Maugerville (, MAJOR-ville) 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
Sunbury County,
New Brunswick
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,
Canada
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.
For governance purposes it is divided between the
local service districts of
Noonan and the parish of Maugerville (which further includes the special service area of Inner Maugerville), both of which are members of
Regional Service Commission 11 (RSC11).
Origin of name
The parish was named in honour of
Joshua Mauger
Joshua Mauger (1725– 18 October 1788) was a prominent merchant and slave trader in Halifax, Nova Scotia (1749–60) and then went to England and became Nova Scotia's colonial agent (1762). He has been referred to as "the first great merchant an ...
, Nova Scotia's agent in England and first name on the list of grantees in the township.
History
Maugerville was first established in 1765 as a township of
Nova Scotia
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Most of the population are native Eng ...
. The boundaries were significantly different, including part of
Sheffield Parish but not extending as far inland.
Maugerville was erected in 1786 as one of Sunbury County's original parishes.
In 1850 Maugerville was extended to the county line, adding unassigned land to its rear.
Boundaries
Maugerville Parish is bounded:
[ Remainder of parish on maps 96, 105, 106, 114, 115, 116, 126, and 127 at same site.][ Remainder of parish on mapbooks 295, 296, 311, 312, 329–331, 350, 351, 371, 372, 391, and 392 at same site.]
* on the northeast by the
Northumberland County line;
* on the southeast by a line beginning about on the county line about 2.6 kilometres northwesterly of
Cains River, then following the prolongation of the southeastern line of a grant to Nathaniel Underhill and D. Palmer Jr. on the Saint John River, about 225 metres upstream of the foot of Middle Island, then following the prolongation southwesterly to the Saint John;
* on the southwest by the
Saint John River;
* on the northwest by the
York County line;
* including Oromocto Island in the Saint John River.
Communities
Communities at least partly within the parish.
''italics'' indicate a name no longer in official use
* Lower St. Marys
*
Maugerville
*
Noonan (''Rear Maugerville'')
* Sunbury
* Upper Maugerville
Bodies of water
Bodies of water
[Not including brooks, ponds or coves.] at least partly within the parish.
*
Cains River
* Gaspereau River
* Little River
*
Saint John River
* Bartlett Millstream
* Burpee Millstream
** Burpee Deadwater
* Little Portobello Stream
* Noonan Stream
* Portobello Stream
* Estey Creek
* Mud Creek
* Newcastle Creek
* Brook Styx
* more than ten officially named lakes
Islands
Islands at least partly within the parish.
* Bear Island
* Long Island
* Oromocto Island
Other notable places
Parks, historic sites, and other noteworthy places at least partly within the parish.
* Acadia Forestry Station
* Bantalor Wildlife Management Area
* Bull Pasture Bog Protected Natural Area
* Burpee Wildlife Management Area
* Burpee Lake Protected Natural Area
* Gaspereau Protected Natural Area
* Grand Lake Protected Natural Area
* Little Forks Brook Protected Natural Area
* Little River Protected Natural Area
* Portobello Creek National Wildlife Area
Demographics
Population
Population trend
[Statistics Canada: ]1996
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, 2006
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census
Language
Mother tongue (2016)
See also
*
List of parishes in New Brunswick
The Canadian province of New Brunswick is divided by the ''Territorial Division Act'' into 152 parishes, units which had political significance as subdivisions of counties until the Municipalities Act of 1966. Parishes still exist in law and incl ...
Notes
References
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Parishes of Sunbury County, New Brunswick
Local service districts of Sunbury County, New Brunswick