Canon Ron Stevenson December 2007 PARISHES IN RESTIGOUCHE COUNTY The Parish of Campbellton This was originally known as the Parish of Addington taking its name from the civil parish of the same name, the boundaries of which are described in the Territorial Division Act as follows: West by Eldon Parish; north by the Province of Quebec; south by the Northumberland County line; and east by a line running true south from the most eastern point of the western side of the mouth of Walkers Brook, including all the islands in front in the Restigouche River which belong to this Province. Part of the civil parish of Addington is now in the ecclesiastical parish of Restigouche. See below. The name of the parish corporation was reported in 1892 as The Rector, Church Wardens and Vestry of Christ Church in the Parish of Addington. By a memorial dated February 15, 1973 the bishop changed the name of the corporation to The Anglican Parish of Campbellton. The Anglican Church Act, 2003 changed the name of the parish corporation to The Corporation of the Anglican Parish of Campbellton. The parish is now bounded on the west by a line running magnetic south from the midsection of the Morrissey Rock Tunnel on the Canadian National Railway right-of-way, on the north by the Province of Quebec, on the south by the Northumberland County line, and on the east by a line running true south from the most eastern point of the western side of the mouth of Walkers Brook, and includes all the islands in front in the Restigouche River which belong to New Brunswick. The Parish of Restigouche By a memorial dated February 4, 1960 the bishop set off from the Parish of Addington the area described as all the western portion of the Parish of Addington bounded on the east by a line commencing at the mid-section of the Morrissey Rock Tunnel on the Canadian National Railway right-of-way and thence extending in a southerly direction, magnetic south, to the southern boundary of the Parish of Addington.
That area together with the Parish of Eldon, including Upsalquitch, Robinsonville and Dawsonville was erected as a new ecclesiastical parish with the name of the Parish of Restigouche. The name assigned to the parish corporation was The Rector, Church Wardens and Vestry of the Parish of Restigouche. The Anglican Church Act, 2003 changed the name of the parish corporation to The Corporation of the Anglican Parish of Restigouche. The ecclesiastical parish comprises (1) the western portion of the civil parish of Addington bounded on the east by a line commencing at the mid-section of the Morrissey Rock Tunnel on the Canadian National Railway right-of-way and thence extending in a southerly direction, magnetic south, to the Northumberland County line and (2) the civil parish of Eldon the boundaries of which are described in the Territorial Division Act as follows: ELDON PARISH.- Northerly by the Province of Quebec Boundary line, easterly by a line beginning on the southern bank or shore of Restigouche River at the northwest angle of lot number twenty-two, granted to George Firth below Metapedia, thence southerly along the western line of said lot and its prolongation to the northeast angle of lot number one, in Dawsonville, thence continuing southerly along the eastern line of said lot number one and its southern prolongation, to the southeast angle of lot number two (Thomas Gracie) and thence true south to the County limits; southerly by the County line and westerly by a straight line extending from the Province of Quebec Boundary line in the Restigouche River, at the mouth of Upper Thorn Point Brook 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, Church Wardens and Vestry of St. Mary s Church in the Parish of Dalhousie. The Anglican Church Act, 2003 changed the name of the parish corporation to The Corporation of the Anglican Parish of Dalhousie. The boundaries of the parish are those of the civil parish of Dalhousie which are described in the Territorial Division Act as follows: West by Addington Parish, north by the Restigouche River; east and south by a line beginning on the east side of Eel River Gully, at the forty-eight mile post placed on the great road leading from Bathurst to Dalhousie, thence running true south to the southwest limit of Lot Number Five, fronting on Chaleur Bay, granted to Sebastian Doucett, thence in a northwesterly direction following the southwest limits of Lots Numbers 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 2
