Simonds Parish, Saint John County, New Brunswick

Simonds
Parish

Location within Saint John County
Coordinates: 45°20′N 65°47′W / 45.33°N 65.78°W / 45.33; -65.78Coordinates: 45°20′N 65°47′W / 45.33°N 65.78°W / 45.33; -65.78
Country  Canada
Province  New Brunswick
County Saint John County
Established 1839
Population (2016)[1]
 • Total 3,843
 • Change 2011-16 Increase 0.4%
 • Dwellings 1,483
Time zone UTC-4 (AST)
 • Summer (DST) UTC-3 (ADT)
Median Income* $51,323 CDN
  • Median household income, 2005 (all households)

Simonds is a Canadian parish in Saint John County, New Brunswick.[2]

History

Simonds Parish established in 1839 from Portland Parish: named for James Simonds (1735-1831), the first English settler at Saint John in 1761, and for his son Charles Simonds (1783-1859), the speaker of the New Brunswick house of assembly.

Delineation

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

All that part of the County bounded south by the Bay of Fundy, west by The City of Saint John, north by the Kings County line, and east by the eastern line of lot number one, granted to Samuel Hugh, at Tynemouth Creek, and the northern prolongation thereof.

Communities

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

Geography

The following water bodies are located within or adjacent to this parish.

  • Balls Lake
  • Black River
  • Browns Lake
  • Bay of Fundy (adjacent)
  • Grassy Lake
  • Haynes Lake
  • Loch Lomond
  • Mackins Lake
  • McBrien Lake
  • Millican Lake
  • Otter Lake
  • Taylor Lake

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. ↑
  2. ↑ New Brunswick Provincial Archives - St John Parish
  3. ↑ "Territorial Division Act (R.S.N.B. 1973, c. T-3)". Government of New Brunswick website. Retrieved 25 August 2016.
  4. ↑ Statistics Canada: 1986, 1991, 1996, 2001, 2006, 2011, 2016 census
  5. ↑ http://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2006/dp-pd/prof/92-591/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo1=CSD&Code1=1301004&Geo2=PR&Code2=13&Data=Count&SearchText=simonds&SearchType=Begins&SearchPR=13&B1=All&Custom=Community Profile: Simonds Parish, St John County, New Brunswick]
  6. ↑ Atlantic Canada Back Road Atlas ISBN 978-1-55368-618-7



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