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Madawaska Parish, New Brunswick
Madawaska is a civil parish in Madawaska County, New Brunswick, Canada. The parish consists of two discontiguous portions, separated by Saint-Joseph Parish. For governance purposes, the southwestern portion is divided between the city of Edmundston and the town of Haut-Madawaska; the northeastern portion is part of the Northwest rural district. All three bodies are part of the Northwest Regional Service Commission. Before the 2023 governance reform, the northeastern portion of the parish formed the local service district of the parish of Madawaska. Origin of name The parish was named for the Madawaska River. History Madawaska was erected in 1833 from the northern part of Kent Parish, taking in most of modern Madawaska County and the northern part of Victoria County. In 1850 three new parishes were erected from Madawaska: Saint-Basile, Saint-François, and Saint-Léonard. In 1852 the parish was extended northward to include territory awarded in the boundary settlemen ... [...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] |
Kent Parish, New Brunswick
Kent is a civil parish in the northeastern corner of Carleton County, New Brunswick, Canada. Prior to the 2023 governance reform, for governance purposes it was divided between one village, two local service districts, and part of one town, all of which were members of the Western Valley Regional Service Commission (WVRSC). The Census subdivision of Kent Parish includes all of the civil parish except the two municipalities. Origin of name The parish was named in memory of the Duke of Kent, father of Queen Victoria. History Kent was erected in 1821 within York County from "all that part of the County of York lying above the Parish of Wakefield, on both sides of the River Saint John," territory previously unassigned to any parish. This sweeping description included modern Kent Parish, Wicklow Parish, Aberdeen Parish, parts of Brighton, Peel, and Stanley Parishes; Madawaska County; most of Victoria County; the western part of Restigouche County; and parts of Maine and Q ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Municipalities In New Brunswick
New Brunswick is the eighth-most populous province in Canada, with 775,610 residents as of the 2021 census, and the third-smallest province by land area, at . New Brunswick's 104 municipalities cover only of the province's land mass but are home to of its population. Municipalities in New Brunswick may be incorporated under the Municipalities Act of 1973 as a city, town, village, regional municipality, or rural community. Municipal governments are led by elected councils and are responsible for the delivery of services such as civic administration, land use planning, emergency measures, policing, road, and garbage collection. New Brunswick has 8 cities, 26 towns, 61 villages, 1 regional municipality, and 8 rural communities. Although rural communities are under the Municipalities Act, the provincial government distinguishes them from municipalities. In 1785, Saint John became the first community in what would eventually become Canada to be incorporated as a city. Moncton ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Restigouche County, New Brunswick
Restigouche County (2016 population 30,955) is located in north-central New Brunswick, Canada. The county is named for the Restigouche River which flows through the county and is famous for its salmon pools, which have attracted wealthy American and Canadian tourists to the region's summer colonies for decades. Forestry dominates the local economy. Census subdivisions Communities There are nine municipalities within Restigouche County (listed by 2016 population): First Nations There are two First Nations reservations in Restigouche County (listed by 2016 population): Parishes The county is subdivided into eight parishes. (Listed by 2016 population, excluding municipalities): *note: Grimmer Parish has been dissolved and amalgamated as part of the Rural Community of Kedgwick, effective July 2012. Demographics As a census division in the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Restigouche County had a population of living in of its total private dwelli ... [...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 origi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Canada–United States Border
The border between Canada and the United States is the longest international border in the world. The terrestrial boundary (including boundaries in the Great Lakes, Atlantic, and Pacific coasts) is long. The land border has two sections: Canada's border with the contiguous United States to its south, and with the U.S. state of Alaska to its west. The bi-national International Boundary Commission deals with matters relating to marking and maintaining the boundary, and the International Joint Commission deals with issues concerning boundary waters. The agencies currently responsible for facilitating legal passage through the international boundary are the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) and U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP). History 18th century The Treaty of Paris of 1783 ended the American Revolutionary War between Great Britain and the United States. In the second article of the Treaty, the parties agreed on all boundaries of the United States, including, but ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Iroquois River (Saint John River Tributary)
