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Northfield Parish, New Brunswick
Northfield is a civil parish in Sunbury County, New Brunswick, Canada. Prior to the 2023 governance reform, for governance purposes it was divided between the village of Minto and the local service district of the parish of Northfield, both of which were members of Regional Service Commission 11 (RSC11). Origin of name William F. Ganong states that the parish was named for its position in the county. The origin may be simpler, as Northfield was the northern polling district of Sheffield Parish before it was erected. History Northfield was erected in 1857 from Sheffield Parish. Boundaries Northfield Parish is bounded: Remainder of parish on maps 106 and 116 at same site. Remainder of parish on mapbooks 296, 312, 313, 331, 332, and 352 at same site. * on the northeast by the Northumberland County line, beginning at a point about 2.6 kilometres northwesterly of Cains River, then running southeasterly; * on the southeast by the Queens County line; * on the southwest by a l ...
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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 ...
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Queens County, New Brunswick
Queens County (french: Comté de Queens; 2016 population 10,472) is located in central New Brunswick, Canada. The county shire town is the village of Gagetown. Geography The county's geography is dominated by the Saint John River and Grand Lake. Coal mining is a major industry in the Minto area. Forestry and mixed farming dominate the rest of the county. The CFB Gagetown military training area takes in a large portion of the western part of the county. Census subdivisions Communities There are four municipalities within Queens County (listed by 2016 population): *Part of Minto lies within Sunbury County, but since most of it is in Queens County, Statistics Canada considers it as part of Queens. Parishes The county is subdivided into ten parishes (listed by 2016 population): Demographics As a census division in the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Queens County had a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change of from ...
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Slope Road, New Brunswick
Slope Road is a Canadian unincorporated community in Northfield Parish, Sunbury County, New Brunswick. It is located 3 kilometres northwest of Minto, and near New England Settlement. The community of Sloap Road should not be confused with the street Slope Rd which runs between Slope Road and Minto Minto may refer to: Places Antarctica *Mount Minto (Antarctica) Australia *Minto, New South Wales, a suburb of Sydney ** Minto railway station * Minto County, Western Australia * Parish of Minto, New South Wales Canada * Minto City, British C .... History Notable people See also * List of communities in New Brunswick References Communities in Sunbury County, New Brunswick {{NewBrunswick-geo-stub ...
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North Forks, New Brunswick
North Forks is a Canadian unincorporated community in Northfield Parish, Sunbury County, New Brunswick. It is located 17 kilometres north-northeast of Minto Minto may refer to: Places Antarctica *Mount Minto (Antarctica) Australia *Minto, New South Wales, a suburb of Sydney ** Minto railway station * Minto County, Western Australia * Parish of Minto, New South Wales Canada * Minto City, British C ..., and near Humphrey Corner. History Notable people See also * List of communities in New Brunswick References Communities in Sunbury County, New Brunswick {{NewBrunswick-geo-stub ...
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New Zion, New Brunswick
New Zion is a Canadian unincorporated community in Northfield Parish, Sunbury County, New Brunswick. It is located 5 kilometres southwest of Minto Minto may refer to: Places Antarctica *Mount Minto (Antarctica) Australia *Minto, New South Wales, a suburb of Sydney ** Minto railway station * Minto County, Western Australia * Parish of Minto, New South Wales Canada * Minto City, British C .... History New Zion was settled in 1860 and by 1866 it became a farming and coal mining settlement of about three families ( Cokeley / Coakley, Corey, and Sowers, however New Zion was in Sheffield Parish by at least as early as 1851 as Northfield Parish was not established until 1857. James H. Sowers was the first postmaster of New Zion, with the first post office established in 1875. Notable people See also * List of communities in New Brunswick References Communities in Sunbury County, New Brunswick {{NewBrunswick-geo-stub ...
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New England Settlement, New Brunswick
New England Settlement is a Canadian unincorporated community in Northfield Parish, Sunbury County, New Brunswick. It is located 3 kilometres west of Minto Minto may refer to: Places Antarctica *Mount Minto (Antarctica) Australia *Minto, New South Wales, a suburb of Sydney ** Minto railway station * Minto County, Western Australia * Parish of Minto, New South Wales Canada * Minto City, British C .... History Notable people See also * List of communities in New Brunswick References Communities in Sunbury County, New Brunswick {{NewBrunswick-geo-stub ...
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New Avon, New Brunswick
New Avon is a Canadian unincorporated community in Northfield Parish, Sunbury County, New Brunswick. Location It is located 3 kilometres southwest of Minto. History Notable people See also *List of communities in New Brunswick This is a list of communities in New Brunswick, a province in Canada. For the purposes of this list, a community is defined as either an incorporated municipality, an Indian reserve, or an unincorporated community inside or outside a municipalit ... References Communities in Sunbury County, New Brunswick {{NewBrunswick-geo-stub ...
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Humphrey Corner, New Brunswick
Humphrey Corner is a Canadian unincorporated community in Northfield Parish, Sunbury County, New Brunswick. It is located 13 kilometres north-northeast of Minto Minto may refer to: Places Antarctica *Mount Minto (Antarctica) Australia *Minto, New South Wales, a suburb of Sydney ** Minto railway station * Minto County, Western Australia * Parish of Minto, New South Wales Canada * Minto City, British C .... History Notable people See also * List of communities in New Brunswick References Communities in Sunbury County, New Brunswick {{NewBrunswick-geo-stub ...
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Hardwood Ridge, New Brunswick
Hardwood Ridge is an unincorporated community in Northfield Parish, Sunbury County, New Brunswick, Canada. It is located eight kilometres north-northeast of Minto Minto may refer to: Places Antarctica *Mount Minto (Antarctica) Australia *Minto, New South Wales, a suburb of Sydney ** Minto railway station * Minto County, Western Australia * Parish of Minto, New South Wales Canada * Minto City, British C .... History Hardwood Ridge was a farming community in 1866, there was a population of about forty families. Part of Hardwood Ridge used to be Linton between 1866 and 1932, a community with a population of one-hundred in 1871; Stephen Linton was the first postmaster of Linton. Notable people See also * List of communities in New Brunswick References Communities in Sunbury County, New Brunswick {{NewBrunswick-geo-stub ...
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Duffys Corner, New Brunswick
Duffys Corner is a Canadian unincorporated community in Northfield Parish, Sunbury County, New Brunswick. It is located 11 kilometres north-northeast of Minto Minto may refer to: Places Antarctica *Mount Minto (Antarctica) Australia *Minto, New South Wales, a suburb of Sydney ** Minto railway station * Minto County, Western Australia * Parish of Minto, New South Wales Canada * Minto City, British C ..., and is near Hardwood Ridge. History Notable people See also * List of communities in New Brunswick References Communities in Sunbury County, New Brunswick {{NewBrunswick-geo-stub ...
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