Westmorland Parish, New Brunswick
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Westmorland is a geographic parish in Westmorland County,
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. For governance purposes it is divided between the town of Tantramar, the incorporated rural community of
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, and the Southeast rural district, all of which are members of the Southeast Regional Service Commission. Prior to the 2023 governance reform, the parish was divided between the village of Port Elgin and the local service districts of Baie-Verte, Pointe de Bute, and the parish of Westmorland. Pointe de Bute is now part of Tantramar, while Port Elgin and Baie-Verte are part of Strait Shores.


Origin of name

Ganong considers the name to have "probably" come from
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's proximity to
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in England, or by the marshes in the English county. Westmorland County was part of
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until New Brunswick was created, and Westmorland Parish was part of the Nova Scotia township of Cumberland.


History

Cumberland Township was organised in Nova Scotia in 1763. Westmorland was erected as a parish in 1786 from the New Brunswick portion of Cumberland Township. The exact boundary with Nova Scotia was not finalised until 1862. In 1880 much of the interior was transferred to Sackville Parish. In 1894 the existing boundaries were declared retroactive to the parish's erection.


Boundaries

Westmorland Parish is bounded: Remainder of parish on maps 122, 133, and 144 at same site. Remainder of parish on mapbooks 362, 382, 383, and 402 at same site. * on the northeast by a line running north 38º 30' west from the southeast angle of lot number one, granted to Otho Reed, at the mouth of Gaspereau Creek in Port Elgin; * on the east by Baie Verte; * on the southeast by the
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border; * on the southwest by Cumberland Basin; * on the west and northwest by a line running up the Aulac River to the prolongation of Route 940 and Goose Creek Road, then by a line running northerly along the prolongation for about 4.3 kilometres, then running north 57º 30' east the channel of Big Jolicure Lake, then northeasterly to the mouth of Goose Creek, then up Goose Creek and Robinson Brook to a point about 300 metres south of Brooklyn Road and 300 metres west of Luciphy Road, then northeasterly about 3.6 kilometres to Brooklyn Road, then north 45º east to the starting point.


Communities

Communities at least partly within the parish; bold indicates an incorporated municipality * Aulac * Baie Verte * Baie Verte Road * Coburg * Halls Hill * Jolicure * Mount Whatley * Point de Bute * Port Elgin * Tidnish Bridge * Uniacke Hill * Upper Point de Bute


Bodies of water

Bodies of waterNot including brooks, ponds or coves. at least partly in the parish: * Aulac River * La Coupe River * Missaguash River * Tidnish River * Baie Verte Creek * Goose Creek * King Creek * Otter Creek * Baie Verte * Big Jolicure Lake * Dwyers Lake * Jolicure Lake


Demographics

Parish population total does not include portion within Port Elgin


Population


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 **None *Secondary Routes: ** *External Routes: **None


See also

*
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 ...


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