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Sackville, New Brunswick (parish)
Sackville is a geographic parish in Westmorland County, New Brunswick, Canada. For governance purposes it is divided between the town of Tantramar, the incorporated rural community of Strait Shores, and the Southeast rural district, with small border areas belonging to the town of Cap-Acadie. All are members of the Southeast Regional Service Commission. Prior to the 2023 governance reform, the parish was divided between the town of Sackville and the local service district of the parish of Sackville, with a small area in the northeast part of the rural community of Beaubassin East. Origin of name The parish was named in honour of Lord George Sackville, later Secretary of State for the Colonies. History Sackville was established in 1772 as a Nova Scotia township. Sackville was erected as one of Westmorland County's original parishes in 1786 with enlarged boundaries; most of the modern town of Shediac was added. In 1827 the northern part of Sackville was included i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Parishes In New Brunswick
The Canadian province of New Brunswick is divided by the ''Territorial Division Act'' into 152 Parish (administrative division), geographic parishes, units which had political significance as subdivisions of County, counties until the Municipalities Act of 1966. Parishes still exist in law and include any municipality, rural community, or regional municipality within their borders. They provided convenient boundaries for electoral districts and organising delivery of government services for some time after 1966 but were gradually supplanted for such purposes by Local service district (New Brunswick), local service districts (LSDs), which better represent communities of interest. Local governance reforms on 1 January 2023 abolished the local service district as a unit of governance but this did not affect the existence of geographic parishes. Parishes are still usedAs of July 2021, by more than a dozen Acts and more than fifty Regulations. to describe legal boundaries for health adm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Local Service District (New Brunswick)
A local service district (LSD) was a provincial administrative unit for the provision of local services in the Canadian province of New Brunswick New Brunswick is a Provinces and Territories of Canada, province of Canada, bordering Quebec to the north, Nova Scotia to the east, the Gulf of Saint Lawrence to the northeast, the Bay of Fundy to the southeast, and the U.S. state of Maine to .... LSDs originally covered areas of the province that maintained some services but were not made municipalities when the province's former county municipalities were dissolved at the start of 1967; eventually all of rural New BrunswickIndian reserves, national parks, and CFB Gagetown were under federal jurisdiction, and some small uninhabited islands were omitted from the regulations defining LSD boundaries. was covered by the LSD system. They were defined in law by the ''Local Service Districts Regulation'' of the ''Municipalities Act''. In 2017, the ''Municipalities Act'' was replaced by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chignecto Bay
Chignecto Bay () is an inlet of the Bay of Fundy located between the Canadian provinces of New Brunswick and Nova Scotia and separated from the waters of the Northumberland Strait by the Isthmus of Chignecto. It is a unit within the greater Gulf of Maine Watershed. Chignecto Bay forms the northeastern part of the Bay of Fundy which splits at Cape Chignecto and is delineated on the New Brunswick side by Martin Head. Chignecto Bay is a Ramsar site. Chignecto bay was also the site of an unsuccessful railway and canal project of the 1880s and 1890s that would have intersected the landmass, thereby providing a transit passage between New England and Prince Edward Island. After several investigations into the feasibility of a new canal project, including most importantly by the Chignecto Canal Commission, the proposed Chignecto Canal was deemed commercially and economically unjustifiable and the project was abandoned. Some of the physical remnants of the 1880s project still continue ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cumberland Basin (Canada)
Cumberland Basin is an inlet and northeasternmost part of the Bay of Fundy, located on the border between the Canada, Canadian provinces of Nova Scotia and New Brunswick. It is the eastern branch of Chignecto Bay, which in turn is the western arm of the upper Bay of Fundy. In geology, the Cumberland Basin (geology), Cumberland Basin is a sedimentary basin which underlies most of Cumberland County, Nova Scotia, west of Chignecto Bay and north of the Cobequid Mountains. It is a one of eleven sub-basins of the Maritimes Basin. The geological Cumberland Basin is west of, and extends beneath, the maritime Cumberland Basin. Along the Nova Scotia shore of the lower Cumberland Basin at Joggins, Nova Scotia, Joggins are seaside cliffs known for fossil formations. Several coal seams are also exposed. These were mined commercially for Bituminous coal for nearly 140 years (1819–1958). The upper Cumberland loops clockwise, north of a flatland called Elysian Fields and southeast to Amherst Po ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New Brunswick Route 940
Route 940 is a long north to south secondary highway in the southeastern portion of New Brunswick, Canada. Route description Most of the route is in Westmorland County. The route's northern terminus is in Shemogue at Route 15 and Route 950. It travels southwest through a mostly treed area where it passes Square Lake. The route passes through Anderson Settlement, Centre Village then turns south in Midgic. The route again turns southwest passing through Ward Ward may refer to: Division or unit * Hospital ward, a hospital division, floor, or room set aside for a particular class or group of patients, for example the psychiatric ward * Prison ward, a division of a penal institution such as a pris ... then crosses the Tantramar River, entering Upper Sackville. The route passes Silver Lake then enters Middle Sackville then crosses Route 1 Exit 504 as it enters Sackville. The route passes Sackville Waterfowl Park on the Tantramar Marsh then the Tantramar C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Port Elgin, New Brunswick