mentioned lot; thence in a northeasterly direction along the northwest limit of said lot to the most easterly angle of the 100 acre lot granted to Archibald Chisholm; thence in a westerly, southerly, westerly and southerly direction following the bounds of said lot to the southeast angle of Lot Number Five, Eel River Crossing, granted to William Searls; thence in a westerly direction along the south limit of said lot and its prolongation to the east limit of Lot Number Seventy-two, Range One, Balmoral, granted to Robert Good; thence in 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 s Church in the Parish of Bathurst as the name of the parish corporation. The Anglican Church Act, 2003 changed the name to The Corporation of the Anglican Parish of Bathurst. The boundaries of the parish are those of the civil parish of the same name which are described in the Territorial Division Act as follows: BATHURST PARISH.- Beginning at a point in the shoreline of the Chaleur Bay where the same is intersected by the eastern prolongation of the south limit of Lot Number One, granted to Simon Arceneau; thence in a westerly direction along said prolongation, said limit of said lot and the western prolongation of same to the most northern angle of Northumberland County; thence in a southeasterly and northeasterly direction following the Gloucester-Northumberland County line to a point in the Canadian National Railways; thence in a northerly direction along said railway to a point where the same is intersected by the western prolongation of the south limit of lots lettered A and B, granted to John Porter, said lots situated on both sides of the Highway 8; thence in an easterly direction along said prolongation, said limit of said lots and the eastern prolongation of same to a point in the west limit of a seven thousand, seven hundred and fifty acre tract, granted to Henry H. Swinny, situated on the head of the Big Tracadie River; thence in a southerly direction along said limit of said grant and its southern prolongation 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 point where the same is intersected by the southern prolongation of the east limit of Lot Number twenty-nine, granted to Jacob Tague, said lot fronting on the Chaleur Bay at the mouth of Teagues Brook; thence in a northerly direction along said prolongation and said limit of said lot to a point in the shore line of Chaleur Bay; and thence following the various courses of said shoreline to 3
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 corporation from The Rector, Church Wardens and Vestry of the Parish of New Bandon to The Corporation of the Anglican Parish of New Bandon. The boundaries of the parish are those of the civil parish of the same name which are described in the Territorial Division Act as follows: NEW BRANDON PARISH.- North and east by Chaleur Bay and Caraquet Bay; west by Bathurst Parish; south by the south branch of the Caraquet River extending from its mouth, upstream to the mouth of Innishannon Brook; thence in a southwesterly, westerly and southerly direction along the bounds of the Paquetville Parish and the bounds of Saint-Isidore Parish to a point in the east 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 these parishes and two corporations - The Rector, Church Wardens and Vestry of St. Peter s Church in the Parish of Derby and The Rector, Church Wardens and Vestry of Holy Trinity Church in the Parish of Blackville. No record of formal amalgamation of the parishes has been found although since at least about 1952 they have been known as the Parish of Derby and Blackville. The Anglican Church Act, 2003 changed the name of the corporation to The Corporation of the Anglican Parish of Derby and Blackville. The boundaries of the parish are those of the two civil parishes of the same name as described in the Territorial Division Act: BLACKVILLE PARISH.- Southeast by the County line; west by Blissfield Parish; north by Southesk Parish; and east by a line running south twenty-two degrees east; and north twenty-two degrees west from the mouth of Renous River. DERBY PARISH.- West by Blackville Parish, north by Southesk Parish and the Northwest Miramichi River east by the lower extremity of Beaubears Island and to include the same, and south by the southwest branch of the Miramichi River. 4
The Parish of Hardwicke The 1892 report listed the parish corporation as The Rector, Church Wardens and Vestry 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 The Corporation of the Anglican Parish of Hardwicke. The boundaries of the parish are those of the civil parish of the same name as described in the Territorial Division Act: Southwest by Glenelg Parish; north by Miramichi Bay; and southeast by the County line and the shore of the Gulf of St. Lawrence from Point Escuminac; westwardly to the intersection of the County line between Kent and Northumberland, near the entrance of Escuminac River, including all the islands in front, which are south of the principal entrance to Miramichi Bay. The Parish of Nelson The Parish of Nelson was included in the 1892 Report as the Rector, Church Wardens 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 Southwest Miramichi River; southwest by Blackville Parish; southeast by a line running parallel to the Kent County line and seven miles northwesterly therefrom; and northeast 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 to The Corporation of the Anglican Parish of Nelson. The Parish of Newcastle The 1892 report listed the parish corporation as The Rector, Church Wardens and Vestry of the St. Andrew s Church in the Parish of Newcastle. The Anglican Church Act, 2003 changed the name of the corporation to The Corporation of the Anglican Parish of Newcastle. The boundaries of the parish are those of the civil parish of the same name as described in the Territorial Division Act: East by Alnwick Parish; south by Miramichi River; north by the County line; and west by a line running north from the 5
