Rothesay is a geographic parish in Kings County,

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. Prior to the 2023 governance reform, it was divided for governance purposes between the towns of

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and

Quispamsis Quispamsis (, sometimes shortened to Quispam ) is a suburban town located in Kings County, New Brunswick, Canada. Located within Saint John's metropolitan area, it borders the town of Rothesay to form the Kennebecasis Valley and is locat ...

and the

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of the parish of Rothesay, all of which were members of the Fundy Regional Service Commission (FRSC).

Origin of name

The parish may have been named in honour of the

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, one of the hereditary titles of the

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, who visited the area in 1860 as part of his tour of

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History

Rothesay was erected from Hampton Parish in 1870. In 1873 the boundary with Hampton was clarified among the islands of

Hammond River The Hammond River is a tributary of the Kennebecasis River in New Brunswick, Canada. It runs approximately in southern Kings County along the border of Saint John County. It rises in the Caledonia Highlands near the rural community of Hammondva ...

and altered to run along grant lines on the mainland.

Boundaries

Rothesay Parish is bounded: Remainder of parish on map 157 at same site. Remainder of parish on mapbooks 460, 461, 473, and 474 at same site. *on the northwest by the

Kennebecasis River The Kennebecasis River ( ) is a tributary of the Saint John River in southern New Brunswick, Canada. The name Kennebecasis is thought to be derived from the Mi'kmaq "''Kenepekachiachk''", meaning "little long bay place." It runs for approximately ...

; *on the east by a line running up the

through its eastern channel, passing to the west of Darlings Island, past the island upriver of Darlings Island, then along grant lines through two islands, then upriver to a point about 675 metres upriver of

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, then south-southeasterly along a line about 300 metres west of, and parallel to, the eastern line of a grant to Zephaniah Kingsley to the rear line of the grant, then easterly along the grant line to the northeastern corner of a grant to Samuel Storms, then southeasterly along the eastern line of the Storms grant to the

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line; *on the south by the Saint John County line.

Communities

Communities at least partly within the parish; bold indicates an incorporated municipality *French Village *

**Blairs ** Gondola Point **Hammond River **Meenans Corner **Otty Glen **Ritchie Lake **Stoneycroft *

**Barsa Subdivision ** East Riverside-Kinghurst ** Fairvale **Hillhurst **Kennebecasis Park ** Renforth **Upper Golden Grove ** Wells

Bodies of water

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

*Salmon Creek *Allison Lake *Bay Lake *Bradley Lakes *Duck Lake *Hunter Lake *MacFarlane Lake *McKeever Lake *McLachlan Lake *Ritchie Lake

Conservation areas

Parks, historic sites, and related entities in the parish. *Stoneycroft Provincial Historic Site

Demographics

Parish population total does not include

and the town of

Population

Population trend

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

External links

Town of Quispamsis

Town of Rothesay

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