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Parish Names and Boundaries Diocese of Fredericton

Parish Names and BoundariesDiocese of FrederictonCanon Ron StevensonDecember 2007

PARISHES IN RESTIGOUCHE COUNTY

The Parish of Campbellton

This was originally known as the Parish of Addington taking its name from thecivil parish of the same name, the boundaries of which are described in theTerritorial Division Act as follows: West by Eldon Parish; north by the Provinceof Quebec; south by the Northumberland County line; and east by a line runningtrue south from the most eastern point of the western side of the mouth ofWalkers Brook, including all the islands in front in the Restigouche River whichbelong to this Province.

Part of the civil parish of Addington is now in the ecclesiastical parish ofRestigouche. See below.

The name of the parish corporation was reported in 1892 as The Rector, ChurchWardens and Vestry of Christ Church in the Parish of Addington. By a memorialdated February 15, 1973 the bishop changed the name of the corporation to “TheAnglican Parish of Campbellton.”

The Anglican Church Act, 2003 changed the name of the parish corporationto The Corporation of the Anglican Parish of Campbellton. The parish isnow bounded on the west by a line running magnetic south from the mid-section of the Morrissey Rock Tunnel on the Canadian National Railwayright-of-way, on the north by the Province of Quebec, on the south by theNorthumberland County line, and on the east by a line running true southfrom the most eastern point of the western side of the mouth of WalkersBrook, and includes all the islands in front in the Restigouche River whichbelong to New Brunswick.

The Parish of Restigouche

By a memorial dated February 4, 1960 the bishop set off from the Parish ofAddington the area described as all the western portion of the Parish ofAddington bounded on the east by a line commencing at the mid-section of theMorrissey Rock Tunnel on the Canadian National Railway right-of-way andthence extending in a southerly direction, magnetic south, to the southernboundary of the Parish of Addington.

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That area together with “the Parish of Eldon, including Upsalquitch,Robinsonville and Dawsonville” was erected as a new ecclesiastical parish withthe name of the Parish of Restigouche. The name assigned to the parishcorporation was The Rector, Church Wardens and Vestry of the Parish ofRestigouche.

The Anglican Church Act, 2003 changed the name of the parish corporationto The Corporation of the Anglican Parish of Restigouche. The ecclesiasticalparish comprises (1) the western portion of the civil parish of Addingtonbounded on the east by a line commencing at the mid-section of theMorrissey Rock Tunnel on the Canadian National Railway right-of-way andthence extending in a southerly direction, magnetic south, to theNorthumberland County line and (2) the civil parish of Eldon the boundariesof which are described in the Territorial Division Act as follows: ELDONPARISH.- Northerly by the Province of Quebec Boundary line, easterly by aline beginning on the southern bank or shore of Restigouche River at thenorthwest angle of lot number twenty-two, granted to George Firth belowMetapedia, thence southerly along the western line of said lot and itsprolongation to the northeast angle of lot number one, in Dawsonville, thencecontinuing southerly along the eastern line of said lot number one and itssouthern prolongation, to the southeast angle of lot number two (ThomasGracie) and thence true south to the County limits; southerly by the Countyline and westerly by a straight line extending from the Province of QuebecBoundary line in the Restigouche River, at the mouth of Upper Thorn PointBrook to Whites Brook railway station on the Canadian National Railways,and thence prolonged southerly to the Victoria County Boundary line.

The Parish of Dalhousie

The name of the parish corporation was reported in 1892 as The Rector, ChurchWardens and Vestry of St. Mary’s Church in the Parish of Dalhousie.

The Anglican Church Act, 2003 changed the name of the parish corporationto The Corporation of the Anglican Parish of Dalhousie. The boundaries ofthe parish are those of the civil parish of Dalhousie which are described inthe Territorial Division Act as follows: West by Addington Parish, north bythe Restigouche River; east and south by a line beginning on the east side ofEel River Gully, at the forty-eight mile post placed on the great road leadingfrom Bathurst to Dalhousie, thence running true south to the southwest limitof Lot Number Five, fronting on Chaleur Bay, granted to Sebastian Doucett,thence in a northwesterly direction following the southwest limits of LotsNumbers Five, Four, Three, Two and One, and said limits of Lots Letters"O", "N", "M", "L" and "K" to the most westerly angle of the last


mentioned lot; thence in a northeasterly direction along the northwest limitof said lot to the most easterly angle of the 100 acre lot granted to ArchibaldChisholm; thence in a westerly, southerly, westerly and southerly directionfollowing the bounds of said lot to the southeast angle of Lot Number Five,Eel River Crossing, granted to William Searls; thence in a westerly directionalong the south limit of said lot and its prolongation to the east limit of LotNumber Seventy-two, Range One, Balmoral, granted to Robert Good; thencein a northerly direction along said limit to the northeast angle of said lot;thence in a westerly direction along the northern limit of Range One,Balmoral, to the Addington Parish Line, including all the islands in front.

PARISHES IN GLOUCESTER COUNTY

The Parish of Bathurst

The 1892 report gave The Rector, Church Wardens and Vestry of St. George’sChurch in the Parish of Bathurst as the name of the parish corporation.

The Anglican Church Act, 2003 changed the name to The Corporation of theAnglican Parish of Bathurst. The boundaries of the parish are those of thecivil parish of the same name which are described in the Territorial DivisionAct as follows: BATHURST PARISH.- Beginning at a point in the shorelineof the Chaleur Bay where the same is intersected by the eastern prolongationof the south limit of Lot Number One, granted to Simon Arceneau; thence ina westerly direction along said prolongation, said limit of said lot and thewestern prolongation of same to the most northern angle of NorthumberlandCounty; thence in a southeasterly and northeasterly direction following theGloucester-Northumberland County line to a point in the Canadian NationalRailways; thence in a northerly direction along said railway to a point wherethe same is intersected by the western prolongation of the south limit of lotslettered A and B, granted to John Porter, said lots situated on both sides ofthe Highway 8; thence in an easterly direction along said prolongation, saidlimit of said lots and the eastern prolongation of same to a point in the westlimit of a seven thousand, seven hundred and fifty acre tract, granted toHenry H. Swinny, situated on the head of the Big Tracadie River; thence in asoutherly direction along said limit of said grant and its southernprolongation to a point in the north limit of Tier one north, Allardville East;thence in an easterly direction along said limit of Allardville East to a pointwhere the same is intersected by the southern prolongation of the east limitof Lot Number twenty-nine, granted to Jacob Tague, said lot fronting on theChaleur Bay at the mouth of Teagues Brook; thence in a northerly directionalong said prolongation and said limit of said lot to a point in the shore lineof Chaleur Bay; and thence following the various courses of said shoreline to


the place of beginning. Including all islands in front thereof.

The Parish of New Bandon

No clergyman or corporate name were shown in the 1892 report.

The Anglican Church Act, 2003 changed the name of the parish corporationfrom The Rector, Church Wardens and Vestry of the Parish of New Bandonto The Corporation of the Anglican Parish of New Bandon. The boundariesof the parish are those of the civil parish of the same name which aredescribed in the Territorial Division Act as follows: NEW BRANDONPARISH.- North and east by Chaleur Bay and Caraquet Bay; west byBathurst Parish; south by the south branch of the Caraquet River extendingfrom its mouth, upstream to the mouth of Innishannon Brook; thence in asouthwesterly, westerly and southerly direction along the bounds of thePaquetville Parish and the bounds of Saint-Isidore Parish to a point in theeast limit of Bathurst Parish.

PARISHES IN NORTHUMBERLAND COUNTY

The Parish of Derby and Blackville

The 1892 report listed the Rev. C. O’Dell Baylee as the clergyman in theseparishes and two corporations - The Rector, Church Wardens and Vestry of St.Peter’s Church in the Parish of Derby and The Rector, Church Wardens andVestry of Holy Trinity Church in the Parish of Blackville. No record of formalamalgamation of the parishes has been found although since at least about 1952they have been known as the Parish of Derby and Blackville.

The Anglican Church Act, 2003 changed the name of the corporation to TheCorporation of the Anglican Parish of Derby and Blackville. The boundariesof the parish are those of the two civil parishes of the same name asdescribed in the Territorial Division Act: BLACKVILLE PARISH.- Southeastby the County line; west by Blissfield Parish; north by Southesk Parish; andeast by a line running south twenty-two degrees east; and north twenty-twodegrees west from the mouth of Renous River. DERBY PARISH.- West byBlackville Parish, north by Southesk Parish and the Northwest MiramichiRiver east by the lower extremity of Beaubears Island and to include thesame, and south by the southwest branch of the Miramichi River.


The Parish of Hardwicke

The 1892 report listed the parish corporation as The Rector, Church Wardens andVestry of the Church of St. John the Evangelist in the Parish of Hardwicke.

The Anglican Church Act, 2003 changed the name of the corporation to TheCorporation of the Anglican Parish of Hardwicke. The boundaries of theparish are those of the civil parish of the same name as described in theTerritorial Division Act: Southwest by Glenelg Parish; north by MiramichiBay; and southeast by the County line and the shore of the Gulf of St.Lawrence from Point Escuminac; westwardly to the intersection of theCounty line between Kent and Northumberland, near the entrance ofEscuminac River, including all the islands in front, which are south of theprincipal entrance to Miramichi Bay.

The Parish of Nelson

The Parish of Nelson was included in the 1892 Report as the Rector, ChurchWardens and Vestry of St. Peter's church in the parish of Nelson.

The Territorial Division Act, s. 24(i) describes the parish boundaries as follows:

24 (i) NELSON PARISH. - Northwest by the Miramichi River and the SouthwestMiramichi River; southwest by Blackville Parish; southeast by a line runningparallel to the Kent County line and seven miles northwesterly therefrom; andnortheast by the southwest line of lot number sixty-one, granted to Wm. Brown,and its southeasterly prolongation.

The Anglican Church Act, 2003 changed the names of the corporations toThe Corporation of the Anglican Parish of Nelson.

The Parish of Newcastle

The 1892 report listed the parish corporation as The Rector, Church Wardens andVestry of the St. Andrew’s Church in the Parish of Newcastle.

The Anglican Church Act, 2003 changed the name of the corporation to TheCorporation of the Anglican Parish of Newcastle. The boundaries of theparish are those of the civil parish of the same name as described in theTerritorial Division Act: East by Alnwick Parish; south by Miramichi River;north by the County line; and west by a line running north from the


southeast angle of lot number five, granted to Oliver Willard, at OxfordCove.

The Parish of Chatham

The 1892 report listed the parish corporation as The Rector, Church Wardens andVestry of the St. Paul’s Church in the Parish of Chatham.

By a memorial dated July 1, 1984 the bishop changed the name of the corporationto The Anglican Parish of Chatham.

The Anglican Church Act, 2003 changed the name of the corporation to TheCorporation of the Anglican Parish of Chatham. The boundaries of theparish are those of the civil parish of the same name as described in theTerritorial Division Act: North by the main Miramichi River; southwest byNelson, and south by Napan River, from its mouth to the northwest angle oflot number thirty-two (Henry Coil); thence south sixty-eight degrees west toNelson Parish, including Middle Island.

The Parish of Ludlow and Blissfield

The 1892 report listed the Rev. H. Montgomery as the clergyman in theseparishes. He was also rector of Kingsclear, now St. Peter’s, Fredericton. Noparish corporations were listed. The two parishes have operated as one for severalyears. Neither the establishment of a corporation nor any amalgamation has beendocumented.

The Anglican Church Act, 2003 changed the name of the corporation to TheCorporation of the Anglican Parish of Ludlow and Blissfield. The boundariesof the parish are those of the two civil parishes of the same name asdescribed in the Territorial Division Act: LUDLOW PARISH.- West andsouth by the County lines; north by Southesk Parish; and east by a linerunning north and south from the mouth of Big Hole Brook. BLISSFIELDPARISH.- West by Ludlow Parish; north by Southesk Parish; south by theCounty line; and east by a line running north and south from the mouth ofDonnelly Brook.

PARISH IN KENT COUNTY

The Parish of Kent


The 1892 report listed three clergymen in parishes in Kent County - the Rev. H.Hackenley in Richibucto, the Rev. C. E. McKenzie in Dundas and the Rev. A. A.Slipper in Weldford. Two corporations were listed - The Rector, Church Wardensand Vestry of St. Mary’s Church in the Parish of Richibucto and The Rector,Church Wardens and Vestry of St. Paul’s Church in the Parish of Weldford.

Bishop Nutter issued a memorial dated January 1, 1974 amalgamating “the Parishof Richibucto and Rexton and the Parish of Harcourt and Weldford into theecclesiastical parish of Kent” The memorial said “the new ecclesiastical parish ofKent shall include the area presently contained in the ecclesiastical Parishes ofRichibucto and Rexton, and Harcourt and Weldford. The memorial did not assigna name for the corporation in the amalgamated parish. It is not clear how Rextonbecame part of a parish name. There was never a civil parish by that name and thecommunity called Rexton is in the civil Parish of Richibucto.

No records of parish or corporation changes between 1892 and 1974 have beenfound. The bishop’s register, at page 343, did record that on December 9, 1937the Parish of Harcourt and Weldford was transferred from the Rural Deanery ofChatham to the Rural Deanery of Shediac.

The Anglican Church Act, 2003 changes the corporate name to TheCorporation of the Anglican Parish of Kent. The boundaries of the parishare probably those of the civil parishes of Harcourt, Richibucto andWeldford which are presently defined in the Territorial Division Act asfollows: HARCOURT PARISH.- South and west by the County lines; east bySaint Paul Parish and Weldford Parish; and north by a true east and westline passing through the mouth of Jimmy Graham Forks of the RichibuctoRiver.

RICHIBUCTO PARISH.- South by Wellington Parish and Weldford Parish,west by Weldford Parish and a line running true south from the forks of theSaint-Charles River to the northern line of Weldford Parish; north by thecentre of the Saint-Charles River and of the Northwest Branch andRichibucto, and east by the Gulf of Saint Lawrence, including all the islandsin front; except that portion thereof formerly in said Parish of Richibucto,now included in the Parish of Saint-Charles.

WELDFORD PARISH.- South by Saint-Paul and Sainte-Marie Parishes;west by the prolongation of a line running north twenty-two degrees west bythe magnet of the year one thousand eight hundred and sixty-seven, from apoint on the County line between Westmorland and Kent Counties, distanttwenty miles from the north point of Shediac Island; east and north by a linebeginning at a point on the westerly prolongation of the northern line ofWellington Parish, at the intersection of a line running south from the mouth


of Black Brook; thence northerly along said line to the mouth of BlackBrook; thence down the East Branch of and the main Saint Nicholas River tothe Richibucto River, thence up said river to the west line of lot number 9,granted to William Harley; thence northerly along said line and its northerlyprolongation to the rear line of the Richibucto River Indian Reserve number15; thence by a line running true west to the western boundary of the parish.

PARISHES IN WESTMORLAND COUNTY

The Parish of Dorchester

The 1892 report listed the parish corporation as The Rector, Church Wardens andVestry of the Trinity Church in the Parish of Dorchester.

The Anglican Church Act, 2003 changed the name of the corporation to TheCorporation of the Anglican Parish of Dorchester. The boundaries of theparish are those of the civil parish of the same name as described in theTerritorial Division Act: West by Petitcodiac River; north by a line runningby the magnet of eighteen hundred and ninety-four; south eighty-threedegrees and forty-five minutes east from the mouth of Fox Creek; east by thesoutheast line of lot numbered one (John Sherwood) and the prolongationthereof two hundred and fifty chains from the sea; thence north elevendegrees east by the magnet of the year seventeen hundred and sixty-five.

The Parish of Sackville

The 1892 report listed the parish corporation as The Rector, Church Wardens andVestry of the St. Ann’s Church in the Parish of Sackville.

The Anglican Church Act, 2003 changed the name of the corporation to TheCorporation of the Anglican Parish of Sackville. The boundaries of theparish are those of the civil parish of the same name as described in theTerritorial Division Act: North by the north line of Dorchester Parishprolonged easterly to a point of intersection of the Cumberland grant line,which runs north thirty degrees and thirty minutes west by the magnet ofeighteen hundred and sixty seven from the southeast angle of lot number one,granted to Otho Reed, at the mouth of Gaspereau Creek; west by DorchesterParish and Chignecto Bay; south and east by Cumberland Basin and theAulac River, from its mouth to the upper line of the Sackville grant; thenceby a line running north by the magnet of the year seventeen hundred andsixty-five to a point on the said line one hundred and two chains southerlyfrom where the road through Midgic leaves the said line at Edwin Dixon's


gate; thence running north fifty-seven degrees and thirty minutes east by themagnet of eighteen hundred and eighty to the channel of Big Jolicure Lake;thence along the said channel and main brook up stream to the prolongationsouthwestwardly of the southeast line of David Wheaton's mill lot; thencealong the said prolongation and line to the east angle of said Wheaton's milllot; thence north forty-five degrees east to the Botsford Parish line; northeastby Botsford Parish.