southeast angle of lot number five, granted to Oliver Willard, at Oxford Cove. The Parish of Chatham The 1892 report listed the parish corporation as The Rector, Church Wardens and Vestry 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 corporation to The Anglican Parish of Chatham. The Anglican Church Act, 2003 changed the name of the corporation to The Corporation of the Anglican Parish of Chatham. The boundaries of the parish are those of the civil parish of the same name as described in the Territorial Division Act: North by the main Miramichi River; southwest by Nelson, and south by Napan River, from its mouth to the northwest angle of lot number thirty-two (Henry Coil); thence south sixty-eight degrees west to Nelson Parish, including Middle Island. The Parish of Ludlow and Blissfield The 1892 report listed the Rev. H. Montgomery as the clergyman in these parishes. He was also rector of Kingsclear, now St. Peter s, Fredericton. No parish corporations were listed. The two parishes have operated as one for several years. Neither the establishment of a corporation nor any amalgamation has been documented. The Anglican Church Act, 2003 changed the name of the corporation to The Corporation of the Anglican Parish of Ludlow and Blissfield. The boundaries of the parish are those of the two civil parishes of the same name as described in the Territorial Division Act: LUDLOW PARISH.- West and south by the County lines; north by Southesk Parish; and east by a line running north and south from the mouth of Big Hole Brook. BLISSFIELD PARISH.- West by Ludlow Parish; north by Southesk Parish; south by the County line; and east by a line running north and south from the mouth of Donnelly Brook. PARISH IN KENT COUNTY The Parish of Kent 6
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 Wardens and 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 Parish of Richibucto and Rexton and the Parish of Harcourt and Weldford into the ecclesiastical parish of Kent The memorial said the new ecclesiastical parish of Kent shall include the area presently contained in the ecclesiastical Parishes of Richibucto and Rexton, and Harcourt and Weldford. The memorial did not assign a name for the corporation in the amalgamated parish. It is not clear how Rexton became part of a parish name. There was never a civil parish by that name and the community called Rexton is in the civil Parish of Richibucto. No records of parish or corporation changes between 1892 and 1974 have been found. The bishop s register, at page 343, did record that on December 9, 1937 the Parish of Harcourt and Weldford was transferred from the Rural Deanery of Chatham to the Rural Deanery of Shediac. The Anglican Church Act, 2003 changes the corporate name to The Corporation of the Anglican Parish of Kent. The boundaries of the parish are probably those of the civil parishes of Harcourt, Richibucto and Weldford which are presently defined in the Territorial Division Act as follows: HARCOURT PARISH.- South and west by the County lines; east by Saint Paul Parish and Weldford Parish; and north by a true east and west line passing through the mouth of Jimmy Graham Forks of the Richibucto River. RICHIBUCTO PARISH.- South by Wellington Parish and Weldford Parish, west by Weldford Parish and a line running true south from the forks of the Saint-Charles River to the northern line of Weldford Parish; north by the centre of the Saint-Charles River and of the Northwest Branch and Richibucto, and east by the Gulf of Saint Lawrence, including all the islands in 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 by the magnet of the year one thousand eight hundred and sixty-seven, from a point on the County line between Westmorland and Kent Counties, distant twenty miles from the north point of Shediac Island; east and north by a line beginning at a point on the westerly prolongation of the northern line of Wellington Parish, at the intersection of a line running south from the mouth 7
of Black Brook; thence northerly along said line to the mouth of Black Brook; thence down the East Branch of and the main Saint Nicholas River to the 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 northerly prolongation to the rear line of the Richibucto River Indian Reserve number 15; 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 and Vestry of the Trinity Church in the Parish of Dorchester. The Anglican Church Act, 2003 changed the name of the corporation to The Corporation of the Anglican Parish of Dorchester. The boundaries of the parish are those of the civil parish of the same name as described in the Territorial Division Act: West by Petitcodiac River; north by a line running by the magnet of eighteen hundred and ninety-four; south eighty-three degrees and forty-five minutes east from the mouth of Fox Creek; east by the southeast line of lot numbered one (John Sherwood) and the prolongation thereof two hundred and fifty chains from the sea; thence north eleven degrees 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 and Vestry of the St. Ann s Church in the Parish of Sackville. The Anglican Church Act, 2003 changed the name of the corporation to The Corporation of the Anglican Parish of Sackville. The boundaries of the parish are those of