Kingsclear is a geographic parish in York County,

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, the

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of Kingsclear 6, the incorporated rural community of

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, and the

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of the parish of Kingsclear, all of which except the Indian reserve were members of Capital Region Service Commission (RSC11). The LSD includes the special service area of Oswald Gray.

Origin of name

The parish's name may be a shortening of King's Clearing, a reference to early clearing of forests in the area.

History

Kingsclear was erected in 1786 as one of the county's original parishes. The parish ran twelve miles back into the country and included the islands in front of it in the Saint John River. In 1845 Madam Keswick Island (Keswick Island and Mitchells Island) was transferred to Douglas Parish. In 1850 the area behind Fredericton was included in the newly erected New Maryland Parish; Merrithews Island (Upper and Lower Shores Islands) was transferred to Douglas; and Kingsclear was extended back to the Charlotte County line. In 1855 the rear of Kingsclear was included in the newly erected Manners Sutton Parish. In 1867 Nevers Island and part of Sugar Island were transferred to Douglas. In 1869 the 1867 changes were repealed. In 1903 the 1867 changes were reinstituted. In 1973 Nevers Island was returned to Kingsclear.

Boundaries

Kingsclear Parish is bounded: Remainder of parish on maps 126, 136, and 137 at same site. Remainder of parish on mapbooks 370, 389, 390, and 408 at same site. * on the north by the Saint John River; * on the southeast by a line beginning on the Saint John River about 2.4 kilometres upstream of the Westmorland Street bridge and slightly downstream of Riverside Court, then running south-southwesterly along the prolongation of the western line of the

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Game Refuge and the Refuge itself to the rear line of

,This was the western boundary of Fredericton before the amalgamations of 1973 and is what's used in the Territorial Division Act. then running southwesterly about 23 kilometres along the New Maryland Parish-

boundary to the northeastern line of Manners Sutton Parish; *on the southwest by a line running north 45º west, along the rear line of Hanwell and the southeastern line a grant to James Taylor on the western side of Route 640, to a point about 1.25 kilometres past Jewetts Creek; * on the northwest by the prolongation of the northwestern line of the New Market Settlement Grants, which run along Route 3 east of

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, striking the Saint John River on the eastern side of Wheeler Cove; * including all islands in the Saint John River in front of the parish except Upper Shores, Lower Shores, Mitchells, Merrithews, and Keswick, and part of Sugar Island roughly north and west of the Baseline Road.

Communities

Communities at least partly within the parish. bold indicates an incorporated municipality, incorporated rural community or

* Central Kingsclear *

** Garden Creek ** Springhill * French Village * Hanwell ** Somerset Park ** Starlite Village * Island View * Kingsclear * Kingsclear 6 * Longs Creek * Mazerolle Settlement * Newmarket * Oswald Gray * Smithfield * Yoho

Bodies of water

Bodies of waterNot including brooks, ponds or coves. at least partly within the parish. * Saint John River ** Glooscap Reach ** Grand Pass ** Scoodawakscook Bend * Nasonworth Millstream * South Branch Rusagonis Stream * Currier Creek * Garden Creek * Kellys Creek ** Kellys Creek Basin * Longs Creek ** Longs Creek Arm * Shin Creek * Mactaquac Lake * Murray Lake * Tower Lake * Yoho Lake

Islands

Islands at least partly within the parish. ''italics'' indicate a name no longer in official use * Burpee Island * Clements Island * Currie Island * Dunphy Island * Eqpahak (''Savage Island'') * Hartts Island * Jewett Island * McGibbon Island * Murray Island * Nevers Island * Parsnip Island * Pitt Island * Ross Island * Sugar Island

Other notable places

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

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* University of New Brunswick Wildlife Refuge * Woolastook Provincial Park

Demographics

Parish population total does not include Hanwell, Kingsclear 6

, and portion within

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 ...

census *"2011 revised" reflects the result after the creation of the Rural Community of Hanwell

Language

Mother tongue language (2006)2006 Statistics Canada Community Profile: Kingsclear Parish, New Brunswick
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Notes

References

External links

City of Fredericton

Hanwell Rural Community

Kingsclear Local Service District

Upper Kingsclear community

York Rural Community Project

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