The Parish of Westmorland

The 1892 report listed the parish corporation as The Rector, Church Wardens andVestry of the St. Mark’s Church in the Parish of Westmorland.

The Anglican Church Act, 2003 changed the name of the corporation to TheCorporation of the Anglican Parish of Westmorland. The boundaries of theparish are those of the civil parish of the same name as described in theTerritorial Division Act: Southeast by the Province limits; west by SackvilleParish; east by the Cumberland Grant line aforesaid and Baie Verte.

The Parish of Shediac

The 1892 report listed the parish corporation as The Rector, Church Wardens andVestry of the Church of St. Martin’s in the Woods in the Parish of Shediac.

The report also listed a parish of Point du Chene with a corporation - The Rector,Church Wardens and Vestry of St. Andrew’s Church in the Parish of Point duChene. An Act of the Legislature in 1866 - An Act relating to Church lands in theparish of Shediac, S.N.B. 1866, c. 30 recited that the parish of Shediac had beendivided and a separate parish erected for ecclesiastical purposes by the name ofThe Parish of Point du Chene. The Act required The Rector, Church Wardens andvestry of St. Martin’s Church to pay to the Rector, Church Wardens and Vestry ofPoint du Chene $800 to be applied toward paying off debts owing on a churchlately erected in the parish. No record of a subsequent rejoining of the parisheshas been found.

The Anglican Church Act, 2003 changed the name of the Shediac corporationto The Corporation of the Anglican Parish of Shediac. The boundaries of theparish are those of the civil parish of the same name as described in theTerritorial Division Act: East by Botsford Parish, northeasterly byNorthumberland Strait and the County line; south by Dorchester andSackville Parishes, and west by the prolongation of the west line of the grantto Columb Connor on Shediac Road.


The Parish of Salisbury and Havelock

The civil parish of Salisbury is in Westmorland County. ]It is bounded on thesouthwest partly by the parish of Havelock in Kings County. The village ofHavelock is in Kings County near the county line. The 1892 report did not list anyclergyman or corporation in Havelock. It showed a corporation in Salisbury - TheRector, Church Wardens and Vestry of St. Andrew’s Church (?) in the Parish ofSalisbury. Note the question mark after the name of the church. St. Andrew’schurch is at Petitcodiac which is in the civil parish. The churches presently listedin the parish include All Saints which is at Elgin in the civil parish of Elgin inAlbert County. The original boundaries of the parish were probably those of thecivil parish of Salisbury. No documentation has been found adding the territoriesof the civil parishes of Havelock and Elgin.

The Anglican Church Act, 2003 changed the name of the corporation to TheCorporation of the Anglican Parish of Salisbury and Havelock. Theboundaries of the parish are probably those of the civil parishes of the samename as described in the Territorial Division Act: SALISBURY PARISH.-North, west and south by the County lines; and east by Moncton Parish andthe County of Albert; HAVELOCK PARISH.- West by Studholm Parish;northwest and east by the County lines, and south by Cardwell Parish;ELGIN PARISH.- North by Coverdale Parish and the County line; east byHillsborough Parish; south by Harvey Parish and Alma Parish, and west bythe County line.

The Parish of Moncton

The 1892 report showed the corporation as The Rector, Church Wardens andVestry of St. George’s Church in the Parish of Moncton. In 1956 the bishop setoff the Parish of Moncton West and North West which was further divided in1960 to become the Parishes of St. James, Moncton and the Parish of St. Philip’s,Moncton. In 1999 the Parish of St. Andrews, Sunny Brae was created.

The Anglican Church Act, 2003 changed the name of the corporation to TheCorporation of the Anglican Parish of Moncton. The boundaries of theparish are those of the civil parish of Moncton except the areas within theParishes of St. James, Moncton, St. Philip’s, Moncton and St. Andrews,Sunny Brae. The boundaries of the civil parish of Moncton are set out in theTerritorial Division Act: East by Shediac Parish; north by the County line,west by that part of the east line of the grant to Martin Gay and associates,which lies north of Petitcodiac River; and the northerly prolongation thereof,


to the County line; southerly by the Petitcodiac River and Dorchester Parish.

The Parish of St. James, Moncton; The Parish of St. Philip’s, Moncton

By a memorial dated March 14, 1956 the bishop created the Parish of MonctonWest and North West described as follows: Beginning at the southeasternboundary of the Civil Parish of Moncton, namely at the Petitcodiac River at apoint where the extension southerly of the centre line of High Street in Monctonintersects the said river; thence northerly along the said extension of the centreline of High Street to the Kent County line; thence westerly along the said KentCounty line to the westerly boundary line of the Civil Parish of Moncton; thencesoutherly along the said westerly boundary line of said Parish to the southerlyboundary of the said Civil Parish of Moncton, namely the Petitcodiac River;thence easterly along the said Petitcodiac River to the place of beginning.

By a further memorial dated May 1, 1960 the bishop divided that parish into theParish of St. James, Moncton and the Parish of St. Philip’s, Moncton. Corporatenames assigned were The Rector, Church Wardens and Vestry of the Parish of St.James, Moncton and The Rector, Church Wardens and Vestry of the Parish of St.Philip’s, Moncton.

The 1960 memorial defined the parish of St. James as the area west of theeast side of High Street and south of the north side of John Street westerly tothe Parish of Salisbury. The memorial described the Parish of St. Philip’s asthe area west of the east side of High Street and north of the south side ofJohn Street, westerly to the Parish of Harcourt.

Those descriptions are flawed. They overlap John Street and presumably itswesterly extension. The reference to Harcourt is an error - Harcourt is to thenorth. The description should have read westerly to the Parish of Salisbury andnortherly to the Kent County line.

The Anglican Church Act, 2003 changed the names of the corporations to TheCorporation of the Anglican Parish of St. James, Moncton and TheCorporation of the Anglican Parish of St. Phillip’s (sic), Moncton.

The Parish of St. Andrews, Sunny Brae

This parish was set off from the Parish of Moncton by a bishop’s memorial datedSeptember 1, 1999 and registered in the Westmorland County Registry Office onSeptember 20, 1999 in book 2964 at page 336 as number 672010. The corporate


name assigned was The Corporation of the Anglican Parish of St. Andrews,Sunny Brae.

The Anglican Church Act, 2003 continued the corporate name of TheCorporation of the Anglican Parish of St. Andrews, Sunny Brae. Theboundaries of the parish are as defined in the 1999 memorial: That portionof the Parish of Moncton described as: Beginning at the point of intersectionof Hall’s Creek and the Railway Line; commencing therefrom in a northwesterly direction, along Hall’s Creek to the Trans-Canada Highway; andthence proceeding therefrom in an easterly direction along the Trans-Canada Highway to the Railway Line, and thence proceeding therefrom in asouth westerly direction along the Railway Line to the aforementioned pointof intersection between the Hall’s Creek and the Railway Line.

PARISHES IN ALBERT COUNTY

The 1892 report did not list any clergy or corporations in Albert County.

The Parish of Hillsborough Riverside

There are civil parishes of Coverdale and Hillsborough. It seems that at some timean ecclesiastical parish was established a by the name of Coverdale andHillsborough. The town of Riverview is in the parish of Coverdale.

By a bishop’s memorial dated April 1, 1974 the bishop changed the corporatename from The Rector, Church Wardens and Vestry of the parish of Coverdaleand Hillsborough to The Anglican Parish of Riverview and Hillsborough..

By a memorial dated January 1, 1979 the bishop divided the parish. The divisionpoint was the Stoney Creek Bridge on Highway 14 (114?). The area north of thedivision was constituted as the parish of Riverview and the area south of thedivision as the Parish of Hillsborough - Riverside. The name of the corporationwas to be The Rector, Church Wardens and Vestry of the Parish of Hillsborough -Riverside.

The Anglican Church Act, 2003 changed the name of the corporation to TheCorporation of the Anglican parish of Hillsborough Riverside. The territoryof the parish includes the civil parishes of Hopewell, Harvey and Alma andthat part of the civil parish of Hillsborough south of the Stoney CreekBridge. The civil parishes are defined in the Territorial Division Act as:

ALMA PARISH.- North by the westerly prolongation of the northernboundary of Harvey Parish; west by the County line; south by ChignectoBay, and east by Harvey Parish.


HARVEY PARISH.- North by a line running south seventy-two degrees westfrom the northwest angle of Hopewell Parish; west by the western line of lotnumber three, granted to James Speer, east of Owls Head, and its northerlyprolongation to the northern line of the parish; east by Hopewell Parish, andsouth by Chignecto Bay, including Grindstone Island, so called.

HILLSBOROUGH PARISH.- South and west by the south line of lotnumbered seventeen, granted to William Carlisle and its prolongationwesterly to the distance of twelve miles from The Petitcodiac River; thenceby a line running north twenty degrees west by the magnet of the year onethousand seven hundred and sixty-five to Coverdale Parish; north byCoverdale Parish; and east by the Petitcodiac River.

HOPEWELL PARISH.- North by Hillsborough Parish; southeast byChignecto Bay; and southwest by a line commencing at the mouth ofShepody River; thence up the centre of the said river to the mouth ofCrooked Creek; thence up the centre of the said creek to the old bridge overthe same on the old main road; and thence north twenty degrees west tointersect the south line of Hillsborough Parish or its westerly prolongation.

The Parish of Riverview

The parish was established by the memorial of January 1, 1979 - see above. Thecorporate name was The Rector, Church Wardens and Vestry of the Parish ofRiverview.

The Anglican Church Act, 2003 changed the name of the corporation to TheCorporation of the Anglican Parish of Riverview The territory of the parishincludes that part of the civil parish of Hillsborough north of the StoneyCreek Bridge and the civil parish of Coverdale which is described in theTerritorial Division Act as being bounded as follows::North and east by thePetitcodiac River; south by the south line of lot no. 2, granted to RobertCrossman, at Stoney Creek, on the western side of the Petitcodiac River andits westerly prolongation to the County line; west by the County line.

PARISHES IN THE CITY AND COUNTY OF SAINT JOHN

The county known as The City and County of Saint John originally comprised theCity of Saint John, the boundaries of which had been set out in the Royal Charterof May 18, 1785, and the Towns or Parishes of Portland, Saint Martins andLancaster whose boundaries were defined in the statute of 1786. The civil parish


of Simonds would be set off from Portland in 1839 and Musquash from Lancasterin 1877.

Parish of Lakewood

A Memorial made by the Bishop of Fredericton on January 1, 1982 created theParish of Lakewood, which is located in the Civil Parish of Simonds, out of theEcclesiastical Parish of Simonds. The Memorial named the parish ' The Rector,Church Wardens and Vestry of the Parish of Lakewood. The Memorial describesthe boundaries of the Parish of Lakewood as follows"

It is hereby made known and declared that that there has been set off and removedfrom the area hitherto comprising the Ecclesiastical parish of Simonds beginningat a point on the Loch Lommond Road where the Churchland Road intersectswith the said Loch Lommond Road, running in a southerly direction in a straightline until it reaches the Bay of Fundy then running along the Bay of Fundy in awesterly direction until it intersects with the Parish boundaries of the Parish ofEast Saint John, then running northerly along the said boundaries of the Parish ofEast Saint John till it intersects with the boundaries of the Parish of Coldbrookand St. Mary's , continuing in a northerly direction along the said boundaries ofthe Parish of Coldbrook and St. Mary's , till it intersects with the boundaries of he Kings County( old parish of Simonds boundary) then running in an easterlydirection along the said Kings County boundary till it reaches Bradley Lake, thenin a southerly direction in a straight line till it reaches to the point of beginning.

The Anglican Church Act, 2003 changed the names of the corporations toThe Corporation of the Anglican Parish of Lakewood.

The Parish of Saint John

This was the first organized Church of England parish in New Brunswick. It waserected as such by an Act of the Legislature in 1789 - An Act, for erecting aParish in the City of Saint John, and incorporating the Rectors, Church-Wardensand Vestries of the Church of England, in the several Parishes, in this Province,S.N.B. 1789, c. 1. The Act said the Parish comprehended all the Lands lying andbeing in the City of Saint John and would be known and called by the name of theParish of Saint John. The Rector, Church Wardens and Vestry were constituted acorporation by the name of The Rector, Church-Wardens and Vestry of TrinityChurch, in the Parish of Saint John.

The boundaries of the City of Saint John were described in the City’s Charterdated May 18, 1785: By a line beginning near Fort Howe at Portland Point, at low


water mark, thence running a direct line to a small point or ledge of land at thecausey by the old saw mill, thence east northeast until a direct line strikes theCreek running through Hazen’s Marsh on the east side of the eastern District,thence along the course of the said Creek to its mouth, thence by a line runningsouth 19 degrees west into the bay until it meets a line running east from the southpoint of Partridge Island and along said line to said point, thence by a direct lineto a point on the shore which is at the southeast extremity of a line running south42 degrees east from the River Saint John to the Bay of Fundy, and terminatingthe Town Lots of the western District, thence along the said line north 42 degreeswest to the River Saint John and continuing the said course across the River untilit meets the opposite shore, and thence along the north shore of the said River atlow water mark to Portland Point.

That part of the city west of the harbour was made the ecclesiastical Parish ofCarleton in 1824 and that parish was further divided in 1858 creating the Parish ofVictoria. On the east side of the harbour the Parish of Saint James, south of QueenStreet, was created in 1852 and the Parish of Saint Mark, north of Union Street, in1853.

The Anglican Church Act, 2003 changed the name of the parish corporationto The Corporation of the Anglican Parish of Saint John. The territory of theparish now comprises that part of the original City of Saint John east of theharbour between Queen and Union Streets.

The Parish of Carleton

This ecclesiastical parish was erected by an Act of the Legislature in 1824 - AnAct for erecting a separate Parish in the City of Saint John, S.N.B. 1824, c. 19.The territory of the parish was described as being that part of the City of SaintJohn lying on the western side of the Harbour comprehending Guy’s Ward andBrook’s Ward, so called, commonly known and called by the name of Carleton.The parish was named the Parish of Carleton and the corporate name assignedwas The Rector, Church Wardens and Vestry of Saint George’s Church, in theParish of Carleton, in the City of Saint John.

The City Charter had created two wards on the west side of the harbour - Guy’sWard and Brook’s Ward. They were separated by a direct line run from the lineterminating the town lots on the southwest limits and continued through themiddle of Rodney-street until it reached the middle of the harbour. Thewesternmost of the two was to be forever called Guy’s Ward and the easternmostwas to be called Brook’s Ward. Brook’s Ward later became the Parish of Victoria- see below.


The Anglican Church Act, 2003 changed the name of the parish corporationto The Corporation of the Anglican Parish of Carleton. The territory of theparish is Guy’s Ward as defined in the City Charter.

The Parish of Victoria

This was set off from the Parish of Carleton by An Act to divide the Parish ofCarleton, in the City of Saint John, and to erect a separate Parish forEcclesiastical purposes, S.N.B. 1858, c. 36. The new parish comprised the areaon the western side of the Harbour, comprehending, known, and distinguished bythe name of Brook’s Ward. The name given to the parish corporation was TheRector, Church Wardens and Vestry of Saint Jude’s Church, in the Parish ofVictoria, in the City of Saint John.

The Anglican Church Act, 2003 changed the name of the parish corporationto The Corporation of the Anglican Parish of Victoria. The territory of theparish is Brook’s Ward as defined in the City Charter.

The Parish of Saint James

This parish was created by An Act to erect another Parish in the City of SaintJohn for Ecclesiastical purposes, S.N.B. 1852, c. 17. It was named the Parish ofSaint James in the City of Saint John and comprised that part of the Parish ofSaint John which lay to the southward of a line running east and west through thecentre of Queen Street and the easterly and westerly prolongation of such linethrough Queen’s Square to the boundary line of the city. The parish corporationwas named The Rector, Church Wardens and Vestry of Saint James Church, inthe Parish of Saint James, in the City of Saint John.

The Anglican Church Act, 2003 changed the name of the parish corporationto The Corporation of the Anglican Parish of St. James, Saint John. Theterritory of the parish is that part of the original City of Saint John south ofthe centre line of Queen Street and its prolongations.The Parish of Saint Mark

This parish was created by An Act to erect the Parish of Saint Mark, in the City ofSaint John, for ecclesiastical purposes, S.N.B. 1853, c. 12. It comprised so muchof the city as lay to the northward of the centre of Union Street. It was named theParish of Saint Mark in the City of Saint John and the corporation was named TheRector, Church Wardens and Vestry of Saint John’s Church, in the Parish of SaintMark, in the City of Saint John.


Part of the parish was later included in the Parish of St. Mary - see below.

