Hillsborough is a
geographic parish in eastern
Albert County
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New Brunswick
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Canada
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For governance purposes, Hillsborough is divided between the village of
Fundy Albert,
which includes most of the parish, and the Southeast rural district;
both are members of the Southeast Regional Service Commission.
Prior to the
2023 governance reform, the parish was divided between the village of
Hillsborough 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 Hillsborough.
Origin of name
Hillsborough was probably named in honour of the
Earl of Hillsborough
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The titl ...
,
First Lord of Trade
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in 1765.
History
Hillsborough was originally established in 1765 as a township within
Nova Scotia
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, a grant of 100 000 acres to Robert Cummings and four others that included modern Hillsborough Parish and most of
Coverdale Parish. In 1786 the township's boundaries were explicitly used for the newly erected Hillsborough Parish.
Boundaries
Hillsborough Parish is bounded:
[ Remainder of parish on maps 132, 142, and 143 at same site.][ Remainder of parish on mapbooks 380 and 399–401 at same site.]
*on the north by the northern line of a grant to Albert E. Rogers on the
Petitcodiac River
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, about 120 metres south of the mouth of Stoney Creek, and its prolongation inland to a point about 2.6 kilometres east of Little River;
*on the east by the Petitcodiac River;
*on the south by the southern line of a grant to William Carlisle on the Petitcodiac River, about 2 kilometres north of the junction of Grub Road with
Route 114, and its prolongation southwesterly for to a point inland;
*on the west by a line running north 22º west to the prolongation of the Rogers grant.
Evolution of boundaries
Originally the western line of Hillsborough extended north to the Petitcodiac River west of Upper Coverdale.
In 1828 all of the parish north of a line running west from the mouth of Stoney Creek was erected as Coverdale Parish.
The northern boundary was moved slightly south in 1850 to its modern starting point. 1850 was also the first year the parish's southern and western boundaries were described without referring to the original boundaries of the pre-Loyalist township.
Municipality
The village of
Hillsborough is on the Petitcodiac River, from south of Weldon Creek to north of Christopher Lane; the inland boundary is irregular, based partly on grant lines and partly on property lines of the late 1960s.
Local service district
The local service district of the parish of Hillsborough included the entire parish outside the village of Hillsborough.
The LSD was established on 23 November 1966 to assess for fire protection following the abolition of rural governments by the new ''Municipalities Act''. First aid & ambulance services were added on 17 November 1976.
In 2020, the LSD assessed for community & recreation services in addition to the basic LSD services of
fire protection
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police services,
land use planning
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,
emergency measures, and
dog control. The taxing authority was 615.00 Hillsborough.
Communities
Communities at least partly within the parish;
bold indicates an incorporated municipality
*
Albert Mines
Albert Mines is a community in the southeastern cornerMap of the Provinces and territories of Canada, province of New Brunswick, Canada. It is due south of the Hillsborough, New Brunswick, Village of Hillsborough and bordered by the communitie ...
*Baltimore
*Beech Hill
*Berryton
*Caledonia Mountain
*Dawson Settlement
*
Demoiselle Creek
*
Edgetts Landing
*
Hillsborough
**Surrey
*Isaiah Corner
*Osborne Corner
*Rosevale
*Salem
*Shenstone
*Steeves Mills
*Steevescote
*
Weldon
Bodies of water
Bodies of water
[Not including brooks, ponds or coves.] at least partly in the parish:
*
Petitcodiac River
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*Stoney Creek
*
Turtle Creek - East Branch, West Branch
*at least seven other named creeks
*Stanyard Lake
Islands
Islands at least partly in the parish:
* Grays Island
Other notable places
Parks, historic sites, and other noteworthy places at least partly in the parish.
* Big Meadows Protected Natural Area
* Caledonia Gorge Protected Natural Area
* Lewis Mountain Protected Natural Area
* Wilson Brook Protected Natural Area
Demographics
Population
Parish population total does not include the village of
Hillsborough
Language
Mother tongue (2016)
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
**None
*Secondary Routes:
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*External Routes:
**None
Notes
References
{{Subdivisions of New Brunswick, counties=yes, state=expanded
Parishes of Albert County, New Brunswick
Local service districts of Albert County, New Brunswick