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Waterford Parish, New Brunswick
Waterford is a List of parishes in New Brunswick, geographic parish in Kings County, New Brunswick, Kings County, New Brunswick, Canada. Prior to the 2023 New Brunswick local governance reform, 2023 governance reform, for governance purposes it formed the Local service district (New Brunswick), local service district of the parish of Waterford, which was a member of Regional Service Commission#Kings Regional Service Commission, Kings Regional Service Commission (RSC8). The community of Waterford has an active outdoor ice rink (Waterford Youth Centre) as well as a Community Hall that hold events such as paint nights, Thanksgiving and Christmas dinners, Easter parties and more. The area is known for its Skiing and Mountain Biking at Poley Mountain Resorts, hunting, fishing ATVing and other outdoor activities. Some local hotspots include: Friars Nose, Trout Creek Falls, Waterford Falls, Adairs Wilderness Lodge, Parlee Brook Amphitheatre Trail, Urney Covered Bridge and the Moores M ... [...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] |
Hammond Parish, New Brunswick
Hammond is a civil parish in Kings County, New Brunswick, Canada. The local service district is a member of Regional Service Commission 8 (RSC8). Origin of name The parish was named for the Hammond River, which in turn took its name from Sir Andrew Snape Hamond, former Governor of Nova Scotia, who received a land grant on the river in 1787. History Hammond was erected in 1858 from the eastern part of Upham Parish. In 1875 the boundary with Sussex and Waterford Parishes was adjusted. Available as a free ebook from Google Books. Boundaries Hammond Parish is bounded: Remainder of parish on maps 151 and 152 at same site. Remainder of parish on mapbooks 435, 448–450, and 463 at same site. *on the north by a line beginning at a point 825 metres north of the western end of Cassidy Lake at the prolongation of the eastern line of a grant to Samuel Deforest southwest of the lake, then easterly in a direct line to the northeastern corner of a grant to William Thompson, about ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alma Parish, New Brunswick
Alma is a civil parish on the Bay of Fundy in the southwestern corner of Albert County, New Brunswick, Canada. It comprises one village and one local service district (LSD), both of which are members of the Southeast Regional Service Commission. The most notable feature of the parish is Fundy National Park, which takes up a majority of the parish's area. The census subdivision of the same name includes all of the parish except the village of Alma, which forms its own census subdivision. The population of the parish CSD is so small that census numbers are rounded to maintain privacy. Origin of name The parish was named for its resemblance to the heights above the Alma River, site of the Battle of Alma, a decisive British/French/Egyptian victory over Russia in 1854. History Cumberland County, Nova Scotia included the territory now known as Alma Parish until the division of Nova Scotia and New Brunswick. Initially modern Alma parish was split three ways. Saint Martins Paris ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elgin Parish, New Brunswick
Elgin is a civil parish in the interior of Albert County, New Brunswick, Canada, the only one of the county's parishes that does not border either the Bay of Fundy or the Petitcodiac River. It comprises two local service districts, both of which are members of the Southeast Regional Service Commission. The Census subdivision of the same name includes all of the parish. Origin of name The parish was probably named in honour of Lord Elgin, who was appointed Governor-General of the Province of Canada in 1847. History Elgin Parish was erected in 1847 from the northern part of Harvey Parish. Located 4.3 km ENE of Goshen: Elgin Parish, Albert County: PO from 1852: in 1866 Elgin was a farming settlement with about 36 families: in 1871 Elgin had a population of 250: in 1898 Elgin was a station on the Elgin, Petitcodiac and Havelock Railway with 1 post office, 6 stores, 3 hotels, 1 sawmill, 1 grist mill, 1 tannery, 1 carriage shop, 1 cheese factory and 2 churches. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cardwell Parish, New Brunswick
Cardwell is a civil parish in Kings County, New Brunswick, Canada. The local service district was a member of Regional Service Commission 8 (RSC8). Origin of name The parish was named in honour of Viscount Cardwell, British Secretary of State for War until two months before the parish's erection. History Cardwell was erected in 1874 from Sussex Parish. Boundaries Cardwell Parish is bounded: Remainder of parish on maps 141 and 142 at same site. Remainder of parish on mapbooks 396, 397, 415–417, and 434 at same site. *on the northwest by a line beginning at the northeastern corner of a grant to Jacob Smith, about 975 metres north of the junction of Plumweseep Road and Back Road, then running north 66º east to the Westmorland County line; *on the east by the Westmorland and Albert County lines; *on the south by a line beginning on the Albert County line at a point on the prolongation of the north line of a grant to Thomas Nicholson on the eastern side of Morton Road, w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bessie Ella Hazen