The Anglican Church Act, 2003 changed the name of the parish corporationto The Corporation of the Anglican Parish of St. Mark, Saint John. Theterritory of the parish is the part of the original City of Saint John north ofUnion Street except the portion now in the Parish of Coldbrook and St. Marydescribed as the area lying to the north and east of a line commencing at theend of Clarence Street to Brussels Street; thence along the centre of BrusselsStreet to Richmond Street; thence along the centre of Richmond Street toWaterloo Street; thence along the centre of Waterloo Street to GoldingStreet; thence along the centre of Golding Street to the southeast line of theHazen property; thence along the said line to an extension of Murray Street;thence along the centre of Murray Street and the extension thereof to CityRoad.

The Parish of Portland

Portland was one of the original civil parishes. An Act of the Legislature in 1836,An Act, to regulate the election of Church Wardens and Vestrymen in the Parishof Portland, in the County of Saint John, and to extend such regulations to otherParishes where the sittings in the Church may be free and open, S.N.B. 1836, c.3, gave the parish corporation the name of The Rector, Church Wardens andVestry of Grace Church in the Parish of Portland. A later Act in 1841- An Actrelating to the Parish Church of the Parish of Portland, in the County of SaintJohn, and to the Church Corporation of the said Parish, S.N.B. 1841, c.3 - recitedthe erection and consecration of St. Luke’s Church and changed the corporatename to The Rector, Church Wardens and Vestry of Saint Luke’s Church in theParish of Portland.

In 1839 the civil Parish of Portland had been divided and the Parish of Simondscreated.

The original description of the civil Parish of Portland was the area bounded onthe south by the Bay of Fundy, the eastern shore of the harbour of Saint John andthe several northern bounds and limits of the city, on the east by the easternboundary of Lot number One granted to Samuel Hughes, continued to thenorthern boundary of the county, said easterly boundary line running from theshore of the Bay of Fundy north 15 degrees west, on the north by the northernboundary of the county and on the west by the eastern shore of the River SaintJohn to the limits of the city.

The ecclesiastical Parish of Saint Paul was set off in 1856 and the ecclesiasticalParish of St. Clement (now Millidgeville) in 1964 - see below.

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By an Act of the Legislature in 1890 - An Act to incorporate the Trustees of the Mission Church ofSaint John Baptist in the City of Saint John, in the City and County of Saint John, and for otherpurposes, S.N.B. 1890, c. 29 - the land on which the Mission Church had been erected was takenout of and separated from the Parish of Saint Paul. The land was described as follows: Beginningat the point formed by the intersection of the eastern side line of a reserved road or alley of twentyfeet in width, running southerly and parallel to Mill Street from Paradise Row (so called), and thesoutherly side line of said Paradise Row; thence easterly along said side line of Paradise Row 123feet or to the point where the westerly side line of a lot conveyed by James W. Hersey and othersto one Patrick Flavin, by a deed registered in the office of the Registrar of Deeds in and for theCity and County of Saint John, in Book D, Number 6 of Records, pages 350, 351and 352, meetsthe same; thence southerly along the westerly side line of said Flavin lot, and a prolongationthereof 70 feet; thence westerly parallel to Paradise Row 115 feet, more or less, to said easterlyside line of said reserved road or alley, and thence northerly along said last mentioned side line tothe place of beginning.


The Anglican Church Act, 2003 changed the name of the parish corporationto The Corporation of the Anglican Parish of Portland. The present territoryof the parish comprises that part of the civil Parish of Portland as it existedafter 1839 that is not in the ecclesiastical Parishes of St. Paul, Millidgeville,and Coldbrook - St. Mary.

The Parish of Saint Paul

This parish was created by an Act of the Legislature in 1856 - An Act to erect theParish of Saint Paul’s in the County of Saint John, for ecclesiastical purposes,S.N.B. 1856, c. 50. It comprised that part of the Parish of Portland lying to theeastward of a line drawn along the centre of the Street passing over the MillBridge, and extending northwardly to the Kennebecasis River. The parish wasnamed the Parish of Saint Paul and the parish corporation was given the nameThe Rector, Church Wardens, and Vestry of Saint Paul’s Church in the Parish ofSaint Paul.

The Anglican Church Act, 2003 changed the name of the parish corporationto The Corporation of the Anglican Parish of St. Paul. The territory of theparish is that part of the former civil Parish of Portland lying to the eastwardof a line drawn along the centre of the Street passing over the Mill Bridge,and extending northwardly to the Kennebecasis River1 except the portion inthe Parish of Coldbrook - St. Mary described as being to the eastward andsouthward of a line beginning at the junction of the centre line of Gilbert’sLand and the City Road; thence along the centre line of Gilbert’s Lane untilit strikes the Intercolonial Railroad; thence along the Railway until it strikesthe eastern boundary of the Parish of Saint Paul.

The parish has ceased to function.


The Parish of Millidgeville

The original Mission Church was located in the Parish of St. Paul. The 1890 Actof the Legislature entitled An Act to incorporate the Trustees of the MissionChurch of Saint John Baptist in the City of Saint John, in the City and County ofSaint John, and for other purposes, S.N.B. 1890, c. 29, recited that it had beenobjected that the erection of the Church Building and the licensing of a Priesttherefor without the consent of the Rector and of the Rector, Church Wardens andVestry of the Parish of Saint Paul wherein the church building was situate was notin accordance with the laws governing the members of the Church of England inNew Brunswick and that it was deemed advisable that such erection and licensingbe confirmed by legislative enactment. The Act incorporated the trustees underthe Declaration of Trust relating to the Church and their successors as a bodycorporate by the name of “The Trustees of the Mission Church of Saint JohnBaptist.” The land on which the church had been erected was “taken out of andseparated from the Parish of Saint Paul” - see footnote 1.

The Parish of St. Clement was set off from the Parish of Portland by a memorialissued by Bishop O’Neil dated June 1, 1964 and registered in the Saint JohnCounty Registry Office on June 15, 1964 in book 511 at pages 718-719 as number197109. The name given to the parish corporation was The Rector, ChurchWardens and Vestry of the Parish of St. Clement.

By a memorial dated April 1, 1984 the bishop purported to change the names of“The Rector, Church Wardens and Vestry of the Parish of St. Clement, SaintJohn, N.B.” and “The Trustees, Mission Church, Saint John the Baptist, SaintJohn, N.B.” to the name “The Rector, Church Wardens, and Vestry, of the Parishof Millidgeville.”As the corporation created by the Act of 1890 was not a parishcorporation under the general legislation relating to the Church, the memorial wasineffective to change its name and the 1890 corporation still exists as a separatecorporation by its original name, i.e. The Trustees of the Mission Church of SaintJohn Baptist.

The Anglican Church Act, 2003 changed the name of the parish corporationto The Corporation of the Anglican Parish of Millidgeville. The boundariesof the parish are as set out in the 1964 memorial: All that portion of theparish of Portland in the County of Saint John beginning at the junction ofMillidge Avenue and Boar’s Head Road, thence northwesterly along Boar’sHead Road to its intersection with Woodward Avenue, thence southerlyalong Woodward Avenue and its prolongation to the Saint John River,thence northerly and easterly along the bank of the Saint John River and theconfluence of the Kennebecasis River to a point opposite the centre of Indian


Island in Kennebecasis Bay, thence to the intersection of Kennebecasis Driveand Tucker Park Road, thence to the northwesterly boundary of that mainportion of Tucker park lying south of Kennebecasis Drive, thence along thesaid northwesterly boundary to the southwesterly boundary, thencesoutheasterly along the said southwesterly boundary to the most southerly(the southwest) corner of Tucker Park, thence in a straight line to the placeof beginning.

The Parish of Simonds

The 1892 report listed this as a parish with a parish corporation known as TheRector, Church Wardens and Vestry of All Saints Church in the Parish ofSimonds.

The civil parish had been established by legislation in 1839 (c. 15) The area set offrom the Parish of Portland was described as that portion of that parish lying eastof a line running due south from the head of Portage Cove, so called, until itmeets the northwest branch of the Marsh Creek, thence following the centre lineof the Creek until it comes opposite Black Point, thence at right angles easterlyuntil it meets the eastern line of the Marsh Road, so called, thence southerlyfollowing the eastern line of the Marsh Road and of the road which passes alongthe front of Walker Tisdale’s Stone Cottage and a prolongation of that line until itstrikes the Creek running through the Flats, thence following the Creek to lowwater mark.

By a memorial in 1930 Bishop Richardson set off two new parishes within thecivil parish. See below under The Parish of Coldbrook - St. Mary and The Parishof East Saint John.

By a memorial dated October 26, 1988 Archbishop Nutter added an additionalportion of the Parish of Simonds to the Parish of Coldbrook-St. Mary.

The Anglican Church Act, 2003 changed the name of the parish corporationto The Corporation of the Anglican Parish of Simonds. The territory of theparish is the part of the civil Parish of Simonds as constituted in 1830 that isnot in the ecclesiastical Parishes of Coldbrook - St. Mary and East SaintJohn.

The Parish of Coldbrook and St. Mary

The 1892 report listed a Parish of St. Mary with a parish corporation named TheRector, Church Wardens and Vestry of St. Mary’s Church in the Parish of St.


Mary. An Act of the Legislature in 1890 - An Act to vest certain lands in theRector, Church-Wardens and Vestry of Saint Mary’s Church in the Parish ofSaint Mary and the City of Saint John - S.N.B. 1890, c. 34, recited that underauthority of the 1885 Church Act the bishop had set apart a portion of the Parishof Saint Mark and a portion of the Parish of Saint Paul to be the Parish of SaintMary.

By a memorial dated September 30, 1930 Bishop Richardson set off from theParish of Simonds an area to be the Parish of Coldbrook.

By a memorial dated April 10, 1970 the Parishes of St. Mary and Coldbrook wereamalgamated under the name of The Anglican Parish of Coldbrook and St. Mary.By a further memorial dated October 26, 1988 an additional portion of the Parishof Simonds was added to Coldbrook and St. Mary and the name of the parishcorporation was designated as the Rector, Church Wardens and Vestry of theParish of Coldbrook-St. Mary.

The Anglican Church Act, 2003 changed the name of the parish corporationto The Corporation of the Anglican Parish of Coldbrook - St. Mary. Theparish territory comprises:

(1) the portion of the Parish of Saint Mark described as lying to the northand east of a line commencing at the end of Clarence Street to BrusselsStreet; thence along the centre of Brussels Street to Richmond Street; thencealong the centre of Richmond Street to Waterloo Street; thence along thecentre of Waterloo Street to Golding Street; thence along the centre ofGolding Street to the southeast line of the Hazen property; thence along thesaid line to an extension of Murray Street; thence along the centre of MurrayStreet and the extension thereof to City Road;

(2) the portion of the Parish of Saint Paul described as being to the eastwardand southward of a line beginning at the junction of the centre line ofGilbert’s Lane and the City Road; thence along the centre line of Gilbert’sLane until it strikes the Intercolonial Railroad; thence along the Railwayuntil it strikes the eastern boundary of the Parish of Saint Paul;

(3) the area set off as the Parish of Coldbrook in 1930 described as follows:Bounded on the north by a straight line running from the point where theRothesay Road meets the southern boundary of the Parish of Rothesay toKelly’s Point on the Golden Grove Road, thence by a line running southeastone mile and a half more or less along the Golden Grove Road to a pointwhere the continuation of Russell Street would meet the Golden Grove Road,thence south in a straight line to the site of the Roman Catholic Church onthe Loch Lomond Road, thence to the corner of Russell Street and the


Rothesay Road and thence along the Rothesay Road to the place ofbeginning; and

(4) the portion of the Parish of Simonds set off in 1988 described as follows:Beginning at a point on the northeasterly side of “Dolan Lake” running in aseasterly direction through “Ben Lomond” to the northwesterly shore of LochLomond, then in a northernly (sic) direction to a point where the Saint John -Kings County line intersects with “McBrien lake”, then in a southerlydirection along the said county line until it meets the present Ecclesiasticalparish of Coldbrook-St. Mary.

The Parish of East Saint John

The 1930 memorial referred to above set off from the Parish of Simonds an areato be known as the Parish of East Saint John. The area was bounded on the northby the southern boundary of the Parish of Coldbrook, thence by a line runningsoutheast to the Mispec River and the shore of the Bay of Fundy and the boundaryof the Parish of St. Mary’s (sic) to the place of beginning.

The Anglican Church Act, 2003 changed the name of the parish corporationto The Corporation of the Anglican Parish of East Saint John. The territoryof the parish is bounded as described in the 1930 memorial: on the north bythe southern boundary of the Parish of Coldbrook - St. Mary, thence by aline running southeast to the Mispec River and the shore of the Bay of Fundyand the boundary of the Parish of Coldbrook - St. Mary to the place ofbeginning.

The Parish of St. Martin’s and Black River

Saint Martin’s is a civil parish in Saint John County. It is described in theTerritorial Division Act as being all that part of the County lying to the eastwardof Simonds Parish.

The 1892 report listed the parish corporation as The Rector, Church Wardens andVestry of Holy Trinity Church in the Parish of St. Martin’s.

Black River is physically in the civil parish of Simonds. Listings of churches insynod journals showed Black River with the Parish of Simonds until 1934. Thereport of the Board of Missions in the 1935 Synod Journal recorded that theMissionary in charge of St. Martin’s had been assigned the care of the church atBlack River. In the 1936 and subsequent Journals St. Martin’s and Black Riverwere listed together but each had its own wardens. No record has been found of


the Black River area being formally set off and added to the Parish of St.Martin’s.

The Anglican Church Act, 2003 changed the name of the parish corporationto The Corporation of the Anglican Parish of St. Martin’s and Black River.The territory of the parish is all of Saint John County east of the Parish ofSimonds.

The Parish of Lancaster

Lancaster was one of the original civil parishes. It was divided in 1877 when theParish of Musquash was created. The original parish was bounded on the south bythe Bay of Fundy, on the east by the western limits of the City of Saint John andthe western shore of the River Saint John, and north and west by the countyboundaries. Since the creation of the Parish of Musquash the western boundaryhas been a line beginning at the western extremity of the entrance to MusquashHarbour running due north to the county line.

The 1892 report showed the Rev. L. C. Titcombe as the clergyman in the parishbut did not list a corporate name.

By a memorial dated October 1, 1978 the bishop set off part of the Parish ofLancaster as the Parish of Ketepec - see below.

The Anglican Church Act, 2003 changed the name of the parish corporationto The Corporation of the Anglican Parish of Lancaster. The territory of theparish comprises the area bounded on the east by the Saint John River,north by a line running due east from the line dividing the civil parishes ofLancaster and Musquash to the outlet from Spruce Lake to the Spruce LakeStream and by the Spruce Lake Stream from its source to its mouth; west bythe Parish of Musquash and south by the bay of Fundy except the areas inthe Parishes of Carleton and Victoria.

The Parish of Ketepec

By a memorial dated October 1, 1978 and registered in the Saint John Countyregistry Office on October 13, 1978 in book 861 at pages 887-888 as number279456 the bishop set off part of the Parish of Lancaster to be the Parish ofKetepec. The corporate name was The Rector, Church Wardens and Vestry of theParish of Ketepec. The territory of the parish was described as all that areabounded on the south by the Spruce Lake Stream running from Spruce Lake andemptying into the Saint John River .2 miles north of the intersection of the Gault

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Road and the Westfield Road (known as South Bay Bridge); on the east by theSaint John River; on the north by the Saint John County line; and on the west bythe ecclesiastical Parish of Musquash.

The Anglican Church Act, 2003 changed the name of the corporation to TheCorporation of the Anglican Parish of Ketepec. Subsequently the parish hasbeen amalgamated with others to form the Parish of the Nerepis and St.John. See under Parishes in Kings County.

The Parish of Musquash

The civil Parish of Musquash was created in 1877 - see above under The Parish ofLancaster. The 1892 report gave the name of the parish corporation as TheRector, Church Wardens and Vestry of St. Anne’s Church, in the Parish ofMusquash.

The Anglican Church Act, 2003 changed the name of the corporation to TheCorporation of the Anglican Parish of Musquash. The parish comprises thatportion of Saint John County west of the line running from the westernextremity of the entrance to Musquash Harbour due north to the county line.

PARISHES IN CHARLOTTE COUNTY

The Anglican Parish of Saint Stephen

Before 1870 there was one parish in St. Stephen. There is a civil parish by thename of Saint Stephen.

In the 1870s there was a division in and of the ecclesiastical parish. An Act of thelegislature in 1870 (An Act to divide the Parish of Saint Stephen, in the County ofCharlotte, and to erect a separate District for Ecclesiastical purposes, S.N.B.1870, c. 35) set off the portion of the parish “commencing at the foot of KingStreet on the bank of the River Saint Croix, extending thence westwardly alongthe bank of the said River to Hutchings’ corner (so called) near the Union Mills,embracing the territory lying within those two points, and back from said Rivernortherly until it strikes the line dividing the Parishes of Saint Stephen and SaintJames.”

An Act of the Legislature in 1893 changed the name of “Missionary, ChurchWardens and Vestry of Trinity Mission Church” to “The Rector, Church Wardensand Vestry of Trinity Parish Church in Saint Stephen”.


