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Saint-Hilaire is a Canadian parish in Madawaska County, New Brunswick.
Delineation
Saint-Hilaire Parish is defined in the Territorial Division Act as being bounded:
Beginning at a point in the International Boundary where it is intersected by the southeast prolongation of the southwest limit of lot No. 25 fronting on the St. John River granted to Alexander Ouellet, Jr., thence northwesterly along the said prolongation and said limit of said lot No. 25 to the rear line of lots fronting on the St. John River thence northeasterly along the northern limit of lots fronting on the St. John River to the southwest angle of lot No. 118 in Tier Two north of the St. John River granted to Vital Ouellet thence northerly along the western limit of said lot No. 118 to the north limit of lots in Tier Two north of the St. John River thence easterly along the said limit to a point where it is intersected by the northeast limit of Tier Six in Riceville [Settlement] thence northwesterly along said limit of Tier Six to the southeast angle of lot No. 19 granted to Onesime Gagnon thence southwesterly along the southeast limit of said lot No. 19 in Tier Six, lot No. 18, in Tier Five, lot No. 95 in Tier Four and lot No. 96 in Tier Three to the southwest limit of said Tier Three thence southeasterly along said limit to the southeast angle of lot No. 113 in Tier Two thence southwesterly along the southeast limit of said lot No. 113 to the north limit of lots fronting on the St. John River thence southeasterly along said limit to the northeast angle of lot No. 61 granted to Firmin M. Dechene thence southwesterly along the southeast limit of said lot No. 61 and its southern prolongation to the International Boundary thence in an easterly direction along said International Boundary to the place of beginning.
Communities
Parish population total does not include incorporated municipalities (in bold) and communities within their respective boundaries (in italics).
Riceville Saint-Hilaire Albertine Demographics Population
Historical Census Data - Saint-Hilaire Parish, New Brunswick
Language
Canada Census Mother Tongue - Saint-Hilaire Parish, New Brunswick2011 language data for this area has been suppressed for data quality or confidentiality reasons. Census Total Year Responses Count Trend Pop % Count Trend Pop % Count Trend Pop % Count Trend Pop % n/a 0.0% 0.00% n/a 0.0% 0.00% n/a 0.0% 0.00% n/a 0.0% 0.00% 525 7.6% 100.00% 0 100.0% 0.00% 0 0.0% 0.00% 0 100.0% 0.00% 485 10.2% 92.38% 30 14.3% 5.71% 0 100.0% 0.00% 10 n/a% 1.90% 540 n/a 92.31% 35 n/a 5.98% 10 n/a 1.71% 0 n/a 0.00%
See also
List of parishes in New Brunswick
References Saint-Jacques Parish Madawaska Parish Aroostook County, Maine Baker Brook Parish
Saint-Hilaire Parish, New Brunswick region:CA-NB_type:adm3rd_scale:100000 |
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CHAPTER T-3 Territorial Division Act
Counties of New Brunswick
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The Province of New Brunswick is divided into fifteen counties as follows: - Albert, Carleton, Charlotte, Gloucester, Kent, Kings, Madawaska, Northumberland, Queens, Restigouche, Saint John, Sunbury, Victoria, Westmorland, York.
R.S., c.227, s.1 COUNTIES Albert County 2
ALBERT COUNTY is bounded as follows:- Westerly by Kings, and Saint John County; northerly by Westmorland County, and Petitcodiac River; easterly by Petitcodiac River, and southerly by Chignecto Bay, including all the islands adjacent thereto.
R.S., c.227, s.2 Carleton County 3
CARLETON COUNTY is bounded as follows:- Southerly and southeasterly by York County; westerly by the State of Maine, and northerly by the River de Chute, and a line running from the mouth thereof to the western termination of the line dividing the lots number forty and number forty-one, granted to John Marro and Patrick Marro; and thence by the last-mentioned line and a prolongation thereof northeasterly until it strikes the northwesterly line of the County of York.
R.S., c.227, s.3 Charlotte County 4
CHARLOTTE COUNTY is bounded as follows:- South by the Bay of Fundy; west by the St. Croix River and western shore of the Passamaquoddy Bay; east by the line running true north thirty miles from Point Lepreau, as surveyed by Deputies Wilkinson and Mahood, in the years of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty-eight, and one thousand eight hundred and forty-five; and north by the line running true west from the termination of the last mentioned line, as surveyed by Deputy Mahood in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty-five, including all the islands adjacent thereto, and Grand Manan Island and the islands adjacent to it.
