Waterborough Parish, New Brunswick

Waterborough
Parish
Location within Queens County, New Brunswick.
Coordinates: 45°50′N 64°35′W / 45.84°N 64.59°W
Country	Canada
Province	New Brunswick
County	Queens County
Established	1786
Area[1]
• Land	444.87 km^2 (171.77 sq mi)
Population (2011)[1]
• Total	851
• Density	1.9/km^2 (5/sq mi)
• Pop 2006-2011	4.7%
• Dwellings	791
Time zone	AST (UTC-4)
• Summer (DST)	ADT (UTC-3)

Waterborough is a Canadian parish in Queens County, New Brunswick.

History

Waterborough Parish established in 1786: Waterborough Parish included Canning Parish until 1827, a portion of Chipman Parish until 1835 and Cambridge Parish until 1852.

Delineation

Waterborough Parish is defined in the Territorial Division Act^[2] as being bounded:

Southeast by Johnston and Brunswick Parishes; northeast by the County line; northwest by Chipman Parish and a line along the centre of Grand Lake from the mouth of Coal Creek to Mill Cove, and southwest by Cambridge Parish.

Governance

The entire parish forms the local service district of the parish of Waterborough, established in 1966 to assess for fire protection. First aid and ambulance services were added in 1972.

Communities

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

Cox Point Cumberland Bay Cumberland Point Grant Settlement

Mill Cove New Dominion Road Pangburn Rees

The Range Union Settlement Waterborough Youngs Cove

Bodies of water and islands

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

• Grand Lake

Demographics

Population Population trend[3] Census Population Change (%) 2011 N/A 2006 893 4.0% 2001 859 0.0% 1996 0.0% 1991 N/A

Language Mother tongue language (2006)[4] 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:^[5]

Highways none

Principal Routes Route 2 (TCH) Route 10

Secondary Routes: Route 105

External Routes: None

See also

• List of parishes in New Brunswick

References

1. 2011 Statistics Canada Census Profile: Waterborough Parish, New Brunswick
2. "Territorial Division Act (R.S.N.B. 1973, c. T-3)". Government of New Brunswick website. Retrieved 30 August 2016.
3. Statistics Canada: 2001, 2006 census
4. Profile: Waterborough Parish, New Brunswick
5. Atlantic Canada Back Road Atlas ISBN 978-1-55368-618-7

Coordinates: 45°33′15″N 65°35′31″W / 45.55418°N 65.59185°W