The 1892 report listed the corporations as The Rector, Church Wardens andVestry of Christchurch in the Parish of St. Stephen and The Rector, ChurchWardens and Vestry of Trinity Church in the Parish of St. Stephen.

By a memorial dated July 31, 1973 and registered in the Charlotte County registryOffice on June 21, 1973 in book 192 at pages 444-445 as number 70477 thebishop amalgamated the two parishes to be one “Parish of Saint Stephen”, theboundaries of which were to be the same as before 1870, with one corporation bythe name of “Anglican Parish of Saint Stephen.”

The Anglican Church Act, 2003 changed the name of the corporation to TheCorporation of the Anglican Parish of St. Stephen. Presumably theboundaries are those of the civil parish of Saint Stephen as described in theTerritorial Division Act: South by Dufferin Parish and the St. Croix River;east by Saint David Parish, north and west by a line beginning in theintersection of the St. Croix River with the southwesterly prolongation of thenorthwestern limit of Lot No. 16, granted to Angus Rankin; thencenortheasterly along said prolongation and said limit to the western limit ofLot No. 115, granted to Thomas Dodd; thence northerly along the westernlimits of Lots Numbered 115, 116, 117 and 99 to 114 inclusive to the southernlimit of Lot No. 46 granted to Thomas Grimmer Junior; thence westerlyalong said limit and its prolongation to the eastern limit of Lot No. 60,granted to Robert M. Todd; thence northerly along the eastern limit of LotNo. 60 and its northerly prolongation, to meet the westerly prolongation ofthe northern limit of No. 53 granted to Peter Christie; thence easterly alongsaid westerly prolongation, the northern limit of Lot No. 53 and the easterlyprolongation of the northern limit of Lot No. 53, to the eastern bank or shoreof Moore Lake.

The Parishes of St. David, St. James and St. Patrick

There are civil parishes of Saint David, Saint James and Saint Patrick.

The 1892 report listed three parish corporations: The Rector, Church Wardensand Vestry of St. David’s Church in the Parish of St. David, The Rector, ChurchWardens and Vestry of St. Thomas’ Church in the Parish of St. James and TheRector, Church Wardens and Vestry of Christ Church in the Parish of St. Patrick.

No record of any formal amalgamation of any of these parishes has been found. Itseems that the three parishes operated as one for some time and that more recentlySt. David and St. Patrick operated as one. St. James seems to be an orphan parish.There is some correspondence indicating that St. Thomas church at Moores Millswas placed under St. Stephen for pastoral purposes. In 1998 the annual meeting in


the Parish of St. Stephen asked the bishop to formally attach St. James to St.Stephen but that was never done.

The Anglican Church Act, 2003 changed the name of the corporation in St.David and St. Patrick to The Corporation of the Anglican Parish of St. Davidand St. Patrick. Presumable the boundaries are those of the civil parishes asset out in the Territorial Division Act:

SAINT DAVID PARISH.- South by Dufferin Parish; west by the east line oflots on Dennis Stream prolonged southerly to Dufferin Parish and by thewest lines of the grant to Henry Goldsmith and others; north by the northline of the said grant; east by the east line of the said last mentioned grant;southeast and southerly by a line commencing at the most northern angle ofa four hundred and eighty-eight acre lot granted to Daniel Hill on WaweigRiver; thence southwesterly to the most western angle of the said lot; thencesoutheasterly to the northeast angle of lot number thirty, granted to W. Ross;thence westerly along the north line of the said last-mentioned grant and itswestern prolongation to the northeast angle of lot number eight, granted toJames Garcelon; thence south to the southeast angle of lot number four,granted to James Christie; thence west to the southwest angle of the said last-mentioned lot; thence south along the eastern line of lots fronting on OakBay to Waweig River; thence down the channel of Waweig River and up thechannel of Oak Bay to Pagans Cove, where the northern line of DufferinParish intersects it, excluding Rickets Island in Waweig River.

SAINT PATRICK PARISH.- West and northwest by Saint Andrews Parishand Saint Croix Parish; east by the west line of the grant to Philip Bailey andothers, and its northerly prolongation; north by a line commencing at themost southern angle of lot number five, granted to John Gilman, on thesouthwestern side of Digdequash River; thence northeasterly along thesoutheasterly line of said lot to the Digdequash River; thence down streamalong the same to the lower line of the lot granted to John Campbell; thencealong the same easterly to the rear thereof; thence northerly along the rearof the said last mentioned lot to meet the westerly prolongation of the linedividing the lots ten and eleven in the Clarence Hill grant plan, and thenceeasterly along the said line dividing the lots number ten and number elevento the eastern boundary of the parish; and south by Passamaquoddy bay,including all the islands west of the east line of the said parish within twomiles of the shore.

The civil parish of St. James is bounded south by Saint Stephen Parish and SaintDavid Parish; east by the northerly prolongation of the east line of Saint DavidParish; north by the County line; and west by the St. Croix River.


The Parish of St. Andrews

The 1892 report listed the parish corporation as The Rector, Church Wardens andVestry of All Saints Church in the parish of St. Andrews.

The Anglican Church Act, 2003 changed the corporate name to TheCorporation of the Anglican Parish of St. Andrews. Presumably theboundaries are those of the civil parish of Saint Andrews as described in theTerritorial Division Act: North by Saint Croix Parish and a direct line fromthe Southeast angle of Lot Number 11 granted to James Greenlaw to themost Western angle of Lot Number 20 granted to Francis Welsh; west by theSt. Croix River south by Passamaquoddy Bay, and east by the west line of lotnumber twenty, granted to F. Welsh, including Ministers and Navy Islands.

The Parish of St. George

The 1892 report listed the parish corporation as The Rector, Church Wardens andVestry of St. Mark’s Church in the Parish of St. George.

The Anglican Church Act, 2003 changed the corporate name to TheCorporation of the Anglican Parish of St. George. Presumably theboundaries are those of the civil parish of Saint George as described in theTerritorial Division Act: West by Saint Patrick Parish, Dumbarton Parishand Passamaquoddy Bay; north by the County line; east by the rear line oflot number three, granted to William Payne and its prolongation northerly tothe County line, and southerly to Letang River; south by the Bay of Fundy,the channel to and through Letete Passage, and the channel to and throughLetang Harbour and River, including Bliss Island.

The Parish of Pennfield

The 1892 report listed the parish corporation as The Rector, Church Wardens andVestry of Christ Church in the Parish of Pennfield.

The Anglican Church Act, 2003 changed the corporate name to TheCorporation of the Anglican Parish of Pennfield. Presumably the boundariesare those of the civil parish of Pennfield as described in the TerritorialDivision Act: Westerly by Saint George Parish and Letang River; north byClarendon Parish; east by a line commencing at the western bank or shore ofthe Pocologan River, where it falls into the Bay of Fundy, and running truenorth to Clarendon Parish; and south by the Bay of Fundy, including The


Wolves Islands, and all other islands within two miles of the shore and notincluded in Saint George Parish.

The Parish of Campobello

The 1892 report listed the parish corporation as The Rector, Church Wardens andVestry of St. Ann’s Church in the Parish of Campobello.

The Anglican Church Act, 2003 changed the corporate name to TheCorporation of the Anglican Parish of Campobello. The boundaries are thoseof the civil parish of Campobello as described in the Territorial Division Act:Being the island so named, and other islands to the south and east of HeadHarbour Passage, but west of Grand Manan.

The Parish of Grand Manan

The 1892 report listed the parish corporation as The Rector, Church Wardens andVestry of St. Paul’s Church in the Parish of Grand Manan.

The Anglican Church Act, 2003 changed the corporate name to TheCorporation of the Anglican Parish of Grand Manan. The boundaries arethose of the civil parish of Grand Manan as described in the TerritorialDivision Act: Being the island so named and all the islands to the south andeast thereof.

PARISHES IN KINGS COUNTY

The Parish of Sussex

The 1892 report listed the corporation as The Rector, Church Wardens and Vestryof Holy Trinity Church in the Parish of Sussex.

The Anglican Church Act, 2003 changed the name of the corporation to TheCorporation of the Anglican Parish of Sussex. Presumable the boundariesare those of the civil parish of the same name as set out in the TerritorialDivision Act less the portion in the Parish of St. Mark’s - see below. Theboundaries of the civil parish are: West and south by a line running southfrom the mouth of Halfway Brook to the Old Westmorland Road; thenceeasterly in a direct line to a point distant seventy chains on a course north bythe magnet of the year one thousand eight hundred and fifteen, from thenortheastern angle of lot number one, granted to Samuel DeForest; thence


by a line running in a direct course to the northeastern angle of lot fifty-five,granted to William Thompson, on the north side of Shepody Road, until itintersects the eastern side line of lot number thirty, granted to HenryDouglas, or its prolongation; east by the eastern side line of the said grant toHenry Douglas and its northerly prolongation until it strikes Trout Creek;thence up stream to the southwestern angle of lot number seven, granted toSimon Armstrong; thence north, following the western side line of last-mentioned grant and its northerly prolongation to the Kennebecasis Riverand north by the centre of the Kennebecasis River.

The Parish of St. Mark’s

Although the 1892 report does not list a corporation in the parish one had beencreated by statute - An Act to erect a part of the Parish of Sussex into a separateParish for Ecclesiastical purposes, S.N.B. 1873, c.77. The corporation was TheRector, Church Wardens and Vestry of Saint Marks Church in the Parish of SaintMarks. The Act also established the parish boundaries.

The Anglican Church Act, 2003 changed the name of the corporation to TheCorporation of the Anglican Parish of St. Mark’s. The territory of the parishis as established in 1874: That part of the Parish of Sussex which lies to theeastward of a line commencing on the South Branch of the KennebecasisRiver, on the line of lands owned and occupied by James Mackey and theheirs of the late William McLeod, thence along the western side line of thesaid James Mackey south prolonged until it strikes the Trout Creek, thencedown the said Creek unto the eastern side line of the Doyal farm now ownedby W. A. Stockton and Ann Bowen, thence south along said line until itstrikes the old Cumberland Road, so called, thence along said roadsouthwesterly to the northern angle of lot twenty five, granted to TimothyHering, thence south 30 degrees east to the dividing line between the Parishesof Sussex and Hammond.

The Parish of Waterford

The 1892 report listed the corporation as The Rector, Church Wardens and Vestryof the Church of St. John the Evangelist in the Parish of Waterford.

The Anglican Church Act, 2003 changed the name of the corporation to TheCorporation of the Anglican Parish of Waterford. The boundaries are thoseof the civil parish of the same name as described in the Territorial DivisionAct: South by a line commencing at the southeast angle of Sussex Parish andrunning a direct course to the northeastern angle of lot fifty-five, granted to


William Thompson aforesaid; thence south eighty-eight degrees east to theCounty of Albert; east by the County line; north by Cardwell Parish, andwest by Sussex Parish.

The Parish of Kingston

The 1892 report listed the corporation as The Rector, Church Wardens and Vestryof Trinity Church in the Parish of Kingston.

The Anglican Church Act, 2003 changed the name of the corporation to TheCorporation of the Anglican Parish of Kingston. The boundaries are those ofthe civil parish of the same name as described in the Territorial Division Act:Northwest by Belleisle Bay and Long Reach; southwest by Westfield Parish;southeast by the Kennebecasis Bay and River until it meets the line dividinglots numbered twelve and thirteen in the Kingston grant; thence northerlyalong said line and easterly along the rear of the said grant to the linebetween the lots numbered thirty-three and thirty-four therein; thencenorthwesterly along the prolongation of said line to the Springfield Parishline; thence southwesterly and northerly along said Springfield Parish line toBelleisle Bay, including Long Island, in the Kennebecasis River.


The Parish of Upham

The 1892 report listed the corporation as The Rector, Church Wardens and Vestryof St. Peter’s Church in the Parish of Upham.

The Anglican Church Act, 2003 changed the name of the corporation to TheCorporation of the Anglican Parish of Upham. The boundaries are (1) thoseof the civil parish of the same name as described in the Territorial DivisionAct: North by Norton and Sussex Parishes; east by a line commencing at thesoutheast corner of lot number one, granted to Samuel DeForest, nearCassidy Lake, and running a north and south course from thence; south bythe County line, and westerly by a line starting from a point on the Countyline, where the westerly side line of a three hundred acre lot, granted toThomas Smith, or its prolongation, meets the said County line, and runningnorthwesterly along the side line of said lot to its most westerly corner;thence a course easterly to the northeasterly angle of a three hundred acrelot granted to Richard E. Armstrong, and thence easterly in a direct line tothe northeasterly angle of lot number two, granted to Robert Godfrey;thence northerly by a direct line to the southeasterly angle of lot number six,granted to William Scoullar; thence following the easterly side line of saidScoullar grant to its northeasterly corner on the Hammond River; thencefollowing or crossing the said Hammond River to the southeasterly corner ofa five hundred acre lot, granted to Charles Robertson; thence along theeasterly side line of said Robertson grant to its northeasterly corner; andthence in a direct line to the northeasterly corner of a two hundred acre lotgranted to James Beyea, where is standing a maple tree, and continuing thesame course beyond the said maple tree to the Old Westmorland Road; and(2) the area around the Third lake to its western tip, thence due south to theraod leading from Saint John to Barnesville, thence southeast to the pointwhere Ratcliffe Brook crosses the civil boundary between Simonds and St.Martins, thence across the Wood Lake to where it meets the road from St.Martins to Hampton, thence along centre of said road to the boundarybetween Kings and Saint John Counties, thence along said boundary in anortheasterly direction to the boundary between Upham and Hammond;together with the area served by Holy Trinity Church, Smithtown, and St.Andrew’s Church, French Village, bounded as follows: commencing at apoint at the intersection of the civil parishes of Norton, Hampton, andUpham, proceeding in a straight line southwesterly to the point where theElliott Road joins the McKay Highway, then following the centre of theElliott Road to its junction with the road leading from French Village toSaint John, crossing the said road and continuing in a straight linesoutheasterly to the boundary between Saint John and Kings Counties,thence in a northeasterly direction to the junction between the civil parishes


of Hampton and Upham, thence following the Upham parish line to thestarting point. See the O’Neil register at page 41.

The Parish of Hampton

The 1892 report listed the corporation as The Rector, Church Wardens and Vestryof St. Paul’s Church in the Parish of Hampton.

The Anglican Church Act, 2003 changed the name of the corporation to TheCorporation of the Anglican Parish of Hampton. The boundaries are those ofthe civil parish of the same name as described in the Territorial Division Actless any part thereof that is within the area set off as the Parish of Rothesayor as part of the Parish of Hammond River - (see below): Northwesterly bythe Kennebecasis River and Norton Parish; northeasterly by Norton andUpham Parishes; south by the County line; west by a line commencing at thejunction of the Hammond River with the Kennebecasis River; thence alongthe eastern channel of Hammond River to an island lying between bothbranches of said river, and marked with the letters A, B, K and I in the grantmade to widow Sarah Hunt and others, under the Great Seal of the Provinceof New Brunswick, bearing date the fifth day of March, one thousand sevenhundred and eighty-seven; thence following a base line through said island,and also a base line through a larger adjoining island lying up streammarked C, D, E, F, G and H in said grant, which said lines are the dividinglines between lots number three, four, five and six, in the western division oflots in said grant, and also lots three, four, five and six in the eastern divisionof lots in said grant; thence following the said Hammond River up streamuntil it meets the eastern side line of the farm formerly occupied by LorenzoD. Pierce, in the year one thousand eight hundred and seventy; thence alongsaid line to the base line; thence along said base line until it strikes theeastern side line of the James McCullough farm; thence along that line to theCounty line, including Darlings Island.

The Parish of Rothesay

The Parish of Rothesay was established by an Act of the Legislature in 1870 - AnAct to erect a part of the Parish of Hampton in King’s County, into a separateTown or Parish, S.N.B. 1870, c.56. The corporate name was The Rector, ChurchWardens and Vestry of Trinity Church in the Parish of Rothesay. The name wasformally changed to The Rector, Church Wardens and Vestry of St. Paul’sChurch in the Parish of Rothesay by a bishop’s memorial dated May 17, 1952.


The Anglican Church Act, 2003 changed the name of the corporation to TheCorporation of the Anglican Parish of Rothesay.

The original territory of the parish as set out in the 1870 statute was thatpart of the then civil parish of Hampton southward of a line commencing atthe junction of the Hammond River with the Kennebecasis River, thencefollowing the course of the Hammond River up stream to the Public Ford atthe lands of Josiah Fowler and Craven Langstroth, where the road leading toGolden Grove crosses the said river, and thence along the said road in asoutheasterly direction to the Saint John County line.

The territory of the parish has been diminished by the setting off of areas asthe Parish of Hammond River in 1915, the Parish of Rothesay CollegiateSchool in 1932 and the parish of Renforth in 1932. See below.

