Denmark Parish, New Brunswick

Denmark is a civil parish in Victoria County, New Brunswick, Canada.

Prior to the 2023 governance reform, for governance purposes it was divided between the Indian reserve of Tobique 20 and the local service district of the parish of Denmark, the latter of which was a member of the Northwest Regional Service Commission (NWRSC).

Origin of name

The parish was named for the community of New Denmark.

History of name

Denmark was erected in 1936 from Drummond Parish. Three months later the inland boundary was simplified, returning territory to Drummond.

Boundaries

Denmark Parish is bounded: Remainder of parish on maps 45, 46, 54, 55, 63, 64, and 72 at same site. Remainder of parish on mapbooks 104, 124, 125, 146, 147, 163, 164, 178, 179, 193, 194, 208, and 209 at same site.

* on the northeast by the Restigouche County line, beginning about 5.25 kilometres southeasterly of the end of Chemin Rang 14 and running about 8 kilometres southeasterly;
* on the southeast by a line beginning on the county line and running south 45º west to a point slightly east of the junction of Currie Road with Route 380, then running south-southeasterly and southerly along the Royal Road to a point west of Piccadilly;
* on the south by a line running true east from the northwestern corner of the Tobique 20 Indian reserve on the Saint John River;
* on the west by the Saint John River;
* on the northwest by a line beginning on the Saint John River at the southernmost point of a grant to Lyman Whitehead, about 700 metres south of the mouth of the Salmon River, then running northeasterly and northwesterly along the Whitehead grant to the southeastern line of a grant to John King at a point about 75 metres from the Salmon River, then northeasterly along the King grant until it strikes the Salmon River, then upriver past Route 108 to a point opposite the end of the Salmon River Road, on the northwestern line of a grant to Gabriel C. Poitras, then generally northeasterly along the Poitras grant and the northwestern line of Range 3 of the New Denmark North Settlement and its prolongation, passing the end of Sutherland Brook Road and Salmon River, to the southwestern line of the First Tract of lands granted to the New Brunswick Railway Company, then northwesterly and northeasterly along the First Tract and the prolongation of its northwestern line to the starting point on the Restigouche County line.

Communities

Communities at least partly within the parish. bold indicates an Indian reserve; ''italics'' indicate a name no longer in official use

* Bell Grove
* Blue Bell Corner
* Currie Road
* Foley Brook
* Hazeldean (''Blue Bell'')
* Hilldale Corner
* Lake Edward
* Lerwick
* Medford
* New Denmark
* New Denmark Corner
* New Denmark Station
* North Tilley
* Tobique 20
* Salmonhurst Corner
* South Tilley

Bodies of water

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

* Little Salmon River
* Left Hand Branch Pokiok River
* Saint John River
* Salmon River
* Sisson Branch
* Back Lake
* Bear Lake
* Blue Bell Lake
* Lake Edward
* Mazerolle Lake
* Merritt Lake
* Pokiok Lake
* Sisson Branch Reservoir

Other notable places

Parks, historic sites, and other noteworthy places at least partly within the parish.
* Pokiok River Protected Natural Area

Demographics

Population totals do not include portion within Tobique 20 Indian reserve

Population

Population trendStatistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006 census

Language

Mother tongue (2016)

See also

*List of parishes in New Brunswick

Notes

References

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Parishes of Victoria County, New Brunswick
Local service districts of Victoria County, New Brunswick
Danish Canadian settlements