Saint-Charles is a

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in Kent County,

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. For governance purposes most of the parish is part of the town of Beaurivage, with a small area on the south part of the village of Five Rivers, both of which members of the Kent Regional Service Commission. Prior to the 2023 governance reform, the parish was divided between the local service districts of Aldouane and the parish of Saint-Charles.

Origin of name

The parish may take its name from the

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ecclesiastical parish of Saint-Charles-Borromée.

History

Saint-Charles was erected in 1909 from parts of

Richibucto Richibucto is a town in Kent County, New Brunswick, Canada. Geography The town is situated on the Richibucto River where it discharges into the Northumberland Strait. History Richibucto had been the location of an annual Mi'kmaq summer coas ...

and Saint-Louis Parishes. The new parish included settlements along the Saint-Charles River, which formed the boundary between Richibucto and Saint-Louis.

Boundaries

Saint-Charles Parish is bounded: Remainder of parish on maps 88–90 at same site. Remainder of parish on mapbooks 237, 238, and 251–253 at same site. *on the west and north by a line beginning where the Canadian National Railway crosses the northern line of Weldford Parish, which runs due west from the northernmost corner of the Richibucto 15

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, and running northeasterly to the rear line of a grant on the

Kouchibouguacis River The Kouchibouguacis River is a river in Saint-Louis Parish, Kent County, New Brunswick, Canada. It is a tributary of the Northumberland Strait. It is not to be confused with the Kouchibouguac River running parallel to this river, about to the no ...

, then generally easterly along the rear of grants along the river to the rear line of grants along the Saint-Charles River, near Route 134, and the prolongation of the rear line of the Saint-Charles River grants northeasterly to Saint-Louis Bay, then out through the gully near Terre-Noire Point and Kouchibouguac Bay to

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; *on the east by Northumberland Strait; *on the southeast by a line through Richibucto Harbour and up Northwest Branch to the mouth of Thomas Brook, then northwesterly to the northern line of a grant on the northern line of the town of

, then southwesterly along the grant to its westernmost corner, about midway between Route 11 and Route 134, and from there southwest to the northern line of Weldford Parish, near Aldouane Station Cross Road; *on the south by the northern line of Weldford Parish.

Communities

Communities at least partly within the parish; ''italics'' indicate a name no longer in official use * Aldouane *''Aldouane Station'' *Grande-Aldouane *Kent Lake *Kent Lake Siding *Lower Saint-Charles *Petite-Aldouane * Saint-Charles *Saint-Charles-Nord *Saint-Ignace Siding

Bodies of water

Bodies of waterNot including brooks, ponds or coves. at least partly in the parish: *Petite rivière Aldouane *Rivière aux Masquis * Molus River *Saint-Charles River *Northwest Branch *Jardine Lake *Kent Lake *Le Barachois *

*Kouchibouguac Bay *Baie de Saint-Louis *Richibucto Harbour *Richibucto Gully

Conservation areas

Parks, historic sites, and related entities in the parish. *

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Demographics

Population

Population trendStatistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006 census

Language

Mother tongue (2016)

Notes

References

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