Saint-Quentin () is a geographic parish in Restigouche County,

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Saint-Quentin Saint-Quentin may refer to: Places Canada *Saint-Quentin, New Brunswick * Saint-Quentin Parish, New Brunswick * Saint-Quentin Island, in Trois-Rivières, in Québec France * Saint-Quentin, Aisne, in the Aisne department * Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines ...

, the incorporated rural community of Kedgwick, and the Northwest rural district, both members of the Northwest Rural Service Commission. Before the 2023 governance reform, the parish was divided between a much smaller town of Saint-Quentin and local service districts of St. Martin de Restigouche and the parish of Saint-Quentin. In the reform, St. Martin de Restigouche was annexed by Saint-Quentin while the parish LSD was divided by the town, rural community, and rural district.

Origin of name

The parish was named for the Battle of St. Quentin, an Allied victory during the

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History

Saint-Quentin was erected in 1921 from Grimmer Parish.

Boundaries

Saint-Quentin Parish is bounded: Remainder of parish on maps 2, 3, 9–11, 21–23, and 36 at same site. Remainder of parish on mapbooks 007–010, 019–023, 038–042, 059–062, 081–083, and 102–104 at same site. * on the north by the

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provincial border; * on the east by a line beginning on the Patapedia River at a point due northBy an astronomic bearing. of where the southern boundary of Grimmer Parish strikes the

Restigouche River The Restigouche River (, ) is a river that flows across the northwestern part of the province of New Brunswick and the southeastern part of Quebec. The river flows in a northeasterly direction from its source in the Appalachian Mountains of nort ...

slightly upstream of the mouth of Seven Mile Brook, then running due south to Restigouche River, then running easterly along the prolongation of the southern line of a grant to Paul Berube on the eastern side of Route 17, about 3 kilometres north of Chemin 36 No. 1, the Berube grant, and the prolongation easterly to a point about 4.9 kilometres east of Range 9 & 10 Road, then south-southeasterly along a line running from the mouth of Upper Thorn Point Brook on the Restigouche through the former

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station in Whites Brook and to the Victoria County line; * on the southwest by the Victoria and Madawaska County lines; * on the west by Quebec.

Communities

Communities at least partly within the parish. bold indicates an incorporated municipality * Five Fingers * Hazen * Rang-Cinq-et-Six * Rang-Dix * Rang-Dix-Huit * Rang-Douze-Nord * Rang-Douze-Sud * Rang-Quatorze * Rang-Seize * Rang-Sept-et-Huit * Rapids Depot *

* Saint-Martin-de-Restigouche ** Limerick

Bodies of water

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

Little Main Restigouche River The Little Main Restigouche River is a tributary of the head of the Restigouche River, flowing in Madawaska County, Victoria County and Restigouche County, in Northwest of New Brunswick, in Canada. The course of the river passes successively ...

* McDougall Lake Branch * Northwest Upsalquitch River * Patapedia River * Pemouet Branch * States Lake Branch * Wild Goose Branch * Gin Creek * Clearwater Lake * County Line Lake * Eightmile Lake * Gounamitz Lake * Miller Lake * Mud Lake * States Lake * Tardif Lake * Trout Lake * Wild Goose Lake *

Gounamitz River The Gounamitz River is a tributary of the head of the Restigouche River, flowing in the Northwest of New Brunswick, in Canada. The course of Gounamitz river crosses: * Madawaska County: Rivière-Verte, Sainte-Anne Parish * Restigouche County: ...

** North Branch Gounamitz River ** West Branch Gounamitz River * Green River (French ''Rivière Verte'') ** Little Forks Branch Green River ** Right Hand Branch Green River * Kedgwick River ** Belle Kedgwick River ** Fire Trail Branch ** North Branch Kedgwick River ** South Branch Kedgwick River

Other notable places

Parks, historic sites, and other noteworthy places at least partly within the parish. * Bells Brook Protected Natural Area * Belone Brook Protected Natural Area * Big Cedar Brook Protected Natural Area * Connors Brook Protected Natural Area * Dionne Brook Protected Natural Area * Eight Mile Brook Protected Natural Area * Five Mile Brook Protected Natural Area * Jardine Brook Protected Natural Area * Kedgwick Wildlife Management Area * Little Cedar Brook Protected Natural Area * MacFarlane Brook Protected Natural Area * Moose Valley Hill Protected Natural Area * Patapedia River Protected Natural Area * Pollard Brook Protected Natural Area * Quigley Brook Protected Natural Area * South Kedgwick River Protected Natural Area

Demographics

Parish population total does not include the town of

Population

Language

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 Pages 12-13 *Highways ** *Principal Routes ** *Secondary Routes: ** *External Routes: **None

Notes

References

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