Gordon is a geographic parish in Victoria County,

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. Prior to the 2023 governance reform, for governance purposes it was divided between the village of Plaster Rock and the

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of the parish of Gordon, both of which were members of the Western Valley Regional Service Commission (WVRSC).

Origin of name

The parish was named in honour of Arthur Hamilton-Gordon,

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at the time.

History

Gordon was erected in 1864 from Grand Falls,

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, and Saint-Léonard Parishes. Three months later the Carleton County line was restored to its pre-1854 course, removing part of Gordon. In 1871 all of Gordon north of a line true east and west from the southern end of Long Island in the

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was erected as Lorne Parish. In 1896 the boundary with Lorne was altered.

Boundaries

Gordon Parish is bounded: Remainder of parish on maps 64–66, 72–75, and 82 at same site. Remainder of parish on mapbooks 195–198, 209–213, 224–227, 240, and 241 at same site. * on the north by a line running true east and west from the foot of an unnamed island downstream of Long IslandThe actual wording is "the foot of Long Island" but both cadastral and highway maps show the boundary running south of Long Island. Long Island and the two unnamed islands south of it are all wetlands, so Long Island probably broke up after it was first used as a boundary point in 1871. in the

; * on the northeast by the Northumberland County line; * on the southeast by the York County line; * on the south by the Carleton County line; * on the west by the Royal Road, running a northerly or north-northwesterly course starting on the county line north of Chapmanville at a point about 20.5 kilometres inland from the Saint John River, passing west of Birch Ridge, through Red Rapids, to a point slightly east of the junction of Currie Road with Route 380; *on the northwest by a line running north 45º east about 7 kilometres to meet the northern line of the parish.

Communities

Communities at least partly within the parish. bold indicates an incorporated municipality; ''italics'' indicate a name no longer in official use * Anderson Road * Anfield * Arthurette * Arbuckle * Beveridge * Birch Ridge * Crombie Settlement * Fraser * Hazeldean * Lampedo * Licford * Longley * Lower Anfield * Mapleview * McLaughlin * North View * Odell * Picadilly * Plaster Rock * Red Rapids * Rowena * St. Almo (''Reeds Island'') * Sisson Ridge * Summit * Three Brooks * Wapske * Weaver

Bodies of water

Bodies of waterNot including brooks, ponds or coves. at least partly within the parish. * River de Chute * Gulquac River * Lake Branch River * Little Gulquac River * Little Wapske River * Odell River * Odelloch River * Pokoiok River * North Branch Southwest Miramichi River *

* Tuadook River * Wapske River * Lampedo Branch * more than 20 officially named lakes

Other notable places

Parks, historic sites, and other noteworthy places at least partly within the parish. * Indian Brook Protected Natural Area * Oven Rock Brook Protected Natural Area * Plaster Rock-Renous Wildlife Management Area * Pokiok River Protected Natural Area

Demographics

Parish population totals do not include Plaster Rock

Population

Population trendStatistics Canada:

1996 1996 was designated as: * International Year for the Eradication of Poverty Events January * January 8 – A Zairean cargo plane crashes into a crowded market in the center of the capital city of the Democratic Republic of the Congo ...

2001 The year's most prominent event was the September 11 attacks against the United States by al-Qaeda, which Casualties of the September 11 attacks, killed 2,977 people and instigated the global war on terror. The United States led a Participan ...

2006 2006 was designated as the International Year of Deserts and Desertification. Events January * January 1– 4 – Russia temporarily cuts shipment of natural gas to Ukraine during a price dispute. * January 12 – A stampede during t ...

2021 Like the year 2020, 2021 was also heavily defined by the COVID-19 pandemic, due to the emergence of multiple Variants of SARS-CoV-2, COVID-19 variants. The major global rollout of COVID-19 vaccines, which began at the end of 2020, continued ...

census

Language

Mother tongue (2016)

Notes

References

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