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Drummond Parish, New Brunswick
Drummond is a civil parish in Victoria County, New Brunswick, Canada. For governance purposes it is divided between the town of Grand Falls, the village of Drummond, and the local service district of the parish of Drummond, all of which are members of the Northwest Regional Service Commission (NWRSC). Origin of name The parish may have been named in honour of General Sir Gordon Drummond, former Governor General of the Canadas. Drummond was originally a neighbour of Gordon Parish before the erections of Denmark and Lorne Parishes. History Drummond was erected in 1872 from Grand Falls Parish. It included Denmark Parish. In 1875 the county line was altered and part of Drummond was transferred to Victoria County. In 1927 the area within the municipal limits of the town of Grand Falls was removed from Drummond. In 1936 much of Drummond was erected as Denmark Parish. Three months later the inland boundary was simplified, returning part of Denmark to Drummond. In ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Parishes In New Brunswick
The Canadian province of New Brunswick is divided by the ''Territorial Division Act'' into 152 parishes, units which had political significance as subdivisions of counties until the Municipalities Act of 1966. Parishes still exist in law and include any municipality, rural community, or regional municipality within their borders. They provided convenient boundaries for electoral districts and organising delivery of government services for some time after 1966 but were gradually supplanted for such purposes by local service districts (LSDs), which better represent communities of interest. Local governance reforms scheduled for 1 January 2023 will abolish the local service district as a unit of governance but this will not affect the existence of civil parishes. Parishes are still usedAs of July 2021, by more than a dozen Acts and more than fifty Regulations. to describe legal boundaries for health administration judicial matters, agricultural boards, and some other entities; highwa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grand Falls Parish, New Brunswick
Grand Falls is a civil parish in Victoria County, New Brunswick, Canada; the legal name in French is Grand-Sault, the only parish with different English and French names. For governance purposes it is entirely within the town of Grand Falls, which is a member of the Northwest Regional Service Commission. Prior to the 2023 governance reform, the town of Grand Falls was much smaller in area and the remainder of the parish formed the local service district of the parish of Grand Falls. The town of Grand Falls is treated separately from the parish in the ''Territorial Division Act'', the only instance of a municipality being separated from a parish. The town's modern municipal boundaries extend well beyond its description in the TDA. Origin of name The parish was named for the waterfall located in the modern town of Grand Falls. History Grand Falls was erected in 1853 from all of Andover Parish north of the Aroostook River and all of Perth Parish north of a line due eas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saint-Quentin Parish, New Brunswick
Saint-Quentin is a List of parishes in New Brunswick, civil parish in Restigouche County, New Brunswick, Restigouche County, New Brunswick, Canada. For governance purposes it is divided between the town of Saint-Quentin, New Brunswick, Saint-Quentin, the List of municipalities in New Brunswick#Rural communities, incorporated rural community of Kedgwick, New Brunswick, Kedgwick, and the Northwest rural district, both members of the Northwest Rural Service Commission. Before the 2023 New Brunswick local governance reform, 2023 governance reform, the parish was divided between a much smaller town of Saint-Quentin and Local service district (New Brunswick), local service districts of St. Martin de Restigouche and the parish of Saint-Quentin. In the reform, St. Martin de Restigouche was annexed by Saint-Quentin while the parish LSD was divided by the town, rural community, and rural district. Origin of name The parish was named for the Operation Michael#St. Quentin, Battle of St. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gounamitz River
The Gounamitz River is a tributary of the head of the Restigouche River, flowing in the Northwest of New Brunswick, in Canada. The course of Gounamitz river crosses: * Madawaska County: Rivière-Verte, Sainte-Anne Parish * Restigouche County: Saint-Quentin Parish; * Victoria County: Drummond Parish. Geography The Gounamitz River rises at the confluence of the North Branch Gounamitz River and West Branch Gounamitz River. This source is located in the Rivière-Verte Parish, in Madawaska County. This source is located at: * South of the southern boundary of the Saint-Quentin Parish; * East of the confluence of Lake First; * Southwest of the confluence of the Little Main Restigouche River which is the head of the Restigouche River; * Northwest from the confluence of the Gounamitz river; * East of the southern boundary of the Quebec. Gounamitz river flows in forest zone, more or less in parallel in the southwest side to the Kedgwick River. From the source, "Gounam ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grand Falls Airport
