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Saint-Joseph Parish, New Brunswick
Saint-Joseph is a civil parish in Madawaska County, New Brunswick, Canada. For governance purposes it is divided between the city of Edmundston and the Northwest rural district, both members of the Northwest Regional Service Commission (NWRSC). Before the 2023 governance reforms, the local service district of the parish of Saint-Joseph shared the parish's boundaries. Saint-Joseph bisects Madawaska and Saint-Jacques Parishes, the only area in the province where parishes are discontiguous. Origin of name The parish probably takes its name from the Roman Catholic ecclesiastical parish. History Saint-Joseph was erected in 1930 from Madawaska and Saint-Jacques Parishes; the name was spelt without a hyphen. Saint-Joseph was affected by the major reorganisation of Madawaska County parish boundaries. In 1973 the hyphen was added to the legal name of the parish. Boundaries Saint-Joseph Parish is bounded: Remainder of parish on maps 20 and 33 at same site. Remainder of parish ... [...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 parishes, units which had political significance as subdivisions of 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 districts (LSDs), which better represent communities of interest. Local governance reforms scheduled for 1 January 2023 will abolish the local service district as a unit of governance but this will not affect the existence of civil 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 administration judicial matters, agricultural boards, and some other entities; highwa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Quebec
Quebec ( ; )According to the Government of Canada, Canadian government, ''Québec'' (with the acute accent) is the official name in Canadian French and ''Quebec'' (without the accent) is the province's official name in Canadian English is one of the thirteen provinces and territories of Canada. It is the List of Canadian provinces and territories by area, largest province by area and the second-largest by Population of Canada by province and territory, population. Much of the population lives in urban areas along the St. Lawrence River, between the most populous city, Montreal, and the provincial capital, Quebec City. Quebec is the home of the Québécois people, Québécois nation. Located in Central Canada, the province shares land borders with Ontario to the west, Newfoundland and Labrador to the northeast, New Brunswick to the southeast, and a coastal border with Nunavut; in the south it borders Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, and New York (state), New York in the United ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rivière-Verte Parish, New Brunswick
Rivière-Verte is a civil parish in Madawaska County, New Brunswick, Canada. For governance purposes it is divided between the city of Edmundston, the town of Vallée-des-Rivières, and the Northwest rural district, all of which are members of the Northwest Regional Service Commission. Before the 2023 governance reforms, the village of Rivière-Verte included what is now part of Edmundston, while the parish outside the village formed the local service district A local service district is a type of designated place in the Canadian province of New Brunswick. In the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador, a local service district is a defined area led by an elected committee responsible for the deliv ... of the parish of Rivière-Verte. Origin of name The parish probably takes its name from the Green River, a tributary of the Saint John River, which takes its name from the colour of its water. History Rivière-Verte was erected in 1920 from Saint-Basile Parish. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Restigouche County, New Brunswick
Restigouche County (2016 population 30,955) is located in north-central New Brunswick, Canada. The county is named for the Restigouche River which flows through the county and is famous for its salmon pools, which have attracted wealthy American and Canadian tourists to the region's summer colonies for decades. Forestry dominates the local economy. Census subdivisions Communities There are nine municipalities within Restigouche County (listed by 2016 population): First Nations There are two First Nations reservations in Restigouche County (listed by 2016 population): Parishes The county is subdivided into eight parishes. (Listed by 2016 population, excluding municipalities): *note: Grimmer Parish has been dissolved and amalgamated as part of the Rural Community of Kedgwick, effective July 2012. Demographics As a census division in the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Restigouche County had a population of living in of its total private dwel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saint-Quentin Parish, New Brunswick
Saint-Quentin is a civil parish in Restigouche County, New Brunswick, Canada. For governance purposes it is divided between the town of Saint-Quentin, the incorporated rural community of Kedgwick, and the Northwest rural district, both members of the Northwest Rural Service Commission. Before the 2023 governance reform, the parish was divided between a much smaller town of Saint-Quentin and local service districts of St. Martin de Restigouche and the parish of Saint-Quentin. In the reform, St. Martin de Restigouche was annexed by Saint-Quentin while the parish LSD was divided by the town, rural community, and rural district. Origin of name The parish was named for the Battle of St. Quentin, an Allied victory during the First World War. History Saint-Quentin was erected in 1921 from Grimmer Parish. Boundaries Saint-Quentin Parish is bounded: Remainder of parish on maps 2, 3, 9–11, 21–23, and 36 at same site. Remainder of parish on mapbooks 007–010, 019–023, 0 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Little Iroquois River
The Little Iroquois River is a tributary of the Iroquois River (Saint John River), flowing in Notre Dame Mountains, the Madawaska County, in Northwest of New Brunswick, in Canada. "Little Iroquois River" is flowing to the south in forest area, along the border between Quebec and New Brunswick. This course is more or less in parallel on the east side of the Iroquois River (Saint John River) and the west side of the Green River (Saint John River). The "Little Iroquois River" flows into the Iroquois River (Saint John River) which generally flows south and empties on the north shore of Saint John River (Bay of Fundy). It flows southeast and flows on the north bank of the Bay of Fundy which opens to the southwest on the Atlantic Ocean. Geography Course of the river "Little Iroquois River" originates from a mountain stream (altitude: ), located in the Madawaska County, in New Brunswick. This source is located at: * southwest of the "First Lake" which is the first head of the l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saint-Joseph-de-Madawaska, New Brunswick
Saint-Joseph-de-Madawaska is a settlement in New Brunswick. History Notable people See also *List of communities in New Brunswick This is a list of communities in New Brunswick, a province in Canada. For the purposes of this list, a community is defined as either an incorporated municipality, an Indian reserve, or an unincorporated community inside or outside a municipalit ... References Settlements in New Brunswick Communities in Madawaska County, New Brunswick {{NewBrunswick-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
