McAdam Parish, New Brunswick

McAdam
Parish
Location within York County, New Brunswick.
Coordinates: 45°41′N 67°24′W / 45.68°N 67.40°W / 45.68; -67.40
Country	Canada
Province	New Brunswick
County	York
Established	1894
Area[1]
• Land	537.62 km2 (207.58 sq mi)
Population (2011)[1]
• Total	27
• Density	0.1/km2 (0.3/sq mi)
• Pop 2006-2011	66.3%
• Dwellings	14
Time zone	AST (UTC-4)
• Summer (DST)	ADT (UTC-3)

McAdam is a Canadian parish in York County, New Brunswick.^[2]

History

McAdam Parish set up from Prince William Parish, Dumfries Parish and Manners Sutton Parish in 1894: named for John McAdam (1807-1893), a local lumberman and Member of the Legislative Assembly for the county of Charlotte from 1854-1866.

Delineation

Saint James Parish is defined in the Territorial Division Act as:

"East by Dumfries 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 southwesterly and parallel to the upper line of Prince William Parish from the southwest angle of lot number six, granted to John Benn below Shogomoc Stream."^[3]

Communities

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

Bodies of water & Islands

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

• Shogomoc Lake
• Kilburn Lake
• Big Duck Lake
• Rocky Lake
• Fifth Lake
• Sixth Lake
• Thompsons Lake
• Fosters Lake
• Modsley Lake
• Spednic Lake
• Wauklehegan Lake

Demographics

Population Population trend[4] Census Population Change (%) 2006 80 9.1% 2001 88 17.0% 1996 106 13.8% 1991 123 N/A

Language Mother tongue language (2006)[5] Language Population Pct (%) English only 70 100.00% French only 0 0.00% Both English and French 0 0.00% Other languages 0 0.00%

Access Routes

Highways and numbered routes that run through the parish, including external routes that start or finish at the parish limits:^[6]

See also

• List of parishes in New Brunswick

References

		Canterbury Parish	Dumfries Parish
	North Lake Parish		Prince William Parish
		McAdam Parish
	Washington County, Maine  United States	Saint James Parish (Charlotte County)	Manners Sutton Parish

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Coordinates: 45°40′48″N 67°24′00″W / 45.68000°N 67.40000°W / 45.68000; -67.40000 (McAdam Parish, New Brunswick)