Moncton is a geographic parish in Westmorland County,

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. For governance purposes it is divided between the cities of

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and

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; the town of

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; the incorporated rural communities of

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and Maple Hills; the Metepenagiag 3 Urban Reserve, Metepenagiag 8 Urban Reserve, and Soegao 35

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; and the Southeast rural district. The municipalities and the rural district are all members of the Southeast Regional Service Commission. Prior to the 2023 governance reform, the

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of the parish of Moncton, which included the special service areas of Calhoun Road, Greater Lakeburn, Irishtown, and Painsec Junction, included all of the parish outside Dieppe, Moncton, and Salisbury, and post-reform parts of Dieppe and Moncton.

Origin of name

The parish was named in honour of

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, the British commander who captured

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and oversaw the

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History

Moncton was established in 1765 as Monckton Township in the province of

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. The boundaries of the township were similar but not identical to the modern parish. In 1786 Moncton Parish was erected as one of the province's original parishes, using the same boundaries as Monckton Township. The northeastern corner of the parish extended past the northern line of Westmorland County. In 1835 all of Dorchester Parish north of the mouth of Fox Creek was transferred to Moncton. In 1850 the western boundary was changed to match the prolongation of the eastern line of a block grant to Martin Gay and associates straddling the

Petitcodiac River The Petitcodiac River () is a river located in south-eastern New Brunswick, Canada. Local tourist businesses often refer to it as the "chocolate river" due to its distinctive brown mud floor and brown waters. Stretching across a meander length o ...

, adding part of Salisbury Parish. In 1894 the boundary with Dorchester Parish was redefined to run along a magnetic bearing. The boundaries of the parish were made retroactive to its erection.

Boundaries

Moncton Parish is bounded: Remainder of parish on maps 110, 119, and 120 at same site. Remainder of parish on mapbooks 318, 319, 336–339, and 357–360 at same site. * on the north by the Kent County line; * on the east beginning on the county line about 150 metres east of Route 115, at the prolongation of the northeastern line of a grant to Martin Walsh on the north side of Route 134, then southeasterly along the prolongation, along the Walsh grant, which runs along the southwestern side of Marshall Road, and along the southeasterly prolongation about 12 kilometres past Route 134 to a point about 1.3 kilometres east of the

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; * on the south by the prolongation of a line running south 83º 45' east from the southern side of the mouth of Fox Creek, then by the

; * on the west by the western line of the Second Tract granted to Joshua Geldart, about 200 metres upriver of the mouth of the Little River, and the north-northwesterly prolongation of the Geldart line to Kent County.

Communities

Communities at least partly within the parish; bold indicates an incorporated municipality or

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; ''italics'' indicate a name no longer in official use * Allison (partly in Moncton) * Ammon * Berry Mills * Boundary Creek *

Canaan CanaanThe current scholarly edition of the Septuagint, Greek Old Testament spells the word without any accents, cf. Septuaginta : id est Vetus Testamentum graece iuxta LXX interprets. 2. ed. / recogn. et emendavit Robert Hanhart. Stuttgart : D ...

(''Canaan Station'') * Cape Breton *

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* Dieppe ** Chartersville ** Fox Creek ** Lakeburn ** Saint-Anselme * Gallagher Ridge * Greater Lakeburn * Indian Mountain * Irishtown * Lakeville * LeBlancville * Lutes Mountain * Lutesville * McQuade * Meadow Brook * Melanson Settlement * New Scotland * O'Neil * Pacific Junction * Painsec (partly in Dieppe) * Painsec Junction * Salisbury * Scotch Settlement * Shaw Brook * Soegao 35 * Steeves Mountain * Stilesville * The Gorge *

** Buctouche Junction ** Cherryfield ** Cooks Brook ** Harrisville ** Hildegarde ** Humphrey ** Humphreys Mills ** Lewisville **

Magnetic Hill (Moncton) The Magnetic Hill is a Canadian gravity hill, a type of optical illusion created by rising and descending terrain. It is located at the northwestern edge of the city of Moncton in the Provinces and territories of Canada, Canadian province of New ...

** Mapleton, Moncton ** Marsh Junction ** ''McKinnon'' ** Odlum Junction ** Tankville

Bodies of water

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

Buctouche River The Buctouche River (colloquially spelt Bouctouche) is a river in eastern New Brunswick, Canada which empties into the Buctouche Bay in the Northumberland Strait in the town of Bouctouche. Buctouche means "Little Great Harbour" in the Mi'kmaq. ...

* East Branch Canaan River * Cocagne River * North River *

* Babineau Creek * Butler Creek * Fox Creek * Halls Creek * Intervale Creek * Island Creek * Jonathan Creek * Lake Creek * Michaels Creek * Somers Creek * Aero Lake * Irishtown Road Reservoir * Jones Lake * McLaughlin Road Reservoir * Melanson Settlement Lake

Other notable places

Parks, historic sites, and other noteworthy places in the parish. * Canaan River Wildlife Management Area * Greater Moncton Roméo LeBlanc International Airport * Magic Mountain *

Magnetic Hill Zoo The Magnetic Hill Zoo (, formerly the Magnetic Hill Game Farm) is a zoo located inside the Magnetic Hill Park, in Moncton, New Brunswick. This park also features the Magnetic Hill, Magic Mountain and the Wharf Village. The zoo has over 400 anima ...

* Moncton/McEwen Airport

Demographics

Parish population total does not include city of

, Soegao 35

, and portions in

and

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 ** ** ** ** ** ** *Secondary Routes: ** *External Routes: **None

Notes

References

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