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Wakefield Parish, New Brunswick
Wakefield is a List of parishes in New Brunswick, civil parish in Carleton County, New Brunswick, Carleton County, New Brunswick, Canada, located north on the west bank of the Saint John River (Bay of Fundy), Saint John River north of Woodstock, New Brunswick, Woodstock. Prior to the 2023 New Brunswick local governance reform, 2023 governance reform, for governance purposes it was comprised two Local service district (New Brunswick), local service districts and part of a third, all of which were members of the Regional Service Commission#Western Valley Regional Service Commission, Western Valley Regional Service Commission (WVRSC). The Census geographic units of Canada#Census_subdivisions, Census subdivision of Wakefield Parish shares the civil parish's borders. Origin of name The parish may have been named for the city of Wakefield, England, Wakefield in Yorkshire, England. Historian William Francis Ganong noted that the name predated the parish's erection, appearing in 18 ... [...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] |
