North Lake is a geographic parish in York County,

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. Prior to the 2023 governance reform, for governance purposes it formed the

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of the parish of North Lake, which was a member of the Western Valley Regional Service Commission (WVRSC).

Origin of name

The parish takes its name from the eponymous lake.

History

North Lake was erected in 1879 from Canterbury Parish.

Boundaries

North Lake Parish is bounded: Remainder of parish on maps 134, 135, and 145 at same site. Remainder of parish on mapbooks 384, 385, 403–405, 421–423, and 438 at same site. * on the north by the Carleton County line; * on the east by a line running up Eel River, including First Eel Lake, Second Eel Lake, and Third Eel Lake, then east-southeasterly across land to La Coote Lake, then down La Coote Lake and Big La Coote Stream to the northern end of Palfrey Lake; * on the southeast by a line running southwesterly from the southeastern corner of a grant to Abraham Lint west of Allandale Road near the Saint John River to a point west of Sandy Point on Spednic Lake, paralleling the southeastern lines of other parishes south of the Saint John River; * on the west by the

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, running up Spednic Lake, Grand Lake, the North Lake Thoroughfare, North Lake, and Monument Brook to the Carleton County line.

Communities

Communities at least partly within the parish. * Forest City * Fosterville * Graham Corner *

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* Maxwell * North Lake * Pemberton Ridge

Bodies of water

Bodies of waterNot including brooks, ponds or coves. at least partly within the parish. ''italics'' indicate a name no longer in official use * Eel River * Big La Coote Stream * Mud Lake Stream * Bolton Lake * more than a dozen other officially named lakes *

Chiputneticook Lakes The Chiputneticook Lakes are a group of several lakes along the international boundary between Maine and New Brunswick. They are East Grand Lake, North Lake, Mud Lake, Spednic Lake, and Palfrey Lake. This lake system forms the head waters of ...

** Grand Lake ** Mud Lake (''Azesko Lake'') ** North Lake ** North Lake Thoroughfare ** Spednic Lake

Islands

Islands at least partly within the parish. * Frog Island * Pine Island

Other notable places

Parks, historic sites, and other noteworthy places at least partly within the parish. * First Eel Lake Protected Natural Area * Hay Brook Protected Natural Area * Maxwell Protected Natural Area * Monument Brook Protected Natural Area * North Lake Protected Natural Area * Spednic Lake Protected Natural Area * Tamarack Brook Protected Natural Area

Demographics

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 ...

2011 The year marked the start of a Arab Spring, series of protests and revolutions throughout the Arab world advocating for democracy, reform, and economic recovery, later leading to the depositions of world leaders in Tunisia, Egypt, and Yemen ...

census

Language

Mother tongue (2016)

Notes

References

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