North Lake Parish, New Brunswick
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North Lake is a
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in York County,
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. For governance purposes it forms the
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of the parish of North Lake, which is a member of the Western Valley Regional Service Commission (WVRSC).


Origin of name

The parish takes its name from the eponymous lake.


History

North Lake was erected in 1879 from Canterbury Parish.


Boundaries

North Lake Parish is bounded: Remainder of parish on maps 134, 135, and 145 at same site. Remainder of parish on mapbooks 384, 385, 403–405, 421–423, and 438 at same site. * on the north by the
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line; * on the east by a line running up Eel River, including First Eel Lake, Second Eel Lake, and Third Eel Lake, then east-southeasterly across land to La Coote Lake, then down La Coote Lake and Big La Coote Stream to the northern end of Palfrey Lake; * on the southeast by a line running southwesterly from the southeastern corner of a grant to Abraham Lint west of Allandale Road near the Saint John River to a point west of Sandy Point on
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, paralleling the southeastern lines of other parishes south of the Saint John River; * on the west by the
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, running up Spednic Lake, Grand Lake, the North Lake Thoroughfare, North Lake, and Monument Brook to the Carleton County line.


Communities

Communities at least partly within the parish. * Forest City *
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* Graham Corner * Green Mountain * Maxwell * North Lake * Pemberton Ridge


Bodies of water

Bodies of waterNot including brooks, ponds or coves. at least partly within the parish. ''italics'' indicate a name no longer in official use * Eel River * Big La Coote Stream * Mud Lake Stream * Bolton Lake * more than a dozen other officially named lakes *
Chiputneticook Lakes The Chiputneticook Lakes are a group of several lakes along the international boundary between Maine and New Brunswick. They are East Grand Lake, North Lake, Mud Lake, Spednic Lake, and Palfrey Lake. This lake system forms the head waters of the ...
** Grand Lake ** Mud Lake (''Azesko Lake'') ** North Lake ** North Lake Thoroughfare **
Spednic Lake Spednic Lake (sometimes Spednik Lake or Spednick Lake) is a mesotrophic lake in the Chiputneticook Lakes chain along the Canada–United States border between the state of Maine and the province of New Brunswick that is best known for its bass ...


Islands

Islands at least partly within the parish. * Frog Island * Pine Island


Other notable places

Parks, historic sites, and other noteworthy places at least partly within the parish. * First Eel Lake Protected Natural Area * Hay Brook Protected Natural Area * Maxwell Protected Natural Area * Monument Brook Protected Natural Area * North Lake Protected Natural Area * Spednic Lake Protected Natural Area * Tamarack Brook Protected Natural Area


Demographics


Population

Population trendStatistics Canada:
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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 inclu ...


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