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New Maryland Parish, New Brunswick

Coordinates: 45°41′33″N 66°48′45″W / 45.69250°N 66.81250°W / 45.69250; -66.81250 (New Maryland Parish, New Brunswick)
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This article is about the geographic parish, former local service district, and rural census subdivision. For the village, see New Maryland, New Brunswick.

New Maryland
Parish
Location within York County, New Brunswick. map incorrectly includes Fredericton in New Maryland
Location within York County, New Brunswick.
map incorrectly includes Fredericton in New Maryland
Coordinates: 45°41′33″N 66°48′45″W / 45.6925°N 66.8125°W / 45.6925; -66.8125
Country Canada
Province New Brunswick
CountyYork
Erected1850
Area
[1]
 • Land375.02 km2 (144.80 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)[1]
 • Total
2,806
 • Density7.5/km2 (19/sq mi)
 • Change 2016-2021
Increase 7.7%
 • Dwellings
1,057
Time zoneUTC-4 (AST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC-3 (ADT)
Figures do not include portion within the village of New Maryland

New Maryland is a geographic parish in York County, New Brunswick, Canada.[2]

Prior to the 2023 governance reform, for governance purposes it was divided between the village of New Maryland the local service district of the parish of New Maryland,[3] both of which were members of Capital Region Service Commission (RSC11).[4] The LSD further includes the special service areas of Howorth and Nasonworth.

Origin of name

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The parish probably came from members of the Maryland Loyalists Battalion who settled in the area. Ganong states that the name came from the settlement of Maryland.[5]

History

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New Maryland was erected in 1850 from Kingsclear Parish and unassigned territory.[6]

Boundaries

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New Maryland Parish is bounded:[2][7][8]

  • on the northeast by the city of Fredericton;
  • on the southeast by the Sunbury County line;
  • on the south by the Charlotte County line;
  • on the northwest by a line beginning on the Charlotte County line about 3.6 kilometres west of Big Kedron Lake and about 4 kilometres east of Route 3 and running northeasterly parallel to the Sunbury County line until it reaches Fredericton.

Communities

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Communities at least partly within the parish.[7][8][9] bold indicates an incorporated municipality

Bodies of water

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Bodies of water[a] at least partly within the parish.[7][8][9]

  • North Branch Oromocto River
  • Lyons Stream
  • Nasonworth Millstream
  • South Branch Rusagonis Stream
  • Yoho Stream
  • Big Kedron Lake
  • Little Lake
  • Little Kedron Lake
  • Mud Lake
  • Oromocto Lake
    • The Basin

Islands

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Islands at least partly within the parish.[7][8][9]

  • Camp Jersey Island

Other notable places

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Parks, historic sites, and other noteworthy places at least partly within the parish.[7][8][9]

  • University of New Brunswick Wildlife Refuge[10]

Demographics

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Parish population total does not include village of New Maryland

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ Not including brooks, ponds or coves.

References

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  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 13 November 2020.
  3. ^ "New Brunswick Regulation 84-168 under the Municipalities Act (O.C. 84-582)". Government of New Brunswick. Retrieved 25 July 2020.
  4. ^ "Communities in each of the 12 Regional Service Commissions (RSC) / Les communautés dans chacune des 12 Commissions de services régionaux (CSR)" (PDF), Government of New Brunswick, July 2017, retrieved 2 February 2021
  5. ^ Ganong, William F. (1896). A Monograph of the Place-Nomenclature of the Province of New Brunswick. Royal Society of Canada. pp. 250, 257. Retrieved 17 March 2021.
  6. ^ "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.
  7. ^ a b c d e "No. 126". Provincial Archives of New Brunswick. Department of Natural Resources and Energy Development. Retrieved 25 June 2021. Remainder of parish on maps 136, 137, 146, and 147 at same site.
  8. ^ a b c d e "370" (PDF). Transportation and Infrastructure. Government of New Brunswick. Retrieved 25 June 2021. Remainder of parish on mapbooks 390, 408, 409, 426, 427, 440, and 441 at same site.
  9. ^ a b c d "Search the Canadian Geographical Names Database (CGNDB)". Government of Canada. Retrieved 7 July 2021.
  10. ^ "New Brunswick Regulation 94-43 under the Fish and Wildlife Act (O.C. 94-231)". Government of New Brunswick. 5 June 2006. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
  11. ^ Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006 census
  12. ^ 2006 Statistics Canada Community Profile: New Maryland Parish, New Brunswick
  13. ^ 2011 Statistics Canada Census Profile: New Maryland Parish, New Brunswick
  14. ^ a b "Census Profile, 2016 Census New Maryland, Parish [Census subdivision], New Brunswick". Statistics Canada. Retrieved 8 October 2019.



45°41′33″N 66°48′45″W / 45.69250°N 66.81250°W / 45.69250; -66.81250 (New Maryland Parish, New Brunswick)

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