The Parish of Hammond River

This parish was created out of the Parish of Rothesay by the bishop on July 12,1915. The parish was described as all that district and territory formerlybelonging to the parishes of Hampton and Rothesay described as beginning at apoint on Forrester’s Cove, being the northerly corner of Lot. No. 38, granted bythe Crown to George Forrester Collins; thence following the northerly boundaryof said grant in a southeasterly direction to the base line of the same; thence in asouthwesterly direction along the base line of the said grant and the adjoininggrants of Lots 37, 36, 35 and 34 until it meets the south-westerly boundary of LotNo. 15, granted to John B. Denomie; thence along said southwesterly boundary ofsaid Lot 15 and the adjoining Lots No. 16, 17, 18 and 19, a lot granted toZephaniah Kingsley, until it meets the northwesterly corner of the lot granted toFrederick William Hicht, thence along the westerly boundary line of saidFrederick William Hicht lot to the southwesterly corner thereof; and thence in asoutheasterly direction along the said Hicht southeasterly boundary line and thesoutheasterly boundary line of adjoining Lot No.,28 granted to Jonathan Bliss andof the lot granted to John Rowley until it meets the boundary line of St. JohnCounty. The whole of Darling’s Island was included in the parish, described asbeginning on the east bank or shore of Darling’s Lake at a point where thesouthwest sideline of Lot. No. 5 in the grant to John Kerr and others, strikes thesaid shore; thence along the said southwest side line of Lot. No. 5 to the rear lineof the said Lot; thence in an easterly direction along the north side line of Lot No.1, in the Grant to Sarah Hunt and others, would strike the north side line of theaforesaid Lot No. 1; thence at right angles or nearly so, in a southerly directionalong the said prolongation, and along the said east or rear line of the aforesaidLot No. 2, until it strikes the rear or base line of the lots granted to HumphreyBull and others; thence following the said last mentioned rear or base line and a


prolongation thereof in a northeasterly direction until it strikes the dividing linebetween the Parishes of Hampton and Norton. That description is found at page99 of the Richardson register.

The O’Neil register contains an entry dated July 3, 1962 recording the “creation”of the Parish of Hammond River consisting of the remainder of the Parish ofHammond River as set out in the Richardson Register, page 99, exclusive of thedistricts of French Village and Smithtown which is now part of the parish ofUpham . . . together with those parts of the parish of Rothesay served by theChurches of St. Augustine, Quispamsis and St Luke’s, Gondola Point notnortheast of a line as follows: commencing at a point where the Shipyard Roadmeets the Kennebecasis River, along the center line of said road to its intersectionwith the road leading from Gondola Point to Saint John; thence in a straight lioneto a point on the Moncton Highway (No. 2 Alternate) 350 feet from its junctionwith the Pettingill Road, continuing across the said Highway in a straight line tothe junction of the line with the McKay Highway, thence in a southeasterlydirection to the line between Kings and Saint John Counties.

The territory of the parish was described in the 1988 memorial creating the Parishof Gondola Point (see below) as follows: the remainder of the EcclesiasticalParish of Hammond River as set out in the O’Neil Register, page 40, exclusive ofthe section set off as the ecclesiastical parish of Gondola Point, as thereindescribed, together with those parts of the Ecclesiastical parish of HammondRiver served by St. Augustine’s Church, Quispamsis and Holy Trinity Church,Quispamsis. The parish was again redefined in the 1991 memorial creating theParish of Quispamsis. See next paragraph. The 1991 memorial assigned thecorporate name of The Rector, Church Wardens and Vestry of the Parish ofHammond River.

The Anglican Church Act, 2003 changed the name of the corporation to TheCorporation of the Anglican Parish of Hammond River. The presentboundaries of the parish appear to be those defined in 1991: Beginningwhere the boundary line of the Village of Gondola Point meets the Town ofQuispamsis at the bridge at Meenans Cove, thence in a southwesterlydirection along the line of the village of Gondola Point until it meets theMeenans Cove Road, and thence along the Meenans Cove Road in aneasterly direction until it meets the Model Farm Road, and thence in asouthwesterly direction along Model Farm Road until it meets Highway #100at the railroad underpass, thence along Highway #100 in an easterlydirection until it meets the present Highway #1, thence in a southwesterlydirection along Highway #1 to the Elliott Road, thence in a northeasterly lineto a point where the Civil Parishes of Hampton, Norton and Upham meet,which is the westerly boundary of the parish of Upham, established in 1962,as found on page 40 of the O’Neil register, and thence along the


northeasterly boundary of the parish of Hammond River as established in1915, page 99 of the Richardson register, to Darling’s Lake, and thence in anortherly direction around darling’s Island until it meets the southerlyboundary of the civil parish of Norton and the Village of Hampton in themiddle of the Kennebecasis River, thence along th Kennebecasis River in asouthwesterly direction until it meets the boundary of the parish of GondolaPoint, and thence along the northerly boundary of the Parish of GondolaPoint to the place of beginning at Meenans Cove.

The Parish of Rothesay Collegiate School

On May 13, 1932 the bishop erected a parish by the name of The parish ofRothesay Collegiate School comprising the land owned by the School.

The Parish of Renforth

By a memorial dated June 22, 1932 erected the Parish of Renforth out of thewesterly part of the Parish of Rothesay.

The Anglican Church Act, 2003 changed the name of the parish corporationto The Corporation of the Anglican Parish of Renforth. The boundaries areas described in the 1932 memorial: Bounded on the north by a line runningfrom the south side of the Riverside Club House on the Rothesay Road toKelley’s Point on the Golden Grove Road, thence by a line running southeasta mile and a half more or less along the said Golden Grove Road to a pointwhere the continuation of Russell Street would meet the said Golden GroveRoad, thence by a straight line running south to the site of the RomanCatholic Church on the Loch Lomond Road, and thence by a straight line tothe corner of Russell Street and the Rothesay Road, to the place of beginning.

The Parish of Central KingsThe Parish of Upper Kennebecasis

The 1892 report listed corporations in each of the parishes of Norton, Springfieldand Studholm - The Rector, Church Wardens and Vestry of Christ Church in theParish of Norton, The Rector, Church Wardens and Vestry of Trinity Church inthe Parish of Springfield and The Rector, Church Wardens and Vestry of theChurch of the Ascension in the Parish of Studholm.

By a memorial dated January 1, 1985 the bishop terminated those corporationsand established two new parishes - Central Kings and Upper Kennebecasis. The


corporate names assigned were The Rector, Church Wardens and Vestry of theParish of central Kings and The Rector, Church Wardens and Vestry of the Parishof Upper Kennebecasis.

The Anglican Church Act, 2003 changed the names of the corporations to TheCorporation of the Anglican Parish of Central Kings and The Corporation ofthe Anglican Parish of Upper Kennebecasis. The boundaries of the parishesare as set out in the 1985 memorial: CENTRAL KINGS: All that area in thepresently established ecclesiastical parishes of Norton and Springfield lyingto the west of the new line of demarcation, and including the presentlyestablished congregations of Christ Church, Bloomfield; Trinity Church,Springfield; and the Church of the Ascension, Lower Norton. UPPERKENNEBECASIS: The portions of the presently established ecclesiasticalparishes of Norton and Springfield, lying east of the newly established line ofdemarcation between this parish and the Parish of Central Kings, and all ofthe presently established ecclesiastical Parish of Studholm, including thepresently established congregations of St. Luke’s, Norton; St. Simon’s & St.Jude’s, Belleisle Creek; and the Church of the Ascension, Apohaqui. The lineof demarcation was described as beginning at the point where the BloomfieldRidge Road intersects the Norton Parish/Upham Parish Boundary (approximately65B 41' Lat. W./45B 30"N.) And extending in a northerly direction to a pointwhere the western limit of Norton Village intersects with Route 121, and thencein a northerly direction to the intersection of Menzies Road and Route 124 andcontinuing through this intersection to the point where this extension intersectsthe Kings County/Queens County boundary.

The boundaries of the civil parishes of Norton Springfield and Studholm are setout in the Territorial Division Act: NORTON PARISH.- East by Sussex andStudholm Parishes; north by Kingston and Springfield Parishes; south by theKennebecasis River and the centre of the old Westmorland Road, and west byKingston Parish and the lower line of lot number fourteen, granted to John Fritch,prolonged southeasterly. SPRINGFIELD PARISH.- North by the County lineand Kars Parish; west by Kars Parish and the line dividing lots number one andnumber eighteen, south of Belleisle Bay, and a part of the line dividing lotsnumber fifteen and number sixteen, in the back settlement; south by a linerunning north sixty degrees east or parallel to the southern base line of theBelleisle Grant, and distant sixty-five chains therefrom, and extending to itsintersection with a line running north from the mouth of Halfway Brook and eastby a direct line from said intersection to the southeast angle of lot number eleven,granted to Henry A. Scovil in range two of Pascobac Brook lots, thencenortheasterly, or in adirect line to the northeast angle of lot letter F, granted toSamuel Foster; thence northeasterly and northerly along the southeastern andeastern line of lot letter V, granted to William S. F. Wilson, to the northeasternangle thereof; thence northeasterly along the southeastern lines of the grant to


John Coy and John Good, to a point intersected by the southeastern prolongationof the northeastern line of lot number one, granted to Samuel Kierstead; thencealong said prolongation and line and its northwestern prolongation to Queenscounty line. STUDHOLM PARISH.- West by Springfield Parish and the linerunning north from the mouth of the Halfway Brook; northwest by the Countyline; east by the western side line of the grant of nine hundred and ninety-sevenacres to Thomas Leonard, the northern prolongation thereof to the County line,and the southerly prolongation thereof to Windgap Brook; thence following theseveral courses of said brook down stream until it intersects a line running southforty-two degrees thirty minutes east by the magnet of the year one thousand eighthundred and thirty-nine from the southwest angle of lot number one south grantedto James Caruth; thence following the said last-mentioned line prolonged toCardwell Parish, and south by Sussex and Cardwell Parishes.

The Parish of Gondola Point

This parish was created by a bishop’s memorial dated May 1, 1988. The corporatename assigned to the parish was The Rector, Church Wardens and Vestry of theParish of Gondola Point.

The Anglican Church Act, 2003 changed the name of the corporation to TheCorporation of the Anglican Parish of Gondola Point. The territory of theparish is as set out in the 1988 memorial which said the new EcclesiasticalParish of Gondola Point would consist of the Village of Gondola Point and aportion of the Village of Fairvale lying within the Ecclesiastical Parish ofHammond River as set out in the O’Neil Register, page 40, together with thatpart of the Ecclesiastical Parish of Hammond River served by St. Luke’sChurch, Gondola Point, more particularly described as follows: Beginning atthe northwest corner of the Village of Gondola Point at a point where themunicipal boundary meets Meehan’s Cove; thence southwesterly along theaforesaid municipal boundary to its intersection with the municipalboundary of the Village of Fairvale; thence southwesterly along theprolongation of the last (sic) line of the boundary of the Ecclesiastical Parishof Rothesay, thence northwesterly along said boundary line to theintersection of the Gondola Point Road and the Shipyard Road; thencesouthwesterly along the center line of aforesaid Shipyard Road to theKennebecasis River to the place of beginning.

The Parish of Quispamsis

This parish was set off from the Parish of Hammond River by memorial datedApril 30, 1991 and registered in the Kings County Registry Office on the same


date in book 894 at page 68 as number 280275. The corporate name assigned wasThe Rector, Church Wardens and Vestry of the Parish of Quispamsis.

The Anglican Church Act, 2003 changed the name of the corporation to TheCorporation of the Anglican Parish of Quispamsis. The 1991 memorial saidthe parish including the congregation of St. Augustine’s Church wouldconsist of all the rest of the Parish of Hammond River of 1988, page 267 inthe Nutter register [the Gondola Point memorial], as outlined on page 40 ofthe O’Neil register, not included in Hammond River as described in the 1991memorial.

The Parish of the Nerepis and St. John

The 1892 report listed corporations in the parishes of Westfield and Greenwich -The Rector, Church Wardens and Vestry of St. Peter’s Church in the Parish ofWestfield and The Rector, Church Wardens and Vestry of St. Paul’s Church inthe Parish of Greenwich.

By a memorial dated October 1, 1987 the bishop realigned the Parishes ofWestfield and Greenwich, terminated the parish of Petersville in Queens Countyand created a new Parish of Grand Bay. The parish of Greenwich was enlarged byadding the area on the west side of the St. John River south of the parish to a linejust north of the Anglican cemetery at Woodman’s Point, i.e. the southerly line ofGrant 1 to Asher Codington, extending in a northwesterly direction along thegrant line to the Campbell Road, following the eastern side of that road northerlyto the Queens County line, and following the County line northeasterly to theParish of Greenwich. The parish was to include the congregations of St. Paul’s,Oak Point, St. James, Brown’s Flat and St. Peter’s, Public Landing. The Parish ofWestfield was to contain the Parish of Petersville, that part of the Parish ofWestfield east of the St. John River and that part of the Parish of Westfield westof the river not added to Greenwich or set apart as the Parish of Grand Bay. Itwas to include the congregations of St. James, Westfield, St. Alban’s , CrystalBeach and St. Luke’s, Welsford. The Parish of Grand Bay was to contain the areaof the Village of Grand Bay bounded on the east by the St. John River, south bythe Saint John County line, west by the Charlotte County line, and north by theVillage of Westfield. The congregation was that of St. John’s, Grand Bay.

The corporate names assigned were The Rector, Church Wardens and Vestry ofthe Parish of Greenwich, The Rector, Church Wardens and Vestry of the Parish ofGrand Bay and The Rector, Church Wardens and Vestry of the Parish ofWestfield. Those names were changed by the Anglican Church Act, 2003 to TheCorporation of the Anglican Parish of Greenwich, The Corporation of theAnglican Parish of Grand Bay and The Corporation of the Anglican Parish ofWestfield.


As of September 1, 2003 the Parishes of Grand Bay, Greenwich, Ketepec andWestfield became one parish to be known as the Parish of the Nerepis and St.John. The community of the Parish of the Nerepis and St. John comprises (a) thecivil parish of Petersville in Queens County and the civil parishes of Greenwichand Westfield in Kings County, all as presently described in the TerritorialDivision Act, and (b) that portion of the civil parish of Lancaster in Saint JohnCounty bounded on the east by the St. John River, on the north by Kings County,on the west by the civil parish of Musquash and on the south by a line runningdue east from the line dividing the civil parishes of Lancaster and Musquash tothe outlet from Spruce Lake to the Spruce Lake Stream and by the Spruce LakeStream from its source to its mouth.

Th name of the church corporation of the Parish of the Nerepis and St. John isThe Corporation of the Anglican Parish of the Nerepis and St. John and, inFrench, La société paroissiale anglicane de Nerepis et St. John.

The necessary memorial is in process at this time.

The boundaries of the civil parishes of Petersville, Greenwich and Westfield aredescribed in the Territorial Division Act: PETERSVILLE PARISH.- Being allthat part of the County southwest of a line beginning where the road from Jones'mill crosses the County line; thence northerly along the said road to the northwestline of lot number one, granted to John Short; thence northeasterly along the sameto the northeast line of lot number five, granted to Sylvanus Haviland; thencenorthwesterly along the same and its northwestern prolongation to the southeastline of lands granted to James Corbett; thence northeasterly along the same to thesouthwest line of the grant to Henry Appleby; thence northwesterly along thesame to the Gagetown Road; thence northeasterly along the same to the northeastline of lot number twenty-five, granted to T. T. Hewlett, and thence northwesterlyalong the same and its northwestern prolongation to the Sunbury County line. GREENWICH PARISH.- Northwest by the County line; southwest by WestfieldParish; southeast, east and northeast by the Saint John River including the islandsin the Long Reach; WESTFIELD PARISH.- On the northwest, south and west, bythe boundary line of the County; and on the northeast by a line beginning on theCounty line between Kings and Queens, intersected by the northwesternprolongation of the line dividing lots number twenty-three and number twenty-four at Devils Back, on the Long Reach; thence southeasterly along saidprolongation and line to the northwestern shore of the Long Reach; thencesoutheasterly in a direct line across the Saint John River to the line dividing lotsnumber twenty-five and number twenty-six, granted to Robert and Caleb Merritt;thence southeasterly along said line and its southeastern prolongation to the rearline of lots fronting on the northwest side of Kennebecasis Bay; thencesouthwesterly along said line to the northeast line of lot number twenty-eight,


granted to Dennis Coombe; thence southeasterly along said line and itssoutheastern prolongation to the County line, including Kennebecasis Island.

The Parish of Havelock

See the Parish of Salisbury and Havelock under Parishes in Westmorland County.

PARISHES IN QUEENS COUNTY

The Parish of Gagetown

The 1892 report listed the Rev. N. C. Hansen as the clergyman in the parish andthe name of the parish corporation as The Rector, Church Wardens and Vestry ofSt. John’s Church in the Parish of Gagetown.

