Simonds is a geographic parish in

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. For governance purposes Simonds is divided between the village of Fundy-St. Martins and the Fundy rural district, both of which are members of the Fundy Regional Service Commission. Prior to the 2023 governance reform, the parish was divided for governance purposes between the local service districts of Fairfield and the parish of Simonds. Fairfield and most of Simonds helped form Fundy-St. Martins, while the Red Head area of the Simonds LSD was assigned to the rural district. Contrary to the map image on this page, Simonds does not and never has included the City of Saint John within its boundaries, although Saint John did annex part of Simonds in 1967.

Origin of name

The parish may have been named in honour of Charles Simonds,

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when the parish was erected, or his family, who were prominent in the early history of the province.

History

Simonds was erected in 1839 from

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. In 1902 an error in the boundaries of Saint John was corrected, returning part of Simonds. The error occurred in 1889 when Saint John was amalgamated with Portland Parish and its boundary description was rewritten, misstating the boundary at Drurys Cove. In 1973 the territory annexed by Saint John in 1967 was formally removed in the revision of the Territorial Division Act.

Boundaries

Simonds Parish is bounded: Remainder of parish on maps 158 and 165 at same site. Remainder of parish on mapbooks 462, 474, 475, 485, 486, and 495 at same site. * on the north by the

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line; * on the east by a line beginning at the shore of the Bay of Fundy and running northwesterly along the eastern line of a grant to Samuel Hugh at the mouth of Tynemouth Creek and its prolongation to the Kings County line; * on the south by the

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; * on the west by the

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Communities

Communities at least partly within the parish; ''italics'' indicate a name no longer in official use * Baxters Corner * Black River * Cape Spencer * Coleraine * Fairfield * Gardner Creek * Garnett Settlement * Grove Hill * Mispec * ''Porter'' * Primrose * Quaco Road * ''Rowley'' * Tynemouth Creek * Upper Loch Lomond * West Beach * Willow Grove

Bodies of water

Bodies of waterNot including brooks, ponds or coves. at least partly in the parish: * Black River * Mispec River * Ritchie River * Emerson Creek * Gardner Creek * Tynemouth Creek * Third Lake Thoroughfare *

* Mispec Bay * more than fifteen officially named lakes

Islands

Islands in the parish: * Split Rock

Other notable places

Parks, historic sites, and other noteworthy places in the parish. * Cape Spencer Light

Demographics

Population

Population trend

Language

Mother tongue (2016)Profile: Simonds Parish, St John County, New Brunswick
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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 **None *Principal Routes ** *Secondary Routes: ** ** *External Routes: **None

Notes

References

External links

Town of Rothesay

{{Subdivisions of New Brunswick, counties=yes, state=expanded Parishes of Saint John County, New Brunswick