Chipman Parish, New Brunswick

Chipman is a civil parish in Queens County, New Brunswick, Canada.

Prior to the 2023 governance reform, for governance purposes it was divided between the village of Chipman and the local service district of the parish of Chipman, both of which were members of Regional Service Commission 11 (RSC11).

Origin of name

The parish was named for Ward Chipman Jr., Chief Justice of New Brunswick at the time of its erection.

History

Chipman was erected in 1835 from Brunswick and Canning Parishes.

In 1855 all of Chipman southeast of Coal Creek was transferred to Waterborough Parish.

In 1896 the boundary with Waterborough was altered, parallelling the Brunswick line from the mouth of North Branch Coal Creek to the county line; the lost territory became part of Waterborough.

Boundaries

Chipman Parish is bounded: Remainder of parish on maps 106, 107, 116, and 117 at same site. Remainder of parish on mapbooks 297, 313–315, 331–333, and 353 at same site.

* on the northeast by the Kent County line;
* on the southeast by a line beginning on the county line at a point about 5.5 kilometres southeasterly of Route 116, then running southwesterly along a line parallel to the northwestern line of Brunswick Parish, which is a line running north 54º east from a point on the Saint John River about 1.8 kilometres southwest of the Route 715 bridge over McAlpines Brook, until striking Coal Creek at the southeast angle of a grant to Malcolm Carmichael upstream of the mouth of the South Branch Coal Creek, then down Coal Creek to the Northeast Arm of Grand Lake;
* on the southwest by a line running northwesterly from the Northeast Arm to Indian Point, then across Salmon Bay to strike land northeast of Newcastle Centre, then north 45º west past the Post Road and the old CPR line before turning nearly west and running about 400 metres to the Sunbury County line;
* on the northwest by the Sunbury County line.

Communities

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

* Briggs Corner
* Bronson
* Bronson Settlement
* Camp Wegesegum
* Castaway
* Chipman
* Coal Creek
* Dufferin
* Fowlers Corner
* Gaspereau Forks
* Harley Road
* Iron Bound Cove
* Kings Mines
* Midland
* Redbank
* Salmon Creek
* The Ridge
* Upper Gaspereau

Bodies of water

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

* Gaspereau River
* Salmon River
* Castaway Stream
* Iron Bound Cove Stream
* North Forks Stream
* Coal Creek
* Long Creek
* Redbank Creek
* Salmon Creek
* Grand Lake
** Northeast Arm
** Salmon Bay

Islands

Islands at least partly within the parish.
* Curley Island
* Long Island

Other notable places

Parks, historic sites, and other noteworthy places at least partly within the parish.
* Chipman Airport

Demographics

Parish population total does not include former incorporated village of Chipman. Revised census figures based on the 2023 local governance reforms have not been released.

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
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* Principal Routes
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* Secondary Routes:
** None

* External Routes:
** None

See also

* List of parishes in New Brunswick

Notes

References

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