Perth is a

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. Prior to the 2023 governance reform, for governance purposes it was divided between the village of

Perth-Andover Perth-Andover (2016 population: 1,590) is a village in Victoria County, New Brunswick, Canada. Geography The village is divided by the Saint John River with Perth on the east bank and Andover on the west bank; each was a separate community u ...

, the

Indian reserve In Canada, an Indian reserve (french: réserve indienne) is specified by the '' Indian Act'' as a "tract of land, the legal title to which is vested in Her Majesty, that has been set apart by Her Majesty for the use and benefit of a band." In ...

of Tobique 20, and the local service district of the parish of Perth. The village and LSD were both members of the Western Valley Regional Service Commission (WVRSC).

Origin of name

Sir Archibald Campbell General Sir Archibald Campbell, 1st Baronet (12 March 1769 – 6 October 1843) was a Scottish soldier who served as an officer in the British Army. From 1824 to 1826, Gen. Campbell commanded the British forces in the First Anglo-Burmese War ...

, then

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, was born at

Glen Lyon Glen Lyon ( gd, Gleann Lìomhann) is a glen in the Perth and Kinross region of Scotland. It is the longest enclosed glen in Scotland and runs for from Loch Lyon in the west to the village of Fortingall in the east. This glen was also kno ...

, Perthshire,

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. Another possible origin is that local Scotch settlers named it for the city of Perth, Scotland.

History

Perth was erected in 1833 in

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from Kent Parish. The parish included all of modern Victoria County east of the Saint John River and south of the Grand Falls. In 1850 Victoria County was erected from Carleton County; the new county line ran through Perth, removing part of the parish. In 1853 all of Perth north of the Tobique Indian Reserve was included in the newly erected Grand Falls Parish. In 1854 the county line was moved to the pre-1850 southern line of Perth. In 1864 the eastern part of Perth was included in the newly erected Gordon Parish. Three months later the pre-1854 county line was restored.

Boundaries

Perth Parish is bounded: Remainder of parish on maps 73, 81, and 82 at same site. Remainder of parish on mapbooks 209, 223, 224, 239, and 240 at same site. * on the north by a line running true east from the northwestern corner of the Tobique 20

on the Saint John River; * on the east by the Royal Road, starting about 14.5 kilometres inland and running southerly or south-southeasterly along a path passing west of Birch Ridge, through Red Rapids, to the

line north of Chapmanville; * on the south by the Carleton County line; * on the west by the Saint John River.

Communities

Communities at least partly within the parish. bold indicates an incorporated municipality or

; ''italics'' indicate a name no longer in official use * Beech Glen * Bon Accord * Currie * ''Gladstone'' * Gladwyn * Hillside (''Caldwell Brook'') * Inman * Kilburn * Kincardine * Lower Kintore * Lower Perth * Muniac *

* Quaker Brook * Red Rapids * Rowena * Tobique 20 ** Maliseet * Tobique Narrows * Upper Kintore

Bodies of water

Bodies of waterNot including brooks, ponds or coves. at least partly within the parish. * Pokiok River * Saint John River *

Tobique River The Tobique River (pro. Toe-Bick) is a river in northwestern New Brunswick, Canada. The river rises from Nictau Lake in Mount Carleton Provincial Park and flows for 148 kilometres to its confluence with the Saint John River near Perth-Andover. Th ...

* Monquart Stream * Muniac Stream * Larlee Creek * Mud Lake

Other notable places

Parks, historic sites, and other noteworthy places at least partly within the parish. * Blind Gully Brook Protected Natural Area * Pokiok River Protected Natural Area * Porcupine Mountain Protected Natural Area * Tobique Narrows Dam

Demographics

Parish population total does not include Tobique 20

and portion within

Population

Population trendStatistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006 census

Language

Mother tongue (2016)

Notes

References

External links

Village of Perth-Andover

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