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Saint Andrews Parish, New Brunswick
Saint Andrews Parish is a civil parish in Charlotte County, New Brunswick, Canada, located east of St. Stephen. The parish lost political significance after county municipalities were abolished in 1966. Local governance in the area is now provided by two entities: the town of Saint Andrews, which includes Navy Island and the Chamcook Local Service District, which includes Ministers Island. The LSD assesses for fire, police, zoning, emergency measures and animal control services. The taxing authority is 513.00 Chamcook. Both the town and the LSD are members of the Southwest New Brunswick Service Commission (SNBSC). Statistics Canada divides the area into Saint Andrews, Parish, and Saint Andrews, Town. Origin of name Historian William F. Ganong notes the use of ''St. Andrews Point'' in the Owen Journal of 1770 but considered the name to date back to French times. Five of the original six mainland parishes of Charlotte County used names of major saints recognised by the Church ... [...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 George
Saint George (Greek: Γεώργιος (Geórgios), Latin: Georgius, Arabic: القديس جرجس; died 23 April 303), also George of Lydda, was a Christian who is venerated as a saint in Christianity. According to tradition he was a soldier in the Roman army. Saint George was a soldier of Cappadocian Greek origin and member of the Praetorian Guard for Roman emperor Diocletian, who was sentenced to death for refusing to recant his Christian faith. He became one of the most venerated saints and megalomartyrs in Christianity, and he has been especially venerated as a military saint since the Crusades. He is respected by Christians, Druze, as well as some Muslims as a martyr of monotheistic faith. In hagiography, as one of the Fourteen Holy Helpers and one of the most prominent military saints, he is immortalized in the legend of Saint George and the Dragon. His memorial, Saint George's Day, is traditionally celebrated on 23 April. Historically, the countries of England, Ukrai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Queen's Printer
The King's Printer (known as the Queen's Printer during the reign of a female monarch) is typically a bureau of the national, state, or provincial government responsible for producing official documents issued by the King-in-Council, Ministers of the Crown, or other departments. The position is defined by letters patent under the royal prerogative in various Commonwealth realms. Canada Federal The King's Printer for Canada, so titled as to distinguish it from the equivalent position in each of the Canadian provinces, is the individual in Ottawa responsible for the publishing and printing requirements of the King-in- federal-Council. The Minister of Public Works and Government Services is empowered by the Department of Public Works and Government Services Act to appoint the King's Printer for Canada on behalf of the sovereign. Provincial and territorial Alberta The Alberta King's Printer is the position, created in 1906, that oversees the administration of Crown copyright in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chamcook, New Brunswick
Chamcook ( ) is an unincorporated area in Charlotte County, New Brunswick, Canada. It lies between the eastern bank of Chamcook Lake and the western edge of Passamaquoddy Bay. Local governance is provided by the Chamcook Local Service District,. The LSD assesses for fire, police, zoning, emergency measures, and animal control services. The taxing authority is 513.00 Chamcook. The LSD is part of the Southwest New Brunswick Service Commission (SNBSC). Statistics Canada counts the population in the census division of Saint Andrews, Parish. "Many meanings have been given, but none are certain." (Ganong). May refer to a harbour with a narrow entrance. History Chamcook was founded in 1785. Its location on Passamaquoddy Bay made fishing and shipbuilding two important industries to the local economy, though the community also depended on agriculture as did many surrounding villages in New Brunswick. In terms of rail transport, Chamcook was served by the New Brunswick Railway ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fredericton
Fredericton (; ) is the capital city of the Canadian province of New Brunswick. The city is situated in the west-central portion of the province along the Saint John River, which flows west to east as it bisects the city. The river is the dominant natural feature of the area. One of the main urban centres in New Brunswick, the city had a population of 63,116 and a metropolitan population of 108,610 in the 2021 Canadian Census. It is the third-largest city in the province after Moncton and Saint John. An important cultural, artistic, and educational centre for the province, Fredericton is home to two universities, the New Brunswick College of Craft and Design, and cultural institutions such as the Beaverbrook Art Gallery, the Fredericton Region Museum, and The Playhouse, a performing arts venue. The city hosts the annual Harvest Jazz & Blues Festival, attracting regional and international jazz, blues, rock, and world artists. Fredericton is also an important and vibrant ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New Brunswick Route 760
Route 760 is a long mostly west–east secondary highway in the southwestern portion of New Brunswick, situated in Canada. Route description Most of the route is in Charlotte County. The route starts in the community of Simpson Corner at Route 170, where it travels northeast through a densely wooded area passing over Route 1 to Route 127 in Waweig. It continues past Doyle Lake to Roix Road. At the bend when the route turns southeast, it begins to follow the Digdeguash River before crossing it on the McGuire Covered Bridge in Elmsville. The road continues through Saint Patrick and Johnson Settlement and passes Digdeguash Lake, Lily Lake. It again crosses Route 1 at exit 45 near Bethel. The route follows a former alignment of Route 1 to a reconfigured exit 52 at Route 1 in Saint George. See also * * References 760 760 __NOTOC__ Year 760 ( DCCLX) was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. The denomina ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ministers Island
