Canning Parish, New Brunswick

Canning
Parish

Location within Queens County, New Brunswick.
Country  Canada
Province  New Brunswick
County Queens County
Established 1765
Area[1]
 • Land 173.40 km2 (66.95 sq mi)
Population (2011)[1]
 • Total 952
 • Density 5.5/km2 (14/sq mi)
 • Pop 2006–11 Increase 0.2%
 • Dwellings 836
Time zone UTC-4 (AST)
 • Summer (DST) UTC-3 (ADT)

Canning is a Canadian parish in Queens County, New Brunswick.[2]

History

Canning Parish set off from Waterborough Parish in 1827: named for the Right Honourable George Canning, (1770–1827) who was prime minister of the United Kingdom: included part of Chipman Parish until 1835.

Delineation

is defined in the Territorial Division Act[3] as being bounded:

Northeast by Chipman Parish; northwest by the County line; southwest by the Saint John River, and southeast by Cambridge and Waterborough Parishes.

Communities

Parish population total does not include incorporated municipalities (in bold).

  • Back Road
  • Canning
  • Clarks Corners
  • Douglas Harbour
  • Flowers Cove
  • Lake Road
  • Maquapit Lake
  • Newcastle Center
  • Newcastle Centre
  • Newcastle Creek
  • Princess Park
  • Scotchtown
  • Sunnyside Beach
  • Sypher Cove
  • Upper Gagetown
  • Wuhr's Beach Road

Bodies of water & Islands

Rivers, lakes, streams, creeks, marshes and Islands that are at least partially in this parish include:

  • Grand Lake
  • Maquapit Lake
  • Pickerel Pond Nature Preserve
  • Grand Lake Meadow
  • Lower Timber Lake
  • The Keyhole

Demographics

Access Routes

Highways and numbered routes that run through the parish, including external routes that start or finish at the parish limits:[6]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 2011 Statistics Canada Census Profile: Canning Parish, New Brunswick
  2. ↑ New Brunswick Provincial Archives - Canning Parish
  3. ↑ "Territorial Division Act (R.S.N.B. 1973, c. T-3)". Government of New Brunswick website. Retrieved 17 August 2016.
  4. ↑ Statistics Canada: 2001, 2006 census
  5. ↑ Profile: Canning Parish, New Brunswick
  6. ↑ Atlantic Canada Back Road Atlas ISBN 978-1-55368-618-7



Coordinates: 45°58′00″N 66°05′30″W / 45.9666°N 66.0917°W / 45.9666; -66.0917

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