the civil parish of the same name as described in the Territorial Division Act: North by the north line of Dorchester Parish prolonged easterly to a point of intersection of the Cumberland grant line, which runs north thirty degrees and thirty minutes west by the magnet of eighteen hundred and sixty seven from the southeast angle of lot number one, granted to Otho Reed, at the mouth of Gaspereau Creek; west by Dorchester Parish and Chignecto Bay; south and east by Cumberland Basin and the Aulac River, from its mouth to the upper line of the Sackville grant; thence by a line running north by the magnet of the year seventeen hundred and sixty-five to a point on the said line one hundred and two chains southerly from where the road through Midgic leaves the said line at Edwin Dixon's 8
gate; thence running north fifty-seven degrees and thirty minutes east by the magnet of eighteen hundred and eighty to the channel of Big Jolicure Lake; thence along the said channel and main brook up stream to the prolongation southwestwardly of the southeast line of David Wheaton's mill lot; thence along the said prolongation and line to the east angle of said Wheaton's mill lot; thence north forty-five degrees east to the Botsford Parish line; northeast by Botsford Parish. The Parish of Westmorland The 1892 report listed the parish corporation as The Rector, Church Wardens and Vestry of the St. Mark s Church in the Parish of Westmorland. The Anglican Church Act, 2003 changed the name of the corporation to The Corporation of the Anglican Parish of Westmorland. The boundaries of the parish are those of the civil parish of the same name as described in the Territorial Division Act: Southeast by the Province limits; west by Sackville Parish; 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 and Vestry 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 du Chene. An Act of the Legislature in 1866 - An Act relating to Church lands in the parish of Shediac, S.N.B. 1866, c. 30 recited that the parish of Shediac had been divided and a separate parish erected for ecclesiastical purposes by the name of The Parish of Point du Chene. The Act required The Rector, Church Wardens and vestry of St. Martin s Church to pay to the Rector, Church Wardens and Vestry of Point du Chene $800 to be applied toward paying off debts owing on a church lately erected in the parish. No record of a subsequent rejoining of the parishes has been found. The Anglican Church Act, 2003 changed the name of the Shediac corporation to The Corporation of the Anglican Parish of Shediac. The boundaries of the parish are those of the civil parish of the same name as described in the Territorial Division Act: East by Botsford Parish, northeasterly by Northumberland Strait and the County line; south by Dorchester and Sackville Parishes, and west by the prolongation of the west line of the grant to Columb Connor on Shediac Road. 9
The Parish of Salisbury and Havelock The civil parish of Salisbury is in Westmorland County. ]It is bounded on the southwest partly by the parish of Havelock in Kings County. The village of Havelock is in Kings County near the county line. The 1892 report did not list any clergyman or corporation in Havelock. It showed a corporation in Salisbury - The Rector, Church Wardens and Vestry of St. Andrew s Church (?) in the Parish of Salisbury. Note the question mark after the name of the church. St. Andrew s church is at Petitcodiac which is in the civil parish. The churches presently listed in the parish include All Saints which is at Elgin in the civil parish of Elgin in Albert County. The original boundaries of the parish were probably those of the civil parish of Salisbury. No documentation has been found adding the territories of the civil parishes of Havelock and Elgin. The Anglican Church Act, 2003 changed the name of the corporation to The Corporation of the Anglican Parish of Salisbury and Havelock. The boundaries of the parish are probably those of the civil parishes of the same name as described in the Territorial Division Act: SALISBURY PARISH.- North, west and south by the County lines; and east by Moncton Parish and the 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 by Hillsborough Parish; south by Harvey Parish and Alma Parish, and west by the County line. The Parish of Moncton The 1892 report showed the corporation as The Rector, Church Wardens and Vestry of St. George s Church in the Parish of Moncton. In 1956 the bishop set off the Parish of Moncton West and North West which was further divided in 1960 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 The Corporation of the Anglican Parish of Moncton. The boundaries of the parish are those of the civil parish of Moncton except the areas within the Parishes 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 the Territorial 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, 10
