Balmoral Parish, New Brunswick

Balmoral is a civil parish in Restigouche County, New Brunswick, Canada.

For governance purposes it was divided between the villages of Atholville, Balmoral, Charlo, and Eel River Crossing; the Indian reserve of Moose Meadows 4; and the local service districts of Balmoral-St. Maure, Blair Athol, and the parish of Balmoral, all of which except the Indian reserve are members of the Restigouche Regional Service Commission (RRSC). As of the 2021 census, the parish has a population of 309.

Origin of name

The parish may have gotten its name from Balmoral Castle, Scotland, increasingly used by Queen Victoria at the time. William F. Ganong had no idea of its origin, noting only that there was a place of that name in Scotland.

History

Balmoral was erected in 1896 from Dalhousie Parish.

Boundaries

Balmoral Parish is bounded: Remainder of parish on maps 6, 13, 14, 25, 26, 38, and 39 at same site. Remainder of parish on mapbooks 003, 013–015, 027–029, 046–048, 066–068, 086–088, 106, and 107 at same site.

* on the northwest and north by a line beginning at a point about 350 metres north of Route 275 and about 900 metres westerly of the junction of Val-d'Amour Road with Route 275, then running northeasterly along the northwestern edge of the Balmoral Settlement to its northeastern corner, then turning 90º and running about 250 metres southeasterly, then turning 90º and running to Route 275, then running easterly along the southern edge of grants along Route 280 then those along Route 11 to meet a line running true south from near the northern end of the Eel River Bar Seawall;
* on the east by the line running due south from the Eel River Bar Seawall to the Northumberland County line;
* on the south by the county line;
* on the west by a line beginning on the county line about 2.9 kilometres west of the Lower West Branch Portage Brook, then running true north to the starting point.

Communities

Communities at least partly within the parish. bold indicates an incorporated municipality or Indian reserve

* Atholville
* Balmoral
** Selwood
** Upper Balmoral
* Blair Athol
* Charlo
* Eel River Crossing
* Macabee (Brassard)Natural Resources Canada lists Macabee as the current name; provincial highway mapbooks use Brassard.
* Maltais (partly in Balmoral)
* Moose Meadows 4
* Ramsay Sheds
* Saint-Maure (partly in Balmoral)
* Simpsons Field

Bodies of water

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

* Charlo River
* Eel River
* Jacquet River
* Little Southeast Upsalquitch River
* Popelogan River
* Popelogan Lake Branch River
* South Charlo River
* Southeast Upsalquitch River
* more than twenty officially named lakes

Other notable places

Parks, historic sites, and other noteworthy places at least partly within the parish.
* Budworm City airstrip
* Goulette Brook Protected Natural Area
* Mount Akroyd Protected Natural Area
* Portage Lakes Protected Natural Area
* White Meadows

Demographics

Parish population total did not include portions within Moose Meadows 4 or former municipalities. Revised census figures based on the 2023 local governance reforms have not been released.

Population

Language

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 Pages 6, 14-15

*Highways
**None

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

See also

* List of parishes in New Brunswick

Notes

References

External links

Village of Atholville

Village of Balmoral

Village of Charlo

Village of Eel River Crossing

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Parishes of Restigouche County, New Brunswick
Local service districts of Restigouche County, New Brunswick