Wicklow is a

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, forming the northwestern corner of Carleton County. Prior to the 2023 governance reform, for governance purposes it was comprised a single

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and parts of one town and one village, all of which were members of the Western Valley Regional Service Commission (WVRSC). The

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of Wicklow Parish includes all of the parish outside the two municipalities.

Origin of name

The parish may have been named after the town of

Wicklow Wicklow ( ; ga, Cill Mhantáin , meaning 'church of the toothless one'; non, Víkingaló) is the county town of County Wicklow in Ireland. It is located south of Dublin on the east coast of the island. According to the 2016 census, it has ...

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listed its origin as uncertain.

History

Wicklow was erected in 1833 as part of the five-way split of Kent Parish. The parish extended west to include part of

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claimed by New Brunswick.

Boundaries

Wicklow Parish is bounded: Remainder of parish on map 91 at same site. Remainder of parish on mapbooks 255, 256, 271, and 272 at same site. * on the west by the international border; * on the north by the

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; * on the east by the Saint John River; * and on the south by southern line of a land grant at the mouth of Whitemarsh Brook and its prolongation to the international border. * It also includes any islands in front of it in the Saint John River.

Evolution of boundaries

Wicklow's southern boundary originally paralleled the northern boundary of Woodstock Parish, running closer to due west than its present course. The eastern boundary was the Saint John River. In 1842 New Brunswick's land boundary with Maine was settled by the

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, ending Wicklow's implicit claim to part of the state. In 1850 the boundary within the Saint John River was altered, adding any islands in front of the parish to Wicklow. The southern boundary was moved north more than a kilometre to the northern line of a three-lot grant to Henry M. Green, taking a strip of the parish that included the northern part of Centreville. In 1870 the boundary with

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and Wilmot Parishes was moved south to start at its original point at the mouth of the Whitemarsh but then run westerly along the prolongation of the northern line of southernmost lot of the grant to Henry M. Green.

Municipalities

The town of

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extends into a small area in the southeastern corner along Routes 110 and

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. The village of Centreville straddles the southern parish line along

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, Route 560, and Gregg Settlement Road.

Local service district

The local service district of the parish of Wicklow comprises all of the parish outside the two municipalities. The LSD was established in 1966 to assess for fire protection. Community services were added in 1967. Today the LSD assessed for the basic LSD services of

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, police services,

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, emergency measures, and dog control. The taxing authority is 216.00 Wicklow. LSD advisory committee: Unknown.

Communities

Communities at least partly within the parish; bold indicates an incorporated municipality * Centreville * Clearview *

* Greenfield * Gregg Settlement * Hartley Settlement * Knoxford * Lamoreaux Corner * Listerville * Lower Greenfield * Lower Royalton * McGrath Corner * McMonagle Corner * Orchards Corner * River de Chute * Royalton * Summerfield * Thomas Corner * Tracey Mills * Tweedie * Upper Knoxford * Upper Royalton * Upper Wicklow * Wakem Corner * Wicklow

Bodies of water

Bodies of waterNot including brooks, ponds or coves. at least partly in the parish: *

* Saint John River * Big Presque Isle Stream * Whitemarsh Creek * Barrett Lake * Carlisle Lakes * Lawrence Lakes * Leith Lake * Reid Lake * Round Lake * Tweedie Lake

Islands

Islands at least partly in the parish: * Green Island

Other notable places

Parks, historic sites, and other noteworthy places at least partly in the parish. *

Beechwood Dam The Beechwood Dam is a hydroelectric dam built on the Saint John River in the Canadian province of New Brunswick and operated by NB Power corporation. Its power house has a capacity of 113 megawatts. The dam and power house opened in 1955 in the c ...

* Green Island Protected Natural Area * River de Chute Protected Natural Area

Demographics

Parish population total does not include portions within Centreville and

Population

Population trendStatistics Canada:

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census

Language

Mother tongue (2016)

Notes

References

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