Kars Parish, New Brunswick

Kars
Parish

Location within Kings County, New Brunswick.
Coordinates: 45°50′N 64°35′W / 45.84°N 64.59°W / 45.84; -64.59
Country  Canada
Province  New Brunswick
County Kings County
Established 1859
Area[1]
 • Land 75.96 km2 (29.33 sq mi)
Population (2011)[1]
 • Total 407
 • Density 5.4/km2 (14/sq mi)
 • Pop 2006-2011 Decrease 4.0%
 • Dwellings 346
Time zone UTC-4 (AST)
 • Summer (DST) UTC-3 (ADT)

Kars Parish is a Canadian parish in Kings County, New Brunswick.

History

Kars Parish erected in 1859 from Kingston Parish: named for the 1855 Siege of Kars in eastern Turkey during the Crimean War.

Delineation

Kars Parish is defined in the Territorial Division Act[2] as being bounded:

West by the Saint John River; east by the eastern side lines of lots number ten, granted to Richard B. Squires, number one, granted to William McDonald, and number seven, granted to James Peters; and south by Belleisle Bay, including the islands at the mouth of Belleisle Bay.

Governance

The entire parish forms the local service district of the parish of Kars, established in 1968 to assess for fire protection. Recreational facilities were added in 2001 and non-fire related rescue in 2012. First aid and ambulance services (1972—2001) and community services (1986—2001) were formerly included.

Communities

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

Downeyville, New Brunswick[3] Tooleton, New Brunswick[4] Palmer Settlement or Palmer Point[5] Jones Settlement or Jones Corner [6] Paddock[7]

Bodies of water & Islands

This is a list of rivers, lakes, streams, creeks, marshes and Islands that are at least partially in this parish

  • Hog Island

Other Islands: Pig Island, Ghost Island

Main Water Sources: Belleisle Bay, Saint John River

Coves: Tennants Cove, Jenkins Cove, Urquharts Cove, Earle Cove

Demographics

Access Routes

Highways and numbered routes that run through the parish, including external routes that start or finish at the parish limits:[10]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 2011 Statistics Canada Census Profile: Kars Parish, New Brunswick
  2. ↑ "Territorial Division Act (R.S.N.B. 1973, c. T-3)". Government of New Brunswick website. Retrieved 23 August 2016.
  3. ↑ http://archives.gnb.ca/Exhibits/Communities/Details.aspx?culture=en-CA&community=1088
  4. ↑ http://archives.gnb.ca/Exhibits/Communities/Details.aspx?culture=en-CA&community=4073
  5. ↑ http://archives.gnb.ca/Exhibits/Communities/Details.aspx?culture=en-CA&community=2953
  6. ↑ http://archives.gnb.ca/Exhibits/Communities/Details.aspx?culture=en-CA&community=1904
  7. ↑ http://archives.gnb.ca/Exhibits/Communities/Details.aspx?culture=en-CA&community=2949
  8. ↑ Statistics Canada: 2001, 2006 census
  9. ↑ Profile: Kars Parish, New Brunswick
  10. ↑ Atlantic Canada Back Road Atlas ISBN 978-1-55368-618-7



Coordinates: 45°37′08″N 65°57′40″W / 45.61881°N 65.961142°W / 45.61881; -65.961142 (Kars Parish, New Brunswick)

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