Kars is a
geographic parish in
Kings County Kings County or King's County may refer to:
Places Canada
*Kings County, New Brunswick
*Kings County, Nova Scotia
* Kings County, Prince Edward Island
** King's County (electoral district), abolished in 1892
Ireland
* County Offaly, formerly call ...
,
New Brunswick
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,
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.
Prior to the
2023 governance reform, it comprised 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 Kars, which was a member of
Kings Regional Service Commission (RSC8).
Origin of name
The parish was named for the
Siege of Kars
The siege of Kars was the last major operation of the Crimean War. In June 1855, attempting to alleviate pressure on the defence of Sevastopol, Emperor Alexander II ordered General Nikolay Muravyov to lead his troops against areas of Ottoma ...
, last major operation of the
Crimean War
The Crimean War was fought between the Russian Empire and an alliance of the Ottoman Empire, the Second French Empire, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and the Kingdom of Sardinia (1720–1861), Kingdom of Sardinia-Piedmont fro ...
.
History
Kars was erected in 1860 from
Greenwich
Greenwich ( , , ) is an List of areas of London, area in south-east London, England, within the Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county of Greater London, east-south-east of Charing Cross.
Greenwich is notable for its maritime hi ...
and
Springfield Parishes.
In 1877 the islands in Belleisle Bay were added to Kars.
Boundaries
Kars Parish is bounded:
[ Remainder of parish on map 149 at same site.][ Remainder of parish on mapbooks 431, 445, and 446 at same site.]
*on the northwest by the
Queens County line;
*on the east by the eastern line of three grants, beginning on the county line about 900 metres northeast of the ends of Bond Road and McCrea Road, then running southeasterly, with two short doglegs, past Vail Road to strike
Belleisle Bay
Belleisle Bay is a fjord-like branch of the Saint John River (New Brunswick), Saint John River in the Canadian province of New Brunswick.
Species of fish common to the area include, among others:
*Yellow perch
*White perch
*Smallmouth bass
*Ameri ...
about 450 metres east of the eastern end of Coreyvale Road;
*on the south by Belleisle Bay;
*on the west by the
Saint John River;
*including Hog Island and Pig Island near the mouth of Belleisle Bay and Ghost Island in the bay.
Governance
Before 2023, the entire parish formed the local service district of the parish of Kars, established in 1968 to assess for fire protection. Recreational facilities were added in 2001 and non-fire related rescue in 2012. First aid and ambulance services (1972—2001) and community services (1986—2001) were formerly included.
Communities
Communities at least partly within the parish.
*Beulah
*Earle Wharf
*
Kars
Kars ( or ; ; ) is a city in northeast Turkey. It is the seat of Kars Province and Kars District.[Ä ...]
*Lower Kars
*Tennants Cove
Bodies of water
Bodies of water
[Not including brooks, ponds or coves.] at least partly in the parish.
*
Belleisle Bay
Belleisle Bay is a fjord-like branch of the Saint John River (New Brunswick), Saint John River in the Canadian province of New Brunswick.
Species of fish common to the area include, among others:
*Yellow perch
*White perch
*Smallmouth bass
*Ameri ...
*
Saint John River
Islands
Islands at least partly in the parish.
*Ghost Island
*Hog Island
*Pig Island
Demographics
Population
Population trend
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
** none
* Principal Routes
** None
* Secondary Routes:
**
**
* External Routes:
** None
See also
*
List of parishes in New Brunswick
The Canadian province of New Brunswick is divided by the ''Territorial Division Act'' into 152 Parish (administrative division), geographic parishes, units which had political significance as subdivisions of County, counties until the Municipaliti ...
Notes
References
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Parishes of Kings County, New Brunswick
Local service districts of Kings County, New Brunswick