Waterford Parish, New Brunswick

Waterford
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 1786
Area[1]
 • Land 221.12 km2 (85.37 sq mi)
Population (2011)[1]
 • Total 458
 • Density 2.1/km2 (5/sq mi)
 • Pop 2006-2011 Decrease 9.3%
 • Dwellings 235
Time zone UTC-4 (AST)
 • Summer (DST) UTC-3 (ADT)

Waterford is a Canadian parish in Kings Parish, New Brunswick.[2] Poley Mountain is located here.

History

Waterford Parish created from Sussex Parish in 1874: named for County Waterford, Ireland.

Delineation

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

South by a line commencing at the southeast angle of Sussex Parish and running a direct course to the northeastern angle of lot fifty-five, granted to William Thompson aforesaid; thence south eighty-eight degrees east to the County of Albert; east by the County line; north by Cardwell Parish, and west by Sussex Parish.

Governance

The entire parish forms the local service district of the parish of Waterford, established in 1968 to assess for fire protection. Recreational and sports facilities were added in 2012. First aid and ambulance services (1972–2012) were formerly included.

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:[6]

Notable people

See also

References

  1. 1 2 2011 Statistics Canada Census Profile: Waterford Parish, New Brunswick
  2. ↑ New Brunswick Provincial Archives - Waterford Parish
  3. ↑ "Territorial Division Act (R.S.N.B. 1973, c. T-3)". Government of New Brunswick website. Retrieved 30 August 2016.
  4. ↑ Statistics Canada: 2001, 2006 census
  5. ↑ Profile: Waterford Parish, New Brunswick
  6. ↑ Atlantic Canada Back Road Atlas ISBN 978-1-55368-618-7
  7. ↑ Jules Heller; Nancy G. Heller (19 December 2013). North American Women Artists of the Twentieth Century: A Biographical Dictionary. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-135-63882-5.



Coordinates: 45°41′20″N 65°22′21″W / 45.688854°N 65.372515°W / 45.688854; -65.372515 (Waterford Parish, New Brunswick)

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