Hopewell is a geographic parish in eastern

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. For governance purposes, most of the parish is part of the village of Fundy Albert, with the northwestern corner part of the Southeast rural district. Prior to the 2023 governance reform, the parish was divided between the village of Riverside-Albert and the

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of the parish of Hopewell.

History

Hopewell parish originates in a 1765 one-hundred-thousand acre

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, following "'' Le Grand Dérangement''". The proprietors of the township may have named it for Hopewell, Pennsylvania, possibly the home of some of the settlers of the township. The bounds of the township grant were described as follows, "To begin due west form the point of land lying between the Memramcook and Petitcodiac on the west side of the Petitcodiac River and to extend from form thence west twenty miles and from thence south to the seacoast on the Channel of Chignecto…excepting the lands lying within the said limits excepting 200 acres of land granted to John Burbridge Esq." Hopewell was erected as a parish in Westmorland County in 1786 when the province created its own system of counties and civil parishes. Unlike the rest of the province, Westmorland County's parishes did not have their boundaries explicitly described, instead stating only "to be bounded as in and by the several letters patent or grants of the said towns, under the great seal of the province of Nova Scotia".Uses of

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Boundaries

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, Harvey, Hillsborough and Hopewell Parishes meet; *on the east and southeast by Shepody Bay; *on the south by Shepody Bay and the Shepody River; *on the west by a line running up Crooked Creek to the site of a former bridge across the creek, near the end of Mill Road in Riverside-Albert, then running north 22º west to the northern line.

Evolution of boundaries

The original parish boundaries included Harvey Parish and parts of

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and Elgin Parishes. In 1837 the county line between Saint John and Westmorland Counties shifted westward and the orphaned part of Saint John County was added to Hopewell. The next year the western part of Hopewell was included in the newly erected Harvey Parish. In 1850 a consolidation of the legislation and amendments divinding the province into counties and parishes removed references to the pre-Loyalist townships from the boundaries of Albert County parishes.

Municipality

Riverside-Albert is located in the southwestern corner of the parish, along the Shepody River between the mouths of Crooked Brook and Chapman Creek.

Local service district

The local service district of the parish of Hopewell contained all of the parish outside Riverside-Albert. The LSD was established on 23 November 1966 to assess for fire protection following the abolition of county councils by the new ''Municipalities Act''. First aid & ambulance services were added on 21 January 1976. In 2020, the LSD assesses for community & recreation services in addition to the basic LSD services of

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, emergency measures, and dog control. The taxing authority was 616.00 Hopewell.

Communities

Communities at least partly within the parish. bold indicates an incorporated municipality; ''italics'' indicate a name no longer in official use * Cape Station * Chemical Road * Chester * Curryville * Demoiselle Creek * Hopewell Cape * Hopewell Hill * Lower Cape * ''McGinley's Corner'' * Memel Settlement * Mountville * Riverside-Albert * Shepody

Bodies of water

Bodies of waterNot including brooks, ponds or coves. at least partly within the parish. *

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*Shepody River *Crooked Creek *at least nine other named creeks * Shepody Bay

Other notable places

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

Demographics

Parish population total does not include Riverside-Albert

Population

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 ** *Principal Routes **None *Secondary Routes: *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