Clarendon 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
Charlotte County,
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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,
located in the interior to the north of
Point Lepreau Point Lepreau is a cape in southwestern New Brunswick, Canada.
It is at the southern tip of a peninsula that extends into the Bay of Fundy. This peninsula contains the boundary between Saint John County to the east and Charlotte County to the w ...
and southwest of
CFB Gagetown
5th Canadian Division Support Base (5 CDSB) Gagetown, formerly known as and commonly referred to as CFB Gagetown, is a large Canadian Forces Base covering an area over , located in southwestern New Brunswick.
Construction of the base
At the ...
. It comprises a single
local service district A local service district is a type of designated place in the Canadian province of New Brunswick. In the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador
Newfoundland and Labrador (; french: Terre-Neuve-et-Labrador; frequently abbreviated as NL) ...
(LSD), which is a member of
Regional Service Commission 11 (RSC11).
The
Census subdivision
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of the same name shared the parish's boundaries.
Origin of name
The parish was named for Clarendon Settlement, which in turn was named in honour of the
Earl of Clarendon
Earl of Clarendon is a title that has been created twice in British history, in 1661 and 1776.
The family seat is Holywell House, near Swanmore, Hampshire.
First creation of the title
The title was created for the first time in the Peera ...
, British
Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs
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at the time of it being laid out.
History
Clarendon was erected in 1869 from
Lepreau and
Pennfield Parishes.
The area was first laid out for settlement in 1856, with the Clarendon Settlement being largest. Much of the parish was never surveyed for settlement, most of the surveyed lots were never granted, and many granted lots were later reconveyed to the Crown.
In 1868 the Clarendon District was created as a polling district taking in the northern part of Lepreau and Pennfield Parishes.
Boundaries
Clarendon Parish is bounded:
[ Remainder of parish on maps 155, 156, 162, and 163 at same site.][ Remainder of parish on mapbooks 457, 458, 470, and 471 at same site.]
* on the north by the
Sunbury and
Queens County lines;
* on the east by Queens County;
* on the south by a due west line from the southernmost corner of Queens County;
* and on the west by the prolongation of the eastern line of grants that cross
Lake Utopia.
Local service district
The local service district of the parish of Clarendon comprises the entire parish.
The LSD was established in 1975 to assess for fire protection; recreational and sport facilities was added in 2008.
Today the LSD assesses for community & recreation services in addition to the basic LSD services of
fire protection
Fire protection is the study and practice of mitigating the unwanted effects of potentially destructive fires. It involves the study of the behaviour, compartmentalisation, suppression and investigation of fire and its related emergencies, as we ...
,
police services,
land use planning
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,
emergency measures, and
dog control. The taxing authority is 507.00 Clarendon.
Communities
Communities at least partly within the parish.
''italics'' indicate a name no longer in official use
* Back Clarendon
* ''Pleasington''
Bodies of water
Bodies of water
[Not including brooks, ponds or coves.] at least partly within the parish.
* North Branch Lepreau River
*
South Branch Oromocto River
* West Branch Lepreau River
* Piskahegan Stream
* South Oromocto Lake
** The Basin
* York Dam Flowage
* more than fifty other official named lakes
Islands
Islands at least partly within the parish.
* Bradt Island (in McDougall Lake)
* Horse Island (in South Oromocto Lake)
Other notable places
Parks, historic sites, and other noteworthy places at least partly within the parish.
* Lepreau River Wildlife Management Area
* Little Tomoowa Lake Protected Natural Area
Demographics
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 4, 12]
*Highways
**None
*Principal Routes
**
*Secondary Routes:
**
*External Routes:
**None
Notes
References
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Parishes of Charlotte County, New Brunswick
Local service districts of Charlotte County, New Brunswick