Cardwell Parish, New Brunswick

Cardwell
Parish

Location within Kings County, New Brunswick.
Coordinates: 45°50′N 64°35′W / 45.84°N 64.59°W / 45.84; -64.59
Country  Canada
Province  New Brunswick
County Kings County
Established 1874
Area[1]
 • Land 311.72 km2 (120.36 sq mi)
Population (2011)[1]
 • Total 1,414
 • Density 4.5/km2 (12/sq mi)
 • Pop 2006-2011 Decrease 4.4%
 • Dwellings 737
Time zone AST (UTC-4)
 • Summer (DST) ADT (UTC-3)

Cardwell is a Canadian parish in Kings County, New Brunswick.[2]

History

Cardwell Parish set off from Sussex Parish in 1874: named for Edward Cardwell (1813-1886), Secretary of State for the Colonies from 1864-1874.

Delineation

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

West by Sussex Parish and the east line of lot number twenty-five, granted to Jacob Snider, on the northern side of the Kennebecasis River, above Smith’s Creek; north by a line running from the northeast angle of said lot north sixty-six degrees east to the County line; east by the County line, and south by a line commencing at the northwestern angle of lot number seven, granted to Simon Armstrong; thence east following the northern side line of the said grant and its prolongation easterly until it reaches the northeastern angle of lot number eighteen, granted to David Law; thence in a direct line to the northwestern angle of lot number eight, granted to Thomas Nicholson, in Lake block;[lower-alpha 1] thence along the northern line of said lot number eight and its eastern prolongation to the County line.

Governance

The entire parish forms the local service district of the parish of Cardwell, established in 1968 to assess for fire protection. Recreational and sports facilities was added to the assessment in 2012. First aid and ambulance services were listed from 1972 until the description was rewritten in 2012.

Communities

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

  • Anagance
  • Buckley Settlement
  • Cardwell
  • Crockets Corner
  • Dunsinane
  • Five Points

Bodies of water & Islands

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

Demographics

Population

Population trend[4]

Census Population Change (%)
2011 N/A
2006 1479 Decrease7.0%
2001 1382 Increase0.0%
1996 Decrease0.0%
1991 N/A

Language

Mother tongue language (2006)[5]

Language Population Pct (%)
French only %
English only %
Both English and French 0 0.00%
Other languages 0 0.00%

Access Routes

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

  • External Routes:
    • None

See also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Part of Mechanics Settlement.

References

  1. 1 2 2011 Statistics Canada Census Profile: Cardwell Parish, New Brunswick
  2. ↑ New Brunswick Provincial Archives -Cardwell Parish
  3. ↑ "Territorial Division Act (R.S.N.B. 1973, c. T-3)". Government of New Brunswick website. Retrieved 18 August 2016.
  4. ↑ Statistics Canada: 2001, 2006 census
  5. ↑ Profile: Cardwell Parish, New Brunswick
  6. ↑ Atlantic Canada Back Road Atlas ISBN 978-1-55368-618-7


Adjacent places of Cardwell Parish, New Brunswick
 Studholm Parish Havelock Parish Salisbury Parish
Elgin Parish
   Cardwell Parish  
Sussex Parish Waterford Parish


Coordinates: 45°46′55″N 65°19′19″W / 45.78201°N 65.321875°W / 45.78201; -65.321875 (Cardwell Parish, New Brunswick)

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