Botsford is a
geographic parish in
Westmorland County,
New Brunswick
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Canada
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.
For governance purposes it divided almost entirely between the town of
Cap-Acadie and the
incorporated rural community of
Strait Shores
Strait Shores is a local government district called a rural community in the Canadian province of New Brunswick. It was formed through the 2023 New Brunswick local governance reforms.
History
Strait Shores was incorporated on January 1, 2023 ...
,
small areas along its southwestern border belong to the Southeast rural district. All are members of the Southeast Regional Service Commission.
Prior to the
2023 governance reform, the parish was divided between the villages of
Cap-Pelé and
Port Elgin,
the rural community of
Beaubassin East, and the
local service districts of
Bayfield,
Cape Tormentine, and the parish of Botsford.
Origin of name
The parish was named in honour of
Amos Botsford
Amos Botsford (January 31, 1744/1745 – September 14, 1812) was a lawyer, judge, land owner and political figure in New Brunswick. He represented Westmorland County in the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick from 1786 to 1812.
He was bo ...
, then
Speaker of the
House of Assembly
House of Assembly is a name given to the legislature or lower house of a bicameral parliament. In some countries this may be at a subnational level.
Historically, in British Crown colonies as the colony gained more internal responsible g ...
and
MLA for
Westmorland County.
History
Botsford was erected in 1805 from all of the unassigned territory east of
Sackville and
Westmorland Parishes.
In 1850 the western boundary moved west to match that of Westmorland Parish, adding part of
Shediac Parish. The western boundary was at the mouth of the Kouchibouguac River.
In 1894 the western boundary was altered on its northern end, the boundary with Shediac Parish now running through Cap-Pelé.
This was clarified in 1904.
Boundaries
Botsford Parish is bounded:
[ Remainder of parish on map 122 at same site.][ Remainder of parish on mapbooks 322, 340–343, and 362–364 at same site.]
* on the north by
Northumberland Strait;
* on the south by
Baie Verte
* on the southwest by a line running north 38º 30' west from the southeast angle of lot number one, granted to Otho Reed, at the mouth of Gaspereau Creek in
Port Elgin to a point about 1.6 kilometres northwesterly of the junction of Chemin des Moulins and
Route 940 and about 450 metres from Square Lake, then running north 4º 30' east to the Northumberland Strait at a point about 375 metres east of the mouth of the Tedish River in
Cap-Pelé.
Communities
Communities at least partly within the parish.
bold indicates an incorporated municipality
*
Bayfield
* Bayside
*
Beaubassin East
** Botsford Portage
** Comeau Point
** Lake Road
** Petit-Cap
**
Shemogue
** Trois-Ruisseaux
* Cadman Corner
*
Cap-Pelé
** Bas-Cap-Pelé
* Cape Spear
*
Cape Tormentine
* Chapmans Corner
* Hardy
* Johnston Point Road
*
Little Shemogue
* Malden
* Mates Corner
*
Melrose
*
Murray Corner
* Murray Road
*
Port Elgin
* Smith Settlement
* Spence Settlement
* The Bluff
* Timber River
* Upper Cape
* Woodside
Bodies of water
Bodies of water
[Not including brooks, ponds or coves.] at least partly within the parish.
* Gaspereau River
* Timber River
* Amos Creek
* Fox Creek
* Grant Creek
* Lanchester Creek
* McKays Creek
* Robinson Creek
*
Northumberland Strait
**
Abegweit Passage
*
Baie Verte
* Shemogue Harbour
* Collins Lake
* Niles Lake
* Square Lake
Islands
Islands at least partly within the parish.
* Ephraim Island
*
Jourimain Island
Other notable places
Parks, historic sites, and other noteworthy places at least partly within the parish.
*
Confederation Bridge
The Confederation Bridge () is a box girder bridge carrying the Trans-Canada Highway across the Abegweit Passage of the Northumberland Strait, linking the province of Prince Edward Island with the mainland province of New Brunswick. Opened ...
*
Murray Beach Provincial Park
Demographics
Parish population total does not include portions within 2021 boundaries of
Cap-Pelé,
Port Elgin, and
Beaubassin East. Revised census figures based on the 2023 local governance reforms have not been released.
Access routes
Highways and numbered routes that run through the parish, including external routes that start or finish at the parish limits:
[Atlantic Canada Back Road Atlas ]
*Highways
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*Principal Routes
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*Secondary Routes:
**none
*External Routes:
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(
Confederation Bridge
The Confederation Bridge () is a box girder bridge carrying the Trans-Canada Highway across the Abegweit Passage of the Northumberland Strait, linking the province of Prince Edward Island with the mainland province of New Brunswick. Opened ...
)
See also
*
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 Municipaliti ...
Notes
References
External links
Rural community of Beaubassin EastVillage of Cap-Pelé
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Parishes of Westmorland County, New Brunswick
Local service districts of Westmorland County, New Brunswick