Wickham is a
geographic parish in
Queens County, New Brunswick
Queens County (; 2021 population 10,998) is located in south central New Brunswick, Canada. The county shire town is the village of Gagetown. The county was named as an expression of loyalty to the Crown and to commemorate a group of earlier set ...
, Canada.
Prior to the
2023 governance reform, for governance purposes it was divided between the village of
Cambridge-Narrows
Cambridge-Narrows is a former village in Queens County, New Brunswick, Canada. It held village status prior to 2023 and is now part of the village of Arcadia.
The village straddled Washedemoak Lake, a widening of the Canaan River, several ki ...
and the
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 Wickham, both of which were members of
Kings Regional Service Commission (RSC8).
Origin of name
The parish may have been named for
Wickham, Hampshire
Wickham () is a village in the civil parish of Wickham, Hampshire#Wickham and Knowle civil parish, Wickham and Knowle, in the City of Winchester, Winchester district, in the county of Hampshire, England. It is about 3 miles north of Fareham. I ...
, near the birthplace of
William Spry
William Spry (January 11, 1864 – April 21, 1929) was an American politician who was the third governor of the State of Utah. He is the namesake of the William Spry Agriculture Building that houses the Utah Department of Agriculture and Food. ...
. Among Spry's numerous pre-Loyalist grants was one of 3000 acres in the Wickham area in 1774.
History
Wickham was erected in 1786 as one of the county's original parish. The parish surrounded Washademoak Lake and extended past the county line.
In 1839 the northeastern part of Wickham was erected as
Johnston Parish.
In 1852 part of Wickham was included in the newly erected
Cambridge Parish.
In 1895 the eastern half of Long Island was transferred from
Hampstead Parish.
Boundaries
Wickham Parish is bounded:
[ Remainder of parish on map 149 at same site.][ Remainder of parish on mapbooks 412, 413, 430, and 431 at same site.]
*on the east by a line beginning on Washademoak lake at the end of Watson Road in Cambridge-Narrows, then running southeasterly along Watson Road and
Route 695 to the
Kings County Kings County or King's County may refer to:
Places Canada
*Kings County, New Brunswick
*Kings County, Nova Scotia
* Kings County, Prince Edward Island
** King's County (electoral district), abolished in 1892
Ireland
* County Offaly, formerly call ...
line;
*on the southeast by the Kings County line;
*on the west by the
Saint John River;
*on the northwest by Washademoak Lake;
*including Hog Island, Killaboy Island, Lower Musquash Island, and the eastern half of Long Island.
Communities
Communities at least partly within the parish;
bold indicates an incorporated municipality
* Belyeas Cove
* Big Cove
*
Cambridge-Narrows
Cambridge-Narrows is a former village in Queens County, New Brunswick, Canada. It held village status prior to 2023 and is now part of the village of Arcadia.
The village straddled Washedemoak Lake, a widening of the Canaan River, several ki ...
* Carpenter
* Crafts Cove
* Henderson Settlement
* London Settlement
* MacDonalds Point
*
Shannon
*
Wickham
Bodies of water
Bodies of water
[Not including brooks, ponds or coves.] at least partly in the parish:
*
Saint John River
* Colwells Creek
* Washademoak Creek
* Cranberry Lake
* Long Island Lake
* Musquash Lake
* Washademoak Lake
Islands
Islands in the parish:
* Birch Island
* Hog Island
* Killaboy Island
* Long Island
* Lower Musquash Island
* Pine Island
Other notable places
Parks, historic sites, and other noteworthy places in the parish.
*
Hampstead Ferry
* The Bluff
Demographics
Parish population total does not include portion within
Cambridge-Narrows
Cambridge-Narrows is a former village in Queens County, New Brunswick, Canada. It held village status prior to 2023 and is now part of the village of Arcadia.
The village straddled Washedemoak Lake, a widening of the Canaan River, several ki ...
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
**None
*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 ...
Notes
References
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Local service districts of Queens County, New Brunswick
Parishes of Queens County, New Brunswick