Gladstone Parish, New Brunswick

Gladstone
Parish
Location within Sunbury County, New Brunswick
Country	Canada
Province	New Brunswick
County	Sunbury County
Established	1874
Area[1]
• Land	362.23 km^2 (139.86 sq mi)
Population (2011)[1]
• Total	485
• Density	1.3/km^2 (3/sq mi)
• Pop 2006-2011	9.9%
• Dwellings	205
Time zone	AST (UTC-4)
• Summer (DST)	ADT (UTC-3)

Gladstone is a Canadian parish in Sunbury County, New Brunswick.^[2]

History

Sunbury Parish set off from Blissville Parish in 1874 and named for the Right Honourable William Ewart Gladstone, (1809-1898), prime minister of the United Kingdom.

Delineation

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

All that part of the County to the southwest of the Saint John river, not included in the parishes of Burton, Lincoln and Blissville.

Communities

All communities within the parish are unincorporated.

• Gladstone
• Three Tree Creek
• Tracyville
• Upper Tracy
• Vespra

Bodies of water & Islands

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

• Peltoma Lake
• Oromocto River

Demographics

Population Population trend[4] Census Population Change (%) 2011 N/A 2006 538 4.5% 2001 515 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 None

Principal Routes Route 101

Secondary Routes: Route 645 Route 785

External Routes: None

See also

• List of parishes in New Brunswick

References

1. 2011 Statistics Canada Census Profile: Gladstone Parish, New Brunswick
2. New Brunswick Provincial Archives - Sunbury Parish
3. "Territorial Division Act (R.S.N.B. 1973, c. T-3)". Government of New Brunswick website. Retrieved 22 August 2016.
4. Statistics Canada: 2001, 2006 census
5. Profile: Gladstone Parish, New Brunswick
6. Atlantic Canada Back Road Atlas ISBN 978-1-55368-618-7

Coordinates: 45°37′01″N 66°45′11″W / 45.616919°N 66.75293°W