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Westfield Parish, New Brunswick
Westfield is a civil parish in Kings County, New Brunswick, Canada. Prior to the 2023 governance reform, for governance purposes it was divided between the town of Grand Bay-Westfield and the local service district of the parish of Westfield, both of which were members of the Fundy Regional Service Commission (FRSC). Westfield includes the taxing authorities of Westfield East and Westfield West, which are sometimes erroneously described as LSDs in their own right. Origin of name The parish may have been named for the town of Westfield in Massachusetts. Notable is that the names of Kings County's pre-1800 parishes all occur in both New Jersey and North Carolina. History Westfield was erected in 1786 as one of the original parishes of the county. The 1795 reorganisation of the county affected the boundary on the Kingston Peninsula. In 1896 the boundary on the Long Reach side of the Kingston Peninsula was altered slightly. Boundaries Westfield Parish is bounded: Remaind ... [...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] |
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] |
Nerepis River
The Nerepis River is a river approximately long in New Brunswick, Canada. A popular river for canoeists and anglers, it is a tributary of the Saint John River. The river has been subjected to significant environmental stress over many years. The river meets the Saint John River at Westfield, part of the Town of Grand Bay-Westfield, where it feeds a fresh water marsh. Towards the headwaters, it passes through the communities of Nerepis, Blagdon, Bayard, Welsford (where a tributary, Douglas Creek, tumbles into the river over a waterfall), Fowlers Corners, Petersville, and New Jerusalem. The river also passes the 13th hole of the Welsford Golf Course. Most of the land it passes through is undeveloped although there has been extensive clear cutting in the upper reaches. The Nerepis River Watershed also drains part of CFB Gagetown. Settlement There was an Indian settlement and fort at the confluence of the Nerepis and the St John Rivers (Woodman's Point), known to the French as ear ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pamdenec, New Brunswick
The village of Pamdenec was a small bedroom community located on the Saint John River, north of Grand Bay, in Westfield Parish, Kings County, New Brunswick, Canada. Pamdenec had a post office from 1924 to 1968, was incorporated as a village in 1966, and became part of the village of Grand Bay in 1972.Pamdenic . ''Where Is Home? New Brunswick Communities Past and Present''. Provincial Archives of New Brunswick. Retrieved 25 July 2015. "Pamdenec" is a name, meaning "little hill". The village was formerly called Hillside and in 1866, under that name, was a farming community consisting of approximately 75 families. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nerepis, New Brunswick
Nerepis is a Canadian rural community in Westfield Parish, Kings County, New Brunswick. It is situated on the Nerepis River and is located northwest of the town of Grand Bay-Westfield in the local service district D.O.T. Nerepis is served by Highway 177, Highway 102 and Highway 7. Employment for Nerepis residents is often by means of a commute to Saint John, the nearest city, which is about twenty-five minutes away. Other residents commute to Fredericton, a fifty-minute drive. The community itself is rural and is surrounded by forest or wetlands, with four small subdivisions providing the residential component. Elementary and middle school students may attend schools in Grand Bay-Westfield, while high school students commute to Saint John. Possibly a hallmark of the area, the Nerepis River provides canoeing, kayaking, fishing, and hiking opportunities. There is Nature Conservancy of Canadapreserve in the community. History Native Americans had a community and a Fort in N ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Summerville, New Brunswick
Summerville is a rural community in Kings County, New Brunswick, Canada. It is served by the Summerville to Millidgeville Ferry, which connects it with the neighbourhood of Millidgeville in Saint John.http://www.gnb.ca/0113/ferries/ferries-e.asp#F98 History Notable people Emmett Hickey 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 Kings County, New Brunswick {{NewBrunswick-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kennebecasis Island
Kennebecasis Island (also called McCormick's Island) is a small Canadian island located in the Province of New Brunswick at the confluence of the Saint John River and Kennebecasis River. Its proximity to the city of Saint John has resulted in a seasonal community of about 100 cottages, as well as a 3-hole golf course and tennis court being established. During the late 1990s a cottage subdivision called "Island Estates" was established on the island, which saw a new boat launch, the present golf course and numerous new cottages established. When "Island Estates" was established electricity became available in several areas of the island, with potential for future expansion. The island's perimeter contains many secluded beaches, rocky outcrops and has natural deep-water coves which provide excellent shelter for boaters needing safe harbour to lay in overnight. Originally Kennebecasis Island supported five farms: Hutchings, Morrow, Keith and two McCormick. There was also a on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charlotte County, New Brunswick
Charlotte County (2016 population 25,428) is the southwest-most List of counties of New Brunswick, county of New Brunswick, Canada. It was formed in 1784 when New Brunswick was partitioned from Nova Scotia. Once a layer of local government, the county seat was abolished with the New Brunswick Equal Opportunity program in 1966. Counties continue to be used as census subdivision, census sundivisions by Statistics Canada. Located in the southwestern corner of the province, bordering the US state of Maine, Charlotte County is at the northern end of the Appalachian Mountains, which gives it a rugged terrain that includes Mount Pleasant Caldera, Mount Pleasant. The St. Croix River (Maine–New Brunswick), St. Croix, Magaguadavic River, Magaguadavic, and Digdeguash, New Brunswick, Digdegaush rivers drain into the Bay of Fundy. The county includes the large, populated islands of Grand Manan, White Head Island, White Head, Deer Island (New Brunswick), Deer Island, and Campobello Island, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saint John County, New Brunswick
Saint John County (2016 population: 74,020) is located in southern New Brunswick, Canada. The city of Saint John dominates the county. Elsewhere in the county, tourism is focused around the Bay of Fundy. Census subdivisions Communities There are two municipalities within Saint John County (listed by 2016 population): Parishes The county is subdivided by the Territorial Division Act (Section 27) into one city and three parishes (listed by 2016 population): Demographics As a census division in the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Saint John County had a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of . With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2021. Language Access Routes Highways and numbered routes that run through the county, including external routes that start or finish at the county limits:Atlantic Canada Back Road Atlas *Highways ** ** *Principal Routes ** ** *Sec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kennebecasis River
The Kennebecasis River ( ) is a tributary of the Saint John River in southern New Brunswick, Canada. The name Kennebecasis is thought to be derived from the Mi'kmaq "''Kenepekachiachk''", meaning "little long bay place." It runs for approximately 95 kilometres, draining an area in the Caledonia Highlands, an extension of the Appalachian Mountains, inland from the Bay of Fundy. Kennebecasis Watershed Restoration Committee Description The river's source is in the foothills of Albert County, near the rural community of Goshen. It runs southwest through the community of[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