By a memorial dated May 1, 1986 and registered in the Queens CountyRegistry Office on May 28, 1986 in book 76 at page 700 as number 73493 thebishop changed the name of the parish corporation to The Corporation ofthe Anglican Parish of Gagetown. The Anglican Church Act, 2003 continuesthat name.

The boundaries of the parish are probably those of the civil parish of thesame name as described in the Territorial Division Act: Northwest by theCounty line; southwest by Petersville Parish; northeast by the Saint JohnRiver; south and southeast by a line beginning on the western shore of theSaint John River at the northeast angle of lot number thirty-seven, grantedto George Sweet; thence westerly along the northwest angle of same; thencesouth fifty-two degrees west, or to the southeast angle of lot number twenty-five, granted to T. T. Hewlett, on the northwestern side of the GagetownRoad, including Grimross Island.

The civil parish of Hampstead is adjacent and the church at Queenstown is in thatparish. No clergyman or corporation was listed for Hampstead in the 1892 report.The boundaries of the civil parish are: Northwest by Gagetown Parish; southwestby Petersville Parish; southeast by the County line and by the Saint John River,including Upper Musquash Island and Spoon Island and the western half of LongIsland to be determined by a line running lengthwise through the centre of theisland from the head to the foot of the same.

The Parish of Minto and Chipman


The 1892 report listed the Rev. E. P. Hurley as the clergyman in the Parish ofCanning and the corporation as The Rector, Church Wardens and Vestry ofTrinity Church in the Parish of Canning.

The village of Minto straddles the Sunbury-Queen’s County line which also is theline between the Parish of Canning in Queen’s County and the Parish ofNorthfield in Sunbury.

By a memorial dated February 1, 1993 the bishop changed the name of thecorporation from The Rector, Church Wardens and Vestry of the Parish ofCanning and Chipman to The Corporation of the Anglican Parish of Minto andChipman. The memorial was not registered in either Sunbury or Queens county.

The Anglican Church Act, 2003 continues the name of The Corporation of theAnglican Parish of Minto and Chipman. Presumably the legal boundaries ofthe parish are those of the civil parishes of Canning and Chipman asdescribed in the Territorial Division Act: CANNING PARISH.- Northeast byChipman Parish; northwest by the County line; southwest by the Saint JohnRiver, and southeast by Cambridge and Waterborough Parishes.

CHIPMAN PARISH.- Northwest and northeast by the County lines;southwest by a line beginning on the Sunbury County line, intersected by thenorthern line of lot number nine on the eastern side of the Hardwood RidgeRoad; thence easterly along said line to the northeast angle of said lot; thencesouth forty-five degrees east to Salmon Bay; thence southeasterly in a directline to Indian Point; thence easterly up the northeast arm of Grand Lake toCoal Creek; thence easterly up Coal Creek to the southeast angle of lotnumber one, surveyed for Malcolm Carmichael, at the Round Turns on saidCoal Creek; thence northeasterly parallel to the northwest line of BrunswickParish to the County line.

The Parish of Johnston

The 1892 report listed the Rev. C. P. Hanington as the clergyman and thecorporate name as The Rector, Church Wardens and Vestry of St. John’s Churchin the Parish of Johnston. Presumably at that time the boundaries were those ofthe civil parish as described in the Territorial Division Act: Southwest byWickham and Cambridge Parishes; northwest by the prolongation of a linerunning north fifty-four degrees east by the magnet of the year one thousandseven hundred and eighty-six, from the west angle of the grant to Samuel Hughes,at Lower Cambridge; east by the east line of lot number eleven, granted to A. C.Starrit, on the north side of the Canaan River above Coles Island and its northernand southern prolongation, and southeast by the County line.


By a bishop’s memorial dated June 26, 1968 and registered in the Queens CountyRegistry Office on June 27, 1968 in book G-6 at page 653 as number 52646 thatpart of the parish served by All Saints Church at Bagdad was added to the Parishof Cambridge and Waterborough.

It seems that at some time the parish in some fashion had added to it the civilparishes of Brunswick and Wickham. By a bishop’s memorial dated June 15,1988 and registered in the Queens County Registry Office on June 17, 1988 inbook 97 at pages 418 to 420 as number 76759 it was declared that the Parish ofCambridge and Waterborough was extended by adding areas of the Parishes ofBrunswick, Johnston and Wickham. The area of the civil parish of Johnstondescribed in that memorial would include the area served by the church atBagdad. See below under The Parish of Cambridge and Waterborough.

The Anglican Church Act, 2003 changed the name of the parish corporationto The Corporation of the Anglican Parish of Johnston. The area of theecclesiastical parish seems to be that part of the civil Parish of Johnston thatis not included in the Parish of Cambridge and Waterborough.

The Parish of Cambridge and Waterborough

The 1892 report listed the Rev. E. P. Hurley as the clergyman in the parishes ofCambridge and Waterborough. It listed a corporation only in Cambridge - TheRector, Church Wardens and Vestry of St. John’s Church in the Parish ofCambridge. At some time the ecclesiastical parish seems to have become knownas the Parish of Cambridge and Waterborough. The 1988 memorial referred tobelow assigned to the corporation of the expanded parish the name “The Rector,Church Wardens, and Vestry of the Parish of Cambridge and Waterborough.”

The Anglican Church Act, 2003 changed the name of the parish corporationto The Corporation of the Anglican Parish of Cambridge and Waterborough.The boundaries of the parish include the civil parishes of those names andthree areas added from the parishes of Brunswick, Johnston and Wickhamby the bishop’s memorial referred to above under the Parish of Johnston:

CAMBRIDGE PARISH.- Beginning on the northeastern shore of the SaintJohn River, at the southeast angle of lot number sixteen, granted to IsaacGilbert; thence following the course of the lower or southeastern line of saidlot numbered sixteen northeasterly until it meets the waters of the GrandLake; thence by the waters of the Grand Lake to the road leading from MillCove on the said lake, to Fowlers Cove on the Washademoak Lake; thencesoutheasterly by said road to Washademoak Lake; thence southwesterly bythe waters of the Washademoak Lake and through the Colwells Creek and


Lawson Passage to the Saint John River; and thence following the shore ofthe Saint John River up stream to the place of beginning.

WATERBOROUGH PARISH.- Southeast by Johnston and BrunswickParishes; northeast by the County line; northwest by Chipman Parish and aline along the centre of Grand Lake from the mouth of Coal Creek to MillCove, and southwest by Cambridge Parish.

Added areas: (1) That part of the civil Parish of Brunswick beginning at apoint where the Canaan River in its southwesterly flow meets the BrunswickParish line, then travelling along the said line in a northerly direction until itmeets the Waterborough Parish line, then along the Waterborough Parishline in a northeasterly direction until it meets a power line, running along thepower line in a easterly direction until it meets highway 112 just east ofCanaan Forks, then in a southwesterly direction along the middle of theCanaan River until the point of beginning.

(2) Beginning at a point where the Brunswick Parish line meets the CanaanRiver, then along the Brunswick - Johnston parish line for about two miles ina southernly direction, then in a southwesterly direction to a point where theStarkey Road meets the Tans Canada Highway east of Coles Island, then in asoutherly direction until it meets the Johnston - Springfield Parish line nearSmith’s Corner, then in a southwesterly direction along the Johnston -Springfield Parish line until it meets the Wickham Parish line, then along theWickham Parish line in a northwesterly direction until it meets theCambridge Parish line in the middle of Washademoak Lake, then in anortherly direction in the middle of Washademoak Lake until it reaches theCanaan River, then along the middle of the Canaan River until it meets theTans Canada Highway, then in a westerly direction along the Trans CanadaHighway until it meets the Waterborough Parish line, then in a northeasterlydirection along the Waterborough Parish line until it meets the BrunswickParish line, then in a southerly direction along the Brunswick Parish line to apoint of beginning.

(3) That part of the Parish of Wickham beginning at a point where theWickham - Johnston Parish line meets Mill Brook, then southerly along MillBrook towards Big Cove, then westerly running up the middle of Big Coveuntil it meets the Cambridge Parish line in the middle of WashademoakLake, then in a northerly direction up the Washademoak Lake until it meetsthe Wickham Parish line, then southwesterly along the said Parish line to thepoint of beginning.

The Parish of Petersville


The 1892 report listed the Rev. W. B. Armstrong as the clergyman and thecorporate name of The Rector, Church Wardens and Vestry of St. Peter’s Churchin the Parish of Petersville. It was amalgamated with the Parishes of Westfield in1987 and is now part of the Parish of the Nerepis and St. John. See under Parishesin Kings County.

PARISHES IN SUNBURY COUNTY

The Parish of Oromocto

In 1786 two Towns or Parishes were created in Sunbury County southwest of theSt. John River. The Parish of Burton was described as bounded south by thecounty line, east by the St. John River to the Oromocto River, north by the middleof the channel of the Oromocto River to the point of land at its forks inShearman’s Grant, thence south 55 degrees west to the easterly line of CharlotteCounty, including Mager’s and Ox Islands. The Parish of Lincoln comprised theremainder of the county southwest of the St. John River. In 1834 the Parish ofBlissville (which is now part of the ecclesiastical parish of Fredericton Junction)was constituted comprising all of the Parishes of Lincoln and Burton south of aline running north 66 degrees west through the south point of the Gary block, socalled, from the Queen’s County line to the York County line.

Although the church at Rusagonis in the Parish of Lincoln was served fromOromocto for some time it is doubtful if the civil Parish of Lincoln was everlegally part of the ecclesiastical parish of Burton. See the notes re the Parish ofNew Maryland in York County.

The 1892 report gave the name of the parish corporation as The Rector, ChurchWardens and Vestry of St. John’s Church, in the Parish of Burton.

The bishop changed the name of the corporation to The Anglican Parish ofOromocto by a memorial dated August 1, 1972 and registered in the SunburyCounty Registry Office on August 28, 1972 in book 112 at pages 994-995 asnumber 37755.

The Anglican Church Act, 2003 changed the name of the parish corporationto The Corporation of the Anglican Parish of Oromocto. The territory of theparish is bounded by the Queen’s County line, the St. John River, theOromocto River and the ecclesiastical parish of Fredericton Junction.

The Parish of Maugerville


The civil Parish of Maugerville which today extends from the St. John River tothe Northumberland County line originally extended only 25 miles from the river.

The 1892 report gave The Rector, Church Wardens and Vestry of Christ-church,in the Parish of Maugerville as the name of the parish corporation. A memorial in1978 assigned the name The Rector, Church Wardens and Vestry of the Parish ofMaugerville. See the notes re the Parish of Marysville.

The Anglican Church Act, 2003 changes the name of the parish corporationto The Corporation of the Anglican Parish of Maugerville. The territory ofthe parish is that of the civil parish of the same name, i.e. the area boundedon the northwest by York County, on the north by Northumberland County,on the southeast by the lower line of lot number 4 granted to NathanielUnderhill and D. Palmer, Jr. and its prolongation northeasterly, and southby the St. John River.

The Parish of Fredericton Junction

The civil Parish of Blissville (see under the Parish of Oromocto) created in 1834was divided and the Parish of Gladstone was created in 1874. Gladstone took inthe area west and northwest of the Oromocto River from where it met theBlissville- Burton parish line upstream to the main forks, the south branch of theOromocto River to the mouth of Dan’s Brook, a lime running from there west tothe George Scott Road and following the George Scott Road to and across theDouglas Valley Road southwesterly to the Charlotte County line.

The 1892 report did not list any clergymen or corporations in either of theParishes of Blissville or Gladstone.

By a memorial dated November 22, 1972 and registered in the Sunbury CountyRegistry Office on December 7, 1972 in book 114 at pages 297-298 as number38045 the bishop changed the name of the parish corporation to The AnglicanParish of Fredericton Junction.

The Anglican Church Act, 2003 changed the name of the parish corporationto The Corporation of the Anglican Parish of Fredericton Junction. Theterritory of the parish comprises the civil Parishes of Blissville andGladstone, i.e the area bounded by the civil Parishes of Burton and Lincolnon the north, York County on the northwest, Charlotte County on the southand Queen’s County on the southeast.

PARISHES IN YORK COUNTY


The Parish of Fredericton

The parish originally comprised the area within the original limits of the civilparish of Fredericton which were described as follows: southeast by the lower lineof the County of York, northwest by the lower line of the Grant to Colonel IsaacAllen and others, to its south angle, on the southwest by a line running from thatangle southeast to the lower line of the County, on the northeast by the shore ofthe River Saint John. The Parish of St. Margaret’s was set off in 1990. Thecorporate name was The Rector, Church Wardens and Vestry of Christ Church inthe Parish of Fredericton.

The Anglican Church Act, 2003 changed the name of the parish corporationto The Corporation of the Anglican Parish of Fredericton. The parish is nowbounded on the northwest by the lower line of the Grant to Colonel IsaacAllen and others, on the southwest by a line from the south angle of thatGrant to the Parish of St. Margaret’s, on the southeast by the Parish of St.Margaret’s, and on the northeast by the St. John River.

The Parish of St. Margaret’s

The original St. Margaret’s Church on Lincoln Road in Fredericton wasphysically located in the Parish of Fredericton and for many years was served bythe clergy of Christ Church (St. Anne’s) in that parish. In 1967 the bishopappointed a full time Vicar of St. Margaret’s. Because division of the Parish ofFredericton would have entailed a division of the substantial assets of the parishcorporation no territory was set off at that time. Instead application was made tothe Legislature for an Act to create an extra-parochial corporation for St.Margaret’s. See An Act to Incorporate the Rector, Church Wardens and Vestry ofSaint Margaret’s Church in the Parish of Fredericton, S.N.B. 1968 (1st session) c.83. That Act was repealed by the Anglican Church Act, 2003.

In 1990 part of the Parish of Fredericton was set off as the Parish of St.Margaret’s. The bishop’s memorial dated November 26, 1990 was registered inthe York County Registry Office on December 6, 1990 in book 1404 at pages558-560 as number 338170. The corporate name assigned was The Rector,Church Wardens and Vestry of the Parish of St. Margaret’s. An agreement wasmade with the Parish of Fredericton respecting a division of assets.

The memorial described the territory of the parish - see next paragraph.

The Anglican Church Act, 2003 changed the name of the parish corporationto The Corporation of the Anglican Parish of St. Margaret’s. The parish isbounded by the St. John River, Sunbury County, the Parish of New


Maryland, Highway 101 from New Maryland to the intersection of the thenTrans-Canada Highway with Regent Street, thence east to College Hill Road(incorrectly called College Street in the memorial), north on College HillRoad to the U.N.B. campus, through the campus to University Avenue andthen along Alexandra Street and its prolongation to the river.

The Parish of St. Peter, Fredericton

This parish comprised the civil parish of Kingsclear which was described in 1786as being bounded on the southeast by Fredericton and the lower line of thecounty, northwest by the lower line of Prince William and a continuation thereof12 miles into the Country, on the southwest by a line running from thencesoutheast to the lower line of the county and on the northeast by the shore of theRiver Saint John including the islands in front. That area included portions ofwhat are now the civil parishes of New Maryland and Manners Sutton.

In 1892 the name of the corporation was The Rector, Church Wardens and Vestryof St. Peter’s Church in the Parish of Kingsclear. The corporate name waschanged to The Corporation of the Anglican Parish of St. Peter, Fredericton by abishop’s memorial dated December 1, 1979 and registered in the York Countyregistry Office on December 10, 1979 in book 756 at page 780 as number 240413.

The Anglican Church Act, 2003 continues the name of the parish corporationas The Corporation of the Anglican Parish of St. Peter, Fredericton. Thepresent boundaries are the Parish of Prince William on the northwest to apoint 12 miles from the St. John River, on the southwest by a line fromthence to the Parish of New Maryland, on the southeast by the Parish of NewMaryland and the original boundary of the civil Parish of Fredericton andon the northeast by St. John River including the islands in front. (Some of theislands are now in the civil Parish of Douglas).

The Parish of New Maryland

The civil Parish of New Maryland was created in 1850. The 1892 report listed theRev. F. Alexander as the clergyman in the parish. No corporate name wasreported.

A bishop’s memorial dated January 1, 1980 and registered in the York CountyRegistry Office on January 8, 1980 in book 758 at page 522 as number 240866purported to set off from the ecclesiastical Parish of Oromocto (formerly Burton)that part of the civil Parish of Lincoln in Sunbury County bounded by the Parishof Gladstone, the C.P.R. (or where it used to be), and the York-Sunbury county


line. (The memorial was not registered in Sunbury County). Was the civil Parishof Lincoln ever legally part of the ecclesiastical Parish of Burton? The church atRusagonis was apparently served from Oromocto. There is also an erroneousreference in the memorial to the Parish of St. Margaret which at that date did notexist in the territorial sense. The memorial designated The Rector, ChurchWardens and Vestry of the Parish of New Maryland as the name of the parishcorporation.

