Blackville Parish, New Brunswick Explained
Blackville |
Settlement Type: | Parish |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | Province |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Established Title: | Erected |
Established Date: | 1830 |
Area Footnotes: | [1] |
Area Land Km2: | 823.93 |
Population As Of: | 2021 |
Population Total: | 1,996 |
Population Density Km2: | 2.4 |
Population Blank1 Title: | Change 2016-2021 |
Population Blank1: | 1.6% |
Population Blank2 Title: | Dwellings |
Population Blank2: | 970 |
Timezone: | AST |
Utc Offset: | -4 |
Timezone Dst: | ADT |
Utc Offset Dst: | -3 |
Coordinates: | 46.6°N -109°W |
Footnotes: | Figures do not include portion within the village of Blackville |
Blackville is a geographic parish in Northumberland County, New Brunswick, Canada.
For governance purposes it is divided between the incorporated rural community of Miramichi River Valley[2] and the Greater Miramichi rural district,[3] both of which are members of the Greater Miramichi Regional Service Commission.[4]
Prior to the 2023 governance reform, the parish was divided between the village of Blackville[5] [6] and the local service districts of Renous-Quarryville and the parish of Blackville.
Origin of name
The parish was named in honour of William Black, Administrator of the province at the time of its erection due to the absence of Lieutenant-Governor Howard Douglas.[7] Neighbouring Blissfield Parish was named in honour of John Murray Bliss, who was Administrator of the province prior to Douglas's arrival.
History
Blackville was erected in 1830 by the three-way split of Ludlow Parish,[8] Blackville being the easternmost and Blissfield in the middle.
Boundaries
Blackville Parish is bounded:[9] [10]
- on the north by a line beginning at a point on the York County line near McConnell Brook, then running north 72º east by an astronomic bearing to a point 537 chains (10.8 kilometres) from the Canadian National Railway line through Quarryville on a line running north 22º west from the mouth of the Renous River;
- on the east by a line beginning 537 chains northwesterly of the above railway and running south 22º east through the mouth of Renous River to the Kent County line;
- on the south by the Kent County line;
- on the west by a line beginning at a point on the Kent County line about 3.1 kilometres south of Meadow Brook Lake and running north through the mouth of Donnelly Brook, which is on the southern bank of the Southwest Miramichi River west of Upper Blackville Bridge, to the starting point.
Evolution of boundaries
When Blackville was erected it extended to the Westmorland County line, including much of Harcourt and Huskisson Parishes.[11] The original boundaries can be seen by prolonging the existing eastern and western boundaries of Blackville.
In 1845 the Kent County line was changed to run southwesterly instead of southeasterly, now meeting the line between Queens and Sunbury Counties. Most of Blackville's territory was transferred to Harcourt and Huskisson Parishes.[12] The parish's boundaries were essentially the same as they are today.
Changes in the wording of the boundary with Northesk Parish and later Southesk Parish in 1850,[13] 1877,[14] and 1954[15] made little if any difference in the parish line.
Communities
Communities at least partly within the parish.[16] bold indicates an incorporated municipality
Bodies of water
Bodies of water[17] at least partly within the parish.
Islands
Islands at least partly within the parish.
- Doctors Island
- Morehouse Island
- Washburns Island
Other notable places
Parks, historic sites, and other noteworthy places at least partly within the parish.[18]
- Dungarvon Whooper Spring Woodlot Protected Natural Area
- Dunphy Airstrip
- Shinnickburn Protected Natural Area
Demographics
Parish population total does not include former incorporated village of Blackville. Revised census figures based on the 2023 local governance reforms have not been released.
