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Wilmot Parish, New Brunswick
Wilmot is a List of parishes in New Brunswick, civil parish in Carleton County, New Brunswick, Carleton County, New Brunswick, Canada, located along the international border northwest of Woodstock, New Brunswick, Woodstock. It comprises one Local service district (New Brunswick), local service district, part of one village, and part of another LSD, all of which are 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 Wilmot Parish includes all of the civil parish except the village. Origin of name The parish was named in honour of Lemuel Allan Wilmot, Lieutenant Governor of New Brunswick at the time of its erection. History Wilmot was erected in 1869 from the western polling district of Simonds Parish, Carleton County, New Brunswick, Simonds Parish Available as a free ebook from Google Books. and originally inclu ... [...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] |
Centreville, New Brunswick
Centreville is a village in Carleton County, New Brunswick, Canada. Statistics Canada reported the population to be 557 in 2016, which is a 2.8% increase from the 2011 population of 542. The mayor is Michael Stewart. Centreville is a small village, with approximately 550 residents as of 2013. It is located only two miles from the border of Maine, US, at the Bridgewater crossing. There are a few stores; Valufoods (formerly Freshmart) & Gramma's Restaurant & Bake Shop. There is also a Home Hardware store and two stores offering good quality ladies clothing and extensive gift-ware. One of Centreville's known stores, M&D Convenience Store & Gas Bar shut down in late 2017 after the owner retired. Within Centreville there are three churches located in the town limits, the St. James Anglican Church, St. Pauls United Church and the Centreville Baptist Church. There is also a hair studio and a banking co-operative as well as a post office. Centreville is a service centre serving small comm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Meduxnekeag River
The Meduxnekeag River ( ) is a tributary of the Saint John River. It is about long. The North Branch Meduxnekeag River rises from the outlet of a small pond () in Maine and runs to its confluence with the Meduxnekeag in Wakefield, New Brunswick. The South Branch Meduxnekeag River rises from the outflow of Johnson Pond () in Linneus, and runs to its confluence with the Meduxnekeag River two miles upstream from Houlton, Maine. The Meduxnekeag joins the Saint John in Woodstock, New Brunswick. The earliest mention of the name is in the narrative of John Gyles. He states that in 1689 he visited a branch of the St. John river about ten miles to a branch called Medeockseenecasis. The suffix "asis" is a diminutive so it is possible that the name is a form of Little Meductic. The current spelling was first seen in 1840. In New Brunswick, the watershed of the Meduxnekeag is home to the richest, most diverse, and highest concentration of remnant sites of mature Appalachian Hardwood F ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Williamstown, New Brunswick
Williamstown is a community in the Canadian province of New Brunswick. It is located in Northumberland County, 6km north of Millerton. History Notable people 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 Northumberland County, New Brunswick {{NewBrunswick-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lakeville, Carleton County, New Brunswick
Lakeville is a community in the Canadian province of New Brunswick. This small village is located between Centreville and Woodstock. It is located on Route 560 in Carleton County. It has two churches, a convenience store, a post office, a fire hall, a park, and a community center. In the center of this village is the Williamstown Lake. Education Students from the area are bused to Centreville for education levels Kindergarten through grade 8. Grades 9 through 12 attend Carleton North High School in Bristol. History Notable people 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 Carleton County, New Brunswick Designated places in New Brunswick {{NewBrunswick-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bloomfield, Carleton County, New Brunswick
Bloomfield is a community in the Canadian province of New Brunswick. It is located in Carleton County. Unincorporated area in the Parish of Wilmot. Located about 20 kilometers from Woodstock and about the same from the Centreville area. It is pretty much the way it's always been a small farming community and it is predominantly potatoes with some mixed farming and only one larger dairy farm. Religion The church in Bloomfield is the United Church of Canada and the cemetery located right there (in Route 550 and the Monticello, Maine Road) is called the Bloomfield United Church Cemetery. History Notable people 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 Carleton County, New Brunswick ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Avondale, New Brunswick
Avondale is a community in the Canadian province of New Brunswick. With a population of about 100, is located off the Trans-Canada Highway (N.B. Route 2) about 15 km from Hartland, famous for its very long covered bridge. Avondale is about an hour's drive west from Fredericton N.B. and 30 minutes from the start of Interstate 95 in Houlton, Maine. published 2009 History Notable people Samuel Gilbert Barter (1871-1963) was a lifelong resident of Avondale (initially called Barter Settlement) and, in 1919, wrote about its progress from the 1840s to the early part of the 20th century. A condensed version of this history, blogged as ''A turn-of-the-last-century boomtown'', links to the original work which includes numerous other records and photograph ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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] |
New Brunswick Route 560
Route 560 is a long north–south secondary highway in the western portion of New Brunswick, Canada. The route starts at Route 130 in River de Chute east of the Trans-Canada Highway following the Rivière des Chutes. The road travels west crossing the Trans-Canada Highway and continues through a mostly forested area towards the Canada–US border before turning south and passing through Listerville, Upper Knoxford, Knoxford, McGrath Corner, and Orchards Corner. It then enters Centreville where the road is known as ''Main Street''. The road then crosses Route 110 before continuing south through Bradley Corner, Lakeville, Avondale Road, Deerville, Jacksontown, and Jacksonville. Route 560 crosses the Trans-Canada Highway again and then meets the southern terminus of Route 590. It passes exit 184 of the Trans-Canada Highway before ending at Route 103 in Upper Woodstock. See also * * References 560 560 Year 560 ( DLX) was a leap year starting on Thursday of t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Animal Control Service
An animal control service or animal control agency is an entity charged with responding to requests for help with animals ranging from wild animals, dangerous animals, or animals in distress. An individual who works for such an entity was once known as a dog catcher, but is generally now called an animal control officer, and may be an employee or a contractor – commonly employed by a municipality, county, shire, or other subnational government area. Duties and function Typically animals that are found will be checked for owner identification, including checking any ID tags, scanning for microchips, and checking for tattoos. Animals may be returned to their owners, or transported to a veterinary clinic or animal shelter. Animals held in the shelter can be returned to their owners, adopted, released to the wild, held as evidence in a criminal investigation or euthanized. Animal control services may be provided by the government or through a contract with a humane society or soci ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Government Of New Brunswick
The Government of New Brunswick (french: Gouvernement du Nouveau-Brunswick) refers to the provincial government of the province of New Brunswick. Its powers and structure are set out in the Constitution Act, 1867. The Provinces and territories of Canada, Province of New Brunswick is now governed by a unicameral legislature, the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick, which operates in the Westminster system of government minus the bicamerality. The political party that, either by itself or in combination with another party supporting them, wins the largest number of seats in the legislature normally forms the government with the party's leader becoming Premier of New Brunswick, premier of the province, i.e., the Head of government, head of the government. Lieutenant-Governor of New Brunswick The functions of the Sovereign, Charles III, King Charles III, Monarchy in Canada, King of Canada, are known in New Brunswick as the Monarchy in New Brunswick, King in Right of New Brunswick ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
