New Maryland is a
geographic parish in
York 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 village of
New Maryland 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 New Maryland, both of which were members of
Capital Region Service Commission (RSC11). The LSD further includes the special service areas of Howorth and
Nasonworth.
Origin of name
The parish probably came from members of the
Maryland Loyalists Battalion who settled in the area.
Ganong states that the name came from the settlement of Maryland.
History
New Maryland was erected in 1850 from
Kingsclear Parish and unassigned territory.
Boundaries
New Maryland Parish is bounded:
[ Remainder of parish on maps 136, 137, 146, and 147 at same site.][ Remainder of parish on mapbooks 390, 408, 409, 426, 427, 440, and 441 at same site.]
* on the northeast by the city of
Fredericton
Fredericton (; ) is the capital city of the Provinces and territories of Canada, Canadian province of New Brunswick. The city is situated in the west-central portion of the province along the Saint John River (Bay of Fundy), Saint John River, ...
;
* on the southeast by the
Sunbury County line;
* on the south by the
Charlotte County line;
* on the northwest by a line beginning on the Charlotte County line about 3.6 kilometres west of Big Kedron Lake and about 4 kilometres east of
Route 3 and running northeasterly parallel to the Sunbury County line until it reaches Fredericton.
Communities
Communities at least partly within the parish.
bold indicates an incorporated municipality
*
Beaver Dam
* Charters Settlement
* Howorth Acres
*
Nasonworth
*
New Maryland
*
Rooth
Bodies of water
Bodies of water
[Not including brooks, ponds or coves.] at least partly within the parish.
*
North Branch Oromocto River
* Lyons Stream
* Nasonworth Millstream
* South Branch Rusagonis Stream
* Yoho Stream
* Big Kedron Lake
* Little Lake
* Little Kedron Lake
* Mud Lake
* Oromocto Lake
** The Basin
Islands
Islands at least partly within the parish.
* Camp Jersey Island
Other notable places
Parks, historic sites, and other noteworthy places at least partly within the parish.
* University of New Brunswick Wildlife Refuge
Demographics
Parish population total does not include
village of New Maryland
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 York County, New Brunswick
Local service districts of York County, New Brunswick