Coverdale is a
civil parish
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in
Albert County,
New Brunswick
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,
Canada
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,
located along the
Petitcodiac River
The Petitcodiac River is a river in south-eastern New Brunswick, Canada. Referred to as the "chocolate river" by local tourist businesses, it is characterized by its brown mud floor and brown waters. The river has a meander length of and is lo ...
opposite
Moncton
Moncton (; ) is the most populous city in the Provinces and territories of Canada, Canadian province of New Brunswick. Situated in the Petitcodiac River Valley, Moncton lies at the geographic centre of the The Maritimes, Maritime Provinces. The ...
and
Dieppe
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Dieppe is a seaport on the English Channel at the mouth of the river Arques. A regular ferry service runs to Newha ...
. It comprised (before 2023) one incorporated town and one
local service district A local service district is a type of designated place in the Canadian province of New Brunswick. In the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador, a local service district is a defined area led by an elected committee responsible for the deliv ...
(LSD), both of which were members of the
Southeast Regional Service Commission.
The
Census subdivision
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of the same name includes only the unincorporated part of the parish.
Origin of name
The parish takes its name from Coverdale River, a former name of Little River, a tributary of the Petitcodiac.
The Coverdale River may have been named in honour of
Myles Coverdale
Myles Coverdale, first name also spelt Miles (1488 – 20 January 1569), was an English ecclesiastical reformer chiefly known as a Bible translator, preacher and, briefly, Bishop of Exeter (1551–1553). In 1535, Coverdale produced the first ...
(1488-1569), translator of the Bible and
Bishop of Exeter
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History
Coverdale Parish was erected in 1828 from northern
Hillsborough Parish.
Boundaries
Coverdale Parish is bounded:
[ Remainder of parish on maps 120, 131, and 132 at same site.][ Remainder of parish on mapbooks 358, 359, and 378–380 at same site.]
*on the north and east by the
Petitcodiac River
The Petitcodiac River is a river in south-eastern New Brunswick, Canada. Referred to as the "chocolate river" by local tourist businesses, it is characterized by its brown mud floor and brown waters. The river has a meander length of and is lo ...
;
*on the south the southern line of a grant to Robert Crossman, about 120 metres south of the mouth of Stoney Creek, and its prolongation to the
Westmorland County line;
*on the west by Westmorland County.
Evolution of boundaries
When Coverdale Parish was erected the western line was a continuation of Hillsborough's western line,
with modern Grub Road and Middlesex in
Salisbury Parish and the parish line running east of Douthwright Road. The southern line ran west from the mouth of Stoney Creek,
slightly north of where it starts today.
Following the erection of Albert County in 1845 the new county line passed through Salisbury and
Harvey Parishes. This was found inconvenient and the county line was moved in 1846, adding western Coverdale to the parish.
The parish got its modern boundaries in 1850, when the line with Hillsborough Parish was moved slightly south to its current starting point.
Municipality
The town of
Riverview is located opposite Moncton. It was created in 1973 as the town of Coverdale by the forced amalgamation of the villages of (from east to west) Bridgedale, Gunningsville, and Riverview Heights along with parts of Coverdale Parish. The first act of the town council was to change the name to Riverview.
Local service district
The local service district of the parish of Coverdale contains all of the parish outside Riverview; it was established on 23 November 1966 to assess for fire protection and community services & recreational facilities following the abolition of the county councils by the new ''Municipalities Act''. First aid & ambulance services were added on 14 March 1973.
Today the LSD assesses for community & recreation services in addition to the basic LSD services of
fire protection
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,
police services,
land use planning
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,
emergency measures, and
dog control. The taxing authority is 618.00 Coverdale.
Communities
Communities at least partly within the parish;
bold indicates an incorporated municipality
*Cherryvale
*Colpitts Settlement
*
Coverdale
*Grub Road
*
Lower Coverdale
*Lower Turtle Creek
*Middlesex
*Nixon
*
Pine Glen
*Price
*
Stoney Creek
*Synton
*
Turtle Creek
*
Upper Coverdale
*
Riverview
**Bridgedale
**Findlay
**Gunningsville
**Middle Coverdale
**Riverview Heights
Bodies of water
Bodies of water
[Not including brooks, ponds, or coves.] at least partly in the parish:
''italics'' indicate a name no longer in official use
*Bull Creek
*Little River (''Coverdale River'')
*Mill Creek
*Mud Creek
*
Petitcodiac River
The Petitcodiac River is a river in south-eastern New Brunswick, Canada. Referred to as the "chocolate river" by local tourist businesses, it is characterized by its brown mud floor and brown waters. The river has a meander length of and is lo ...
*
Turtle Creek
Other notable places
Parks, historic sites, and other noteworthy places in the parish.
* Big Meadows Protected Natural Area
Demographics
Parish population total does not include area within 2021 boundaries of Riverview. Revised census figures based on the 2023 local governance reforms have not been released.
Population
Language
Mother tongue (2016)
Access Routes
Highways and numbered routes that run through the parish, including external routes that start or finish at the parish limits:
[Atlantic Canada Back Road Atlas ]
*Highways
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*Principal Routes
**None
*Secondary Routes:
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*External Routes:
**None
See also
*
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 inclu ...
Notes
References
{{Subdivisions of New Brunswick, counties=yes, state=expanded
Parishes of Albert County, New Brunswick
Communities in Greater Moncton
Local service districts of Albert County, New Brunswick