Wellington Parish, New Brunswick

Wellington
Parish
Saint-Édouard-de-Kent

Location within Kent County, New Brunswick.
Coordinates: 46°31′30″N 64°44′42″W / 46.525°N 64.745°W / 46.525; -64.745
Country  Canada
Province  New Brunswick
County Kent County
Established 1814
Area[1]
 • Land 195.31 km2 (75.41 sq mi)
Population (2011)[1]
 • Total 3,327
 • Density 17.0/km2 (44/sq mi)
 • Pop 2006-2011 Decrease 4.5%
 • Dwellings 1,915
Time zone UTC-4 (AST)
 • Summer (DST) UTC-3 (ADT)

Wellington is a Canadian parish in Kent County, New Brunswick.[2]

Its population in the 2011 Census was 3,327.

Delineation

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

South by Dundas Parish; north by Chockpish River and a line running south sixty-eight degrees west from the forks thereof; east by the Gulf of Saint Lawrence; and west by a line commencing where the southerly prolongation of the line between lots U and V, on the Little Buctouche River, strikes the northern boundary of Dundas Parish; thence along the prolongation of the said line north forty-three degrees west to the Little Buctouche River; thence down stream to the westerly line of lot number 7, granted to Joshua White; thence along the said westerly line of said lot to the northwest corner thereof; thence in a direct line to the southeast corner of lot number 13, granted to Michael Basterache, on the south side of the Buctouche River; thence along the eastern line of that lot northerly to the Buctouche River; thence to the mouth of Mill Creek; thence following the course of the said creek up stream to the eastern line of the grant to John W. Holderness, on said creek; thence northerly along that line to the rear line of said grant; thence westerly along said line to the western line of lots granted to Angus Cameron; thence northerly along that line and its prolongation to Mill Creek; thence following the various courses thereof up stream to the eastern line of lot number 101, granted to John McEachran; thence northerly along that line and its northern prolongation to the northern line of lot number 95, granted to John McNairn; thence westerly along the said last mentioned line and its western prolongation to meet the eastern line of lot number 138, granted to George Holder; thence along said eastern line and its prolongation in a northerly direction to the northern line of lot number 110 in Block O; thence along that line in an easterly direction to meet the southern prolongation of the eastern line of lot number 52, granted to John Cochrane; thence along said prolongation and eastern line of said last mentioned grant to the northern line of the parish, including the islands in front.

Communities

Demographics

See also

References

  1. 1 2 2011 Statistics Canada Census Profile: Wellington Parish, New Brunswick
  2. ↑ New Brunswick Provincial Archives - Wellington 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: 1996, 2001, 2006 census
  5. ↑ 2006 Statistics Canada Community Profile: Wellington Parish, New Brunswick

Coordinates: 46°31′30″N 64°44′42″W / 46.52500°N 64.74500°W / 46.52500; -64.74500 (Wellington Parish, New Brunswick)

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