Cambridge Parish, New Brunswick

Cambridge
Parish
Location within Queens County, New Brunswick.
Coordinates: 45°50′N 64°35′W / 45.84°N 64.59°W
Country	Canada
Province	New Brunswick
County	Queens County
Established	1852
Area[1]
• Land	113.97 km^2 (44.00 sq mi)
Population (2011)[1]
• Total	651
• Density	5.7/km^2 (15/sq mi)
• Pop 2006-2011	4.5%
• Dwellings	618
Time zone	AST (UTC-4)
• Summer (DST)	ADT (UTC-3)

Cambridge is a Canadian parish in Queens County, New Brunswick.

History

Cambridge Parish created from Wickham Parish and Waterborough Parish in 1852: named for Prince Adolphus-Frederick, Duke of Cambridge (1774-1850) and uncle of Queen Victoria.

Delineation

Cambridge Parish is defined in the Territorial Division Act^[2] as being bounded:

Beginning on the northeastern shore of the Saint John River, at the southeast angle of lot number sixteen, granted to Isaac Gilbert; thence following the course of the lower or southeastern line of said lot numbered sixteen northeasterly until it meets the waters of the Grand Lake; thence by the waters of the Grand Lake to the road^{[lower-alpha 1]} leading from Mill Cove on the said lake, to Fowlers Cove on the Washademoak Lake; thence southeasterly by said road to Washademoak Lake; thence southwesterly by the waters of the Washademoak Lake and through the Colwells Creek and Lawson Passage to the Saint John River; and thence following the shore of the Saint John River up stream to the place of beginning.

Communities

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

Cambridge-Narrows Cherry Hill Jemseg Lower Cambridge

Lower Jemseg Robertson Point Scovil Whites Cove

Bodies of water & Islands

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

• Coreys Island
• Nevers Island

Demographics

Population Population trend[3] Census Population Change (%) 2011 N/A 2006 682 6.7% 2001 639 0.0% 1996 0.0% 1991 N/A

Language Mother tongue language (2006)[4] 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:^[5]

Highways Route 2 (TCH)

Principal Routes Route 105

Secondary Routes: Route 695 Route 715

External Routes: None

See also

• List of parishes in New Brunswick

Footnotes

1. Fowler Road.

References

1. 2011 Statistics Canada Census Profile: Cambridge Parish, New Brunswick
2. "Territorial Division Act (R.S.N.B. 1973, c. T-3)". Government of New Brunswick website. Retrieved 17 August 2016.
3. Statistics Canada: 2001, 2006 census
4. Profile: Cambridge Parish, New Brunswick
5. Atlantic Canada Back Road Atlas ISBN 978-1-55368-618-7

Coordinates: 45°49′22″N 66°04′14″W / 45.822639°N 66.07049°W