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Weldford Parish, New Brunswick

Weldford is a geographic parish in Kent County, New Brunswick, Canada.[4]

Weldford
Parish
Location within Kent County, New Brunswick.
Location within Kent County, New Brunswick.
Coordinates: 46°28′12″N 65°05′33″W / 46.47°N 65.0925°W / 46.47; -65.0925
Country Canada
Province New Brunswick
CountyKent County
Erected1835
Area
[1]
 • Land607.56 km2 (234.58 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)[1]
 • Total1,335
 • Density2.2/km2 (6/sq mi)
 • Change 2016-2021
Increase 0.2%
 • Dwellings
720
Time zoneUTC-4 (AST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC-3 (ADT)
Figures do not include portion within the Richibucto 15 Indian reserve
Population change reflects revision of 2016 figure

For governance purposes it is divided between the villages of Five Rivers and Nouvelle-Arcadie,[5] which are both members of the Kent Regional Service Commission,[6] and the Richibucto 15 Indian reserve, which is not.

Prior to the 2023 governance reform, all of the parish outside the Indian reserve formed the local service district of the parish of Weldford.[7]

Origin of name edit

Weldford was a portmanteau of the names of the two Kent County Members of the Legislative Assembly in 1835, John W. Weldon and John P. Ford.[8][9]

History edit

Weldford was erected in 1835 from Richibucto Parish.[10]

Boundaries edit

Weldford Parish is bounded:[2][11][12][13]

  • on the north by a line due west from the northernmost corner of the Richibucto 15 Indian reserve;
  • on the east by a line running southerly along the eastern border of the main part of the Richibucto 15 Indian reserve to the Richibucto River, downstream to the mouth of the St. Nicholas River, up the St. Nicholas and then the East Branch St. Nicholas River to the mouth of Black Brook, then southerly to the Wellington Parish line at a point west of the East Branch Road;
  • on the south by the prolongation of a line running south 68º west[a] from the mouth of the Rivière Chockpish-nord;
  • on the west by a line running north 22º west, based on the magnet of 1867,[b] from a point on the Westmorland County line twenty miles (32.2 kilometres) west of the northern tip of Shediac Island.

Communities edit

Communities at least partly within the parish;[11][12][13] bold indicates an Indian reserve; italics indicate a name no longer in official use

Bodies of water edit

Bodies of water[c] at least partly in the parish:[11][12][13]

Islands edit

Islands at least partly in the parish:[11][12][13]

  • Jerrys Island

Other notable places edit

Parks, historic sites, and other noteworthy places at least partly in the parish.[11][12][13][16]

  • Blind Brook Protected Natural Area
  • Richibucto River Protected Natural Area

Demographics edit

Parish population does not include Richibucto 15 Indian reserve

Religion edit

There are several Catholic churches in Weldford Parish, all belonging to the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Moncton:

 
Bass River Presbyterian Church in 1886

Also there are four Presbyterian churches, belonging to Bass River Pastoral Charge, The Presbytery of New Brunswick, Synod of the Atlantic Provinces:

The United Church of Canada has two congregations, belonging to Rexton Pastoral Charge, Chignecto Presbytery, Maritime Conference:

And there is one Anglican church, belonging to the Parish of Kent, Archdeaconry of Moncton, Diocese of Fredericton.

See also edit

Notes edit

  1. ^ By the magnet of 1850,[14] when declination in the area was between 21º and 22º west of north.[15]
  2. ^ Declination at the time was about 21º west.[15]
  3. ^ Not including brooks, ponds or coves.

References edit

  1. ^ a b "Census Profile". Statistics Canada. 26 October 2022. Retrieved 30 October 2022.
  2. ^ a b "Chapter T-3 Territorial Division Act". Government of New Brunswick. Retrieved 26 February 2023.
  3. ^ "Chapter I-13 Interpretation Act". Government of New Brunswick. Retrieved 26 February 2023.
  4. ^ The Territorial Division Act[2] divides the province into 152 parishes, the cities of Saint John and Fredericton, and one town of Grand Falls. The Interpretation Act[3] clarifies that parishes include any local government within their borders.
  5. ^ "Kent Regional Service Commission: RSC 6". Government of New Brunswick. Retrieved 26 February 2023.
  6. ^ "Regions Regulation – Regional Service Delivery Act". Government of New Brunswick. 21 July 2022. Retrieved 26 February 2023.
  7. ^ "Local Service Districts Regulation - Municipalities Act". Government of New Brunswick. 25 June 2021. Retrieved 26 February 2023.
  8. ^ Ganong, William F. (1906). Additions and Corrections to Monographs on the Place-Nomenclature, Cartography, Historic Sites, Boundaries and Settlement-origins of the Province of New Brunswick. Royal Society of Canada. p. 53. Retrieved 12 April 2021.
  9. ^ "Weldford Parish". Provincial Archives of New Brunswick. Retrieved 16 April 2021.
  10. ^ "5 Wm. IV c. 19 An Act to erect the South-Western part of the Parish of Richibucto into a separate and distinct Parish.". Acts of the General Assembly of His Majesty's Province of New-Brunswick, Passed in the Year 1835. Fredericton: Government of New Brunswick. 1835. pp. 28–29. Retrieved 27 March 2021.
  11. ^ a b c d e "No. 88". Provincial Archives of New Brunswick. Department of Natural Resources and Energy Development. Retrieved 11 June 2021. Remainder of parish on maps 89, 98, and 99 at same site.
  12. ^ a b c d e "250" (PDF). Transportation and Infrastructure. Government of New Brunswick. Retrieved 11 June 2021. Remainder of parish on mapbooks 251–253, 266–269, 283–285, and 300 at same site.
  13. ^ a b c d e "Search the Canadian Geographical Names Database (CGNDB)". Government of Canada. Retrieved 11 June 2021.
  14. ^ "13 Vic. c. 51 An Act to consolidate all the Laws now in force for the division of the Province into Counties, Towns and Parishes.". Acts of the General Assembly of Her Mjaesty's Province of New Brunswick, Passed in the Year 1850. Fredericton: Government of New Brunswick. 1850. pp. 142–152, 145–149. Retrieved 27 March 2021. Book was poorly proofread, resulting in title typo and reuse of page numbers 145–152.
  15. ^ a b "Historical Magnetic Declination". National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Retrieved 2 March 2021.
  16. ^ "Explore New Brunswick's Protected Natural Areas". GeoNB. Retrieved 2 July 2021.
  17. ^ Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006 census
  18. ^ 2011 Statistics Canada Census Profile: Weldford Parish, New Brunswick
  19. ^ a b "Census Profile, 2016 Census Weldford, Parish [Census subdivision], New Brunswick". Statistics Canada. Retrieved 14 September 2019.
  20. ^ St-Norbert - St-Norbert
  21. ^ St. Peter's - South Branch

External links edit



46°28′12″N 65°05′33″W / 46.47000°N 65.09250°W / 46.47000; -65.09250 (Weldford Parish, New Brunswick)

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