The Anglican Church Act, 2003 changed the name of the parish corporationto The Corporation of the Anglican Parish of New Maryland. The parishcomprises the civil Parish of New Maryland together with that part of thecivil Parish of Lincoln in Sunbury County bounded by the Parish ofGladstone, the C.P.R. (or where it used to be), and the York-Sunbury countyline.

The Parish of Prince William, Dumfries, Queensbury and Southampton

Prince William and Dumfries are civil parishes on the southwest side of the St.John River; Queensbury and Southampton are civil parishes on the northeast sideof the river. The 1892 report listed the Rev. C. T. Easton as the clergyman inPrince William and Dumfries and the Rev. Scovil Neales in Queensbury andSouthampton. There were four corporations listed - The Rector, Church Wardensand Vestry of St. Clement’s Church in the Parish of Prince William, The Rector,Church Wardens and Vestry of St. Paul’s Church in the Parish of Dumfries, TheRector, Church Wardens and Vestry of Trinity Church in the Parish ofQueensbury and The Rector, Church Wardens and Vestry of St. Luke’s Church inthe Parish of Southampton. Synod Journals in the 1920s and 1930s show all fourbeing served by the came clergyman. In parish listings Prince William andDumfries were for a time listed together as were Queensbury and Southampton.From 1932 they were listed as Prince William and Dumfries cum Queensbury andSouthampton. A 1946 deed registered in the York County Registry office namedas grantors and was executed by The Rector, Church Wardens and Vestry of St.John’s Church in the parish of Queensbury and The Rector, Church Wardens andVestry of St. Luke’s Church in the parish of Southampton. There is no record offormal amalgamation of the parishes or their corporations.

The Anglican Church Act, 2003 assigned the corporate name of TheCorporation of the Anglican Parish of Prince William, Dumfries,Queensbury and Southampton. The boundaries of the parish are those of thefour civil parishes, described in the Territorial Division Act as follows:

t PRINCE WILLIAM PARISH.- Southeast by Kingsclear and MannersSutton Parishes; southwest by the eastern lines of the grants to the NewBrunswick and Canada Railway and Land Company, east of the Canadian


Pacific Railroad, said lines being commonly called, "The Belt Line,"northwest by the lower line of lot numbered one hundred and forty-three,granted to the rector, church wardens and vestry of Saint Clement's church,in said parish, and its southwesterly prolongation; northeast by the SaintJohn River.

DUMFRIES PARISH.- Southeast by Prince William Parish; northeast by theSaint John River; west and northwest by the upper sideline of lot numberedsix, granted to John Benn, and a line running southwesterly from thesouthwest angle thereof, parallel to the upper line of Prince William Parish;and southwest by eastern lines of the grants to the New Brunswick andCanada Railway and Land Company, east of the Canadian Pacific Railroad,being commonly called "The Belt Line," and the said Belt Line beingcontinued northerly as surveyed by Deputy Alfred Whitehead, in the yearone thousand eight hundred and fifty-nine.

QUEENSBURY PARISH.- Northeast by Bright Parish; south and southwestby the Saint John River; and northwest by a line commencing at the SaintJohn River, at the southern angle of lot number one, granted to JosephCunliff, near the mouth of the Nackawic Stream; thence runningnortheasterly along the lower or southeastern line of said lot and itsprolongation until it strikes the southwestern line of land granted to WilliamDobie, in Caverhill; thence northwesterly along the said line of said grantand its prolongation till it strikes the southeastern line of a grant to HenryMorehouse and three others; thence northeasterly along the line of saidgrant to its eastern angle; thence northwesterly along the northeast side ofthe said grant till it strikes the East Branch Nackawic Stream; thencefollowing the course of the said river up stream to the forks at the mouth ofthe Burtt Lake Branch and thence following the course of the said BurttLake Branch up stream till it strikes the line of the parish of Bright.

SOUTHAMPTON PARISH.- Northwest by the County line; northeast byBright Parish; southeast by Queensbury Parish; and south by the Saint JohnRiver.

The Parish of McAdam

The area now in the civil Parish of McAdam was until 1894 part of the Parishesof Prince William and Dumfries. Bishop Richardson issued a memorial datedApril 25, 1922 reciting that there had been established in the civil Parish ofMcAdam an ecclesiastical Parish or Mission of the Church of England and thatthe limits or boundaries of the ecclesiastical Parish or Mission had not beendefined and fixed. The bishop declared those limits or boundaries to be


coterminous with the limits or boundaries of the civil parish. The memorial wasnot registered in the York County Registry Office.

The Anglican Church Act, 2003 assigns the parish corporation the name ofThe Corporation of the Anglican Parish of McAdam.

The Territorial Division Act defines the parish limits as follows: East byDumfries and Prince William Parishes; southeast by Manners Sutton Parish;south and southwest by the County line and the International Boundary;northwest by the southwesterly prolongation of a line running southwesterlyand parallel to the upper line of Prince William Parish from the southwestangle of lot number six, granted to John Benn below Shogomoc Stream.

The Parish of Canterbury, Benton and Kirkland

Canterbury is a civil parish in York County west of the St. John River bounded onthe north by Carleton County. There are churches at Kirkland and Benton whichare respectively located in the civil parishes of Richmond and Woodstock inCarleton County.

The 1892 report on parishes listed a corporation in the Parish of Canterbury - TheRector, Church Wardens and Vestry of Trinity Church in the Parish ofCanterbury.The bishop issued a memorial dated September 1, 1973 reciting that St. Paul’sChurch at Kirkland was in the Parish of Richmond and that a readjustment of thatparish was taking place; the memorial incorporated the area served by St. Paul’sChurch at Kirkland into the ecclesiastical parish of Canterbury. That memorialhas not been found in searches at the Carleton and York County Registry Offices.The registry office search did turn up a somewhat peculiar deed dated April 13,1926 and registered on the same date in the Carleton County Registry Office inbook 132 at pages 20-22 as number 70532. The deed was made between TheRector, Church Wardens and Vestry of Christ Church in the Parish of Woodstockas grantor and The Bishop of Fredericton in trust as grantee. It recited that bythree separate deeds in 1886, 1891 and 1895 John Appleby and his wife hadconveyed to The Rector, Church Wardens and Vestry of Christ Church in theParish of Woodstock three contiguous parcels of land “for the use and benefit ofthe members of the Church of England in and about Benton . . . and upon certainfurther trusts set out in the instruments”. It further recited that the members of theChurch of England in and about Benton ”have and belong to their own churchorganization, separate and distinct from” the Woodstock parish corporation andhad so managed their affairs for many years past, in conjunction with the Parishof Canterbury and that the members of the Church of England in and aboutBenton had requested the Woodstock corporation to convey the property to theBishop in trust for their use and benefit. It further appears from the deed that the


Applebys had conveyed one lot to the Woodstock corporation “in trust for the useand benefit of the members of the Church of England in and about Benton to beconveyed to a parish incorporation at Benton when it was so organized.” Thesecond and third parcels were conveyed in trust for use as a burial ground and tobe transferred to a parish corporation when organized.

The bishop issued a memorial dated September 1, 1973 reciting that theecclesiastical parishes of Benton and Canterbury had been separate ecclesiasticalparishes. The memorial purported to amalgamate the Parish of Benton into theParish of Canterbury and said the boundaries of the new (sic) ecclesiastical Parishof Canterbury should be the area served by Holy Trinity Church, Canterbury,Saint Mary the Virgin Church at Benton and Saint Paul’s Church at Kirkland. Thememorial made no reference to the names of the corporations. That memorial hasnot been found in searches at the Carleton and York County Registry Offices.

Title to the Benton properties is probably still vested in The Bishop of Frederictonin trust.

The Anglican Church Act, 2003 changed the name of the parish corporationto The Corporation of the Anglican Parish of Canterbury, Benton andKirkland. The territory of the parish comprises the areas served by HolyTrinity Church, Canterbury, Saint Mary the Virgin Church at Benton andSaint Paul’s Church at Kirkland.

The Parish of Douglas and Nashwaaksis

The name of the parish corporation was reported in 1892 as The Rector, ChurchWardens and Vestry of St. John’s Church in the Parish of Douglas.By a memorial dated February 3, 1975 and registered in the York CountyRegistry Office on March 18, 1975 in book 585 at pages 825-826 as number197948 the bishop changed the name of the corporation to The Anglican Parish ofDouglas and Nashwaaksis. By a further memorial in 1999 the name was changedto The Corporation of the Anglican Parish of Douglas and Nashwaaksis.

The Anglican Church Act, 2003 continues the same corporate name, i.e. TheCorporation of the Anglican Parish of Douglas and Nashwaaksis. The parishcomprises the civil parish of Douglas the boundaries of which are describedin the Territorial Division Act as follows: DOUGLAS PARISH.- South andsoutheast by the Saint John River and the City of Fredericton; west by a linecommencing at the mouth of the Keswick River; thence following the variouscourses of the said Keswick River up to the mouth of the Howard Brook;thence by the magnet of the year one thousand eight hundred and sixty-ninenorth forty degrees west till it strikes the County line; northwest by the

2 By a memorial dated October 1, 1962 and registered in the York County Registry Officeon October 2, 1962 in book 363 at pages 303-304 as number 139036.


County line, and east by Stanley and Saint Marys Parishes, including UpperShores, Lower Shores, Mitchells, Merrithews and Keswick Islands, and thenorth range of lots, comprising lots number one to number nine, inclusive,and number thirty-seven to number seventy-one, inclusive, on Sugar Island.

The Parish of St. Mary, York

The corporate name was reported in 1892 as The Rector, Church Wardens andVestry of St. Mary’s Church in the Parish of St. Mary’s. The name, The Rector,Church Wardens and Vestry of the Parish of St. Mary (York), was assigned by thebishop’s memorial of October 26, 1988 purporting to annex part of the Parish ofMarysville. See the notes under The Parish of Marysville.

The Anglican Church Act, 2003 changed the name of the corporation to TheCorporation of the Anglican Parish of St. Mary, York. This parish would atone time have comprised the whole of the civil parish of St. Mary’s as it thenexisted. It now comprises (1) the area within the City of Fredericton boundedon the northeast and southeast by the Parish of Marysville, on the southwestby the St. John River and on the northwest by the Parish of Douglas andNashwaaksis and (2) that part of the civil parish of St. Mary’s bounded bythe Parish of Marysville, the City of Fredericton, the St. John River and theSunbury county line. See the notes re the Parish of Marysville.

The Parish of Marysville

This ecclesiastical parish was set off from the Parish of St. Mary’s by a bishop’smemorial dated August 1, 1962 and registered in the York County Registry Officeon July 27, 1962 in book 361 at pages 635-636 as number 138405. The area setoff was described as the portion of the Parish of St. Mary’s lying northeasterly ofthe then Fredericton city limits and of a line running from the point where thoselimits intersected the western bank of the Nashwaaksis River to, andperpendicular to, the Sunbury County line.

By a second memorial dated July 1, 1978 and registered July 28, 1978 in book705 at pages 313-315 as number 227363 there was added to the parish an area thatin 1962 had been set off from the Parish of St. Mary’s and added to the Parish ofMaugerville.2 The area was described as being the portion of the Parish of St,.Mary’s bounded northeasterly by the Parish of Marysville, southeasterly by the


Sunbury County line, and northwesterly by a line running from the northeasterlyend of the Princess Margaret Bridge to, and perpendicular to, the southwesterlyboundary of the Parish of Marysville.

Both the 1962 and 1978 memorials assigned the corporate name The Rector,Church Wardens and Vestry of the Parish of Marysville.

A third memorial dated October 26, 1988 and registered on October 31, 1988 inbook 1215 at pages 317-318 as number 316727 purported to set off from theParish of Marysville and add to the Parish of St. Mary (York) part of the civilparish of St. Mary’s bounded by the York-Sunbury county line on the southeast,thence west to the Princess Margaret Bridge, then northerly “until you meet theYork-Sunbury county line.” That description is incomprehensible. A line runningnorth from the Princess Margaret Bridge would never intersect the York-Sunburycounty line. It would intersect the line between the civil parishes of Saint Mary’sand Stanley and eventually the York-Northumberland county line. The intent wasto place Holy Trinity Church and especially the churchyard under the care of St.Mary (York). The same description as had been used in the 1962 and 1978memorials referred to immediately above should have been replicated.

The Anglican Church Act, 2003 changed the name of the corporation to TheCorporation of the Anglican Parish of Marysville. The parish boundaries arethose originally fixed in 1962, i.e. the portion of the civil Parish of St. Mary’slying northeasterly of the then Fredericton city limits and of a line runningfrom the point where those limits intersected the western bank of theNashwaaksis River to, and perpendicular to, the Sunbury County line.

The Parish of Bright; The Parish of Stanley

The 1892 report listed the corporations’ names as The Rector Church Wardensand Vestry of ------------- in the Parish of Bright and The Rector Church Wardensand Vestry of St. Thomas’ Church in the Parish of Stanley.Bishop Richardson’s register, at page 53, records that the bishop had given noticeto the two church corporations of his intention to set off from the Parish ofDouglas and attach to the Parish of Stanley that part of the Parish of Douglas then“being worked” with the Parish of Stanley. There is a plan in the register showingthe area to be set off. It is not according to scale but shows a rectangular areaadjacent to the parish line and taking in Curryburg (sic), Fredericksburg, TaySettlement, Stone Settlement, Woodlands and Cardigan Settlement. I have notfound any record of the actual setting off. St. James Church at Tay Creek iscertainly de facto in the ecclesiastical Parish of Stanley. Is there still a church atNapadogan? If so, it is physically in the civil parish of Douglas.


The Anglican Church Act, 2003 changed the names of the corporations to TheCorporation of the Anglican Parish of Bright and The Corporation of theAnglican Parish of Stanley. The boundaries of the parishes are the same asfor the civil parishes except that the area around St. James’ Church at TayCreek is in the ecclesiastical parish of Stanley. The boundaries of the civilparishes are set out in the Territorial Division Act as follows: BRIGHTPARISH.- Northwest by the County line; northeasterly by Douglas Parish;southeasterly by the Saint John River, and southwesterly by the northeastline of lot number fifty-nine, granted to Jonathan Williams, and itsnorthwesterly prolongation to the County line.

STANLEY PARISH.- All that part of the County bounded southerly andwesterly by a line running east from the northwest angle of the grant to D.Campbell and others, and a line running from said angle southerly along thevarious courses of the western rear line of the grants to D. Campbell andassociates, and D. Lyman and associates, to the south branch of the DunbarStream; thence up the same to the rear line of lots fronting on the east side ofthe Cardigan Road; thence northerly along the various courses of the saidrear line to the northeastern angle of lot number forty-four, granted to J. W. Jouett; thence north to the County line.

PARISHES IN CARLETON COUNTY

The Parish of Woodstock

The statutory boundaries of the civil Parish of Woodstock are: South by theboundary of the County; east by the Saint John River; north by the lower line oflot number one, granted to Caleb Phillips, and its prolongation westerly; and westby the rear or western line of the second tier of lots west of the Saint John Riverto Eel River, including all the islands in front.

The name of the parish corporation was reported in 1892 as The Rector, ChurchWardens and Vestry of Christ Church in the Parish of Woodstock. Benton isgeographically located in that civil parish. See the notes under the Parish ofCanterbury about the church there and its transfer to the ecclesiastical Parish ofCanterbury.

The Anglican Church Act, 2003 changed the name of the parish corporationto The Corporation of the Anglican Parish of Woodstock. The boundaries ofthe parish are those of the civil parish, i.e. South by the boundary of theCounty; east by the Saint John River; north by the lower line of lot numberone, granted to Caleb Phillips, and its prolongation westerly; and west by therear or western line of the second tier of lots west of the Saint John River to


Eel River, including all the islands in front, except the area served by SaintMary the Virgin Church at Benton.

The Parish of Richmond

Richmond is a civil parish in southeasterly Carleton County the boundaries ofwhich are described in the Territorial Division Act as follows: North by theMeduxnakeag River and the South Branch Meduxnakeag River; easterly byWoodstock Parish; westerly by the International Boundary, and southerly by thecounty boundary.

The name of the parish corporation was reported in 1892 as being The Rector,Church Wardens and Vestry of St. John’s Church in the Parish of Richmond.

On September 1, 1973 the bishop issued a memorial reciting that St. Paul’sChurch at Kirkland was in the Parish of Richmond and that a readjustment of thatparish was taking place; the memorial incorporated the area served by St. Paul’sChurch at Kirkland into the ecclesiastical parish of Canterbury. That memorialhas not been found in searches at the Carleton and York County Registry Offices.

