Chipman Parish, New Brunswick

Chipman
Parish

Location within Queens County, New Brunswick.
Country  Canada
Province  New Brunswick
County Queens County
Established 1835
Area[1]
 • Land 482.81 km2 (186.41 sq mi)
Population (2011)[1]
 • Total 962
 • Density 2.0/km2 (5/sq mi)
 • Pop 2006-2011 Decrease 8.9%
 • Dwellings 481
Time zone AST (UTC-4)
 • Summer (DST) ADT (UTC-3)

Chipman is a Canadian parish in Queens County, New Brunswick.[2]

History

Chipman Parish was erected in 1835 from Brunswick Parish and Canning Parish: named for Ward Chipman Jr. (1787-1851), the chief justice of New Brunswick from 1834-1851: included the eastern part of Waterborough Parish until 1896.

Delineation

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

Northwest and northeast by the County lines; southwest by a line beginning on the Sunbury County line, intersected by the northern line of lot number nine[lower-alpha 1] on the eastern side of the Hardwood Ridge Road;[lower-alpha 2] thence easterly along said line to the northeast angle of said lot; thence south forty-five degrees east to Salmon Bay; thence southeasterly in a direct line to Indian Point; thence easterly up the northeast arm of Grand Lake to Coal Creek; thence easterly up Coal Creek to the southeast angle of lot number one, surveyed for Malcolm Carmichael, at the Round Turns on said Coal Creek; thence northeasterly parallel to the northwest line of Brunswick Parish to the County line.

Communities

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

  • Briggs Corner
  • Bronson
  • Bronson Settlement
  • Camp Wegesegum
  • Castaway
  • Chipman
  • Coal Creek
  • Dufferin
  • Fowlers Corner
  • Gaspereau Forks
  • Harley Road
  • Iron Bound Cove
  • Kings Mines
  • Leckey Road
  • Midland
  • Redbank
  • Salmon Creek
  • Salmon River
  • The Ridge
  • Upper Gaspereau

Bodies of water & Islands

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

Demographics

Population

Population trend[4]

Census Population Change (%)
2011 N/A
2006 1056 Decrease5.0%
2001 1111 Increase0.0%
1996 Decrease0.0%
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]

  • Secondary Routes:
    • None
  • External Routes:
    • None

See also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Now within lot 157 due to a resurvey and redivision of the area.
  2. ↑ Now part of Route 10.

References

  1. 1 2 2011 Statistics Canada Census Profile: Chipman Parish, New Brunswick
  2. ↑ New Brunswick Provincial Archives - Chipman Parish
  3. ↑ "Territorial Division Act (R.S.N.B. 1973, c. T-3)". Government of New Brunswick website. Retrieved 18 August 2016.
  4. ↑ Statistics Canada: 2001, 2006 census
  5. ↑ Profile: Chipman Parish, New Brunswick
  6. ↑ Atlantic Canada Back Road Atlas ISBN 978-1-55368-618-7


 Blissfield Parish Harcourt Parish
Northfield Parish
  Chipman Parish  
Canning Parish Waterborough Parish


Coordinates: 46°14′43″N 65°49′18″W / 46.2454°N 65.8216°W / 46.2454; -65.8216

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