Hammond 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 authorit ...
in
Kings County,
New Brunswick
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,
Canada
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.
The local service district is a member of
Regional Service Commission 8 (RSC8).
Origin of name
The parish was named for the
Hammond River
The Hammond River is a tributary of the Kennebecasis River in New Brunswick, Canada. It runs approximately in southern Kings County along the border of Saint John County. It rises in the Caledonia Highlands near the rural community of Hammondva ...
, 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.
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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 450 metres south of the southern tip of Walton Lake and about 150 metres west of the Creek Road, then running south 88º east to a point on the
Albert County line about 1.65 kilometres south-southeast from
Route 114;
*on the east by the Albert County line;
*on the south by the
Saint John County
Saint John County (2016 population: 74,020) is located in southern New Brunswick, Canada. The city of Saint John, New Brunswick, Saint John dominates the county. Elsewhere in the county, tourism is focused around the Bay of Fundy.
Census sub ...
line;
*on the west by the eastern line of the Deforest grant, part of which runs along a straight stretch of
Route 865, prolonged southerly to the Saint John County line and northerly to the starting point.
Governance
The entire parish forms the local service district of the parish of Hammond, established in 1968 to assess for fire protection. First aid and ambulance services were added to the assessment in 1972. Recreational facilities were added to the assessment in 1994, with first aid and ambulance services being removed at the same time.
Communities
Communities at least partly within the parish;
*Devine Corner
*
Hammondvale
*Hillsdale
*Londonderry
*Poodiac
Bodies of water
Bodies of water
[Not including brooks, ponds or coves.] at least partly in the parish:
*
Big Salmon River
*
Hammond River
The Hammond River is a tributary of the Kennebecasis River in New Brunswick, Canada. It runs approximately in southern Kings County along the border of Saint John County. It rises in the Caledonia Highlands near the rural community of Hammondva ...
*Little Salmon River
*Point Wolfe River
*
Quiddy River The Quiddy River is located in the south part of New Brunswick, Canada. It starts at about 45.61°N 65.22°W and travels approximately before emptying into the Bay of Fundy
The Bay of Fundy (french: Baie de Fundy) is a bay between the Canadian ...
*
Cassidy Lake
*more than a dozen other officially named lakes
Other notable places
Parks, historic sites, and other noteworthy places at least partly in the parish.
*
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 ...
* McManus Hill Protected Natural Area
* Point Wolfe River Gorge Protected Natural Area
* Saddleback Brook Protected Natural Area
Demographics
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:
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*Highways
**
*Principal Routes
**None
*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 Kings County, New Brunswick
Local service districts of Kings County, New Brunswick