Gagetown Parish, New Brunswick

Gagetown Parish was created in 1765 as Gage Township in Nova Scotia: in 1786 this township became Gagetown Parish as part of the new province of New Brunswick: named for General Thomas Gage (1721-1787), commander in chief of the British forces in North America from 1763-1772 and a local land grantee: included part of Petersville Parish until 1838.

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

Northwest by the County line; southwest by Petersville Parish; northeast by the Saint John River; south and southeast by a line beginning on the western shore of the Saint John River at the northeast angle of lot number thirty-seven, granted to George Sweet; thence westerly along the northwest angle of same; thence south fifty-two degrees west, or to the southeast angle of lot number twenty-five, granted to T.T. Hewlett, on the northwestern side of the Gagetown Road,[lower-alpha 1] including Grimross Island.

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

This is a list of rivers, lakes, streams, creeks, marshes and Islands that are at least partially in this parish

• Saint John River

Highways and numbered routes that run through the parish, including external routes that start or finish at the parish limits:[6]

• List of parishes in New Brunswick