Northesk Parish, New Brunswick

Northesk
Parish
Location within Northumberland County, New Brunswick
Coordinates: 47°28′30″N 66°30′00″W / 47.475°N 66.5°W
Country	Canada
Province	New Brunswick
County	Northumberland
Established	1814
Area[1]
• Land	3,356.38 km^2 (1,295.91 sq mi)
Population (2011)[1]
• Total	2,333
• Density	0.7/km^2 (2/sq mi)
• Pop 2006-2011	5.9%
• Dwellings	1,095
Time zone	AST (UTC-4)
• Summer (DST)	ADT (UTC-3)

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

Its population in the 2011 Census was 2,333.

Delineation

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

East and northeast by Newcastle Parish and the County line; north and west by the County lines; south and southwest by the northwest Miramichi River from the Newcastle Parish line up stream to the mouth of the Little Southwest Miramichi; and thence by a line running north forty-five degrees west from the mouth of the Little Southwest Miramichi to the County line.

Communities

Parish population total does not include incorporated municipalities (in bold) and communities within their respective boundaries (in italics).

Bear House Big Hole Big Hole Tract 8 Boom Road Chaplin Island Road Curtis Settlement Curventon Eel Ground Eel Ground 2

Exmoor Heath Steele Indian Falls Depot Indian Point 1 Lumsden Road Maple Glen Mathias Landing North Esk Boom Popple Depot

Redstone Rapids Sevogle Strathadam Sunny Corner Trout Brook Wayerton Whitney

Demographics

Population Population trend[4] Census Population Change (%) 2006 2,480 4.8% 2001 2,606 4.6% 1996 2,731 3.4% 1991 2,826 N/A

Language Mother tongue language (2006)[5] Language Population Pct (%) English only 2,360 95.16% French only 80 3.23% Other languages 40 1.61% Both English and French 0 0.00%

See also

• List of parishes in New Brunswick

References

1. 2011 Statistics Canada Census Profile: Northesk Parish, New Brunswick
2. New Brunswick Provincial Archives - Northesk Parish
3. "Territorial Division Act (R.S.N.B. 1973, c. T-3)". Government of New Brunswick website. Retrieved 24 August 2016.
4. Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006 census
5. 2006 Statistics Canada Community Profile: Northesk Parish, New Brunswick

Coordinates: 47°28′30″N 66°30′00″W / 47.47500°N 66.50000°W