Cardwell Parish, New Brunswick

Cardwell
Parish
Location within Kings County, New Brunswick.
Coordinates: 45°50′N 64°35′W / 45.84°N 64.59°W
Country	Canada
Province	New Brunswick
County	Kings County
Established	1874
Area[1]
• Land	311.72 km^2 (120.36 sq mi)
Population (2011)[1]
• Total	1,414
• Density	4.5/km^2 (12/sq mi)
• Pop 2006-2011	4.4%
• Dwellings	737
Time zone	AST (UTC-4)
• Summer (DST)	ADT (UTC-3)

Cardwell is a Canadian parish in Kings County, New Brunswick.^[2]

History

Cardwell Parish set off from Sussex Parish in 1874: named for Edward Cardwell (1813-1886), Secretary of State for the Colonies from 1864-1874.

Delineation

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

West by Sussex Parish and the east line of lot number twenty-five, granted to Jacob Snider, on the northern side of the Kennebecasis River, above Smith’s Creek; north by a line running from the northeast angle of said lot north sixty-six degrees east to the County line; east by the County line, and south by a line commencing at the northwestern angle of lot number seven, granted to Simon Armstrong; thence east following the northern side line of the said grant and its prolongation easterly until it reaches the northeastern angle of lot number eighteen, granted to David Law; thence in a direct line to the northwestern angle of lot number eight, granted to Thomas Nicholson, in Lake block;^{[lower-alpha 1]} thence along the northern line of said lot number eight and its eastern prolongation to the County line.

Governance

The entire parish forms the local service district of the parish of Cardwell, established in 1968 to assess for fire protection. Recreational and sports facilities was added to the assessment in 2012. First aid and ambulance services were listed from 1972 until the description was rewritten in 2012.

Communities

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

Anagance Buckley Settlement Cardwell Crockets Corner Dunsinane Five Points

Harper Settlement Lindys McCully Mechanic Settlement Penobsquis

Picadilly Portage Vale South Branch Springdale Upper Goshen

Bodies of water & Islands

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

• None

Demographics

Population Population trend[4] Census Population Change (%) 2011 N/A 2006 1479 7.0% 2001 1382 0.0% 1996 0.0% 1991 N/A

Language Mother tongue language (2006)[5] 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:^[6]

Highways Route 1

Principal Routes Route 114

Secondary Routes: Route 895

External Routes: None

See also

• List of parishes in New Brunswick

Footnotes

1. Part of Mechanics Settlement.

References

1. 2011 Statistics Canada Census Profile: Cardwell Parish, New Brunswick
2. New Brunswick Provincial Archives -Cardwell Parish
3. "Territorial Division Act (R.S.N.B. 1973, c. T-3)". Government of New Brunswick website. Retrieved 18 August 2016.
4. Statistics Canada: 2001, 2006 census
5. Profile: Cardwell Parish, New Brunswick
6. Atlantic Canada Back Road Atlas ISBN 978-1-55368-618-7

Coordinates: 45°46′55″N 65°19′19″W / 45.78201°N 65.321875°W