Saint Croix Parish, New Brunswick

Saint Croix St. Croix
Parish
Location within Charlotte County.
Country	Canada
Province	New Brunswick
County	Charlotte County
Established	1874
Area[1]
• Land	78.77 km2 (30.41 sq mi)
Population (2011)[1]
• Total	616
• Density	7.8/km2 (20/sq mi)
• Pop 2006-2011	8.1%
• Dwellings	322
Time zone	AST (UTC-4)
• Summer (DST)	ADT (UTC-3)

Saint Croix is a Canadian parish in Charlotte County, New Brunswick.^[2]

History

Saint Croix Parish Created in 1874: included Saint Andrews Parish.

Delineation

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

East and South by a line beginning at the most Northern angle of a four hundred and eighty-eight acre lot, granted to Daniel Hill, on Waweig River; thence Southeasterly, along the Northeastern limit of said lot, to the Western angle of Lot No. 3, granted to James McFarlane; thence Northeasterly, along the Northwestern limit of Lot No. 3, to the Northern angle of same; thence Southeasterly, along the Northeastern limit of Lots Numbered 3, 2, 1 and 12 and of Lot No. 13, granted to John H. Armstrong, to the Eastern angle of Lot No. 13; thence Southwesterly, along the Southeastern limit of Lot No. 13, to the Northeastern limit of the grant to William Reading; thence Southeasterly, along the Northeastern limit of the grant to William Reading to the Eastern angle of same; thence Southwesterly, along the Southeastern limit of the grant to William Reading, to the Northeastern limit of the grant to Rachael Mowat; thence Southeasterly, along said Northeastern limit to the Eastern angle of same; thence Southwesterly, along the Southeastern limit of lot granted to Rachael Mowat and of Lots Numbered 9, 8, 7, 6 and 5 to the Northeastern limit of Lot No. 4 granted to Maxwell Lawry; thence Southeasterly along said Northeastern limit of Lot No. 4, to the Eastern angle of same; thence Southwesterly along the Southeastern limit of Lots Numbered 4, 3 and 2 to the Southern angle of Lot 2, granted to Lauchlan Doon; thence Northwesterly along the Southwestern limit of Lot No. 2 to the Southeastern limit of Lot No. 28, granted to Moses J. Greenlaw; thence Southwesterly, along the Southeastern limit of Lot No. 28 to the Northeastern angle of Lot 29, granted to Jesse C. Bartlett; thence Southerly, along the Eastern limit of lot 29, to the Northwestern angle of Lot No. 45, granted to Jesse C. Bartlett; thence Easterly along the Northern limit of Lot 45 to the Northeastern angle of same; thence Southerly, along the Eastern limit of Lot 45, to the Northern limit of the hundred acre lot granted to Andrew Dougherty; thence Easterly, along the said Northern limit to the Western bank or shore of Bonaparte Lake; thence Southerly, along said bank or shore, to meet the Northerly prolongation of the Eastern limit of Lot No. 4 granted to Leonard Bartlett; thence Southerly along said prolongation and said limit to the Northern limit of Lot No. 3 granted to Thomas Sime; thence Westerly along said Northern limit to the Northwestern angle of Lot No. 3; thence Southerly, along the Western limit of Lots Numbered 3, 2 and 1 to the Southeastern angle of Lot No. 11 granted to James Greenlaw; thence Westerly, along the Southern limit of Lot No. 11, to the Eastern bank or shore of Little Chamcook Lake; thence Southerly along the Eastern bank or shore of Little Chamcook Lake and the Eastern bank or shore of Fry Mill Stream to the bank or shore of Chamcook Lake; thence Southerly, Westerly and Northerly along the Eastern, Southern and Western banks or shores of Chamcook Lake to the Northern limit of the five hundred acre lot granted to Colin Campbell, Thomas Wyer and William Gallop; thence Westerly, along said Northern limit, to the Eastern limit of lots fronting on the St. Croix River; thence Southerly along the Eastern limit of lots fronting on the St. Croix River to the Southeastern angle of Lot No. 38 granted to Daniel Grant; thence Westerly along the Southern limit of lot 38 to the St. Croix River; West by the St. Croix River and Saint David Parish, North by Saint David Parish including Rickets Island in Waweig River.

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

Demographics

Population

Language

Canada Census Mother Tongue - Saint Croix Parish, New Brunswick[6]
Census		Total		English				French				English & French				Other
Year		Responses		Count	Trend	Pop %		Count	Trend	Pop %		Count	Trend	Pop %		Count	Trend	Pop %
2011		610		590	9.9%	96.72%		10	n/a%	1.64%		0	0.0%	0.00%		10	0.0%	1.64%
2006		665		655	5.3%	98.50%		0	100.0%	0.00%		0	0.0%	0.00%		10	n/a%	1.50%
2001		635		620	4.6%	97.64%		15	33.3%	2.36%		0	0.0%	0.00%		0	0.0%	0.00%
1996		660		650	n/a	98.48%		10	n/a	1.52%		0	n/a	0.00%		0	n/a	0.00%

Access Routes

Highways and numbered routes that run through the parish, including external routes that start or finish at the parish limits:^[7]

See also

• List of parishes in New Brunswick

References

Coordinates: 45°11′24″N 67°06′45″W / 45.190022°N 67.112389°W / 45.190022; -67.112389 (Saint Croix Parish, New Brunswick)