Glenelg Parish, New Brunswick

Glenelg
Parish
Location within Northumberland County, New Brunswick
Coordinates: 47°00′N 65°17′W / 47.0°N 65.29°W
Country	Canada
Province	New Brunswick
County	Northumberland
Established	1814
Area[1]
• Land	505.22 km^2 (195.07 sq mi)
Population (2011)[1]
• Total	1,610
• Density	3.2/km^2 (8/sq mi)
• Pop 2006-2011	2.5%
• Dwellings	735
Time zone	AST (UTC-4)
• Summer (DST)	ADT (UTC-3)

Glenelg is a Canadian parish in Northumberland County, New Brunswick.^[2]

Its population in the 2011 Census was 1,610.

Delineation

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

Southwest by Nelson Parish and the southeasterly prolongation of the northeastern line of Nelson Parish to the northern line of a 100 acre lot granted to John Townley, at the mouth of Big Hovel Brook; thence along the said line of the said grant easterly to Bay du Vin River; thence across the said river to the southern bank thereof; thence down the said Bay du Vin River in an easterly direction to the northwest angle of lot letter C, granted to the rector, church wardens and vestry of Saint Paul’s Church, Chatham;^{[lower-alpha 1]} thence southerly along the west line of said lot letter C and the southern prolongation thereof to the Kent county line; northwest and north by Chatham Parish, Napan River, and Miramichi Bay; southeast by the County line; northeast by a line commencing at the mouth of Black River; thence extending up the middle of the said river, following the several courses thereof, to the mouth of Little Black River; thence up the middle of the said Little Black River, following the several courses thereof until it comes to the line separating the property of George Fowlie from the lot number five, granted to Duncan McNaughton, being the upper side line of the said lot numbered five, thence by the said line and the southerly prolongation thereof to the County line.

Communities

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

Bay du Vin Mills Black River Bridge Centre Napan Fowlies Mill Glenwood

Little Branch Lower Napan McKenzie Settlement Napan Bay Point aux Carr

Redmondville St. Margarets Victoria Wine River

Demographics

Population Population trend[4] Census Population Change (%) 2006 1,652 3.5% 2001 1,712 1.3% 1996 1,735 10.5% 1991 1,570 N/A

Language Mother tongue language (2006)[5] Language Population Pct (%) English only 1,500 90.63% French only 90 5.44% Other languages 65 3.93% Both English and French 0 0.00%

See also

• List of parishes in New Brunswick

Footnotes

1. Chatham here refers to the civil parish as the church is in Bushville.

References

1. 2011 Statistics Canada Census Profile: Glenelg Parish, New Brunswick
2. New Brunswick Provincial Archives - Glenelg Parish
3. "Territorial Division Act (R.S.N.B. 1973, c. T-3)". Government of New Brunswick website. Retrieved 22 August 2016.
4. Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006 census
5. 2006 Statistics Canada Community Profile: Glenelg Parish, New Brunswick

Coordinates: 47°00′00″N 65°17′24″W / 47.00000°N 65.29000°W