Hopewell Parish, New Brunswick

Hopewell
Parish
Location within Albert County.
Coordinates: 45°49′N 64°40′W / 45.81°N 64.66°WCoordinates: 45°49′N 64°40′W / 45.81°N 64.66°W
Country	Canada
Province	New Brunswick
County	Albert
Established	1786
Area[1]
• Land	149.32 km^2 (57.65 sq mi)
Population (2011)[1]
• Total	798
• Density	4.3/km^2 (11/sq mi)
• Pop 2006-2011	19.4%
• Dwellings	322
Time zone	AST (UTC-4)
• Summer (DST)	ADT (UTC-3)

Hopewell is a Canadian parish in Albert County, New Brunswick.^[2]

Delineation

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

North by Hillsborough Parish; southeast by Chignecto Bay; and southwest by a line commencing at the mouth of Shepody River; thence up the centre of the said river to the mouth of Crooked Creek; thence up the centre of the said creek to the old bridge over the same on the old main road;^{[lower-alpha 1]} and thence north twenty degrees west to intersect the south line of Hillsborough Parish or its westerly prolongation.

History

Albert County: established as a Nova Scotia township in 1765 and became part of the province of New Brunswick in 1786: possibly named for Hopewell, Pennsylvania, home of some of the first settlers to the area: may have also been named for the ship (Hopewell) that brought a group of settlers from Ireland in 1761: Hopewell Parish included Harvey Parish until 1838.^[4]

Communities

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

Cape Station Chemical Road Chester Curryville

Demoiselle Creek Hopewell Cape Hopewell Hill Lower Cape

McGinleys Corner Memel Settlement Mountville Shepody

Bodies of water & Islands

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

• Petitcodiac River
• Demoiselle Creek

Demographics

Population Historical population Year Pop. ±% 1991 798 —     1996 812 +1.8% 2001 786 −3.2% 2006 798 +1.5% 2011 643 −19.4% [5] Language Mother tongue language (2006)[6] 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:^[7]

Highways Route 114

Principal Routes None

Secondary Routes:

External Routes: None

See also

• List of parishes in New Brunswick

Footnotes

1. Neither road nor bridge appear on provincial highway maps.

References

1. 2011 Statistics Canada Census Profile: Hopewell Parish, New Brunswick
2. New Brunswick Provincial Archives - Hopewell Parish
3. "Territorial Division Act (R.S.N.B. 1973, c. T-3)". Government of New Brunswick website. Retrieved 23 August 2016.
4. New Brunswick Provincial Archives, Government of New Brunswick.
5. Statistics Canada: 2001, 2006 census
6. Profile: Hopewell Parish, New Brunswick
7. Atlantic Canada Back Road Atlas ISBN 978-1-55368-618-7