The bishop issued a memorial dated September 1, 1973 reciting that Holy Trinity,Hartland was part of the ecclesiastical parish of Aberdeen and Brighton and thatthe churches of that parish were coming under the pastoral care of neighbouringparishes; the memorial incorporated the area served by Holy Trinity Church,Hartland into the ecclesiastical parish of Richmond and stated that the boundariesof the new (sic) ecclesiastical parish of Richmond should be that area served bySt. John’s Church, Richmond Corner, St. Mark’s Church, Jackson Falls and HolyTrinity Church, Hartland. Although the memorial is dated September 1 theaffidavit of the subscribing witness says it was executed on June 29, 1973. Heraffidavit was sworn on July 6, 1973 and the memorial was registered in theCarleton County Registry Office on August 16, 1973 in book 239 at pages 913-914 as number 121158.

St. Mark’s Church at Jackson Falls is north of the Meduxnekeag River in the civilparish of Wakefield. It was probably served from Woodstock in earlier times asthe 1892 report lists Canon Neales as the clergyman for the three parishes ofWoodstock, Wakefield and Northampton.

The Anglican Church Act, 2003 changed the name of the parish corporationto The Corporation of the Anglican Parish of Richmond. The boundaries ofthe parish are as described in the 1973 memorial, i.e. that area served by St.John’s Church, Richmond Corner, St. Mark’s Church, Jackson Falls andHoly Trinity Church, Hartland.


The Parish of Wicklow, Wilmot, Peel and Aberdeen

There are civil parishes so named the boundaries of which are described in theTerritorial Division Act as follows:

WICKLOW PARISH.- North by the River de Chute; westerly by the County line;east by the Saint John River, and south by Simonds Parish and Wilmot Parish,including all the islands in front.

WILMOT PARISH.- North by the Westerly prolongation of the northernboundary of Simonds Parish; west by the County line; south by Wakefield Parishand east by Simonds Parish.

PEEL PARISH.- Southerly and southeasterly by Brighton Parish; easterly byAberdeen Parish; north by a line running true east from the southeast angle ofWicklow Parish; and west by the Saint John River.

ABERDEEN PARISH.- Beginning at the northwestern angle of lot number ten,granted to William Woodforde, on the Cold Stream; thence running by themagnet of the year one thousand eight hundred and fifty-seven north seventy-twodegrees west eight chains to the eastern line of a reserved road, thence followingthe several courses of the said road by the base line of the lots in a northerlydirection to the northwest angle of the lot letter "I", granted to William Bain;thence south seventy-two degrees and thirty minutes east by the magnet of theyear one thousand eight hundred and sixty-one, to meet the eastern line of areserved road; thence northerly along said road to the northwest angle of lotnumber fifty-five, in range 5, Johnville; thence easterly to the southeast angle oflot number fifty-six, on said range 5 of Johnville; thence easterly in a direct line tothe northwest angle of lot number eighty, in block 2, Glassville; thence easterlyalong the northern line of said lot and its eastern prolongation to the County line;thence along the said County line in a southwesterly direction to meet the easternprolongation of the north line of the said grant to William Woodforde; thencealong the said prolongation and line westerly to the place of beginning.

There is also a civil parish of BRIGHTON the statutory boundaries of which areas follows: Southeast by the County line; south by Northampton Parish; westerlyby the Saint John River, and northerly and northwesterly by a line commencing atthe upper line of lot number sixty-one, granted to John Flanagan in the grant toWilliam Turner and others, and its easterly prolongation, until it meets the rearline of the first tier of lots on the north side of the Becaguimec River; thencealong the said rear line and its prolongation north-easterly to the Cold Stream; andthence following the centre of the same up stream to the southerly boundary of


Aberdeen Parish; and thence easterly along the boundary of Aberdeen Parish tothe County line.

In the 1892 report on parishes no clergyman was listed for any of Peel, Aberdeenor Brighton nor was it indicated that there were corporations in those parishes.The Rev. J. E. Flewelling was shown as the clergyman in the parishes ofSimonds, Wilmot and Wicklow. Two corporations were listed - The Rector,Church Wardens and Vestry of St. James Church in the Parish of Wilmot and TheRector, Church Wardens and Vestry of St. Barnabas Church in the parish ofWicklow. St. James is at Centreville in Wilmot parish; St. Barnabas is atGreenfield in Wicklow parish. Wilmot and Wicklow are west of the St. JohnRiver; Peel (in which the Church of the Good Shepherd at Florenceville islocated) and Aberdeen (in which Christ Church at Glassville is located) are eastof the river.

It seems that Aberdeen and Brighton (Hartland) was a joint parish. See under theParish of Richmond for the transfer of the Hartland church to that parish. Thebishop issued a memorial dated September 1, 1973 reciting that Christ Church atGlassville was part of the ecclesiastical parish of Aberdeen and Brighton and thatthe churches of that parish were coming under the pastoral care of neighbouringparishes. The memorial purported to incorporate the area served by ChristChurch, Glassville into the ecclesiastical parish of Wicklow, Wilmot and Peel anddefined the boundaries of the new (sic) parish of Wicklow, Wilmot and Peel asthe area served by the Church of the Good Shepherd, Florenceville, St. JamesChurch, Centreville, St. Barnabas Church, Greenfield and Christ Church,Glassville. As in the case of the Hartland-Richmond document, although thememorial is dated September 1 the affidavit of the subscribing witness says it wasexecuted on June 29, 1973. Her affidavit was sworn on July 6, 1973 and thememorial was registered in the Carleton County Registry Office on August 16,1973 in book 239 at pages 911-912 as number 121157.

On June 21, 1993 the rector wrote to the bishop informing him of the decision ofthe vestry and the whole parish to add “Aberdeen” to the parish name making itthe Parish of Wicklow, Wilmot, Peel and Aberdeen. On August 11, 1993 BishopLemmon responded , in part, as follows, "I wish to thank you for your recentletter informing me the Parish has now added Aberdeen to its name. It becomesofficially the Parish of Wicklow, Wilmot, Peel and Aberdeen.”

No record of any formal amalgamation of the parish corporations has been foundbut it seems the parish has for some time used the name The Rector, ChurchWardens and Vestry of the Parish of Wicklow, Wilmot, Peel and Aberdeen.

The Anglican Church Act, 2003 changed the name of the parish corporationto The Corporation of the Anglican Parish of Wicklow, Willmot, Peel and


Aberdeen. The boundaries of the parish are as described in the 1973memorial, i.e. the area served by the Church of the Good Shepherd,Florenceville, St. James Church, Centreville, St. Barnabas Church,Greenfield and Christ Church, Glassville.

PARISHES IN VICTORIA COUNTY

The Parish of Andover

The civil parish of Andover is bounded south and west by the County lines, eastby the St. John River and north by the Aroostook River. The name of the parishcorporation was recorded in 1892 as The Rector, Church Wardens and Vestry ofHoly Trinity Church in the Parish of Andover. A memorial issued by BishopNutter dated January 1, 1973 recited that St. John’s Church at Four Falls wasoriginally part of the Parish of Andover, that it had been incorporated into theParish of Grand Falls for pastoral care, and that the churches in the Parish ofGrand Falls were coming under the care of neighbouring parishes. The memorialpurported to incorporate the area served by St. John’s Church at Four Falls intothe ecclesiastical Parish of Andover and said that the boundaries of that parishshould be as they existed prior to incorporation of St. John’s Church into theParish of Grand Falls. St. John’s Church is in fact north of the Aroostook Riverand physically in the civil parish of Grand Falls. The 1973 memorial was notregistered in the Victoria County Registry Office.

The civil parish of Perth, opposite the parish of Andover on the east side of the St.John River, is not legally within any ecclesiastical parish.

The Anglican Church Act, 2003 changed the name of the parish corporationto The Corporation of the Anglican Parish of Andover. The boundaries ofthe parish are those of the civil parish of Andover plus the area served by St.John’s Church at Four Falls.

The Parish of the Tobique

The 1892 report listed The Rev. J. R. Hopkins as the clergyman in both the parishof Gordon and the parish of Lorne. There were and are civil parishes by thosenames. No corporate name was listed. The ecclesiastical parish was known formany years as the Parish of Gordon and Lorne. By a memorial dated January 22,1973 the bishop changed the name of the corporation from “The Rector, ChurchWardens and Vestry of the Parish of Gordon and Lorne” to “The Anglican Parishof the Tobique.” The memorial was registered in the Victoria County RegistryOffice on June 25, 1973 in book 160 at pages 567-568 as number 64102.


The Anglican Church Act, 2003 changed the name of the parish corporationto The Corporation of the Anglican Parish of the Tobique. The boundaries ofthe parish are those of the civil parishes are defined in the Territorial DivisionAct :

GORDON PARISH.- Southerly and southeasterly by Carleton and YorkCounties; easterly by Northumberland County; north by a line run true eastand west from the foot of Long Island, in the Tobique River; and westerly bya line commencing at a point where the Royal Road intersects the linebetween the counties of Carleton and Victoria; and running along the saidRoyal Road northerly to a point eight miles north of the Tobique river;thence a course north forty-five degrees east, until it strikes the northboundary of the parish.

LORNE PARISH.- Northeasterly and northerly by Northumberland andRestigouche Counties; south by Gordon Parish; and northwesterly by theprolongation to the county of Restigouche of the line forming thenorthwesterly boundary of Gordon Parish, which runs a course north forty-five degrees east from the point on the Royal Road eight miles north of theTobique River.

The Parish of Grand Falls

The Territorial Division Act defines both a town and a parish of Grand Falls.Before 1912 the area of the town was included in the civil parishes of Grand Fallsand Drummond. The statutory boundaries of the town and the civil parish ofGrand Falls are

GRAND FALLS PARISH.- South by Andover Parish; north and east by the SaintJohn River; and west by the County line, except that part of the area containedwithin [the Town].

GRAND FALLS TOWN.- The area contained within the town of Grand Falls asbounded and described in section 1 of the Act 53 Victoria c. 73, as follows: "TheTown plat of Colebrooke (so called) and the Stewart grant (so called) in theParish of Grand Falls, and the Mill lease of the War Department lands (so called)in the Parish of Drummond.”

See the notes under The Parish of Denmark respecting realignment of theboundaries of Grand Falls and Denmark.

The 1892 report gave The Rector, Church Wardens and Vestry of All SaintsChurch in the Parish of Grand Falls as the corporate name.


The Anglican Church Act, 2003 changed the name of the parish corporationto The Corporation of the Anglican Parish of Grand Falls. The ecclesiasticalparish comprises portions of the Town of Grand Falls and of the civil parishof Grand Falls. It is bounded on the north and east by the St. John River, onthe west by the international boundary and on the south by a line drawnfrom Argosy on the St. John River west to the international boundary.


The Parish of Denmark

The 1892 report on parishes showed the name of the corporation to be “TheRector, Church Wardens and Vestry of St. Ansgar in the Parish of Drummond.”Drummond was and is a civil parish in Victoria County. It was divided and a newcivil Parish of Denmark was created by an amendment to the Territorial DivisionAct in 1935.

In 1944 Bishop Moorhead executed a document changing the name of theecclesiastical Parish of Drummond to the Parish of Denmark. The documentdefined the boundaries as “on the west by the River Saint John and theMadawaska County line, on the north by the Restigouche County line; on the eastby the Gordon and Lorne parish lines; and on the south by the Perth parish line.”That encompasses the civil parishes of Denmark and Drummond as well as thatpart of the Town of Grand Falls that until 1912 was in the parish of Drummond.The document has not been found in a search at the Victoria County RegistryOffice. It did not purport to change to name of the parish corporation.

The civil parishes of Denmark and Drummond are described in the TerritorialDivision Act as follows:

DENMARK PARISH.- Westerly and northwesterly by the Saint John River and aline beginning on the eastern bank or shore of the Saint John River at the mostsouthern angle of a tract of land granted to Lyman Whitehead near the mouth ofthe Salmon River, thence following the southeastern and northeastern sidelines ofsaid tract of land and the southeastern sideline of the John King tract in anortheasterly direction to where it intersects the aforementioned Salmon River,thence following the various courses of the said Salmon River upstream to whereit intersects the sideline between lot number one hundred thirty-two (132),granted to Michael Parron and lot number one hundred thirty-four (134), grantedto G. C. Poitras in Block fifty-two (52), thence northeasterly along the lastmentioned sideline and its prolongation to the southwest line of lot numberseventeen (17) in Range Three (3), thence northwesterly to the most westerlyangle of said lot seventeen (17), thence northeasterly along the base line of saidlot and its prolongation to the southwesterly line of the first tract of land grantedto the New Brunswick Railway Company, thence northwesterly along the line ofthe said tract to the point where the prolongation of the most easterly boundaryline of the Fourth Tract of the said New Brunswick Railway Company land meetsthe said southwesterly line of the First Tract aforesaid, thence northeasterly alongthe said prolongation of the most easterly boundary of the Fourth Tract, the saidmost easterly boundary itself, and the further prolongation thereof to thesouthwesterly limit of Restigouche County; northeasterly by Restigouche County;easterly by Lorne and Gordon Parishes; and south by Perth Parish.


DRUMMOND PARISH.- West by the Saint John River and Madawaska County,northeasterly by Restigouche County; easterly by Lorne Parish and southerly byDenmark Parish; except that portion thereof which is within the limits of theTown of Grand Falls.

On January 4, 1994 Bishop Lemmon issued a memorial realigning the boundariesof the Parishes of Grand Falls and Denmark to formalize the placing, in 1972, ofSaint Paul’s Church at Limestone Siding under the pastoral care of the Rector ofthe Parish of Denmark. The memorial defined the southern boundary of the Parishof Grand Falls as a line drawn from Argosy on the St. John River runningwesterly to the Canada / USA border. It transferred to the Parish of Denmark thatpart of the Parish of Grand Falls served by Saint Paul’s Church at LimestoneSiding bounded by the St. John River, the Parish of Andover, the internationalboundary and the new south boundary of the Parish of Grand Falls. It declaredthat the Corporation of the expanded Parish of Denmark should be The Rector,Church Wardens and Vestry of the Parish of Denmark. The memorial is not listedin the reports of the diocesan registrar but was registered in the Victoria CountyRegistry Office on February 11, 1994 in book 421 at pages 372-373 as number110027.

The Anglican Church Act, 2003 changed the name of the parish corporationto The Corporation of the Anglican Parish of Denmark. The territory of theparish comprises (1) the area bounded on the west by the St. John River andthe Madawaska County line, on the north by the Restigouche County line, onthe east by the Gordon and Lorne parish lines, and on the south by the Perthparish line and (2) the area bounded on the east by the St. John River, on thesouth by the Andover parish line, on the west by the international boundary,and on the north by a line drawn from Argosy on the St. John River west tothe international boundary, except the area served by St. John’s Church atFour Falls.

PARISH IN MADAWASKA COUNTY

The 1892 report listed the Rev. D. Richards as the clergyman for the parishes ofSt. Francis, Madawaska and St. Jacques. No corporate name was listed.

The Anglican Church Act, 2003 changes the name of the parish corporationfrom The Rector, Church Wardens and Vestry of the Church of St. John theBaptist in the Parish of Madawaska to The Corporation of the AnglicanParish of Madawaska. The boundaries of the parish are probably those ofthe civil parish of Madawaska which are presently described in theTerritorial Division Act as follows: MADAWASKA PARISH.- Beginning at a


point in the International Boundary where it is intersected by the southeastprolongation of the southwest limit of lot No. 25 fronting on the St. JohnRiver granted to Alexander Ouellet, Jr., thence northwesterly along saidprolongation and said limit of said lot No. 25 to the rear line of lots frontingon the St. John River, thence northeasterly along the northern limit of lotsfronting on the St. John River to the southwest angle of lot No. 118 in TierTwo north of the St. John River granted to Vital Ouellet, thence northerlyalong the west limit of said lot No. 118 to the north limit of lots in Tier Twonorth of the St. John River thence easterly along said limit to the west limitof lots fronting on the west side of the Madawaska River, thence northerlyalong said limit to the northern limit of lot No. 15 granted to Peter St. Ange,thence easterly along said northern limit of lot No. 15 to the western shore ofthe Madawaska River, thence following the western shore of the MadawaskaRiver downstream to a point where it is intersected by the westernprolongation of the southern limit of lot No. 16 east of the Madawaska Rivergranted to Cyprien Michaud, thence easterly along said prolongation andsaid southern limit of the eastern shore of Iroquois River, thence southerlyalong the eastern shore of said Iroquois River to the northwestern angle oflot No. 1 granted to Jos. Martin, thence in a southeasterly direction followingthe western limit of said lot No. 1 and its prolongation to the southeasternangle of lot No. 150, thence in a southwesterly direction following thesoutheastern limit of said lot No. 150 and its prolongation to theInternational Boundary, thence in a westerly direction along the saidInternational Boundary to the place of beginning. Also:- Beginning at a pointin Green River where the same is intersected by the northeasterlyprolongation of the northwest limit of lot No. 1 north of the St. John Riverand near the mouth of the Madawaska River granted to John Hart, thencefrom said place of beginning running in a northeasterly direction along saidprolongation to the boundary line between the Counties of Madawaska andRestigouche thence northwesterly along said boundary line to Green River,thence in a southerly direction following the various courses of said GreenRiver to the place of beginning.

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