Musquash Parish, New Brunswick

Musquash
Parish
Location within Saint John County.
Coordinates: 46°10′N 66°22′W / 46.17°N 66.36°WCoordinates: 46°10′N 66°22′W / 46.17°N 66.36°W
Country	Canada
Province	New Brunswick
County	Saint John County
Established	1839
Area[1]
• Land	235.54 km^2 (90.94 sq mi)
Population (2011)[1]
• Total	1,200
• Pop 2006-11	2.8%
• Dwellings	564
Time zone	AST (UTC-4)
• Summer (DST)	ADT (UTC-3)
Median Income*	$31,323 CDN
Median household income, 2005 (all households)

Musquash is a Canadian parish in Saint John County, New Brunswick.^[2]

History

Musquash Parish set off from Lancaster Parish in 1877: name was derived from the Maliseet word for "muskrat".

Delineation

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

All that part of the County which lies west of the City of Saint John.

Governance

The entire parish forms the local service district of the parish of Musquash, established in 1985 to assess for fire protection and first aid and ambulance services (removed 1995). Recreational facilities were added in 1995 and non-fire related rescue in 2012.

Communities

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

Chance Harbour Dam Road Dipper Harbour East Dipper Harbour West

Five Fathom Hole Gilmore Subdivision Gooseberry Cove Little Lepreau

Musquash Point Lepreau Prince of Wales Sherwood Road South Musquash Thompson Subdivision

Bodies of water & Islands

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

• Kingston Peninsula
• Kennebecasis Island

Demographics

Population Population trend[4] Census Population Change (%) 2011 N/A 2006 1235 3.5% 2001 1280 0.0% 1996 0.0% 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]

Highways Route 1

Principal Routes Route 111

Secondary Routes: Route 790 Route 795

External Routes: None

See also

• List of parishes in New Brunswick

References

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