Port Elgin is a formerly incorporated village in Westmorland County, New Brunswick, Canada. It is located near the Nova Scotia border at the mouth of the Gaspereaux River where it empties into the Northumberland Strait's Baie Verte. It is the government centre of the Strait Shores district, which is a rural community type of local government. History The village was founded by Acadians in 1690, but abandoned after the Expulsion of the Acadians in 1755. The earthworks of Fort Gaspareaux, a French military fortification from the Seven Years' War are located at the mouth of the river immediately east of the village. Following the Seven Years' War and the American Revolutionary War, British Loyalists resettled in the area which was named Gaspareaux Town. Gaspareaux Town was renamed Port Elgin in 1847 in honour of Lord Elgin. The community was incorporated as a village in 1922, the first community in the province to do so. Throughout the 19th century and first half of the 20th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Memramcook River
The Memramcook River is a river located in Westmorland County, in southeastern New Brunswick, eastern Canada. Geography Its meander length is approximately , of which approximately is a tidal estuary to its discharge point into the Petitcodiac River. See also *Memramcook, New Brunswick * Petitcodiac Riverkeeper * Shepody Bay *Bay of Fundy The Bay of Fundy () is a bay between the Canadian provinces of New Brunswick and Nova Scotia, with a small portion touching the U.S. state of Maine. It is an arm of the Gulf of Maine. Its tidal range is the highest in the world. The bay was ... References Rivers of New Brunswick Landforms of Westmorland County, New Brunswick {{WestmorlandCountyNB-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Magnetic Declination
Magnetic declination (also called magnetic variation) is the angle between magnetic north and true north at a particular location on the Earth's surface. The angle can change over time due to polar wandering. Magnetic north is the direction that the north end of a magnetized compass needle points, which corresponds to the direction of the Earth's magnetic field lines. True north is the direction along a meridian towards the geographic North Pole. Somewhat more formally, Bowditch defines variation as "the angle between the magnetic and geographic meridians at any place, expressed in degrees and minutes east or west to indicate the direction of magnetic north from true north. The angle between magnetic and grid meridians is called grid magnetic angle, grid variation, or grivation." By convention, declination is positive when magnetic north is east of true north, and negative when it is to the west. '' Isogonic lines'' are lines on the Earth's surface along which the declination ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Westmorland Parish, New Brunswick
Westmorland is a geographic parish in Westmorland County, New Brunswick, Canada. For governance purposes it is divided between the town of Tantramar, the incorporated rural community of Strait Shores, and the Southeast rural district, all of which are members of the Southeast Regional Service Commission. Prior to the 2023 governance reform, the parish was divided between the village of Port Elgin and the local service districts of Baie-Verte, Pointe de Bute, and the parish of Westmorland. Pointe de Bute is now part of Tantramar, while Port Elgin and Baie-Verte are part of Strait Shores. Origin of name Ganong considers the name to have "probably" come from Westmorland's proximity to Cumberland in England, or by the marshes in the English county. Westmorland County was part of Cumberland County, Nova Scotia until New Brunswick was created, and Westmorland Parish was part of the Nova Scotia township of Cumberland. History Cumberland Township was organised in Nova Sco ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shediac Parish, New Brunswick
Shediac is a geographic parish in Westmorland County, New Brunswick, Canada. For governance purposes it is divided between the city of Dieppe, the towns of Cap-Acadie and Shediac, the incorporated rural communities of Beausoleil and Maple Hills, and the Southeast rural district. Beausoleil is a members of the Kent Regional Service Commission, with the rest all belonging to the Southeast Regional Service Commission. Prior to the 2023 governance reform, the parish was divided between Dieppe, Shediac, the village of Cap-Pelé, the rural community of Beaubassin East, and the local service districts of Grande-Digue, Pointe-du-Chêne, Scoudouc, Scoudouc Road, Shediac Bridge-Shediac River, Shediac Cape, and the parish of Shediac. With minor boundary changes, Grande-Digue and Shediac Bridge-Shediac River are now part of Beausoleil; Pointe-du-Chêne, Scoudouc, Scoudouc Road, and Shediac Cape were annexed by Shediac; Cap-Pelé and Beaubassin East merged to form Cap-Acadie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shediac, New Brunswick
Shediac (official in both languages; ''Shédiac'' is colloquial French) is a town in Westmorland County, New Brunswick, Westmorland County, New Brunswick known as the "Lobster Capital of the World". It hosts an annual festival every July which promotes its ties to lobster fishing. At the western entrance to the town is a 90-ton sculpture called ''The World's Largest Lobster''. It is believed that chiac, a well-known Acadian French language, Acadian French patois, was named after Shediac. Since its founding it has expanded several times, most recently in 2023, when it annexed all or part of four Local service district (New Brunswick), local service districts. Revised census figures have not been released. Etymology Shediac was originally called La Batture. Its name was later changed to Shediac in reference to its position at the basin of the Shediac River. The name "Shediac" itself is derived from the Micmac language, Micmac word ''Esedeiik'', which means "which comes from far ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Township (Nova Scotia)
A township in Nova Scotia, Canada, was an early form of land division and local administration during British colonial settlement in the 18th century. They were created as a means of populating the colony with people loyal to British rule. They were typically rural or wilderness areas of around that would eventually include several villages or towns. Some townships, but not all, returned a member to the General Assembly of Nova Scotia; others were represented by the members from the county. Townships became obsolete by 1879 by which time towns and counties had become incorporated. Historical background Originally inhabited by Mi'kmaq peoples, the first European colonists to settle in present-day Nova Scotia were the French who arrived in 1605 and founded Acadia. The British conquest of Acadia took place in 1710 and was formalised by the 1713 Treaty of Utrecht which returned Cape Breton Island to the French. This marked the beginning of permanent British control over the penins ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
