Hopewell Parish, New Brunswick

Hopewell
Parish

Location within Albert County.
Coordinates: 45°49′N 64°40′W / 45.81°N 64.66°W / 45.81; -64.66Coordinates: 45°49′N 64°40′W / 45.81°N 64.66°W / 45.81; -64.66
Country  Canada
Province  New Brunswick
County Albert
Established 1786
Area[1]
 • Land 149.32 km2 (57.65 sq mi)
Population (2011)[1]
 • Total 798
 • Density 4.3/km2 (11/sq mi)
 • Pop 2006-2011 Decrease 19.4%
 • Dwellings 322
Time zone AST (UTC-4)
 • Summer (DST) ADT (UTC-3)

Hopewell is a Canadian parish in Albert County, New Brunswick.[2]

Delineation

Hopewell Parish is defined in the Territorial Division Act[3] as being bounded:

North by Hillsborough Parish; southeast by Chignecto Bay; and southwest by a line commencing at the mouth of Shepody River; thence up the centre of the said river to the mouth of Crooked Creek; thence up the centre of the said creek to the old bridge over the same on the old main road;[lower-alpha 1] and thence north twenty degrees west to intersect the south line of Hillsborough Parish or its westerly prolongation.

History

Albert County: established as a Nova Scotia township in 1765 and became part of the province of New Brunswick in 1786: possibly named for Hopewell, Pennsylvania, home of some of the first settlers to the area: may have also been named for the ship (Hopewell) that brought a group of settlers from Ireland in 1761: Hopewell Parish included Harvey Parish until 1838.[4]

Communities

Parish population total does not include incorporated municipalities (in bold).

  • McGinleys Corner
  • Memel Settlement
  • Mountville
  • Shepody

Bodies of water & Islands

This is a list of rivers, lakes, streams, creeks, marshes and Islands that are at least partially in this parish

Demographics

Population

Historical population
YearPop.±%
1991798—    
1996812+1.8%
2001786−3.2%
2006798+1.5%
2011643−19.4%
[5]

Language

Mother tongue language (2006)[6]

Language Population Pct (%)
French only %
English only %
Both English and French 0 0.00%
Other languages 0 0.00%

Access Routes

Highways and numbered routes that run through the parish, including external routes that start or finish at the parish limits:[7]
  • Principal Routes
    • None
  • Secondary Routes:
  • External Routes:
    • None

See also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Neither road nor bridge appear on provincial highway maps.

References

  1. 1 2 2011 Statistics Canada Census Profile: Hopewell Parish, New Brunswick
  2. ↑ New Brunswick Provincial Archives - Hopewell Parish
  3. ↑ "Territorial Division Act (R.S.N.B. 1973, c. T-3)". Government of New Brunswick website. Retrieved 23 August 2016.
  4. ↑ New Brunswick Provincial Archives, Government of New Brunswick.
  5. ↑ Statistics Canada: 2001, 2006 census
  6. ↑ Profile: Hopewell Parish, New Brunswick
  7. ↑ Atlantic Canada Back Road Atlas ISBN 978-1-55368-618-7


 Hillsborough Parish Shepody Bay
Dorchester Parish (Westmorland County)
Harvey Parish
  Hopewell Parish  
Shepody Bay
Sackville Parish (Westmorland County)


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