Saint-Charles Parish, New Brunswick Explained

Saint-Charles is a geographic parish in Kent County, New Brunswick, Canada.

For governance purposes most of the parish is part of the town of Beaurivage, with a small area on the south part of the village of Five Rivers,^[2] both of which members of the Kent Regional Service Commission.^[3]

Prior to the 2023 governance reform, the parish was divided between the local service districts of Aldouane and the parish of Saint-Charles.^[4]

Origin of name

The parish may take its name from the Roman Catholic ecclesiastical parish of Saint-Charles-Borromée.

History

Saint-Charles was erected in 1909 from parts of Richibucto and Saint-Louis Parishes.^[5] The new parish included settlements along the Saint-Charles River, which formed the boundary between Richibucto and Saint-Louis.

Boundaries

Saint-Charles Parish is bounded:^{[6] [7] [8]}

• on the west and north by a line beginning where the Canadian National Railway crosses the northern line of Weldford Parish, which runs due west from the northernmost corner of the Richibucto 15 Indian reserve, and running northeasterly to the rear line of a grant on the Kouchibouguacis River, then generally easterly along the rear of grants along the river to the rear line of grants along the Saint-Charles River, near Route 134, and the prolongation of the rear line of the Saint-Charles River grants northeasterly to Saint-Louis Bay, then out through the gully near Terre-Noire Point and Kouchibouguac Bay to Northumberland Strait;
• on the east by Northumberland Strait;
• on the southeast by a line through Richibucto Harbour and up Northwest Branch to the mouth of Thomas Brook, then northwesterly to the northern line of a grant on the northern line of the town of Richibucto, then southwesterly along the grant to its westernmost corner, about midway between Route 11 and Route 134, and from there southwest to the northern line of Weldford Parish, near Aldouane Station Cross Road;
• on the south by the northern line of Weldford Parish.

Communities

Communities at least partly within the parish; italics indicate a name no longer in official use

• Aldouane
• Aldouane Station
• Grande-Aldouane
• Kent Lake
• Kent Lake Siding

• Lower Saint-Charles
• Petite-Aldouane
• Saint-Charles
• Saint-Charles-Nord
• Saint-Ignace Siding

Bodies of water

Bodies of water^[9] at least partly in the parish:

• Petite rivière Aldouane
• Rivière aux Masquis
• Molus River
• Saint-Charles River
• Northwest Branch
• Jardine Lake
• Kent Lake

• Le Barachois
• Northumberland Strait
• Kouchibouguac Bay
• Baie de Saint-Louis
• Richibucto Harbour
• Richibucto Gully

Conservation areas

Parks, historic sites, and related entities in the parish.

• Kouchibouguac National Park

Demographics

Population

Population trend^{[10] [11]}

Census	Population	Change (%)
2016	1,997	0.8%
2011	1,982	5.3%
2006	2,093	0.1%
2001	2,095	2.2%
1996	2,142	1.9%
1991	2,102	N/A

Language

Mother tongue (2016)^[11]

Language	Population	Pct (%)
French only	1,630	81.5%
English only	305	15.2%
Both English and French	45	2.3%
Other languages	20	1.0%

See also

• List of parishes in New Brunswick

References

46.67°N -64.98°W

Notes and References

1. Web site: Census Profile . Statistics Canada . 30 October 2022 . 26 October 2022.
2. Web site: Kent Regional Service Commission: RSC 6 . Government of New Brunswick . 26 February 2023.
3. Web site: Regions Regulation – Regional Service Delivery Act . Government of New Brunswick . 26 February 2023 . 21 July 2022.
4. Web site: Local Service Districts Regulation - Municipalities Act . Government of New Brunswick . 26 February 2023 . 25 June 2021.
5. Book: Acts of the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick Passed in the Month of May 1908. 1908. Government of New Brunswick. Fredericton. 49–52. 8 Edward 7 c. 21 An Act to amend the Act respecting the division of the Province into Counties, Towns and Parishes, so far as relates to the County of Kent..
6. Web site: No. 80 . Provincial Archives of New Brunswick . Department of Natural Resources and Energy Development . 11 June 2021. Remainder of parish on maps 88–90 at same site.
7. Web site: 236 . Transportation and Infrastructure . Government of New Brunswick . 11 June 2021. Remainder of parish on mapbooks 237, 238, and 251–253 at same site.
8. Web site: Search the Canadian Geographical Names Database (CGNDB) . Government of Canada . 11 June 2021.
9. Not including brooks, ponds or coves.
10. Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006 census
11. Web site: Census Profile, 2016 Census: Saint-Charles, Parish [Census subdivision], New Brunswick ]. Statistics Canada . August 29, 2019.