Richibucto (originally Liverpool) is a geographic parish in Kent County,

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. For governance purposes it is divided between the towns of Beaurivage and Grand-Bouctouche, the village of Five Rivers, and the Kent rural district, all of are members of the Kent Regional Service Commission, and the Indian Island 28

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, which is not. Prior to the 2023 governance reform, the parish was divided between the town of

Richibucto Richibucto is a former town in Kent County, New Brunswick, Canada. It held town status prior to 2023 and is now part of the town of Beaurivage. Geography The town is situated on the Richibucto River where it discharges into the Northumberl ...

, the village of Rexton, the Indian Island 28

, and the local service districts of Cap-de-Richibouctou, Sainte-Anne-de-Kent, and the parish of Richibucto. Richibucto and a border area west of it became part of Beaurivage, Rexton and most of the parish LSD part of Five Rivers, Sainte-Anne-de-Kent to Grand-Bouctouche, and Cap-de-Richibouctou to the rural district, with small exceptions along the various new borders.

Origin of name

The parish was named for the

Richibucto River The Richibucto River is a river in eastern New Brunswick, Canada which empties into the Northumberland Strait north of Richibucto. It is 80 kilometres long.Mi'kmaq The Mi'kmaq (also ''Mi'gmaq'', ''Lnu'', ''Mi'kmaw'' or ''Mi'gmaw''; ; , and formerly Micmac) are an Indigenous group of people of the Northeastern Woodlands, native to the areas of Canada's Atlantic Provinces, primarily Nova Scotia, New Bru ...

origin.

History

Richibucto was erected from Carleton Parish as Liverpool parish in 1827. At the time it included modern Weldford Parish and all of Saint-Charles Parish south of the Saint-Charles River. In 1832 the parish's name was changed to Richibucto. In 1835 the southwestern part of the parish was erected as Weldford Parish. In 1909 the newly erected Saint-Charles Parish included the settlements along the Kouchibouguacis River.

Boundaries

Richibucto Parish is bounded: Remainder of parish on maps 89 and 90 at same site. Remainder of parish on mapbooks 238, 252–254, 269, and 270 at same site. *on the northwest by a line beginning on the northern line of Weldford Parish, near Aldouane Station Cross Road, then running northeasterly to a point on the northern boundary of the town of

about midway between Route 11 and Route 134, at the corner of a land grant, then northeasterly along the grant line to the rear of a grant on Northwest Branch, then southeasterly to the mouth of Thomas Brook, down Northwest Branch to Richibucto River, and out through Richibucto Harbour to

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; *on the east by Northumberland Strait; *on the south by the Chockpish River upstream as far as the mouth of the Rivière Chockpish-nord, then south 68º west to a point slightly west of East Branch Road; *on the west by a line running northwesterly to the mouth of Black Brook on the East Branch St. Nicholas River, then down the East Branch St. Nicholas and the St. Nicholas River to its mouth, then up the Richibucto River to the eastern line of the Richibucto 15

and along the reserve to its northernmost corner, then due west to the starting point.

Communities

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

* Bedec * Bells Mills * Caissie-Village * Cap-Lumière * Côte-Sainte-Anne * East Galloway * Galloway * Indian Island 28 * Jardineville * Peters Mills * Petit-Chockpish * Pirogue * Rexton *

* Richibucto-Village * Saint-Charles Station * Village-La-Prairie * West Galloway

Bodies of water

Bodies of waterNot including brooks, ponds or coves. at least partly within the parish. * Rivière à Étienne * Chockpish River * Chockpish-nord River * Rivière des Vaches * Rivière du Cap *

Richibucto River The Richibucto River is a river in eastern New Brunswick, Canada which empties into the Northumberland Strait north of Richibucto. It is 80 kilometres long.Northumberland Strait The Northumberland Strait (French: ''détroit de Northumberland'') is a strait in the southern part of the Gulf of Saint Lawrence in eastern Canada. The strait is formed by Prince Edward Island and the gulf's eastern, southern, and western sho ...

* Village Bay * Richibucto Harbour * Passe de l'Île * Richibucto Gully

Islands

Islands at least partly within the parish. * Indian Island * McAlmon Island

Other notable places

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

Demographics

Parish population total does not include incorporated municipalities and

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

Language

Mother tongue (2016)

Notes

References

External links

Village of Rexton

Town of Richibucto

Kent Regional Service Commission

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