Population
Population trend[19] [20]
Census | Population | Change (%) |
---|
2016 | 2,028 | 8.4% |
2011 | 2,215 | 5.6% |
2006 | 2,347 | 3.1% |
2001 | 2,421 | 7.6% |
1996 | 2,620 | 6.0% |
1991 | 2,471 | N/A | |
Language
Mother tongue (2016)[20]
Language | Population | Pct (%) |
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English only | 1,840 | 97.1% |
French only | 25 | 1.3% |
Other languages | 25 | 1.3% |
Both English and French | 5 | 0.3% | |
See also
References
Notes and References
- Web site: Census Profile . Statistics Canada . 29 October 2022 . 26 October 2022.
- Web site: Greater Miramichi Regional Service Commission: RSC 5 . Government of New Brunswick . 13 February 2023.
- Web site: Greater Miramichi Regional Service Commission: RD 5 . Government of New Brunswick . 13 February 2023.
- Web site: Regions Regulation – Regional Service Delivery Act . Government of New Brunswick . 13 February 2023 . 21 July 2022.
- Web site: Municipalities Order - Municipalities Act . Governmentof New Brunswick . 13 February 2023 . 25 June 2021.
- Web site: Local Service Districts Regulation - Municipalities Act . Government of New Brunswick . 13 February 2023 . 25 June 2021.
- Book: Ganong . William F. . A Monograph of the Place-Nomenclature of the Province of New Brunswick . 1896 . Royal Society of Canada . 221 . 17 March 2021.
- Book: Acts of the General Assembly of His Majesty's Province of New Brunswick, Passed in the Year 1830.. 20 March 2021. 1830. Government of New Brunswick. Fredericton. 17–18. 10 & 11 Geo. IV c. 15 An Act to alter the Boundary Lines of certain Parishes in the County of Northumberland, and to erect two new Parishes in said County..
- Web site: No. 68 . Provincial Archives of New Brunswick . Department of Natural Resources and Energy Development . 18 June 2021. Remainder of parish on maps 69, 77, 78, 86, 87, 96, and 97 at same site.
- Web site: 216 . Transportation and Infrastructure . Government of New Brunswick . 18 June 2021. Remainder of parish on mapbooks 217, 218, 232, 233, 248–250, 264, 265, 280, 281, 297 at same site.
- Book: Ganong . William F. . A Monograph of the Evolution of the Boundaries of the Province of New Brunswick . 1901 . Royal Society of Canada . Map No. 35 . 21 March 2021.
- Book: Acts of the General Assembly of Her Majesty's Province of New Brunswick, Passed in the Year 1845.. 20 March 2021. 1845. Government of New Brunswick. Fredericton. 58. 8 Vic. c. 80 An Act to extend the Division Line between the Counties of Northumberland and Kent to the rear Line of the Counties of Queen's County and Sunbury..
- Book: Acts of the General Assembly of Her Mjaesty's Province of New Brunswick, Passed in the Year 1850.. 20 March 2021. 1850. Government of New Brunswick. Fredericton. 142–152, 145–149. 13 Vic. c. 51 An Act to consolidate all the Laws now in force for the division of the Province into Counties, Towns and Parishes.. Book was poorly proofread, resulting in title typo and reuse of page numbers 145–152.
- Book: The Consolidated Statutes of New Brunswick.. 1877. Government of New Brunswick. Fredericton. 56–85. Chapter 2 The Division of the Province into Counties, Towns, and Parishes.. Available as a free ebook from Google Books.
- Book: Acts of the Legislature of New Brunswick Passed During the Session of 1954. 1954. Government of New Brunswick. Fredericton. 189–191. 3 Elizabeth II, 1954, c. 83 An Act to Amend the Territorial Division Act. Scans of this Act may be requested from the Legislative Library of New Brunswick.
- Web site: Search the Canadian Geographical Names Database (CGNDB) . Government of Canada . 6 July 2021.
- Not including brooks, ponds or coves.
- Web site: Explore New Brunswick's Protected Natural Areas . GeoNB . 2 July 2021.
- Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006 census
- Web site: Census Profile, 2016 Census: Blackville, Parish [Census subdivision], New Brunswick ]. Statistics Canada . September 25, 2019.