Gagetown Parish, New Brunswick
Gagetown | |
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Parish | |
Location within Queens County, New Brunswick. | |
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Province |
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County | Queens County |
Established | 1765 |
Area[1] | |
• Land | 235.19 km2 (90.81 sq mi) |
Population (2011)[1] | |
• Total | 316 |
• Density | 1.3/km2 (3/sq mi) |
• Pop 2006-2011 |
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• Dwellings | 146 |
Time zone | UTC-4 (AST) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC-3 (ADT) |
Gagetown is a Canadian parish in Queens County, New Brunswick.[2]
History
Gagetown Parish was created in 1765 as Gage Township in Nova Scotia: in 1786 this township became Gagetown Parish as part of the new province of New Brunswick: named for General Thomas Gage (1721-1787), commander in chief of the British forces in North America from 1763-1772 and a local land grantee: included part of Petersville Parish until 1838.
Delineation
Gagetown Parish is defined in the Territorial Division Act[3] as being bounded:
- Northwest by the County line; southwest by Petersville Parish; northeast by the Saint John River; south and southeast by a line beginning on the western shore of the Saint John River at the northeast angle of lot number thirty-seven, granted to George Sweet; thence westerly along the northwest angle of same; thence south fifty-two degrees west, or to the southeast angle of lot number twenty-five, granted to T.T. Hewlett, on the northwestern side of the Gagetown Road,[lower-alpha 1] including Grimross Island.
Communities
Parish population total does not include incorporated municipalities (in bold).
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Bodies of water & Islands
This is a list of rivers, lakes, streams, creeks, marshes and Islands that are at least partially in this parish
Demographics
Access Routes
Highways and numbered routes that run through the parish, including external routes that start or finish at the parish limits:[6]
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See also
Footnotes
- ↑ Road is within CFB Gagetown and no longer appears on provincial road maps. Cadastral maps label it the Lawfield Road.
References
- 1 2 2011 Statistics Canada Census Profile: Gagetown Parish, New Brunswick
- ↑ New Brunswick Provincial Archives - Gagetown Parish
- ↑ "Territorial Division Act (R.S.N.B. 1973, c. T-3)". Government of New Brunswick website. Retrieved 22 August 2016.
- ↑ Statistics Canada: 2001, 2006 census
- ↑ Profile: Gagetown Parish, New Brunswick
- ↑ Atlantic Canada Back Road Atlas ISBN 978-1-55368-618-7