Bessie Ella Hazen (1862–1946) was a Canadian-born American painter and printmaker. Born in Waterford, New Brunswick,Some sources state that she was born in Waterford, Connecticut instead. Hazen studied at Columbia University and at the University of California, Los Angeles. Among her awards and honors were several second prizes in watercolor at the Arizona State Fair, in 1916, 1917, and 1919; first prize for realism in painting at the Art Teachers Association of Los Angeles, in 1924; a gold medal for watercolor at West Coast Arts, in 1926; and first prizes from the Ebell Club of Los Angeles, in 1931 and 1932. Groups to which she belonged included the California Art Club, the California Watercolor Society, the California Art Teachers Association, Women Painters of the West, the Arthur Wesley Dow Foundation, and the Pacific Art Association, and her work is in the collection of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, among others. She lived and taught in Los Angeles Los ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fundy National Park
Fundy National Park is a national park of Canada located on the Bay of Fundy, near the village of Alma, New Brunswick. It was officially opened on 29 July 1950. The park showcases a rugged coastline which rises up to the Canadian Highlands, the highest tides in the world and more than 25 waterfalls. The park covers an area of along Goose Bay, the northwestern branch of the Bay of Fundy. When one looks across the Bay, one can see the northern Nova Scotia coast. At low tide, park visitors can explore the ocean floor where a variety of sea creatures (e.g., dog whelk, periwinkles, various seaweeds) cling to life. At high tide, the ocean floor disappears under of salt water. Park amenities include a golf course, a heated saltwater swimming pool, three campgrounds, and a network of over of hiking and biking trails. There are 25 hiking trails throughout the park. The Caribou Plains trail and boardwalk provides access to upland forest and bog habitats. Dickson Falls is the most pop ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Studholm Parish, New Brunswick
Studholm is a civil parish in Kings County, New Brunswick, Canada. For governance purposes it forms the local service district of the parish of Studholm, which further includes the service area of Lower Millstream. The local service district is a member of Regional Service Commission 8 (RSC8). Origin of name The parish was named in honour of Gilfred Studholme, a Loyalist military commander during the American Revolution, who later settled in the area and served on the first Executive Council of New Brunswick. History Studholm was erected in 1840 from Sussex Parish. It included Havelock Parish. In 1859 the eastern polling district was erected as Havelock Parish. In 1871 part of Havelock along Windgap Brook was returned to Studholm. Boundaries Studholm Parish is bounded: Remainder of parish on maps 130, 140, 141, and 150 at same site. Remainder of parish on mapbooks 376, 395–397, 414, 415, and 432 at same site. *on the northwest by the Queens County line; *on the east ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Upham Parish, New Brunswick
Upham is a civil parish in Kings County, New Brunswick, Canada. Prior to the 2023 governance reform, it formed the local service district of the parish of Upham, which was a member of Regional Service Commission 8 (RSC8). Origin of name The parish was probably named in honour of Joshua Upham, Loyalist military commander and later judge on the Supreme Court of New Brunswick. Members of the Upham family settled in the area after Joshua's death. History Upham was erected in 1835 from Hampton Parish. It included Hammond Parish. In 1858 Hammond was erected as its own parish. The parish's boundary was rewritten in 1897, probably causing some change. Boundaries Upham Parish is bounded: Remainder of parish on maps 158 and 159 at same site. Remainder of parish on mapbooks 448, 462, and 463 at same site. *on the north by a line beginning at a point about 300 metres east of the Cumberland Road and about 900 metres south of its junction with the Passekeag Road, then running gener ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Magnetic Declination
Magnetic declination, or magnetic variation, is the angle on the horizontal plane between magnetic north (the direction the north end of a magnetized compass needle points, corresponding to the direction of the Earth's magnetic field lines) and true north (the direction along a meridian towards the geographic North Pole). This angle varies depending on position on the Earth's surface and changes over time. Somewhat more formally, Bowditch defines variation as “the angle between the magnetic and geographic meridians at any place, expressed in degrees and minutes east or west to indicate the direction of magnetic north from true north. The angle between magnetic and grid meridians is called grid magnetic angle, grid variation, or grivation.” By convention, declination is positive when magnetic north is east of true north, and negative when it is to the west. ''Isogonic lines'' are lines on the Earth's surface along which the declination has the same constant value, and line ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
