Kings County Kings County or King's County may refer to:
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*Kings County, Nova Scotia
* Kings County, Prince Edward Island
** King's County (electoral district), abolished in 1892
Ireland
* County Offaly, formerly call ...
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New Brunswick
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local service district Local service district may refer to these administrative units in Canada:
* Local service district (New Brunswick)
A local service district (LSD) was a provincial administrative unit for the provision of local services in the Canadian province o ...
of the parish of Waterford, which was a member of Kings Regional Service Commission (RSC8).
The community of Waterford has an active outdoor ice rink (Waterford Youth Centre) as well as a Community Hall that hold events such as paint nights, Thanksgiving and Christmas dinners, Easter parties and more. The area is known for its Skiing and Mountain Biking at
Poley Mountain
Poley Mountain is situated 10 km outside of Sussex, New Brunswick, Canada. It is a ski destination in southern New Brunswick. The town is centrally located between three of New Brunswick's cities Moncton, Saint John, and Fredericton. Poley Mou ...
Resorts, hunting, fishing ATVing and other outdoor activities. Some local hotspots include: Friars Nose, Trout Creek Falls, Waterford Falls, Adairs Wilderness Lodge, Parlee Brook Amphitheatre Trail, Urney Covered Bridge and the Moores Mill Covered Bridge.
Origin of name
The parish was said locally to be named by Mr. A. McAfee, an Irish immigrant, for
Waterford, Ireland
Waterford ( ) is a city in County Waterford in the south-east of Ireland. It is located within the province of Munster. The city is situated at the head of Waterford Harbour. It is the oldestSussex Parish.
In 1875 the boundary with Hammond Parish was altered. Available as a free ebook from Google Books.
Boundaries
Waterford Parish is bounded: Remainder of parish on maps 142, 151, and 152 at same site. Remainder of parish on mapbooks 416, 417, 433–435, and 449 at same site.
* on the north by a line beginning on the Sussex Parish line at a point southeast of DeCourcey Lake and about 1.4 kilometres north-northwest of Trout Creek, then running east-northeasterly along the southern line of grants straddling Picadilly Road until it reaches the northeastern corner of a grant to David Law on the southern side of Law Road, then east-southeasterly to the northwestern line of a grant to Thomas Nicholson, on the eastern side of Morton Road west-southwesterly of Mechanic Lake, then east-northeasterly along the northern line of the Nicholson grant and its prolongation to the
Albert County
Albert County (2021 population 30,749) is New Brunswick's third-youngest county, located on the Western side of the Petitcodiac River on the Chignecto Bay in the Bay of Fundy; the shire town is Hopewell Cape. The county was established in 1 ...
line;
* on the east by the Albert County line;
* on the south by a line beginning on the Albert County line at a point about 1.65 kilometres south-southeast from Route 114, then running north 88º west to the northeastern corner of a grant to William Thompson, about 450 metres south of the southern tip of Walton Lake and about 150 metres west of the Creek Road, then westerly to a point about 825 metres north of the western end of Cassidy Lake in Upham Parish;
* on the west by a line running south from the mouth of Halfway Brook in Studholm Parish.
Communities
Communities at least partly within the parish. ''italics'' indicate a name no longer in official use
* Cedar Camp
* Chambers Settlement
* Donegal
* ''Long Settlement''
* Parlee Brook
* Urney
* Walker Settlement
* Waterford
Bodies of water
Bodies of waterNot including brooks, ponds or coves. at least partly in the parish.
* Point Wolfe River
* Trout Creek
* Flood Lake
* Hamilton Lake
* Lair Lake
* Mechanic Lake
* Pleasant Lake
* Victor Lake
* Walton Lake
* Wolfe Lake
Other notable places
Parks, historic sites, and other noteworthy places at least partly in the parish.
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Fundy National Park
Fundy National Park is a national park of Canada located on the Bay of Fundy, near the village of Alma, New Brunswick. It was created on April 10, 1946 and officially opened on July 29, 1950. The park showcases a rugged coastline which rises up ...
* McManus Hill Protected Natural Area
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Poley Mountain
Poley Mountain is situated 10 km outside of Sussex, New Brunswick, Canada. It is a ski destination in southern New Brunswick. The town is centrally located between three of New Brunswick's cities Moncton, Saint John, and Fredericton. Poley Mou ...
Demographics
Population
Population trend
Language
Mother tongue language (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
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List of parishes in New Brunswick
The Canadian province of New Brunswick is divided by the ''Territorial Division Act'' into 152 Parish (administrative division), geographic parishes, units which had political significance as subdivisions of County, counties until the Municipaliti ...