Ministers Island is an historic Canadian island in New Brunswick's Passamaquoddy Bay near the town of St. Andrews. The island stands several hundred metres offshore immediately northeast of the town and is a geographical novelty in that it is accessible at low tide by a wide gravel bar suitable for vehicular travel. Ministers Island became famous in the last decade of the nineteenth century as the summer home of Sir William Van Horne, the president of the Canadian Pacific Railway. By the time of Van Horne's death in 1915, the island had been transformed into a small Xanadu, sporting a sandstone mansion furnished in the most lavish late Edwardian manner, manicured grounds, scenic roads, greenhouses turning out exotic fruits and vegetables, as well as a breeding farm producing prize-winning Clydesdale horses and Lakenvelder cattle. It was the most spectacular of many palatial summer homes in St. Andrews, which since the creation of the St. Andrews Land Company in 1888 and the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chamcook Lake
Chamcook Lake is a lake of Saint Andrews Parish, New Brunswick, Canada. It is located just north of the Passamaquoddy Bay which is part of the Bay of Fundy, near the border with Maine, United States. The town of Chamcook, New Brunswick lies on the eastern bank of the lake and Chamcook Mountain is nearby. The lake has been notable within New England and Canada for its fishing. Etymology Chamcook comes from the Passamaquoddy word ''K'tchumcook'' which, according to William Francis Ganong, has many meanings but none are certain. Geography Chamcook Lake is approximately from Passamaquoddy Bay. The lake is connected by road to St. Stephen, New Brunswick. A Canadian Pacific Railway freight service station has been located at Chamcook Lake. The lake is situated at above sea level, and has a maximum depth of . The Chamcook River which feeds the Chamcook Lake rises from the cone shaped hill range of Mt. Chamcook. The Chamkcook harbour, a wet dock, lies is to the eastern side of the p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Passamaquoddy Bay
Passamaquoddy Bay (french: Baie de Passamaquoddy) is an inlet of the Bay of Fundy, between the U.S. state of Maine and the Canadian province of New Brunswick, at the mouth of the St. Croix River. Most of the bay lies within Canada, with its western shore bounded by Washington County, Maine. The southernmost point is formed by West Quoddy Head on the U.S. mainland in Lubec, Maine; and runs northeasterly through Campobello Island, New Brunswick, engulfing Deer Island, New Brunswick, to the New Brunswick mainland head at L'Etete, New Brunswick in Charlotte County, New Brunswick. Overview The exact demarcation of the border in Passamaquoddy Bay was a long-standing issue between the United States and Britain/Canada. Already the Treaty of Ghent, ending the War of 1812, included a provision for the appointment of "commissioners to divide the islands of Passamaquoddy Bay between the United States and Great Britain" (see John Holmes). Nevertheless, confusions and ambiguities on t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saint Patrick Parish, New Brunswick
Saint Patrick is a civil parish in Charlotte County, New Brunswick, Canada, located west of St. George and Saint Andrews. For governance purposes, the southeastern corner around Digdeguash and Bethel is part of the incorporated rural community of Eastern Charlotte, with the remainder belonging to the Southwest rural district, both of which are members of the Southwest New Brunswick Service Commission. Prior to the 2023 governance reform, it comprised a single local service district (LSD), which was a member of the Southwest New Brunswick Service Commission (SNBSC). The Census subdivision of the same name shares the parish's boundaries. Origin of name Historian William F. Ganong believed the name suggested by other Saint names in the area. Five of the original six mainland parishes of Charlotte County used names of major saints recognised by the Church of England: Andrew (Scotland), David (Wales), George (England), Patrick (Ireland), and Stephen. History Saint Patrick ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saint David Parish, New Brunswick
Saint David is a civil parish in Charlotte County, New Brunswick, Canada, located northeast of St. Stephen and northwest of Saint Andrews. It comprises a single local service district (LSD), which is a member of the Southwest New Brunswick Service Commission (SNBSC). The Census subdivision of the same name shares the parish's boundaries. Origin of the name William Francis Ganong believed the name suggested by other Saint names in the area. Five of the original six mainland parishes of Charlotte County used names of major saints recognised by the Church of England: Andrew (Scotland), David (Wales), George (England), Patrick (Ireland), and Stephen. History Saint David was erected in 1786 as one of the original parishes of Charlotte County. Boundaries Saint David Parish is bounded: Remainder of parish on maps 154, 160, and 161 at same site. Remainder of parish on mapbooks 468, 478, 479, 488, and 489 at same site. * on the north by a line beginning at a point about 1.2 kilomet ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saint Croix Parish, New Brunswick
Saint Croix is a civil parish in Charlotte County, New Brunswick, Canada, straddling Route 1 to the north of Saint Andrews, New Brunswick. Prior to the 2023 governance reform, it comprised two local service districts, both of which were members of the Southwest New Brunswick Service Commission (SNBSC). The Census subdivision of the same name includes the entire parish, while the LSD of Bayside is used as a Designated place. Origin of name The parish's name comes from the St. Croix River, which forms part of its western border. History Saint Croix was erected in 1874 from the northern part of Saint Andrews Parish, Available as a free ebook from Google Books. including parts of Saint Andrews, Saint David, and Saint Patrick Parishes but lacking the northeastern part of modern Saint Croix. Boundaries Saint Croix is bounded: Remainder of parish on mapbook 489 at same site. * on the east and south by a highly irregular lineIt's easier to look at the boundaries on a map th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
