Burton Parish, New Brunswick

Burton is a Canadian parish in Sunbury County, New Brunswick.[2]

Burton
Parish
Location within Sunbury County, New Brunswick
Country Canada
Province New Brunswick
CountySunbury County
Established1765
Area
 • Land259.10 km2 (100.04 sq mi)
Population
 (2016)[1]
 • Total5,119
 • Density19.8/km2 (51/sq mi)
 • Change
2011-2016
 5.6%
 • Dwellings
2,020
Time zoneUTC-4 (AST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC-3 (ADT)

History

Burton Parish was first established in 1765 as a Nova Scotia township, and was named for Brigadier General Ralph Burton who served at the capture of Fort Louisbourg in 1758 and the capture of Québec in 1759. Burton became a parish in New Brunswick in 1786, when it included part of Blissville Parish until 1834.

Delineation

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

Southeast by the County line; southwest by the prolongation southeasterly of the southwest line of Lincoln Parish to the Queens County line; northwest by the Oromocto River and northeast by the Saint John River, including Gilbert and Ox Islands.

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. "Census Profile, 2016 Census: Burton, Parish [Census subdivision], New Brunswick". Statistics Canada. Retrieved September 29, 2019.
  2. "Burton Parish". New Brunswick Provincial Archives.
  3. "Territorial Division Act (R.S.N.B. 1973, c. T-3)". Government of New Brunswick website. Retrieved August 17, 2016.
  4. Statistics Canada: 2001, 2006 census
  5. 2011 Statistics Canada Census Profile: Burton Parish, New Brunswick
  6. Atlantic Canada Back Road Atlas ISBN 978-1-55368-618-7



This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.