Grand Manan is a geographic parish in Charlotte County,

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, comprising one village and part of a rural district; the rural district portion was formerly a

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(LSD); both of which are members of the Southwest New Brunswick Service Commission (SNBSC). The parish includes

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and numerous lesser islands, only one of which has permanent year-round inhabitants. Confusion is sometimes caused by other uses of the name: epenthesis of Grand Manan Island to Grand Manan; the village of Grand Manan; the

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of Grand Manan Parish, which includes only White Head Island; and the assumption of an LSD with the name of Grand Manan, which never existed.

Origin of name

The parish takes its name from Grand Manan Island, which is often shortened to Grand Manan. Ganong gives the origin of the island's name as Mun-aa-nook', his transcription of the

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form of the

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word for island, combined with the French adjective ''grand'' used on some early French maps of the area.

History

The parish was erected in 1816 from

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as Grand-Manan, to include "Grand-Manan with its appurtenances". The hyphen was dropped from the name in 1850 and ''appurtenances'' was clarified in 1877, implicitly adding

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to the parish.Machias Seal Island is 32 km from Grand Manan Island, perhaps a bit far to be considered an appurtenance.

Boundaries

Grand Manan Parish includes the main island and all islands to the south and west. Remainder of parish (excluding Machias Seal Island) on mapbooks 505–508 at same site.

Municipality

The village of Grand Manan was formed in 1995 and includes all of the parish except White Head Island.

Former local service district

White Head Island comprised only that island. The LSD was established in 1979 to assess for fire protection, making it the last inhabited part of the parish to become part of a village or LSD. In 2021, the LSD assessed for only the basic LSD services of

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, police services,

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, emergency measures, and dog control. The taxing authority was 521.00 White Head Island. Since the beginning of 2023, it forms part of the Southwest rural district.

Former villages and local service districts

Before 1995 Grand Manan Island comprised three villages and two LSDs. Running clockwise from the northern end of the island, these were: * North Head (village) * Castalia (LSD) * Woodwards Cove (LSD) * Grand Harbour (village) * Seal Cove (village)

Communities

Communities within the parish. all communities except White Head are part of the village of

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* Castalia * Grand Harbour * Ingalls Head * Rocky Corner * Seal Cove * Tattons Corner * White Head * Woodwards Cove

Bodies of water

Bodies of waterNot including brooks, ponds or coves. within the parish. * Eel Lake * Little Lake *

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* Long Island Bay * Long Pond Bay * Dark Harbour * Grand Harbour * Little Dark Harbour * Three Island Harbour * Wood Island Harbour * Cheney Passage * Grand Manan Channel * The Thoroughfare

Islands

Islands within the parish. *

Cheney Island Cheney Island is a tidal island located between Ross Island (New Brunswick) , Ross Island and White Head Island in the Grand Manan archipelago in the Bay of Fundy, New Brunswick. It is accessible by foot, at low tide. It is privately owned. Hist ...

* Great Duck Island * Hay Island * High Duck Island *

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* Long Island * Low Duck Island *

* Nantucket Island * North Green Island * Outer Wood Island * Pumpkin Islet * Rock Island * Ross Island * Sheep Island * South Green Island * West Pumpkin Island * Western Green Island * White Head Island * White Horse Islet * Wood Island * numerous officially named rocks and ledges

Other notable places

Parks, historic sites, and other noteworthy places within the parish. * Castalia Provincial Park * Grand Manan Airport * High Duck Island Protected Natural Area * North and South Green Islands Protected Natural Area * The Anchorage Provincial Park * Western Green Island Protected Natural Area

Census data

Population totals do not include the village of

Population

Language

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References

{{coord, 44.682813, N, 66.787949, W, name=Campobello Parish, New Brunswick, display=title, region:CA-NB_type:adm3rd_scale:100000 Parishes of Charlotte County, New Brunswick