R.S., c.227, s.4 Gloucester County 5
GLOUCESTER COUNTY is bounded as follows:- Northerly by the Chaleur Bay; easterly by the Gulf of Saint Lawrence; southerly and westerly by the line run north eighty-eight degrees west by Deputy Davidson, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty-five, from the Gulf of Saint Lawrence at the rear of the first division of lots in the Tracadie grant, until it strikes Portage River, a branch of Northwest Miramichi River; thence north twenty-two degrees west, by the magnet of the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and eighty-four, to intersect the line of Restigouche County, and thence along the southerly and easterly bounds of the said county to Chaleur Bay, including Miscou Island, Shippegan Island, and all the other adjacent islands.
R.S., c.227, s.5 Kent County 6
KENT COUNTY is bounded as follows:- Northwesterly by Northumberland County; south by Queens and the line run true west by Deputy Palmer, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty-one, from the north end of Shediac Island to the northerly prolongation of the eastern line of the County of Saint John; and east by the Gulf of Saint Lawrence and Northumberland Strait, including all the islands adjacent thereto, but excepting all those parts of lots eleven, twelve, thirteen and fourteen, and the grant to the Lighthouse Commissioners, and also the public landing; all situate at or near Point Escuminac, lying southeasterly of the line run by Deputy Layton, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty-two.
R.S., c.227, s.6 Kings County 7
KINGS COUNTY is bounded as follows:- South by the County of Saint John; west by Charlotte County; east by the northern prolongation of the eastern boundary of Saint John County; and northwesterly by a line beginning at a point in the southwestern bank or shore of the Saint John River, said point being approximately south forty-five degrees west (astronomic) from the southernmost tip of Spoon Island; thence from said point and running south forty-four degrees and thirty-two minutes thirty-five seconds west (astronomic) along a line established by J. Barry Sheehan, New Brunswick Land Surveyor in 1953 and its southwestern prolongation to the Charlotte County Line, and by a line running north sixty-two degrees and thirty-four minutes east by the magnet of the year 1838 from a point in the northeastern bank or shore of the Saint John River, approximately north forty-five degrees east (astronomic) from the southernmost tip of Spoon Island, as established by Deputy Wilkinson in the year 1838, and by a line running approximately north forty-five degrees east (astronomic) from the before mentioned point in the southwestern bank or shore of the Saint John River, established by J. Barry Sheehan to the before mentioned point in the northeastern bank or shore of the Saint John River established by Deputy Wilkinson.
R.S., c.227, s.7; 1954, c.83, s.1
Madawaska County 8
MADAWASKA COUNTY is bounded as follows:- Easterly by Victoria County; westerly and southerly by the State of Maine; northeasterly by the line run by Deputy J.A. McCallum, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and seventy-three, north forty-three degrees and twenty minutes west from the point where the prolongation of the line run by Deputy Scully from the Southwest Miramichi River intersects the westerly prolongation of the south line of lot number one, in the grant to Simon Arseneau and his associates; and northerly by the Province of Quebec.
R.S., c.227, s.8 Northumberland County 9
NORTHUMBERLAND COUNTY is bounded as follows:- Northerly by Gloucester and Restigouche Counties; west by Victoria County and York County; south by York County and Sunbury County; and southeasterly by the line run from Point Escuminac south seventy degrees and forty-five minutes west forty-eight miles; thence south fifty-one degrees west twenty-three and one-half miles by Deputies Layton and Sadler, in the years one thousand eight hundred and forty-two, and one thousand eight hundred and forty-five, and easterly by the Gulf of Saint Lawrence, including all the islands adjacent thereto, and including all that part of lots eleven, twelve, thirteen and fourteen, and the grant to the Lighthouse Commissioners, and also the public landing; all situate at or near Point Escuminac, lying southeasterly of the said line run by Deputy Layton, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty-two.
R.S., c.227, s.9 Queens County 10
QUEENS COUNTY is bounded as follows:- Southeasterly by Kings County; northeasterly by the prolongation of the eastern boundary of Kings County and the line run north fifty-six degrees and thirty minutes west by Deputy Price, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty-one, from the northwest angle of Westmorland County; southwesterly by Charlotte County; and northwesterly by the line run from the lower line of lot number one (Conrad Stinick) southwesterly by Deputy Wilkinson, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty-nine, and Deputy O’Connor, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty-three; and northeasterly by Deputy Munroe, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty-six.
R.S., c.227, s.10 Restigouche County 11
RESTIGOUCHE COUNTY is bounded as follows:- Southwesterly by Madawaska County and Victoria County; northerly and westerly by the Province of Quebec and Chaleur Bay; easterly by the line run true south by Deputy Carruthers, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty-eight, from Chaleur Bay, near the mouth of the Belledune River to the distance of four miles; and thence by a line running south fifty degrees west to the westerly prolongation of the south line of lot number one, in the grant to Simon Arseneau and associates, near the Little Nepisiguit, as run by Deputy McCallum, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and seventy-two; south by the said last mentioned westerly prolongation run by Deputy McCallum, to Victoria County, including all the islands adjacent thereto.