Grand Falls Airport is a private airfield located northeast of Grand Falls, New Brunswick, Canada. The runway is wide and the centre is asphalt, while the rest is turf and gravel. The airport is classified as an airport of entry by Nav Canada and is serviced by the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA). CBSA officers can handle general aviation General aviation (GA) is defined by the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) as all civil aviation aircraft operations with the exception of commercial air transport or aerial work, which is defined as specialized aviation services ... aircraft only, with no more than 15 passengers. References External linksGrand Falls Aviation Registered aerodromes in New Brunswick Buildings and structures in Victoria County, New Brunswick Grand Falls, New Brunswick Transport in Victoria County, New Brunswick {{NewBrunswick-airport-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Little Main Restigouche River
The Little Main Restigouche River is a tributary of the head of the Restigouche River, flowing in Madawaska County, Victoria County and Restigouche County, in Northwest of New Brunswick, in Canada. The course of the river passes successively in: * Madawaska County: Rivière-Verte Parish, Notre-Dame-de-Lourdes and Sainte-Anne Parish; * Victoria County, New Brunswick: Drummond Parish; * Restigouche County: Saint-Quentin Parish and Grimmer Parish. Geography The "Little Main Restigouche River" originates from a mountain stream of Madawaska County, located at the South of a watershed line to which the Caribou Creek (tributary of the Gounamitz West Branch River) drains the North side and the Main Branch (a tributary of the Little Forks Branch Green river) drains the West side. This source is located at: * East of the confluence of Lake First; * Northeast of the city center of Edmundston; * Northeast of the confluence of the "Little Main Restigouche River"; * East of th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Madawaska County, New Brunswick
Madawaska County (2016 population 32,741), also known as the "New Brunswick Panhandle", is located in northwestern New Brunswick, Canada. Over 90% of the county's population speaks French. Its Francophone population are known as "Brayons." Forestry is the major industry in the county. History The first inhabitants of what is now called Madawaska County were the Maliseet or Wolastoqiyik, who occupied and used the land along the Saint John River Valley north to the St. Lawrence River and south to the Penobscot River. There is debate concerning the true origin of the word "Madawaska". The earliest settlers were from Quebec. The area was the focus of the bloodless Aroostook War, a border dispute led by businessman and political activist John Baker. The earliest settlers of the Upper Saint John River Valley can be clearly verified with and The second link displays census results taken in 1820 of the Madawaska region where most families had originated from Quebec. Census su ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saint John River (Bay Of Fundy)
The Saint John River (french: Fleuve Saint-Jean; Maliseet-Passamaquoddy: ''Wolastoq'') is a long river that flows from Northern Maine into Canada, and runs south along the western side of New Brunswick, emptying into the Atlantic Ocean in the Bay of Fundy. Eastern Canada's longest river, its drainage basin is one of the largest on the east coast at about . A part of the border between New Brunswick and Maine follows 130 km (80 miles) of the river. A tributary forms 55 km (35 miles) of the border between Quebec and Maine. New Brunswick settlements through which it passes include, moving downstream, Edmundston, Fredericton, Oromocto, and Saint John. It is regulated by hydro-power dams at Mactaquac, Beechwood, and Grand Falls, New Brunswick. Hydronym Samuel de Champlain visited the mouth of the river on the feast day of John the Baptist in 1604 and renamed it the Rivière Saint-Jean or Saint John River in English. Many waterways in the system retain their or ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New Brunswick Route 105
Route 105 is a collector highway in New Brunswick running from Route 10 in Youngs Cove to Route 108 in Grand Falls, mostly along the east and north banks of the Saint John River, over a distance of . Route 105 consists largely of former alignments of Route 2 (the Trans-Canada Highway) and runs parallel to Route 2 over its entire length. Since late 2016, a gap has existed on Route 105 since the closure and removal of the old Jemseg River Bridge connecting Jemseg and Coytown. Traffic must use the nearby Route 2 freeway and the newer Jemseg River Bridge to bypass the affected section of Route 105. Route description From Youngs Cove, Route 105 follows a former routing of the Trans-Canada Highway southwest (signed north) along the south shore of Grand Lake to Jemseg. The Route 105 designation temporarily ends at the intersection with Route 695 in Jemseg due to the closure of the old Jemseg River Bridge. The existing roadway, Marina Drive, terminates at a cul-de-sac just ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
