Peel is a List of parishes in New Brunswick, civil parish in Carleton County, New Brunswick, Carleton County, New Brunswick, Canada, situated on the eastern bank of the Saint John River (Bay of Fundy), Saint John River. It comprises one Local service district (New Brunswick), local service district and part of one town, both of which are members of the Regional Service Commission#Western Valley Regional Service Commission, Western Valley Regional Service Commission (WVRSC). The Census geographic units of Canada#Census_subdivisions, Census subdivision of Peel Parish includes all of the civil parish except the town of Florenceville-Bristol.

Origin of name

The parish may have been named after one of two brothers: Jonathan Peel, Secretary of State for War when the parish was created, or Robert Peel, who was twice Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.

History

Peel was erected in 1859 from northwestern Brighton Parish, New Brunswick, Brighton Parish. It included the southwestern corner of Aberdeen Parish, New Brunswick, Aberdeen Parish until 1863.

Boundaries

Peel Parish is bounded: Remainder of parish on map 92 at same site. Remainder of parish on mapbooks 272, 287, and 288 at same site. * on the west by the Saint John River; * on the north by a line running due east from opposite the mouth of Whitemarsh Brook to a reserved road along the western line of grants on the Ketchum Ridge Road, then south along that tier of grants to its end, then due east to the Cold Stream near the junction of Black Brook and East Coldstream roads; * on the east by the Cold Stream; * and on the south by the prolongation of the north line of a land grant north of Hales Brook to the Cold Stream.

Municipality

The town of Florenceville-Bristol comprises the northwestern corner of the parish.

Local service district

The local service district of the parish of Peel comprises all of the parish outside Florenceville-Bristol. The LSD was established in 1966 to assess for fire service following the abolition of county government under the new ''Municipalities Act''. Community services were added in 1967. Today the LSD assesses for community and recreation services in addition to the basic LSD services of Firefighting, fire protection, Police, police services, Zoning, land use planning, Government of New Brunswick#Agencies/Boards, emergency measures, and Animal control service, dog control. The taxing authority is 211.00 Peel. LSD advisory committee: Yes. Chair Jill Hunter was an alternate on the WVRSC board in 2015 and 2016. Chair Joseph Trevors has sat on the board since 2017.

Communities

Communities at least partly within the parish; bold indicates an incorporated municipality; ''italics'' indicate a name no longer in official use * East Coldstream * Florenceville-Bristol * Jericho * Lansdowne * Mount Pleasant * Oakland * Peel, New Brunswick, Peel * Riverbank * South Gordonsville * Stickney, New Brunswick, Stickney * ''Upper Peel''

Bodies of water

Bodies of waterNot including brooks, ponds or coves. at least partly in the parish: * Saint John River (Bay of Fundy), Saint John River * Cold Stream

Islands

Islands at least partly in the parish: * Presque Isle Island

Other notable places

Parks, historic sites, and other noteworthy places at least partly in the parish. * Oakland Mountain Protected Natural Area * Stickney Protected Natural Area

Demographics

Parish population total does not include portion within Florenceville-Bristol

Population

Population trendStatistics Canada: Canada 1996 Census, 1996, Canada 2001 Census, 2001, Canada 2006 Census, 2006 census

Language

Mother tongue (2016)

Notes

References

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