Moncton is a

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in Westmorland County,

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. For governance purposes it is divided between the cities of

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and

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 ...

; the village of

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; the

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of Metepenagiag 3 Urban Reserve, Metepenagiag 8 Urban Reserve, and Soegao 35; and the

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of the parish of Moncton, which further includes the special service areas of Calhoun Road, Greater Lakeburn, Irishtown, and Painsec Junction. All governance units except the Indian reserves are members of the Southeast Regional Service Commission.

Origin of name

The parish was named in honour of

Robert Monckton Lieutenant-General Robert Monckton (24 June 1726 – 21 May 1782) was an officer of the British Army and colonial administrator in British North America. He had a distinguished military and political career, being second in command to General J ...

, the British commander who captured

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and oversaw the

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History

Moncton was established in 1765 as Monckton Township in the province of

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. In 1786 Moncton Parish was erected as one of the province's original parishes, using the same boundaries as Monckton Township. The northern corner of the parish extended past the northern line of Westmorland County. In 1835 all of Dorchester Parish north of the mouth of Fox Creek was transferred to Moncton. In 1850 the western boundary was changed to match the prolongation of the eastern line of a large grant straddling the

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, adding part of Salisbury Parish. In 1894 the boundary with Dorchester Parish was altered slightly, adding territory to Moncton. The boundaries of the parish were made retroactive to its erection.

Boundaries

Moncton Parish is bounded: Remainder of parish on maps 110, 119, and 120 at same site. Remainder of parish on mapbooks 318, 319, 336–339, and 357–360 at same site. * on the north by the Kent County line; * on the east beginning on the county line about 150 metres east of Route 115, at the prolongation of the northeastern line of a grant to Martin Walsh on the north side of Route 134, then southeasterly along the prolongation, along the Walsh grant, which runs along the southwestern side of Marshall Road, and along the southeasterly prolongation about 12 kilometres past Route 134 to a point about 1.3 kilometres east of the

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; * on the south by the prolongation of a line running south 83º 45' east from the southern side of the mouth of Fox Creek, then by the

; * on the west by the western line of the Second Tract granted to Joshua Geldart, about 200 metres upriver of the mouth of the Little River, and the north-northwesterly prolongation of the Geldart line to Kent County.

Communities

Communities at least partly within the parish; bold indicates an incorporated municipality or

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; ''italics'' indicate a name no longer in official use * Allison (partly in Moncton) * Ammon * Berry Mills * Boundary Creek *

Canaan Canaan (; Phoenician: 𐤊𐤍𐤏𐤍 – ; he, כְּנַעַן – , in pausa – ; grc-bib, Χανααν – ;The current scholarly edition of the Greek Old Testament spells the word without any accents, cf. Septuaginta : id est Vetus T ...

(''Canaan Station'') * Cape Breton *

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* Dieppe ** Chartersville ** Fox Creek ** Lakeburn ** Saint-Anselme * Gallagher Ridge * Greater Lakeburn * Indian Mountain * Irishtown * Lakeville * LeBlancville * Lutes Mountain * Lutesville * McQuade * Meadow Brook * Melanson Settlement * New Scotland * O'Neil * Pacific Junction * Painsec (partly in Dieppe) * Painsec Junction * Salisbury * Scotch Settlement * Shaw Brook * Soegao 35 * Steeves Mountain * Stilesville * The Gorge *

** Buctouche Junction ** Cherryfield ** Cooks Brook ** Harrisville ** Hildegarde ** Humphrey ** Humphreys Mills ** Lewisville ** Magnetic Hill (Moncton) **

Mapleton, Moncton Mapleton is a Moncton Neighbourhood (former community) located in Moncton, New Brunswick. The community is situated in the Northern area of the city of Moncton. Mapleton is located mainly around the intersection of Route 2 exit 454 and Mapleton Roa ...

** Marsh Junction ** ''McKinnon'' ** Odlum Junction ** Tankville

Bodies of water

Bodies of waterNot including brooks, ponds or coves. at least partly in the parish: *

Buctouche River The Buctouche River (colloquially spelt Bouctouche) is a river in eastern New Brunswick, Canada which empties into the Buctouche Bay in the Northumberland Strait in the town of Bouctouche. The river's name means "Big Little Harbour" in the Mi'km ...

* East Branch Canaan River * Cocagne River * North River *

* Babineau Creek * Butler Creek * Fox Creek * Halls Creek * Intervale Creek * Island Creek * Jonathan Creek * Lake Creek * Michaels Creek * Somers Creek * Aero Lake * Irishtown Road Reservoir * Jones Lake * McLaughlin Road Reservoir * Melanson Settlement Lake

Other notable places

Parks, historic sites, and other noteworthy places in the parish. * Canaan River Wildlife Management Area *

Greater Moncton Roméo LeBlanc International Airport Greater Moncton Roméo LeBlanc International Airport (GMIA, french: Aéroport international Roméo-LeBlanc du Grand Moncton) or Moncton/Greater Moncton Roméo LeBlanc International Airport is located in the city of Dieppe east northeast of down ...

* Magic Mountain *

Magnetic Hill Zoo The Magnetic Hill Zoo (french: le Zoo de Magnetic Hill, formerly the Magnetic Hill Game Farm) is a zoo located adjacent to Magnetic Hill and the Magic Mountain in the Magnetic Hill Area of Moncton, New Brunswick. The zoo has over 400 animals, m ...

* Moncton/McEwen Airport

Demographics

Parish population total does not include city of

, Soegao 35

, and portions in

and

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 ** ** ** *Principal Routes ** ** ** ** ** ** *Secondary Routes: ** *External Routes: **None

Notes

References

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