Chipman Parish, New Brunswick
Chipman is a Canadian parish in Queens County, New Brunswick.[2]
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![]() Location within Queens County, New Brunswick. | |
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County | Queens County |
Established | 1835 |
Area | |
• Land | 483.44 km2 (186.66 sq mi) |
Population (2016)[1] | |
• Total | 913 |
• Density | 1.9/km2 (5/sq mi) |
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• Dwellings | 541 |
Time zone | UTC-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).
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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
- Now within lot 157 due to a resurvey and redivision of the area.
- Now part of Route 10.
References
- "Census Profile, 2016 Census: Chipman, Parish [Census subdivision], New Brunswick". Statistics Canada. Retrieved September 27, 2019.
- "Chipman Parish". New Brunswick Provincial Archives.
- "Territorial Division Act (R.S.N.B. 1973, c. T-3)". Government of New Brunswick website. Retrieved 18 August 2016.
- Statistics Canada: 2001, 2006 census
- Profile: Chipman Parish, New Brunswick
- 2011 Statistics Canada Census Profile: Chipman Parish, New Brunswick
- Atlantic Canada Back Road Atlas ISBN 978-1-55368-618-7
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