R.S., c.227, s.11 Saint John County 12
SAINT JOHN COUNTY is bounded as follows:- South by the Bay of Fundy; west by Charlotte County; north by a line beginning at a brass plug set in a rock at the most southern tip of Kennebeccasis Island, said brass plug being inscribed N.B. SVYs No. 1673 and having N.B. GRID COORDINATE value of X (East) 1090087.68Â feet and Y (North) 567141.83Â feet; thence running by N.B. GRID azimuths and distances sixty-eight degrees thirty-two minutes and thirty-five seconds, thirty-eight thousand six hundred and twenty-two feet and six-tenths of a foot to an iron pin set in the western shoulder of the MacKay Highway, said iron pin having N.B. COORDINATE value of X (EAST) 1126033.45Â feet and Y (North) 581270.02Â feet; thence sixty-six degrees six minutes and five seconds, twenty-four thousand five hundred and thirty-nine feet and six-tenths of a foot to an iron pin placed on an island in Bradley Lake, said iron pin having N.B. COORDINATE value of X (East) 1148469.12Â feet and Y (North) 591211.44Â feet; thence sixty-six degrees twenty-nine minutes and fifty-three seconds, nine thousand and two hundred feet and one-tenth of a foot to a point in the intersection of the centre line of the Golden Grove Road and the northerly prolongation of the easterly wall of St. Pauls United Church, said point having N.B. COORDINATE value of X (East) 1156906.04Â feet and Y (North) 594880.27Â feet; thence sixty-eight degrees thirteen minutes and two seconds, thirty-five thousand two hundred and forty-five feet and two-tenths of a foot to a County Line marker placed by the N.B. Department of Public Works on the southerly side of the highway from Upper Loch Lomond to Barnesville, said marker having N.B. COORDINATE value of X (East) 1189634.60Â feet and Y (North) 607959.35Â feet; thence sixty-eight degrees twenty-four minutes and twenty-five seconds, seventeen thousand nine hundred and seventeen feet and one-tenth of a foot to an iron pin, said iron pin having N.B. COORDINATE value of X (East) 1206294.35Â feet and Y (North) 614553.04Â feet; thence by the magnet of the year eighteen hundred and thirty-three along a line run by Deputies Scully and Palmer in the years eighteen hundred and thirty-three and eighteen hundred and forty-one north eighty-three degrees and thirty minutes east to the western boundary of Albert County and by a line beginning at the aforesaid brass plug being the point of beginning and running by N.B. GRID azimuth two hundred and forty-seven degrees thirty-five minutes and forty seconds to the eastern boundary of Charlotte County; east by the line run magnetic north by Deputy Stiles, in the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty-eight, from a birch tree on the shore of the Bay of Fundy thirty chains east from the mouth of Goose River, including all the islands in the Bay of Fundy adjacent thereto.
R.S., c.227, s.12; 1965, c.40, s.1
Sunbury County 13
SUNBURY COUNTY is bounded as follows:- Southeasterly by Queens County; south by Charlotte County; northeasterly by the line run north fifty-six degrees and thirty minutes west, by Deputy Price in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty-one, from the northwest angle of Westmorland County; and northwesterly by the line run north forty-seven degrees and forty-five minutes east, and south forty-seven degrees and forty-five minutes west, by Deputy Jouett, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty-six, from the lower boundary of the grant to Daniel Fukes and others, and its prolongation northeasterly.
