Musquash is a

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. For governance purposes, the parish is part of the incorporated rural community of

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, which is a member of the Southwest Regional Service Commission. Prior to the 2023 governance reform, the parish formed the

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of the parish of Musquash, which was a member of the Fundy Regional Service Commission (FRSC).

Origin of name

The Provincial Archives of New Brunswick gives it origin as "derived from the

Maliseet The Wəlastəkwewiyik, or Maliseet (, also spelled Malecite), are an Algonquian-speaking First Nation of the Wabanaki Confederacy. They are the indigenous people of the Wolastoq ( Saint John River) valley and its tributaries. Their territory ...

word for muskrat" but does not mention that word or give a source. William F. Ganong has entries for Musquash Islands and Musquash Harbour, the former translated from the French ''I. aux Rats musquez'', island of muskrats, the latter uncertain, both possibly related to Maliseet words. Musquash is a

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of muskrat, possibly borrowed from

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History

Musquash was erected in 1877 from Lancaster Parish.

Boundaries

Musquash Parish is bounded: Remainder of parish on map 164 at same site. Remainder of parish on mapbooks 483, 492, 493, and 499 at same site. * on the north by the Kings County line; * on the east by the City of Saint John; * on the south by the

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; * on the west by the Charlotte County line.

Communities

Communities at least partly within the parish. * Chance Harbour * Dipper Harbour East * Dipper Harbour West * Five Fathom Hole * Gooseberry Cove * Little Lepreau * Musquash *

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* South Musquash

Bodies of water

Bodies of waterNot including brooks, ponds or coves. at least partly within the parish. * Little Lepreau River * West Branch Musquash River * Belvidere Stream * Deer Lake Stream * Fishing Stream * Hanson Stream * Menzies Stream * Dipper Harbour Creek * Ferguson Creek * Goose Creek * McLaughlin Creek * Moose Creek * Wetmore Creek * West Branch Reservoir ** Back Channel ** The Narrows *

** Plumper Hole * Maces Bay * Chance Harbour * Dipper Harbour * Little Dipper Harbour * Musquash Harbour * Hepburn Basin * Bonny Doone Lake * more than twenty other officially named lakes

Islands

Islands at least partly within the parish. * Gooseberry Island * Musquash Island * Stillwater Island * Man Rock * Musquash Ledges * Pork Ledge

Other notable places

Parks, historic sites, and other noteworthy places at least partly within the parish. * Dipper Harbour Back Cove Protected Natural Area * Gooseberry Cove Protected Natural Area * Loch Alva Protected Natural Area * Log Falls Dam * Musquash Estuary Protected Natural Area * Point Lepreau * Round Meadow Cove 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:Atlantic Canada Back Road Atlas *Highways ** *Principal Routes ** *Secondary Routes: ** ** *External Routes: **None

Notes

References

{{Subdivisions of New Brunswick, counties=yes, state=expanded Parishes of Saint John County, New Brunswick Local service districts of Saint John County, New Brunswick