Saint Martins 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
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 ...
,
New Brunswick
New Brunswick (french: Nouveau-Brunswick, , locally ) is one of the thirteen provinces and territories of Canada. It is one of the three Maritime provinces and one of the four Atlantic provinces. It is the only province with both English and ...
,
Canada
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.
For governance purposes it is divided between the village of
St. Martins and the
local service district of the parish of Saint Martins, both of which are members of the
Fundy Regional Service Commission (FRSC).
Origin of name
The
Provincial Archives of New Brunswick Provincial Archives of New Brunswick is the archives agency for the Canadian province of New Brunswick. It is located on the campus of the University of New Brunswick
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gives only a possibility - St. Martins, Maryland, which could refer to either Saint Martin or Saint Martins by the Bay, both in
Worcester County, Maryland
Worcester County is the easternmost county of the U.S. state of Maryland. As of the 2020 census, the population was 52,460. Its county seat is Snow Hill.
It is the only county of Maryland that borders the Atlantic Ocean, and the only cou ...
.
History
Saint Martins was erected in 1786 as one of the county's original parish.
In 1837 the eastern end of Saint Martins was transferred to
Westmorland County. The lost area is now part of
Alma Parish in
Albert County.
Boundaries
Saint Martins Parish is bounded:
[ Remainder of parish on maps 151, 152, 158, and 159 at same site.][ Remainder of parish on mapbooks 448–450, 462–465, 475, 476, and 486 at same site.]
* on the north by the
Kings County line;
* on the east by the
Albert County line;
* on the south by the
Bay of Fundy and Quaco Bay;
* on the west by a line beginning at the shore of the Bay of Fundy and running northwesterly along the eastern line of a grant to Samuel Hugh at the mouth of Tynemouth Creek and its prolongation to the Kings County line.
Communities
Communities at least partly within the parish.
bold indicates an incorporated municipality
* Bains Corner
* Bay View
* Burchills Flats
* Chester
* Fair View
* Grove Hill
* Hanford Brook
* Hardingville
* Little Beach
* Orange Hill
* Porter Road
*
St. Martins
* Salmon River
* Shanklin
* Tynemouth Creek
* West Quaco
Bodies of water
Bodies of water
[Not including brooks, ponds or coves.] at least partly within the parish.
*
Big Salmon River
* Goose River
* Irish River
* Little Salmon River
* Mosher 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 ...
* South Stream
* Goose Creek
* Ten Mile Creek
* Tynemouth Creek
*
Bay of Fundy
* Quaco Bay
* more than two dozen officially named lakes
Other notable places
Parks, historic sites, and other noteworthy places at least partly within the parish.
* Big Salmon River Protected Natural Area
* Dowdall Lake Protected Natural Area
*
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 ...
*
Fundy Footpath
The Fundy Footpath is a hiking trail that starts at the Fundy Trail Parkway from Big Salmon River to Fundy National Park in New Brunswick, Canada
New Brunswick (french: Nouveau-Brunswick, , locally ) is one of the thirteen provinces and ...
* Fundy Trail Parkway Provincial Park
* Little Salmon River Protected Natural Area
* Point Wolfe River Gorge Protected Natural Area
* Saddleback Brook Protected Natural Area
Demographics
Parish population total does not include village of
St. Martins
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
**None
*Secondary Routes:
**None
*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
{{Subdivisions of New Brunswick, counties=yes, state=expanded
Parishes of Saint John County, New Brunswick
Local service districts of Saint John County, New Brunswick