Westfield is a

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in Kings County,

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. Prior to the 2023 governance reform, for governance purposes it was divided between the town of

Grand Bay-Westfield Grand Bay-Westfield is a town on the west bank of the Saint John River immediately north of the boundary between Kings County and Saint John County. Name The Town's hyphenated name is the product of a series of amalgamations since 1966. The ...

and the

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of the parish of Westfield, both of which were members of the Fundy Regional Service Commission (FRSC). Westfield includes the taxing authorities of Westfield East and Westfield West, which are sometimes erroneously described as LSDs in their own right.

Origin of name

The parish may have been named for the town of Westfield in

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. Notable is that the names of Kings County's pre-1800 parishes all occur in both

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History

Westfield was erected in 1786 as one of the original parishes of the county. The 1795 reorganisation of the county affected the boundary on the Kingston Peninsula. In 1896 the boundary on the Long Reach side of the Kingston Peninsula was altered slightly.

Boundaries

Westfield Parish is bounded: Remainder of parish on maps 157, 163, 164, and 165 at same site. Remainder of parish on mapbooks 460, 471–473, and 482–484 at same site. * on the northwest by the Queens County line; * on the northeast by a line beginning on the Queens County line at a point about 300 metres northeasterly of the northern end of Mud Lake, then southeasterly along the prolongation of the line dividing two grants at the mouth of Devils Back Brook to the Saint John River, then across the river to the

Kingston Peninsula The Kingston Peninsula is a peninsula in southern New Brunswick, Canada, located between the Saint John River (New Brunswick), Saint John River and the Kennebecasis River in Kings County, New Brunswick, Kings County. The peninsula was the site of ...

, at a point about 1.2 kilometres north of Williams Lake, then southeasterly along the line between two grants to Robert and Caleb Merrit and its prolongation to the rear line of a tier of grants along the

Kennebecasis River The Kennebecasis River ( ) is a tributary of the Saint John River in southern New Brunswick, Canada. The name Kennebecasis is thought to be derived from the Mi'kmaq "''Kenepekachiachk''", meaning "little long bay place." It runs for approximately ...

, then southwesterly along the rear line of the tier and its prolongation to a point about 375 metres east of Milkish Creek, then southeasterly along the southwestern line of a grant to Stephen Baxter and its prolongation to the

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line; * on the southeast by the Saint John county line in the Kennebecasis River; * on the west by Charlotte County line; * including

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and nearby small islands.

Communities

Communities at least partly within the parish. bold indicates an incorporated municipality * Bayswater * Blagdon * Carters Point * Cheyne Settlement * Crystal Beach * Days Landing * Hardings Point * Keatings Corner * Lands End * Milkish * Morrisdale * Public Landing * Sand Point * Summerville * Sunset Valley * Woodmans Point *

** Epworth Park ** Grand Bay ** Hillandale ** Ingleside ** Ingleside Heights ** Lingley *

** Nerepis ** Ononette ** Pamdenec ** Westfield ** Westfield Beach ** Westfield Centre

Bodies of water

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

** Milkish Channel *

Nerepis River The Nerepis River is a river approximately long in New Brunswick, Canada. A popular river for canoeists and anglers, it is a tributary of the Saint John River. The river has been subjected to significant environmental stress over many years. The ...

* Saint John River * West Branch Musquash River * Brittains Creek * Cunningham Creek * Goose Creek * Milkish Creek * Rancliffe Creek * more than forty officially named lakes

Islands

Islands at least partly within the parish. *

* Ram Island

Other notable places

Parks, historic sites, and other noteworthy places at least partly within the parish. * Lepreau River Game Management Area * Loch Alva Protected Natural Area

Demographics

Parish population total does not include

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

External links

Town of Grand Bay-Westfield

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