Westfield Parish, New Brunswick

Westfield
Parish

Location within Kings County, New Brunswick.
Country  Canada
Province  New Brunswick
County Kings County
Established 1786
Area[1]
 • Land 295.50 km2 (114.09 sq mi)
Population (2011)[1]
 • Total 2,108
 • Density 7.1/km2 (18/sq mi)
 • Pop 2006-2011 Increase 2.7%
 • Dwellings 986
Time zone UTC-4 (AST)
 • Summer (DST) UTC-3 (ADT)

Westfield is a civil parish in Kings County, New Brunswick.[2]

History

Westfield Parish created in 1786: possibly named for the town of Westfield in Massachusetts.

Delineation

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

On the northwest, south and west, by the boundary line of the County; and on the northeast by a line beginning on the County line between Kings and Queens, intersected by the northwestern prolongation of the line dividing lots number twenty-three and number twenty-four at Devils Back, on the Long Reach; thence southeasterly along said prolongation and line to the northwestern shore of the Long Reach; thence southeasterly in a direct line across the Saint John River to the line dividing lots number twenty-five and number twenty-six, granted to Robert and Caleb Merritt; thence southeasterly along said line and its southeastern prolongation to the rear line of lots fronting on the northwest side of Kennebecasis Bay; thence southwesterly along said line to the northeast line of lot number twenty-eight, granted to Dennis Coombe; thence southeasterly along said line and its southeastern prolongation to the County line, including Kennebecasis Island.

Communities

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

Bodies of water & 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]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 2011 Statistics Canada Census Profile: Westfield Parish, New Brunswick
  2. ↑ New Brunswick Provincial Archives - Westfield 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: Westfield Parish, New Brunswick
  6. ↑ Atlantic Canada Back Road Atlas ISBN 978-1-55368-618-7



Coordinates: 45°20′03″N 66°17′56″W / 45.334289°N 66.298885°W / 45.334289; -66.298885 (Westfield Parish, New Brunswick)

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