Maugerville ( ) is a
geographic parish in
Sunbury County,
New Brunswick
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,
Canada
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.
Prior to the
2023 governance reform, for governance purposes it was divided between the
local service districts of
Noonan and the parish of Maugerville (which further includes the special service area of Inner Maugerville), both of which were members of
Capital Region Service Commission (RSC11).
Origin of name
The parish was named in honour of
Joshua Mauger
Joshua Mauger (April 1725 – 18 October 1788) was a prominent merchant and slave trader in Halifax, Nova Scotia (1749–60) and then went to England and became Nova Scotia's colonial agent (1762). He has been referred to as "the first great merc ...
, Nova Scotia's agent in England and first name on the list of grantees in the township.
History
Maugerville was first established in 1765 as a township of
Nova Scotia
Nova Scotia is a Provinces and territories of Canada, province of Canada, located on its east coast. It is one of the three Maritime Canada, Maritime provinces and Population of Canada by province and territory, most populous province in Atlan ...
. The boundaries were significantly different, including part of
Sheffield Parish but not extending as far inland.
Maugerville was erected in 1786 as one of Sunbury County's original parishes.
In 1850 Maugerville was extended to the county line, adding unassigned land to its rear.
Boundaries
Maugerville Parish is bounded:
[ Remainder of parish on maps 96, 105, 106, 114, 115, 116, 126, and 127 at same site.][ Remainder of parish on mapbooks 295, 296, 311, 312, 329–331, 350, 351, 371, 372, 391, and 392 at same site.]
* on the northeast by the
Northumberland County line;
* on the southeast by a line beginning about on the county line about 2.6 kilometres northwesterly of
Cains River
The Cains River is a river in New Brunswick, Canada. It is 113 kilometres long.
The Cains River has its origins in the " Bantalor Wildlife Management Area" in the eastern part of York County, near the boundary with Sunbury County. Generally flo ...
, then following the prolongation of the southeastern line of a grant to Nathaniel Underhill and D. Palmer Jr. on the Saint John River, about 225 metres upstream of the foot of Middle Island, then following the prolongation southwesterly to the Saint John;
* on the southwest by the
Saint John River;
* on the northwest by the
York County line;
* including Oromocto Island in the Saint John River.
Communities
Communities at least partly within the parish.
''italics'' indicate a name no longer in official use
* Lower St. Marys
*
Maugerville
Maugerville ( ) is a New Brunswick unincorporated community located on the east bank of the Saint John River in Maugerville Parish, Sunbury County, in the Canadian province of New Brunswick. The settlement is located on provincial Route 105, 16 ...
*
Noonan (''Rear Maugerville'')
* Sunbury
* Upper Maugerville
Bodies of water
Bodies of water
[Not including brooks, ponds or coves.] at least partly within the parish.
*
Cains River
The Cains River is a river in New Brunswick, Canada. It is 113 kilometres long.
The Cains River has its origins in the " Bantalor Wildlife Management Area" in the eastern part of York County, near the boundary with Sunbury County. Generally flo ...
* Gaspereau River
* Little River
*
Saint John River
* Bartlett Millstream
* Burpee Millstream
** Burpee Deadwater
* Little Portobello Stream
* Noonan Stream
* Portobello Stream
* Estey Creek
* Mud Creek
* Newcastle Creek
* Brook Styx
* more than ten officially named lakes
Islands
Islands at least partly within the parish.
* Bear Island
* Long Island
* Oromocto Island
Other notable places
Parks, historic sites, and other noteworthy places at least partly within the parish.
* Acadia Forestry Station
* Bantalor Wildlife Management Area
* Bull Pasture Bog Protected Natural Area
* Burpee Wildlife Management Area
* Burpee Lake Protected Natural Area
* Gaspereau Protected Natural Area
* Grand Lake Protected Natural Area
* Little Forks Brook Protected Natural Area
* Little River Protected Natural Area
* Portobello Creek National Wildlife Area
Demographics
Population
Population trend
[Statistics 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
Language
Mother tongue (2016)
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 Sunbury County, New Brunswick
Local service districts of Sunbury County, New Brunswick