Rogersville (originally Rogerville)
is a
civil parish
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in
Northumberland County,
New Brunswick
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,
Canada
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.
For governance purposes it is divided between the village of
Nouvelle-Arcadie
Nouvelle-Arcadie is a village in the Canadian province of New Brunswick. It was formed through the 2023 New Brunswick local governance reforms.
History
Nouvelle-Arcadie was incorporated on January 1, 2023.
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*List of communities in ...
and the Greater Miramichi rural district,
which are members of the Kent Regional Service Commission and Greater Miramichi RSC respectively.
Prior to the
2023 governance reform, the parish was divided between the village of
Rogersville and the
local service districts of
Collette and the parish of Rogersville.
Rogersville and Collette became part of Nouvelle-Arcadie while the parish LSD was split between the new village and the rural district.
Origin of name
The parish was named in honour of
James Rogers, then
Bishop of Chatham.
History
Rogersville was erected in 1881 from
Nelson Parish.
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The parish was expanded northeastward in 1900 to take in the Rosaireville area of
Glenelg Parish.
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Boundaries
Rogersville Parish is bounded:
[ Remainder of parish on maps 78, 79, and 87 at same site.][ Remainder of parish on mapbooks 220, 233–235, 249, and 250 at same site.]
* on the northwest, by a line beginning at a point about 2.25 kilometres west of North Lake and seven miles (11.27 kilometres) from the
Kent County line, then running northeasterly parallel to the county line at a distance of seven miles until it strikes the southeasterly prolongation of the northeastern line of a grant to Thomas McCallum, which begins at a cove northeasterly of the junction of Rasche Street and St. Patrick's Drive in
Miramichi, then southeasterly along the McCallum prolongation until it strikes the northern line of a grant to John Townley at the mouth of Big Hovel Brook, about 1.8 kilometres north of
Route 440 and about 2.6 kilometres east of East Collette Villa Laplatte Road, then northeasterly along the Townley grant to the Bay du Vin River, then downstream to the eastern line of the Richard Settlement grants, which run along a north-south section of Route 440 north of Richard-Village, then southeasterly along the tier and its prolongation to the county line;
* on the southeast by the county line;
* on the southwest by a line beginning on the county line at a point about 900 metres southwest of Despres Lake, then running north 22º west through the mouth of the
Renous River
The Renous River is a tributary of the Southwest Miramichi River in New Brunswick, Canada.
The Renous River has its origins south of Holmes Lake in the Miramichi Highlands, part of the Appalachian Mountains, in the northwest corner of Northum ...
.
Evolution of boundaries
When Rogersville was erected it included all of Nelson Parish within seven miles (11.27 kilometres) of the Kent County line.
In 1900 all of Glenelg Parish south of the Bay du Vin River as far east as the tier of grants along Route 440 was transferred to Rogersville, adding
Rosaireville and the Richard Settlement east of it.
Communities
Communities at least partly within the parish.
bold indicates an incorporated municipality; ''italics'' indicate a name no longer in official use
*
Collette
* East Collette
* Lakeland
* Marcelville
*
Murray Settlement
* North Rogersville
* Pleasant Ridge
*
Rogersville
*
Rosaireville
* Sapin-Court
* Shediac Ridge
* ''Vienneau''
* West Collette
* Young Ridge
Bodies of water
Bodies of water
[Not including brooks, ponds or coves.] at least partly within the parish.
*
Barnaby River
The Barnaby River is a tributary of the Miramichi River in New Brunswick, Canada.
The Barnaby River rises in southern Northumberland County, close to the Kent County, New Brunswick boundary and flows north and west into the south side of the Sout ...
* Bay du Vin River
* Despres Lake
* North Lake
* North Branch Lake
Other notable places
Parks, historic sites, and other noteworthy places at least partly within the parish.
* West Collette Wildlife Management Area
Demographics
Parish population total does not include portion within the village of
Rogersville
Population
Population trend
[Statistics Canada: ]1996
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census
Language
Mother tongue (2016)
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
External links
The Greater Region of Rogersville
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Local service districts of Northumberland County, New Brunswick
Parishes of Northumberland County, New Brunswick