Chipman Parish, New Brunswick

Chipman is a Canadian parish in Queens County, New Brunswick.[2]

Chipman
Location within Queens County, New Brunswick.
Country Canada
Province New Brunswick
CountyQueens County
Established1835
Area
  Land483.44 km2 (186.66 sq mi)
Population
 (2016)[1]
  Total913
  Density1.9/km2 (5/sq mi)
  Change
2011-2016
5.1%
  Dwellings
541
Time zoneUTC-4 (AST)
  Summer (DST)UTC-3 (ADT)

History

Chipman Parish was created in 1835 from Brunswick Parish and Canning Parish, and was named for Ward Chipman Jr. (1787-1851), the chief justice of New Brunswick from 1834-1851. It included the eastern part of Waterborough Parish until 1896.

Delineation

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

Northwest and northeast by the County lines; southwest by a line beginning on the Sunbury County line, intersected by the northern line of lot number nine[lower-alpha 1] on the eastern side of the Hardwood Ridge Road;[lower-alpha 2] thence easterly along said line to the northeast angle of said lot; thence south forty-five degrees east to Salmon Bay; thence southeasterly in a direct line to Indian Point; thence easterly up the northeast arm of Grand Lake to Coal Creek; thence easterly up Coal Creek to the southeast angle of lot number one, surveyed for Malcolm Carmichael, at the Round Turns on said Coal Creek; thence northeasterly parallel to the northwest line of Brunswick Parish to the County line.

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

  • Salmon River
  • Gaspereau River

Demographics

Access Routes

Highways and numbered routes that run through the parish, including external routes that start or finish at the parish limits:[7]

See also

Footnotes

  1. Now within lot 157 due to a resurvey and redivision of the area.
  2. Now part of Route 10.

References

  1. "Census Profile, 2016 Census: Chipman, Parish [Census subdivision], New Brunswick". Statistics Canada. Retrieved September 27, 2019.
  2. "Chipman Parish". New Brunswick Provincial Archives.
  3. "Territorial Division Act (R.S.N.B. 1973, c. T-3)". Government of New Brunswick website. Retrieved 18 August 2016.
  4. Statistics Canada: 2001, 2006 census
  5. Profile: Chipman Parish, New Brunswick
  6. 2011 Statistics Canada Census Profile: Chipman Parish, New Brunswick
  7. Atlantic Canada Back Road Atlas ISBN 978-1-55368-618-7



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