Southesk Parish, New Brunswick

Southesk
Parish
Location within Northumberland County, New Brunswick
Coordinates: 46°58′39″N 66°28′48″W / 46.9775°N 66.48°W
Country	Canada
Province	New Brunswick
County	Northumberland
Established	1879
Area[1]
• Land	2,466.39 km^2 (952.28 sq mi)
Population (2011)[1]
• Total	1,833
• Density	0.7/km^2 (2/sq mi)
• Pop 2006-2011	6.7%
• Dwellings	829
Time zone	AST (UTC-4)
• Summer (DST)	ADT (UTC-3)

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

Its population in the 2011 Census was 1,833.

Delineation

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

Beginning at the northwest angle of the lot of land at Beaubears Point^{[lower-alpha 1]} granted to the St. James Church of Scotland; thence westerly in a direct line, a distance of one hundred and sixteen chains or to the southeast angle of the northwest part of Lot Letter C, conveyed by Thomas Young and wife to William Goodfellow, by deed dated October 30th, 1922, (Registered Northumberland County Records Vol. 110 pages 434-435); thence in a westerly direction along the southern limit of said part of said lot to the southwest angle thereof; thence in a northerly direction along the western limit of the said lot to the southern limit of Williamstown or Kelly Road;^{[lower-alpha 2]} thence in a westerly direction along said limit to the western limit of Lot Letter E, granted to James Oxford; thence in a northerly direction along said limit to the southern limit of Lot Number Thirteen, granted to Matthew Oxford; thence in a southwesterly direction along said limit to the most southerly angle of said lot; thence in a northwesterly direction along the southwestern limit of said lot and its prolongation to the most northerly angle of Lot Letter F, granted to Jared Betts; thence in a southwesterly direction along the north limit of said lot to its northwest angle; thence in a southerly direction along the west limit of said lot to the northern limit of lots fronting on the southwest Miramichi River; thence in a westerly direction along said limit to the easterly limit of lot Number One, granted to John Clark; thence in a northerly direction along said limit to the northeast angle of said lot; thence in a westerly direction along the northern limit of said lot and its prolongation to the northwest angle of Lot Number Two granted to Hannah Mullany; thence in a southerly direction along the western limit of said lot to the northeast angle of Lot Letter K, granted to John McIntire; thence in a westerly direction along the northern limit of said lot to its northwest angle; thence in a southerly direction along the western limit of said lot to the northeast angle of Lot Number Two, granted to William Smith; thence in a westerly direction to the southeast angle of the lot granted to William A. Bryenton; thence in a northerly direction along the eastern limit of said lot to its northeast angle; thence in a westerly direction along the northern limit of said lot to its northwest angle; thence in a southerly direction along the western limit of said lot to the northern limit of Lot Number Forty-one, granted to Timothy Crocker; thence in a westerly direction along said limit to the eastern limit of Lot Number Four, granted to Patrick Lawlor; thence in a northerly direction along said limit and said limit of Lot Number Five, granted to Rowland Crocker to the northeast angle of the last-mentioned lot; thence in a westerly direction along the northern limit of said lot to its northwest angle; thence westerly in a direct line to the northeast angle of the Elm Tree Tract, granted to William Davidson; thence in a westerly direction along the northern limit of said lot and its prolongation to intersect the northerly prolongation of the line run by H. E. Tait, New Brunswick Land Surveyor, in the year 1948, as part of the line dividing the Parish of Blackville from the Parishes of Derby and Nelson; thence northerly along the said prolongation to a point distant five hundred and thirty-seven chains measured northerly along said line and said prolongation from the centre line of the Canadian National Railway; thence by a true or Astronomic Bearing south seventy-two degrees and twenty minutes west to the County Line; thence in a northwesterly direction along the County Line to the southwestern limit of the Parish of Northesk; thence in a southeasterly direction along said limit to the Northwest Miramichi River; and thence in an easterly direction down stream to the place of beginning.

Governance

The entire parish forms the local service district of the parish of South Esk,^{[lower-alpha 3]} established in 1968 to assess for fire protection. First aid and ambulance services were added 1972.

Communities

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

Cassilis Dennis Garden Road Halcomb Harris Brook Settlement Loggie Lodge Lyttleton

Maple Hill Matthews Pratts Camp Ramsay Lodge Red Bank Red Bank 4 Red Bank 7

Red Rock Sillikers South Esk Warwick Settlement Williamstown

Demographics

Population Population trend[7] Census Population Change (%) 2006 1,964 5.7% 2001 2,083 4.4% 1996 2,178 3.8% 1991 2,098 N/A

Language Mother tongue language (2006)[8] Language Population Pct (%) English only 1,820 93.57% French only 70 3.60% Other languages 45 2.31% Both English and French 10 0.52%

See also

• List of parishes in New Brunswick

Footnotes

1. Wilsons Point;^[4] the modern Beaubears Point is at the northern end of Beaubears Island.^[5]
2. Old Creamer Road^[6]
3. The LSD has always been spelt differently than the civil parish.

Footnotes

References

1. 2011 Statistics Canada Census Profile: Southesk Parish, New Brunswick
2. New Brunswick Provincial Archives - Southesk Parish
3. "Territorial Division Act (R.S.N.B. 1973, c. T-3)". Government of New Brunswick website. Retrieved 25 August 2016.
4. "Beaubears Point". Canadian Geographical Names. Natural Resources Canada. Retrieved 26 August 2016.
5. "Beaubears Point". Canadian Geographical Names. Natural Resources Canada. Retrieved 26 August 2016.
6. "No. 203" (PDF). 2015 Designated Highway Maps. Government of New Brunswick. Retrieved 26 August 2016.
7. Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006 census
8. 2006 Statistics Canada Community Profile: Southesk Parish, New Brunswick

Coordinates: 46°58′39″N 66°28′48″W / 46.97750°N 66.48000°W