Chipman Parish, New Brunswick
Chipman | |
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Parish | |
Location within Queens County, New Brunswick. | |
Country | Canada |
Province | New Brunswick |
County | Queens County |
Established | 1835 |
Area[1] | |
• Land | 482.81 km2 (186.41 sq mi) |
Population (2011)[1] | |
• Total | 962 |
• Density | 2.0/km2 (5/sq mi) |
• Pop 2006-2011 | 8.9% |
• Dwellings | 481 |
Time zone | AST (UTC-4) |
• Summer (DST) | ADT (UTC-3) |
Chipman is a Canadian parish in Queens County, New Brunswick.[2]
History
Chipman Parish was erected in 1835 from Brunswick Parish and Canning Parish: named for Ward Chipman Jr. (1787-1851), the chief justice of New Brunswick from 1834-1851: included the eastern part of Waterborough Parish until 1896.
Delineation
Chipman Parish is defined in the Territorial Division Act[3] as being bounded:
- Northwest and northeast by the County lines; southwest by a line beginning on the Sunbury County line, intersected by the northern line of lot number nine[lower-alpha 1] on the eastern side of the Hardwood Ridge Road;[lower-alpha 2] thence easterly along said line to the northeast angle of said lot; thence south forty-five degrees east to Salmon Bay; thence southeasterly in a direct line to Indian Point; thence easterly up the northeast arm of Grand Lake to Coal Creek; thence easterly up Coal Creek to the southeast angle of lot number one, surveyed for Malcolm Carmichael, at the Round Turns on said Coal Creek; thence northeasterly parallel to the northwest line of Brunswick Parish to the County line.
Communities
Parish population total does not include incorporated municipalities (in bold).
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Bodies of water & Islands
This is a list of rivers, lakes, streams, creeks, marshes and Islands that are at least partially in this parish
- Salmon River
- Gaspereau River
Demographics
PopulationPopulation trend[4]
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LanguageMother tongue language (2006)[5]
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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:[6]
See also
Footnotes
References
- 1 2 2011 Statistics Canada Census Profile: Chipman Parish, New Brunswick
- ↑ New Brunswick Provincial Archives - Chipman Parish
- ↑ "Territorial Division Act (R.S.N.B. 1973, c. T-3)". Government of New Brunswick website. Retrieved 18 August 2016.
- ↑ Statistics Canada: 2001, 2006 census
- ↑ Profile: Chipman Parish, New Brunswick
- ↑ Atlantic Canada Back Road Atlas ISBN 978-1-55368-618-7
Blissfield Parish | Harcourt Parish | |||
Northfield Parish | ||||
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Canning Parish | Waterborough Parish |
Coordinates: 46°14′43″N 65°49′18″W / 46.2454°N 65.8216°W