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 Moncton West and North West described as follows: Beginning at the southeastern boundary of the Civil Parish of Moncton, namely at the Petitcodiac River at a point where the extension southerly of the centre line of High Street in Moncton intersects the said river; thence northerly along the said extension of the centre line of High Street to the Kent County line; thence westerly along the said Kent County line to the westerly boundary line of the Civil Parish of Moncton; thence southerly along the said westerly boundary line of said Parish to the southerly boundary 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 the Parish of St. James, Moncton and the Parish of St. Philip s, Moncton. Corporate names 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 the east side of High Street and south of the north side of John Street westerly to the Parish of Salisbury. The memorial described the Parish of St. Philip s as the area west of the east side of High Street and north of the south side of John Street, westerly to the Parish of Harcourt. Those descriptions are flawed. They overlap John Street and presumably its westerly extension. The reference to Harcourt is an error - Harcourt is to the north. The description should have read westerly to the Parish of Salisbury and northerly to the Kent County line. The Anglican Church Act, 2003 changed the names of the corporations to The Corporation of the Anglican Parish of St. James, Moncton and The Corporation 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 dated September 1, 1999 and registered in the Westmorland County Registry Office on September 20, 1999 in book 2964 at page 336 as number 672010. The corporate 11
name assigned was The Corporation of the Anglican Parish of St. Andrews, Sunny Brae. The Anglican Church Act, 2003 continued the corporate name of The Corporation of the Anglican Parish of St. Andrews, Sunny Brae. The boundaries of the parish are as defined in the 1999 memorial: That portion of the Parish of Moncton described as: Beginning at the point of intersection of Hall s Creek and the Railway Line; commencing therefrom in a north westerly direction, along Hall s Creek to the Trans-Canada Highway; and thence proceeding therefrom in an easterly direction along the Trans- Canada Highway to the Railway Line, and thence proceeding therefrom in a south westerly direction along the Railway Line to the aforementioned point of 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 time an ecclesiastical parish was established a by the name of Coverdale and Hillsborough. The town of Riverview is in the parish of Coverdale. By a bishop s memorial dated April 1, 1974 the bishop changed the corporate name from The Rector, Church Wardens and Vestry of the parish of Coverdale and Hillsborough to The Anglican Parish of Riverview and Hillsborough.. By a memorial dated January 1, 1979 the bishop divided the parish. The division point was the Stoney Creek Bridge on Highway 14 (114?). The area north of the division was constituted as the parish of Riverview and the area south of the division as the Parish of Hillsborough - Riverside. The name of the corporation was 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 The Corporation of the Anglican parish of Hillsborough Riverside. The territory of the parish includes the civil parishes of Hopewell, Harvey and Alma and that part of the civil parish of Hillsborough south of the Stoney Creek Bridge. The civil parishes are defined in the Territorial Division Act as: 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. 12
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. 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. 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. The Parish of Riverview The parish was established by the memorial of January 1, 1979 - see above. The corporate name was The Rector, Church Wardens and Vestry of the Parish of Riverview. The Anglican Church Act, 2003 changed the name of the corporation to The Corporation of the Anglican Parish of Riverview The territory of the parish includes that part of the civil parish of Hillsborough north of the Stoney Creek Bridge and the civil parish of Coverdale which is described in the Territorial Division Act as being bounded as follows::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. PARISHES IN THE CITY AND COUNTY OF SAINT JOHN The county known as The City and County of Saint John originally comprised the City of Saint John, the boundaries of which had been set out in the Royal Charter of May 18, 1785, and the Towns or Parishes of Portland, Saint Martins and Lancaster whose boundaries were defined in the statute of 1786. The civil parish 13
of Simonds would be set off from Portland in 1839 and Musquash from Lancaster in 1877. Parish of Lakewood A Memorial made by the Bishop of Fredericton on January 1, 1982 created the Parish of Lakewood, which is located in the Civil Parish of Simonds, out of the Ecclesiastical Parish of Simonds. The Memorial named the parish ' The Rector, Church Wardens and Vestry of the Parish of Lakewood. The Memorial describes the boundaries of the Parish of Lakewood as follows" It is hereby made known and declared that that there has been set off and removed from the area hitherto comprising the Ecclesiastical parish of Simonds beginning at a point on the Loch Lommond Road where the Churchland Road intersects with the said Loch Lommond Road, running in a southerly direction in a straight line until it reaches the Bay of Fundy then running along the Bay of Fundy in