of Route 940 and Goose Creek Road, then by a line running northerly along the prolongation for about 4.3 kilometres, then running north 57º 30' east[b] the channel of Big Jolicure Lake, then northeasterly to the mouth of Goose Creek, then up Goose Creek and Robinson Brook to a point about 300 metres south of Brooklyn Road and 300 metres west of Luciphy Road, then northeasterly about 3.6 kilometres to Brooklyn Road, then north 45º east[b] to the starting point.

Communities[]

Communities at least partly within the parish;[12][13][14] bold indicates an incorporated municipality

Bodies of water[]

Bodies of water[c] at least partly in the parish:[12][13][14]

Demographics[]

Parish population total does not include portion within Port Elgin

Access routes[]

Highways and numbered routes that run through the parish, including external routes that start or finish at the parish limits:[19]

See also[]

Notes[]

  1. ^ By the magnet of 1867,[11] when declination in the area was between 21º and 22º west of north.[15]
  2. ^ a b By the magnet of 1880,[10] when declination in the area was between 22º and 23º west of north.[16]
  3. ^ Not including brooks, ponds or coves.

References[]

  1. ^ a b c d "Census Profile, 2016 Census: Westmorland, Parish [Census subdivision], New Brunswick". Statistics Canada. Retrieved October 5, 2019.
  2. ^ a b "Chapter T-3 Territorial Division Act". Government of New Brunswick. Retrieved 13 November 2020.
  3. ^ "New Brunswick Regulation 85-6 under the Municipalities Act (O.C. 85-45)". Government of New Brunswick. Retrieved 23 July 2020.
  4. ^ "New Brunswick Regulation 84-168 under the Municipalities Act (O.C. 84-582)". Government of New Brunswick. Retrieved 23 July 2020.
  5. ^ "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
  6. ^ Ganong, William F. (1896). A Monograph of the Place-Nomenclature of the Province of New Brunswick. Royal Society of Canada. p. 279. Retrieved 17 March 2021.
  7. ^ Ganong, William F. (1901). A Monograph of the Evolution of the Boundaries of the Province of New Brunswick. Royal Society of Canada. p. 430. Retrieved 27 March 2021.
  8. ^ Ganong, William F. (1899). A Monograph of Historic Sites in the Province of New Brunswick. Royal Society of Canada. p. 335. Retrieved 27 March 2021.
  9. ^ "26 Geo. III Chapter I. An Act for the better ascertaining and confirming the Boundaries of the several Counties within this Province, and for subdividing them into Towns or Parishes.". Acts of the General Assembly of His Majesty's Province of New-Brunswick, passed in the year 1786. Saint John, New Brunswick: Government of New Brunswick. 1786. pp. 3–12. Retrieved 20 March 2021.
  10. ^ a b "43 Vic. c. 40 An Act to alter a portion of the Boundary Line of the Parish of Sackville, Westmorland County.". Acts of the General Assembly of Her Majesty's Province of New Brunswick. Passed in the Months of March & April 1880. Fredericton: Government of New Brunswick. 1880. pp. 80–81. Available as a free ebook from Google Books.
  11. ^ a b "57 Vic. c. 36 An Act to amend Chapter 2 of the Consolidated Statutes, of 'The division of the Province into Counties, Towns and Parishes,' so far as relates to the County of Westmorland.". Acts of the General Assembly of Her Majesty's Province of New Brunswick. Passed in the Month of April, 1894. Fredericton: Government of New Brunswick. 1894. pp. 162–163. Available as a free ebook from Google Books.
  12. ^ a b c "No. 121". Provincial Archives of New Brunswick. Department of Natural Resources and Energy Development. Retrieved 25 June 2021. Remainder of parish on maps 122, 133, and 144 at same site.
  13. ^ a b c "361" (PDF). Transportation and Infrastructure. Government of New Brunswick. Retrieved 25 June 2021. Remainder of parish on mapbooks 362, 382, 383, and 402 at same site.
  14. ^ a b c "Search the Canadian Geographical Names Database (CGNDB)". Government of Canada. Retrieved 25 June 2021.
  15. ^ "Historical Magnetic Declination". National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Retrieved 2 May 2021.
  16. ^ "Historical Magnetic Declination". National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Retrieved 2 May 2021.
  17. ^ Statistics Canada: 2001, 2006 census
  18. ^ 2011 Statistics Canada Census Profile: Westmorland Parish, New Brunswick
  19. ^ Atlantic Canada Back Road Atlas ISBN 978-1-55368-618-7



Coordinates: 46°06′41″N 63°58′32″W / 46.111326°N 63.975449°W / 46.111326; -63.975449 (Westmorland Parish, New Brunswick)

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