Elgin Parish, New Brunswick

Elgin
Parish
Location within Albert County.
Coordinates: 45°53′N 64°50′W / 45.89°N 64.83°WCoordinates: 45°53′N 64°50′W / 45.89°N 64.83°W
Country	Canada
Province	New Brunswick
County	Albert
Established	1847
Area[1]
• Land	519.38 km^2 (200.53 sq mi)
Population (2011)[1]
• Total	968
• Density	1.9/km^2 (5/sq mi)
• Pop 2006-2011	0.5%
• Dwellings	616
Time zone	AST (UTC-4)
• Summer (DST)	ADT (UTC-3)

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

Delineation

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

North by Coverdale Parish and the County line; east by Hillsborough Parish; south by Harvey Parish and Alma Parish, and west by the County line.

History

Albert County: established in 1847 from part of Salisbury Parish, Westmorland County and named for James Bruce, 8th Earl of Elgin (1811-1862), who was the Governor General of British North America from 1847-1854.

Located 4.3 km ENE of Goshen: Elgin Parish, Albert County: PO from 1852: in 1866 Elgin was a farming settlement with about 36 families: in 1871 Elgin had a population of 250: in 1898 Elgin was a station on the Elgin, Petitcodiac and Havelock Railway with 1 post office, 6 stores, 3 hotels, 1 sawmill, 1 grist mill, 1 tannery, 1 carriage shop, 1 cheese factory and 2 churches.^[4]

Communities

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

Church Hill Churchs Corner Elgin Ferndale Forest Hill Goshen

Gowland Mountain Harrison Settlement Hillside Little River Mapleton Meadow

Midland Parkindale Pleasant Vale Prosser Brook Riverside-Albert Ross Corner

Demographics

Population Historical population Year Pop. ±% 1991 933 —     1996 1,027 +10.1% 2001 1,004 −2.2% 2006 973 −3.1% 2011 968 −0.5% [5] Language Mother tongue language (2006)[6] Language Population Pct (%) French only 6.19% English only 94.33% 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 910

Principal Routes None

Secondary Routes: Route 895

External Routes: None

See also

• List of parishes in New Brunswick

References

1. 2011 Statistics Canada Census Profile: Elgin Parish, New Brunswick
2. New Brunswick Provincial Archives - Elgin Parish
3. "Territorial Division Act (R.S.N.B. 1973, c. T-3)". Government of New Brunswick website. Retrieved 19 August 2016.
4. New Brunswick Provincial Archives, Government of New Brunswick.
5. Statistics Canada: 2001, 2006 census
6. Profile: Elgin Parish, New Brunswick
7. Atlantic Canada Back Road Atlas ISBN 978-1-55368-618-7