a westerly direction until it intersects with the Parish boundaries of the Parish of East Saint John, then running northerly along the said boundaries of the Parish of East Saint John till it intersects with the boundaries of the Parish of Coldbrook and St. Mary's, continuing in a northerly direction along the said boundaries of the 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 easterly direction along the said Kings County boundary till it reaches Bradley Lake, then in 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 to The 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 was erected as such by an Act of the Legislature in 1789 - An Act, for erecting a Parish in the City of Saint John, and incorporating the Rectors, Church-Wardens and 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 and being in the City of Saint John and would be known and called by the name of the Parish of Saint John. The Rector, Church Wardens and Vestry were constituted a corporation by the name of The Rector, Church-Wardens and Vestry of Trinity Church, in the Parish of Saint John. The boundaries of the City of Saint John were described in the City s Charter dated May 18, 1785: By a line beginning near Fort Howe at Portland Point, at low 14
water mark, thence running a direct line to a small point or ledge of land at the causey by the old saw mill, thence east northeast until a direct line strikes the Creek 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 running south 19 degrees west into the bay until it meets a line running east from the south point of Partridge Island and along said line to said point, thence by a direct line to a point on the shore which is at the southeast extremity of a line running south 42 degrees east from the River Saint John to the Bay of Fundy, and terminating the Town Lots of the western District, thence along the said line north 42 degrees west to the River Saint John and continuing the said course across the River until it meets the opposite shore, and thence along the north shore of the said River at low water mark to Portland Point. That part of the city west of the harbour was made the ecclesiastical Parish of Carleton in 1824 and that parish was further divided in 1858 creating the Parish of Victoria. On the east side of the harbour the Parish of Saint James, south of Queen Street, was created in 1852 and the Parish of Saint Mark, north of Union Street, in 1853. The Anglican Church Act, 2003 changed the name of the parish corporation to The Corporation of the Anglican Parish of Saint John. The territory of the parish now comprises that part of the original City of Saint John east of the harbour between Queen and Union Streets. The Parish of Carleton This ecclesiastical parish was erected by an Act of the Legislature in 1824 - An Act 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 Saint John lying on the western side of the Harbour comprehending Guy s Ward and Brook 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 assigned was The Rector, Church Wardens and Vestry of Saint George s Church, in the Parish of Carleton, in the City of Saint John. The City Charter had created two wards on the west side of the harbour - Guy s Ward and Brook s Ward. They were separated by a direct line run from the line terminating the town lots on the southwest limits and continued through the middle of Rodney-street until it reached the middle of the harbour. The westernmost of the two was to be forever called Guy s Ward and the easternmost was to be called Brook s Ward. Brook s Ward later became the Parish of Victoria - see below. 15
The Anglican Church Act, 2003 changed the name of the parish corporation to The Corporation of the Anglican Parish of Carleton. The territory of the parish 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 of Carleton, in the City of Saint John, and to erect a separate Parish for Ecclesiastical purposes, S.N.B. 1858, c. 36. The new parish comprised the area on the western side of the Harbour, comprehending, known, and distinguished by the name of Brook s Ward. The name given to the parish corporation was The Rector, Church Wardens and Vestry of Saint Jude s Church, in the Parish of Victoria, in the City of Saint John. The Anglican Church Act, 2003 changed the name of the parish corporation to The Corporation of the Anglican Parish of Victoria. The territory of the parish 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 Saint John for Ecclesiastical purposes, S.N.B. 1852, c. 17. It was named the Parish of Saint James in the City of Saint John and comprised that part of the Parish of Saint John which lay to the southward of a line running east and west through the centre of Queen Street and the easterly and westerly prolongation of such line through Queen s Square to the boundary line of the city. The parish corporation was named The Rector, Church Wardens and Vestry of Saint James Church, in the Parish of Saint James, in the City of Saint John. The Anglican Church Act, 2003 changed the name of the parish corporation to The Corporation of the Anglican Parish of St. James, Saint John. The territory of the parish is that part of the original City of Saint John south of the 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 of Saint John, for ecclesiastical purposes, S.N.B. 1853, c. 12. It comprised so much of the city as lay to the northward of the centre of Union Street. It was named the Parish of Saint Mark in the City of Saint John and the corporation was named The Rector, Church Wardens and Vestry of Saint John s Church, in the Parish of Saint Mark, in the City of Saint John. 16
