Eldon is a geographic parish in Restigouche County,

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. For governance purposes it is divided between the incorporated rural community of Kedgwick and the Restigouche rural district, both of which are members of the Restigouche Regional Service Commission. Before the 2023 governance reform, the parish was divided into four local service districts and part of another. Mann Mountain was opposite the mouth of the

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, with Flatlands straddling the eastern border; St. Jean Baptiste – Menneval, White's Brook were both along Route 17, nearer Kedgwick than Campbellton; the LSD of the parish of Eldon comprised the remainder of the parish. In the reform, Kedgwick annexed the community of Wyers Brook, properties on either side of Route 17 south from Glenwood, and all of the parish to the west; the remainder became part of the rural district.

Origin of name

The parish was named in honour of the

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at the time of its erection.

History

Eldon was erected in 1827 from Beresford Parish. Eldon comprised Restigouche County west of the Upsalquitch River, with the county line being a prolongation of the western boundary of Northumberland County. In 1840 the eastern boundary was altered to run due south from the mouth of the Upsalquitch. In 1852 the western county line was changed to its current location; Eldon's western line moved with it. In 1879 Eldon was dissolved and its territory added to Addington Parish. In 1896 Eldon was reërected from Addington, with the eastern line now further east in its modern configuration. In 1916 the western part of Eldon was erected as Grimmer Parish. Grimmer included what is now Saint-Quentin Parish.

Boundaries

Eldon Parish is bounded: Remainder of parish on maps 4, 5, 12, 13, 23, 24, 36, and 37 at same site. Remainder of parish on mapbooks 012, 024–026, 043–045, 063–065, 083–085, 103–105, 126, and 127 at same site. * on the north by the

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boundary, running through the

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; * on the east by a line beginning near the lower end of Bell Island, on the eastern line of a grant to John Johnson, then running southeasterly along the Johnston grant and its prolongation, with a slight bend, to the northeastern corner of a grant to James Dunn on the northern side of Evergreen Road, then along the Dunn grant and its prolongation to a point about 1 kilometre west of Route 17 and 2 kilometres south of Evergreen Road, then running true south to the county line; * on the south by the

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and Victoria County lines; * on the west by a line beginning on the county line about 525 metres south of O'Dare Brook and about 3 kilometres west of the

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, then running north-northwesterly in a straight line to the mouth of Upper Thorn Point Brook on the Restigouche; * including the river islands in front of the parish.

Communities

Communities at least partly within the parish. * Adams Gulch * Dawsonville * Glenwood * Mann Mountain Settlement * Mann Siding *

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* Millerville * Robinsonville * Saint-Jean-Baptiste-de-Restigouche * Squaw Cap * Upsalquitch * Whites Brook * Wyers Brook

Bodies of water

Bodies of waterNot including brooks, ponds or coves. at least partly within the parish. * Left Hand Branch Mamozekel River * Northwest Upsalquitch River *

* Upsalquitch River * Burntland Lake * Lac du Petit-Vingt-Deux * Eighteen Mile Lake * McKenzie Lake * Nictau Lake * Poison Lake

Islands

Islands at least partly within the parish. * Adams Island * Almons Island * Bell Island * Cross Point Island * Croswell Island * England Island * Gilmores Island * Mann Island * Marshall Island * Marshalls Island * McAndrews Island * McDougalls Island * Mink Island * Mocklers Island * Pine Island * Poker Island * Taylor Island * Walker Island

Other notable places

Parks, historic sites, and other noteworthy places at least partly within the parish. * Mount Carleton Provincial Park

Demographics

Population

Language

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 Pages 4-5, 12-13 *Highways ** ** *Principal Routes ** *Secondary Routes: ** *External Routes: ** (

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Notes

References

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