Cambridge is a
civil parish
In England, a civil parish is a type of administrative parish used for local government. It is a territorial designation which is the lowest tier of local government below districts and counties, or their combined form, the unitary authority ...
in
Queens County,
New Brunswick
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,
Canada
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.
For governance purposes it was divided (before 2023) between the village of Cambridge-Narrows and the
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 ...
of the parish of Cambridge, both of which were members of
Regional Service Commission 11 (RSC11).
Origin of name
The parish was "said to" have been named in honour of the
Duke of Cambridge
Duke of Cambridge, one of several current royal dukedoms in the United Kingdom , is a hereditary title of specific rank of nobility in the British royal family. The title (named after the city of Cambridge in England) is heritable by male des ...
, who died in 1850.
History
Cambridge was erected in 1852 from
Johnston,
Waterborough, and
Wickham Parishes.
In 1856 the boundary with
Johnston and
Waterborough Parishes was altered.
Boundaries
Cambridge Parish is bounded:
[ Remainder of parish on map 139 at same site.][ Remainder of parish on mapbooks 393, 394, 412, and 413 at same site.]
*on the east by a line beginning at Mill Cove on
Grand Lake, then running along Fowler Road,
Route 715, and the public landing southwest of Fowlers Cove to Washademoak Lake;
*on the southeast by Washademoak Lake;
*on the west by Colwells Creek and the
Saint John River;
*on the northwest by a line beginning on the Saint John River about 75 metres downstream of the
Route 2 interchange with
Route 105 and Conservation Road, then running north-northeasterly across the isthmus to Grand Lake, then up Grand Lake to Mill Cove;
*including most of Thatch Island, which is now a peninsula.
Communities
Communities at least partly within the parish;
bold indicates an incorporated municipality
*Cherry Hill
*
Jemseg
Jemseg is a Canadian rural community in Cambridge Parish, New Brunswick, Cambridge Parish, Queens County, New Brunswick, Queens County, New Brunswick. It is located on the east bank of the Jemseg River along its short run from Grand Lake (New Brun ...
*Lower Cambridge
*Lower Jemseg
*Mill Cove
*Scovil
*
Whites Cove
*
Cambridge-Narrows
**Central Cambridge
**Lakeview
**McDonald Corner
Bodies of water
Bodies of water
[Not including brooks, ponds or coves.] at least partly in the parish:
*
Jemseg River
The Jemseg River is a short river in the Canadian province of New Brunswick which drains Grand Lake into the Saint John River.
The river is fairly slow-flowing, with approximately 5 kilometres of meander length. It passes through a savannah-typ ...
*
Saint John River
*Colwells Creek
*Trout Creek
*Lawson Passage
*Raft Channel
*Dykeman Lake
*Foshay Lake
*
Grand Lake
*Little Lake
*Washademoak Lake
Islands
Islands in the parish:
*Coreys Island
*Huestis Island
*Nevers Island
*Thatch Island
Demographics
Parish population total does not include portion within former incorporated village of
Cambridge-Narrows. Revised census figures based on the 2023 local governance reforms have not been released.
Population
Population trend
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
**
*Principal Routes
**
*Secondary Routes:
**
**
*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
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Parishes of Queens County, New Brunswick
Local service districts of Queens County, New Brunswick