Cambridge Parish, New Brunswick Explained

Cambridge is a geographic parish in Queens County, New Brunswick, Canada.^[2]

Prior to the 2023 governance reform, for governance purposes it was divided between the village of Cambridge-Narrows and the local service district of the parish of Cambridge,^[3] both of which were members of Capital Region Service Commission (RSC11).

Origin of name

The parish was "said to" have been named in honour of the Duke of Cambridge,^[4] who died in 1850.

History

Cambridge was erected in 1852 from Johnston, Waterborough, and Wickham Parishes.^[5]

In 1856 the boundary with Johnston and Waterborough Parishes was altered.^[6]

Boundaries

Cambridge Parish is bounded:^{[2] [7] [8] [9]}

• on the east by a line beginning at Mill Cove on Grand Lake, then running along Fowler Road, Route 715, and the public landing southwest of Fowlers Cove to Washademoak Lake;
• on the southeast by Washademoak Lake;
• on the west by Colwells Creek and the Saint John River;
• on the northwest by a line beginning on the Saint John River about 75 metres downstream of the Route 2 interchange with Route 105 and Conservation Road, then running north-northeasterly across the isthmus to Grand Lake, then up Grand Lake to Mill Cove;
• including most of Thatch Island, which is now a peninsula.

Communities

Communities at least partly within the parish; bold indicates an incorporated municipality

• Cherry Hill
• Jemseg
• Lower Cambridge
• Lower Jemseg
• Mill Cove
• Scovil
• Whites Cove
• Cambridge-Narrows
  • Central Cambridge
  • Lakeview
  • McDonald Corner

Bodies of water

Bodies of water^[10] at least partly in the parish:

• Jemseg River
• Saint John River
• Colwells Creek
• Trout Creek
• Lawson Passage
• Raft Channel
• Dykeman Lake
• Foshay Lake
• Grand Lake
• Little Lake
• Washademoak Lake

Islands

Islands in the parish:

• Coreys Island
• Huestis Island
• Nevers Island
• Thatch Island

Demographics

Parish population total does not include portion within former incorporated village of Cambridge-Narrows. Revised census figures based on the 2023 local governance reforms have not been released.

Population

Population trend^{[11] [12]}

Census	Population	Change (%)
2016	647	0.6%
2011	651	4.5%
2006	682	6.7%
2001	639
1996		0.0%
1991		N/A -->

Language

Mother tongue (2016)^[12]

Language	Population	Pct (%)
English only	535	94.7%
French only	10	1.8%
Both English and French	5	0.9%
Other languages	15	2.6%

Access Routes

Highways and numbered routes that run through the parish, including external routes that start or finish at the parish limits:^[13]

• Highways

• Principal Routes

• Secondary Routes:

• External Routes:
  • None

See also

• List of parishes in New Brunswick

References

45.8226°N -66.0705°W

Notes and References

1. Web site: Census Profile . Statistics Canada . 29 October 2022 . 26 October 2022.
2. Web site: Chapter T-3 Territorial Division Act . Government of New Brunswick . 13 November 2020.
3. Web site: New Brunswick Regulation 84-168 under the Municipalities Act (O.C. 84-582) . Government of New Brunswick . 19 July 2020.
4. Book: Ganong . William F. . A Monograph of the Place-Nomenclature of the Province of New Brunswick . 1896 . Royal Society of Canada . 223 . 17 March 2021.
5. Book: Acts of the General Assembly of Her Majesty's Province of New Brunswick, Passed in the Year 1852.. 27 March 2021. 1852. Government of New Brunswick. Fredericton. 55–56. 15 Vic. c. 36 An Act for the erection of a new Parish in Queen's County..
6. Book: Acts of the General Assembly of Her Majesty's Province of New Brunswick, Passed in the Months of March, April, and May 1856.. 27 March 2021. 1856. Government of New Brunswick. Fredericton. 4–5. 19 Vic. c. 5 An Act to alter the Division Line of the Parish of Cambridge, in Queen's County..
7. Web site: No. 128 . Provincial Archives of New Brunswick . Department of Natural Resources and Energy Development . 19 June 2021. Remainder of parish on map 139 at same site.
8. Web site: 373 . Transportation and Infrastructure . Government of New Brunswick . 19 June 2021. Remainder of parish on mapbooks 393, 394, 412, and 413 at same site.
9. Web site: Search the Canadian Geographical Names Database (CGNDB) . Government of Canada . 19 June 2021.
10. Not including brooks, ponds or coves.
11. Statistics Canada: 2001, 2006 census
12. Web site: Census Profile, 2016 Census Cambridge, Parish [Census subdivision], New Brunswick ]. Statistics Canada . September 27, 2019.
13. Atlantic Canada Back Road Atlas