R.S., c.227, s.13 Victoria County 14
VICTORIA COUNTY is bounded as follows:- Southerly and southeasterly by Carleton County and York County; easterly by the northerly prolongation of the line run north six degrees and forty minutes west, by Deputy Scully, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty-two, from the Southwest Miramichi River, near Boiestown, until it intersects the westerly prolongation of the south line of lot number one, in the grant to Simon Arseneau and associates, near the Little Nepisiguit; thence by a line running north forty-three degrees and twenty minutes west, run by Deputy J.A. McCallum, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and seventy-three; and westerly by the State of Maine, and the centre line of the Saint John River from the State of Maine downstream to the southern prolongation of the upper line of Lot F, situated at Grand Falls and granted to the Principal Officers of Her Majesty’s Ordnance and a line beginning at a post standing on the northern bank or shore of the Saint John River, at the intersection of the upper line of lot F, at the Grand Falls, granted to the principal officers of Her Majesty’s Ordnance; and thence running north thirteen degrees, west five chains and forty links to a post; thence north sixty-nine degrees west four chains to a post; thence north twelve degrees west eight chains to a post; thence north fifty-two degrees east seventy-three chains to a post; thence north seventy-eight degrees east one hundred and five chains, or to the northwestern line of lot number three hundred and one, Ennishone; thence along that line and its prolongation north nineteen degrees east ninety-five chains, or to meet the northwestern line of lot number three hundred and four in Ennishone; thence along that line north fifty-four degrees east to the southeastern line of lot number four hundred and four, granted to Francis Michaud; thence north nineteen degrees and thirty minutes east to the southwestern line of the tract surveyed by Deputy Beckwith, in eighteen hundred and sixty-seven, and designated on his plan as Commeau Mountain; thence south seventy degrees and thirty minutes east to the southern angle of said last mentioned tract; thence northeasterly along the southeastern line of the said Commeau Mountain to the most eastern angle of lot number thirty-eight; thence northwesterly along the northeastern line of said lot number thirty-eight, eighty chains, and thence true north to the northeastern boundary of the County.
R.S., c.227, s.14 Westmorland County 15
WESTMORLAND COUNTY is bounded as follows:- North by Kent County and Northumberland Strait; west by Kings and Queens Counties and the Petitcodiac River; south by Baie Verte, the Province of Nova Scotia, Cumberland Basin, the Petitcodiac River, and the line run south twenty degrees west nine miles, and west nine and one-half miles by Deputy Wilmot, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty-six, from near the mouth of Coverdale River, including Shediac and all other adjacent islands.
R.S., c.227, s.15 York County 16
YORK COUNTY is bounded as follows:- Southeasterly by Sunbury County; south by Charlotte County; southwest by the State of Maine; northeasterly by the line run north fifty-six degrees and thirty minutes west, by Deputy Price, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty-one, from the northwest angle of Westmorland County, and the line run north six degrees and forty minutes west, by Deputy Scully, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty-two, from the Southwest Miramichi River near Boiestown and its northerly prolongation; and northwesterly by the line run true east by Deputy Jouett, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty-seven, from the International monument Boundary No. 1 to Eel River; thence by Eel River to its mouth; thence to the northerly side of the Saint John River, where the line runs north forty-seven degrees and twenty minutes east, by Deputy Jouett, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty-seven, from the said river at the upper line of the lower half of lot number twenty-eight, granted to Matthew Phillips, strikes the said river; and thence following said line, run by Deputy Jouett, and its northeasterly prolongation till it intersects the prolongation of the line aforesaid run by Deputy Scully.
R.S., c.227, s.16 PARISHES
Divisions of Albert County
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ALBERT COUNTY is divided into the several divisions hereinafter named and bounded as follows:
( a )
ALMA PARISH.- North by the westerly prolongation of the northern boundary of Harvey Parish; west by the County line; south by Chignecto Bay, and east by Harvey Parish.
( b )
COVERDALE PARISH.- North and east by the Petitcodiac River; south by the south line of lot no. 2, granted to Robert Crossman, at Stoney Creek, on the western side of the Petitcodiac River and its westerly prolongation to the County line; west by the County line.
( c )
ELGIN PARISH.- North by Coverdale Parish and the County line; east by Hillsborough Parish; south by Harvey Parish and Alma Parish, and west by the County line.
( d )
HARVEY PARISH.- North by a line running south seventy-two degrees west from the northwest angle of Hopewell Parish; west by the western line of lot number three, granted to James Speer, east of Owls Head, and its northerly prolongation to the northern line of the parish; east by Hopewell Parish, and south by Chignecto Bay, including Grindstone Island, so called.
( e )
HILLSBOROUGH PARISH.- South and west by the south line of lot numbered seventeen, granted to William Carlisle and its prolongation westerly to the distance of twelve miles from The Petitcodiac River; thence by a line running north twenty degrees west by the magnet of the year one thousand seven hundred and sixty-five to Coverdale Parish; north by Coverdale Parish; and east by the Petitcodiac River.
( f )
HOPEWELL PARISH.- North by Hillsborough Parish; southeast by Chignecto Bay; and southwest by a line commencing at the mouth of Shepody River; thence up the centre of the said river to the mouth of Crooked Creek; thence up the centre of the said creek to the old bridge over the same on the old main road; and thence north twenty degrees west to intersect the south line of Hillsborough Parish or its westerly prolongation.
R.S., c.227, s.17
Divisions of Carleton County
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CARLETON COUNTY is divided into the several divisions, hereinafter named, and bounded as follows:
( a ) |