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Rivière-Verte Parish, New Brunswick
Rivière-Verte is a civil parish in Madawaska County, New Brunswick, Canada. For governance purposes it is divided between the city of Edmundston, the town of Vallée-des-Rivières, and the Northwest rural district, all of which are members of the Northwest Regional Service Commission. Before the 2023 governance reforms, the village of Rivière-Verte included what is now part of Edmundston, while the parish outside the village formed the local service district of the parish of Rivière-Verte. Origin of name The parish probably takes its name from the Green River, a tributary of the Saint John River, which takes its name from the colour of its water. History Rivière-Verte was erected in 1920 from Saint-Basile Parish. Boundaries Rivière-Verte Parish is bounded: Remainder of parish on maps 10, 20–22, 33, 34, and 44 at same site. Remainder of parish on mapbooks 060, 061, 079–081, 099, 100, 121, 122, and 143 at same site. *on the northeast, beginning on the Restigou ... [...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] |
Saint-Basile Parish, New Brunswick
Saint-Basile is a civil parish in Madawaska County, New Brunswick, Canada. For governance purposes it is divided between the city of Edmundston, the St. Basile 10 Indian Reserve, and the Northwest rural district; the city and rural district are members of the Northwest Regional Service Commission. Before the 2023 governance reform, the area now in the rural district formed the local service district of the parish of Saint-Basile. Origin of name The parish was named for the Roman Catholic church. History Saint-Basile was erected as Saint Basil in 1850 from Madawaska Parish. In 1852 the parish's boundaries were extended northward to include territory awarded in the boundary settlement with the Province of Canada. In 1874 the core of modern Edmundston was removed from Saint-Basile and added to Madawaska Parish. In 1877 the newly erected Sainte-Anne Parish included part of Saint-Basile. In 1896 the boundary along Green River was altered. In 1920 part of Saint-Basile was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saint-Joseph Parish, New Brunswick
Saint-Joseph is a civil parish in Madawaska County, New Brunswick, Canada. For governance purposes it is divided between the city of Edmundston and the Northwest rural district, both members of the Northwest Regional Service Commission (NWRSC). Before the 2023 governance reforms, the local service district of the parish of Saint-Joseph shared the parish's boundaries. Saint-Joseph bisects Madawaska and Saint-Jacques Parishes, the only area in the province where parishes are discontiguous. Origin of name The parish probably takes its name from the Roman Catholic ecclesiastical parish. History Saint-Joseph was erected in 1930 from Madawaska and Saint-Jacques Parishes; the name was spelt without a hyphen. Saint-Joseph was affected by the major reorganisation of Madawaska County parish boundaries. In 1973 the hyphen was added to the legal name of the parish. Boundaries Saint-Joseph Parish is bounded: Remainder of parish on maps 20 and 33 at same site. Remainder of parish ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aroostook County, Maine
Aroostook County ( ; french: Comté d'Aroostook) is a county in the U.S. state of Maine along the Canada–U.S. border. As of the 2020 census, the population was 67,105. Its county seat is Houlton, with offices in Caribou and Fort Kent. Known locally in Maine as "The County", it is the largest county in Maine by total area, and the second largest in the United States by total area east of the Mississippi River, behind St. Louis County, Minnesota. With over of land it is larger than three U.S. states. It is Maine's northernmost county. Its northernmost village, Estcourt Station, is also the northernmost community in New England and in the contiguous United States east of the Great Lakes. Aroostook County is known for its potato crops. The county is also an emerging hub for wind power. Its Acadian culture is also well-known. In the Saint John Valley in the northern part of the county, which borders Madawaska County, New Brunswick, many of the residents are bilingual in En ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sainte-Anne Parish, New Brunswick
Sainte-Anne 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 outside the village of Sainte-Anne-de-Madawaska formed the local service district of the parish of Sainte-Anne, part of which was included in Vallée-des-Rivières by the reforms Origin of name The parish takes its name from the church. History Sainte-Anne was erected in 1877 as Saint Ann's Parish from Saint-Basile and Saint-Léonard Parishes. In 1920 Sainte-Anne's boundaries were revised. The same act erected Rivière-Verte Parish from Saint-Léonard, so part of Sainte-Anne may have been included in Rivière-Verte. In 1922 Notre-Dame-de-Lourdes Parish was erected from part of Sainte-Anne. The name appeared as Saint Ann in the description of Notre-Dame-de-Lourdes. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saint-Quentin Parish, New Brunswick
Saint-Quentin is a civil parish in Restigouche County, New Brunswick, Canada. For governance purposes it is divided between the town of Saint-Quentin, the incorporated rural community of Kedgwick, and the Northwest rural district, both members of the Northwest Rural Service Commission. Before the 2023 governance reform, the parish was divided between a much smaller town of Saint-Quentin and 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 Battle of St. Quentin, an Allied victory during the First World War. History Saint-Quentin was erected in 1921 from Grimmer Parish. Boundaries Saint-Quentin Parish is bounded: Remainder of parish on maps 2, 3, 9–11, 21–23, and 36 at same site. Remainder of parish on mapbooks 007–010, 019–023, 03 ... [...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 the ... [...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, "Gounamitz ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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