Waterborough Parish, New Brunswick

Waterborough
Parish

Location within Queens 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 Queens County
Established 1786
Area[1]
 • Land 444.87 km2 (171.77 sq mi)
Population (2011)[1]
 • Total 851
 • Density 1.9/km2 (5/sq mi)
 • Pop 2006-2011 Decrease 4.7%
 • Dwellings 791
Time zone UTC-4 (AST)
 • Summer (DST) UTC-3 (ADT)

Waterborough is a Canadian parish in Queens County, New Brunswick.

History

Waterborough Parish established in 1786: Waterborough Parish included Canning Parish until 1827, a portion of Chipman Parish until 1835 and Cambridge Parish until 1852.

Delineation

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

Southeast by Johnston and Brunswick Parishes; northeast by the County line; northwest by Chipman Parish and a line along the centre of Grand Lake from the mouth of Coal Creek to Mill Cove, and southwest by Cambridge Parish.

Governance

The entire parish forms the local service district of the parish of Waterborough, established in 1966 to assess for fire protection. First aid and ambulance services were added in 1972. The Waterborough LSD is part of the Regional Service Commission 8.

Communities

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

Bodies of water and 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:[5]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 2011 Statistics Canada Census Profile: Waterborough Parish, New Brunswick
  2. ↑ "Territorial Division Act (R.S.N.B. 1973, c. T-3)". Government of New Brunswick website. Retrieved 30 August 2016.
  3. ↑ Statistics Canada: 2001, 2006 census
  4. ↑ Profile: Waterborough Parish, New Brunswick
  5. ↑ Atlantic Canada Back Road Atlas ISBN 978-1-55368-618-7



Coordinates: 45°33′15″N 65°35′31″W / 45.55418°N 65.59185°W / 45.55418; -65.59185 (Waterborough Parish, New Brunswick)

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