Cambridge is a
geographic parish in
Queens County,
New Brunswick
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,
Canada
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.
Prior to the
2023 governance reform, for governance purposes it was divided between the village of Cambridge-Narrows and the
local service district Local service district may refer to these administrative units in Canada:
* 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 o ...
of the parish of Cambridge, both of which were members of
Capital Region Service Commission (RSC11).
Origin of name
The parish was "said to" have been named in honour of the
Duke of Cambridge
Duke of Cambridge is a hereditary title of nobility in the British royal family, one of several royal dukedoms in the United Kingdom. The title is named after the city of Cambridge in England. It is heritable by agnatic, male descendants by pr ...
, who died in 1850.
History
Cambridge was erected in 1852 from
Johnston,
Waterborough, and
Wickham Parishes.
In 1856 the boundary with
Johnston and
Waterborough Parishes was altered.
Boundaries
Cambridge Parish is bounded:
[ Remainder of parish on map 139 at same site.][ Remainder of parish on mapbooks 393, 394, 412, and 413 at same site.]
*on the east by a line beginning at Mill Cove on
Grand Lake, then running along Fowler Road,
Route 715, and the public landing southwest of Fowlers Cove to Washademoak Lake;
*on the southeast by Washademoak Lake;
*on the west by Colwells Creek and the
Saint John River;
*on the northwest by a line beginning on the Saint John River about 75 metres downstream of the
Route 2 interchange with
Route 105 and Conservation Road, then running north-northeasterly across the isthmus to Grand Lake, then up Grand Lake to Mill Cove;
*including most of Thatch Island, which is now a peninsula.
Communities
Communities at least partly within the parish;
bold indicates an incorporated municipality
*Cherry Hill
*
Jemseg
*Lower Cambridge
*Lower Jemseg
*Mill Cove
*Scovil
*
Whites Cove
*
Cambridge-Narrows
Cambridge-Narrows is a former village in Queens County, New Brunswick, Canada. It held village status prior to 2023 and is now part of the village of Arcadia.
The village straddled Washedemoak Lake, a widening of the Canaan River, several ki ...
**Central Cambridge
**Lakeview
**McDonald Corner
Bodies of water
Bodies of water
[Not including brooks, ponds or coves.] at least partly in the parish:
*
Jemseg River The Jemseg River is a short river in the Canadian province of New Brunswick which drains Grand Lake into the Saint John River.
The river is fairly slow-flowing, with approximately 5 kilometres of meander length. It passes through a savannah-type ...
*
Saint John River
*Colwells Creek
*Trout Creek
*Lawson Passage
*Raft Channel
*Dykeman Lake
*Foshay Lake
*
Grand Lake
*Little Lake
*Washademoak Lake
Islands
Islands in the parish:
*Coreys Island
*Huestis Island
*Nevers Island
*Thatch Island
Demographics
Parish population total does not include portion within former incorporated village of
Cambridge-Narrows
Cambridge-Narrows is a former village in Queens County, New Brunswick, Canada. It held village status prior to 2023 and is now part of the village of Arcadia.
The village straddled Washedemoak Lake, a widening of the Canaan River, several ki ...
. Revised census figures based on the 2023 local governance reforms have not been released.
Population
Population trend
Language
Mother tongue (2021)
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
**
*Principal Routes
**
*Secondary Routes:
**
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*External Routes:
**None
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
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Parishes of Queens County, New Brunswick
Local service districts of Queens County, New Brunswick