Gordon Parish, New Brunswick Explained
| Gordon |
| Settlement Type: | Parish |
| Mapsize: | 225px |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Type1: | Province |
| Subdivision Type2: | County |
| Established Title: | Erected |
| Established Date: | 1864 |
| Area Footnotes: | [1] |
| Area Land Km2: | 1,430.19 |
| Population As Of: | 2021 |
| Population Total: | 1,559 |
| Population Density Km2: | 1.1 |
| Population Blank1 Title: | Change 2016-2021 |
| Population Blank1: | 4.4% |
| Population Blank2 Title: | Dwellings |
| Population Blank2: | 776 |
| Timezone: | AST |
| Utc Offset: | -4 |
| Timezone Dst: | ADT |
| Utc Offset Dst: | -3 |
| Coordinates: | 46.8375°N -67.3825°W |
| Elevation Min M: | 95 |
| Elevation Max M: | 651 |
| Footnotes: | Figures do not include portion within the village of Plaster Rock |
Gordon is a geographic parish in Victoria County, New Brunswick, Canada.[2]
Prior to the 2023 governance reform, for governance purposes it was divided between the village of Plaster Rock and the local service district of the parish of Gordon,[3] both of which were members of the Western Valley Regional Service Commission (WVRSC).
Origin of name
The parish was named in honour of Arthur Hamilton-Gordon, Lieutenant Governor of New Brunswick at the time.[4]
History
Gordon was erected in 1864 from Grand Falls, Perth, and Saint-Léonard Parishes.[5] Three months later the Carleton County line was restored to its pre-1854 course,[6] removing part of Gordon.
In 1871 all of Gordon north of a line true east and west from the southern end of Long Island in the Tobique River was erected as Lorne Parish.[7]
In 1896 the boundary with Lorne was altered.[8]
Boundaries
Gordon Parish is bounded:[2] [9] [10]
- on the north by a line running true east and west from the foot of an unnamed island downstream of Long Island[11] in the Tobique River;
- on the northeast by the Northumberland County line;
- on the southeast by the York County line;
- on the south by the Carleton County line;
- on the west by the Royal Road, running a northerly or north-northwesterly course starting on the county line north of Chapmanville at a point about 20.5 kilometres inland from the Saint John River, passing west of Birch Ridge, through Red Rapids, to a point slightly east of the junction of Currie Road with Route 380;
- on the northwest by a line running north 45º east about 7 kilometres to meet the northern line of the parish.
Communities
Communities at least partly within the parish.[12] bold indicates an incorporated municipality; italics indicate a name no longer in official use
Bodies of water
Bodies of water[13] at least partly within the parish.
Other notable places
Parks, historic sites, and other noteworthy places at least partly within the parish.[14]
- Indian Brook Protected Natural Area
- Oven Rock Brook Protected Natural Area
- Plaster Rock-Renous Wildlife Management Area[15]
- Pokiok River Protected Natural Area
Demographics
Parish population totals do not include Plaster Rock
Population
Population trend[16] [17]
| Census | Population | Change (%) |
|---|
| 2021 | 1,559 | 4.4% |
| 2016 | 1,493 | 4.7% |
| 2011 | 1,567 | 12.3% |
| 2006 | 1,786 | 3.1% |
| 2001 | 1,844 | 6.6% |
| 1996 | 1,975 | 1.8% |
| 1991 | 1,940 | N/A | |
Language
Mother tongue (2016)[17]
| Language | Population | Pct (%) |
|---|
| English only | 1,355 | 91.2% |
| French only | 115 | 7.7% |
| Other languages | 10 | 0.7% |
| Both English and French | 5 | 0.3% | |
See also
References
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Notes and References
- Web site: Census Profile . Statistics Canada . 29 October 2022 . 26 October 2022.
- Web site: Chapter T-3 Territorial Division Act . Government of New Brunswick . 13 November 2020.
- Web site: New Brunswick Regulation 84-168 under the Municipalities Act (O.C. 84-582) . Government of New Brunswick . 23 July 2020.
- Book: Ganong . William F. . A Monograph of the Place-Nomenclature of the Province of New Brunswick . 1896 . Royal Society of Canada . 236 . 17 March 2021.
- Book: Acts of the General Assembly of Her Majesty's Province of New Brunswick, Passed in the Month of April, 1863.. 27 March 2021. 1863. Government of New Brunswick. Fredericton. 101. 26 Vic. c. 44 An Act to erect parts of the Parishes of Grand Falls, Perth, and Saint Leonard, in the County of Victoria, into a separate Town or Parish..
- Book: Acts of the General Assembly of Her Majesty's Province of New Brunswick, Passed in the Month of April 1864.. 27 March 2021. 1864. Government of New Brunswick. Fredericton. 50–51. 27 Vic. c. 27 An Act to define the Boundaries between the Counties of Carleton and Victoria..
- Book: Acts of the General Assembly of Her Majesty's Province of New Brunswick. Passed in the Month of May 1871.. 1871. Government of New Brunswick. Fredericton. 168–169. 34 Vic. c. 29 An Act to erect part of the Parish of Gordon, in the County of Victoria, into a separate Town or Parish.. Available as a free ebook from Google Books.
- Book: Acts of the General Assembly of Her Majesty's Province of New Brunswick. Passed in the Month of March, 1896.. 1896. Government of New Brunswick. Fredericton. 86–123. 59 Vic. c. 8 An Act to Revise and Codify an Act to Provide for the Division of the Province into Counties, Towns and Parishes.. Available as a free ebook from Google Books.
- Web site: No. 63 . Provincial Archives of New Brunswick . Department of Natural Resources and Energy Development . 23 June 2021. Remainder of parish on maps 64–66, 72–75, and 82 at same site.
- Web site: 194 . Transportation and Infrastructure . Government of New Brunswick . 23 June 2021. Remainder of parish on mapbooks 195–198, 209–213, 224–227, 240, and 241 at same site.
- The actual wording is "the foot of Long Island" but both cadastral and highway maps show the boundary running south of Long Island. Long Island and the two unnamed islands south of it are all wetlands, so Long Island probably broke up after it was first used as a boundary point in 1871.
- Web site: Search the Canadian Geographical Names Database (CGNDB) . Government of Canada . 3 July 2021.
- Not including brooks, ponds or coves.
- Web site: Explore New Brunswick's Protected Natural Areas . GeoNB . 3 July 2021.
- Web site: New Brunswick Regulation 94-43 under the Fish and Wildlife Act (O.C. 94-231) . Government of New Brunswick . 8 July 2021 . 5 June 2006.
- Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006, 2021 census
- Web site: Census Profile, 2016 Census: Gordon, Parish [Census subdivision], New Brunswick ]. Statistics Canada . October 2, 2019.