The Iroquois River is a tributary of the Saint John River (Bay of Fundy) emptying in New Brunswick, in Canada. This river flows into the Notre Dame Mountains, in the municipality of Dégelis, Quebec, in Temiscouata Regional County Municipality (RCM), in administrative region of Bas-Saint-Laurent, in Quebec; and in the Madawaska County, in New Brunswick, in Canada. The Iroquois River flows south especially in forest areas, more or less in parallel, between the Little Iroquois River (East side) and the Madawaska River (Saint John River). The Iroquois River flows on the north shore of Saint John River (Bay of Fundy). The latter flows southeast through all the New Brunswick province and pours on the north bank of the Bay of Fundy which is opened to the southwest on the Atlantic Ocean. Geography Course of the river The Iroquois River originates at the mouth of Lake Iroquois (length: ; altitude: ), located in the municipality of Dégelis, Quebec, in MRC Témiscouata Regional Count ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New Brunswick Route 2
Route 2 is a major provincial highway in the Canadian province of New Brunswick, carrying the main route of the Trans-Canada Highway in the province. The highway connects with Autoroute 85 at the border with Quebec and Highway 104 at the border with Nova Scotia, as well as with traffic from Interstate 95 in the U.S. state of Maine via the short Route 95 connector. A core route in the National Highway System, Route 2 is a four-lane freeway in its entirety, and directly serves the cities of Edmundston, Fredericton, and Moncton. A 20-year project to replace the original 1960s-era two-lane Trans-Canada Highway with a four-lane freeway was completed on November 1, 2007. The final upgrade to Route 2 and Route 95 has extended the continuous freeway network of North America east to New Glasgow, Nova Scotia. Once Autoroute 85 in Quebec is completed, Route 2 will also connect with the freeway networks of Central Canada without passing through the United States. Route description As a p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saint-Hilaire Parish, New Brunswick
Saint-Hilaire is a civil parish in Madawaska County, New Brunswick, Canada. For governance purposes it is part of the incorporated rural community of Haut-Madawaska, which is a member of the Northwest Regional Service Commission (NWRSC). Origin of name The parish takes its name from the local Roman Catholic church. History Saint-Hilaire was erected as Saint Hilaire in 1877 from Madawaska and Saint-François Parishes. In 1930 Baker Brook Parish was erected from the western part of Saint-Hilaire. In 1946 Saint-Hilaire was affected by the major reorganisation of Madawaska County parish boundaries. In 1973 the hyphen was finally added to the legal name. The original printed version is cited separately to distinguish it from the updated version available online. Boundaries Saint-Hilaire Parish is bounded: Remainder of parish on map 33 at same site. Remainder of parish on mapbooks 120, 141, and 142 at same site. *on the north by the northern line of Six of the Riceville S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saint-Jacques Parish, New Brunswick
Saint-Jacques is a civil parish in Madawaska County, New Brunswick, Canada. The parish consists of two discontiguous portions separated by Saint-Joseph Parish. For governance purposes the southwestern portion is divided between the city of Edmundston, which includes the tier of grants on either side of the Madawaska River, and the Northwest rural district; the northeastern portion is part of the rural district. Both city and rural district are members of the Northwest Regional Service Commission. Before the 2023 governance reform, the parish was divided between Edmundston and the local service district of the parish of Saint-Jacques, part of which was annexed by Edmundston in the reform. Origin of name The parish is named for the local Roman Catholic church. History Saint-Jacques was erected in 1877 from Madawaska Parish; the name was spelt without a hyphen. In 1930 part of Saint-Jacques was included in the newly erected Saint-Joseph Parish. In 1941 the boundary was a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lower Canada
The Province of Lower Canada (french: province du Bas-Canada) was a British colony on the lower Saint Lawrence River and the shores of the Gulf of Saint Lawrence (1791–1841). It covered the southern portion of the current Province of Quebec and the Labrador region of the current Province of Newfoundland and Labrador (until the Labrador region was transferred to Newfoundland in 1809). Lower Canada consisted of part of the former colony of Canada of New France, conquered by Great Britain in the Seven Years' War ending in 1763 (also called the French and Indian War in the United States). Other parts of New France conquered by Britain became the Colonies of Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, and Prince Edward Island. The Province of Lower Canada was created by the ''Constitutional Act 1791'' from the partition of the British colony of the Province of Quebec (1763–1791) into the Province of Lower Canada and the Province of Upper Canada. The prefix "lower" in its name refers to its geog ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saint-Léonard Parish, New Brunswick
Saint-Léonard is a civil parish in Madawaska County, New Brunswick, Canada. For governance purposes it is divided between the town of Vallée-des-Rivières and the Northwest rural district, both of which are members of the Northwest Regional Service Commission. Before the 2023 governance reform, the parish was divided between the town of Saint-Léonard and the local service district of the parish of Saint-Léonard, part of which was included in Vallée-des-Rivières by the reform. Origin of name The parish's name may have been in honour of Leonard R. Coombes, local magistrate. History Saint-Léonard was erected as Saint Leonard in 1850 from Madawaska Parish. The parish was part of Victoria County and extended south of the modern county line. In 1862 the boundary with Grand Falls Parish was altered. In 1864 part of Saint-Léonard was included Gordon Parish. In 1873 all of the parish south of the new Madawaska County line was added to Drummond Parish. In 1875 the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