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 corporation to The Corporation of the Anglican Parish of St. Mark, Saint John. The territory of the parish is the part of the original City of Saint John north of Union Street except the portion now in the Parish of Coldbrook and St. Mary described as the area lying to the north and east of a line commencing at the end of Clarence Street to Brussels Street; thence along the centre of Brussels Street to Richmond Street; thence along the centre of Richmond Street to Waterloo Street; thence along the centre of Waterloo Street to Golding Street; thence along the centre of Golding Street to the southeast line of the Hazen property; thence along the said line to an extension of Murray Street; thence along the centre of Murray Street and the extension thereof to City Road. 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 Parish of Portland, in the County of Saint John, and to extend such regulations to other Parishes 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 and Vestry of Grace Church in the Parish of Portland. A later Act in 1841- An Act relating to the Parish Church of the Parish of Portland, in the County of Saint John, and to the Church Corporation of the said Parish, S.N.B. 1841, c.3 - recited the erection and consecration of St. Luke s Church and changed the corporate name to The Rector, Church Wardens and Vestry of Saint Luke s Church in the Parish of Portland. In 1839 the civil Parish of Portland had been divided and the Parish of Simonds created. The original description of the civil Parish of Portland was the area bounded on the south by the Bay of Fundy, the eastern shore of the harbour of Saint John and the several northern bounds and limits of the city, on the east by the eastern boundary of Lot number One granted to Samuel Hughes, continued to the northern boundary of the county, said easterly boundary line running from the shore of the Bay of Fundy north 15 degrees west, on the north by the northern boundary of the county and on the west by the eastern shore of the River Saint John to the limits of the city. The ecclesiastical Parish of Saint Paul was set off in 1856 and the ecclesiastical Parish of St. Clement (now Millidgeville) in 1964 - see below. 17
The Anglican Church Act, 2003 changed the name of the parish corporation to The Corporation of the Anglican Parish of Portland. The present territory of the parish comprises that part of the civil Parish of Portland as it existed after 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 the Parish 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 the eastward of a line drawn along the centre of the Street passing over the Mill Bridge, and extending northwardly to the Kennebecasis River. The parish was named the Parish of Saint Paul and the parish corporation was given the name The Rector, Church Wardens, and Vestry of Saint Paul s Church in the Parish of Saint Paul. The Anglican Church Act, 2003 changed the name of the parish corporation to The Corporation of the Anglican Parish of St. Paul. The territory of the parish is that part of the former civil Parish of Portland lying to the eastward of a line drawn along the centre of the Street passing over the Mill Bridge, and extending northwardly to the Kennebecasis River 1 except the portion in the Parish of Coldbrook - St. Mary described as being to the eastward and southward of a line beginning at the junction of the centre line of Gilbert s Land and the City Road; thence along the centre line of Gilbert s Lane until it strikes the Intercolonial Railroad; thence along the Railway until it strikes the eastern boundary of the Parish of Saint Paul. The parish has ceased to function. 1 By an Act of the Legislature in 1890 - An Act to incorporate the Trustees of the Mission Church of Saint John Baptist in the City of Saint John, in the City and County of Saint John, and for other purposes, S.N.B. 1890, c. 29 - the land on which the Mission Church had been erected was taken out of and separated from the Parish of Saint Paul. The land was described as follows: Beginning at the point formed by the intersection of the eastern side line of a reserved road or alley of twenty feet in width, running southerly and parallel to Mill Street from Paradise Row (so called), and the southerly side line of said Paradise Row; thence easterly along said side line of Paradise Row 123 feet or to the point where the westerly side line of a lot conveyed by James W. Hersey and others to one Patrick Flavin, by a deed registered in the office of the Registrar of Deeds in and for the City and County of Saint John, in Book D, Number 6 of Records, pages 350, 351and 352, meets the same; thence southerly along the westerly side line of said Flavin lot, and a prolongation thereof 70 feet; thence westerly parallel to Paradise Row 115 feet, more or less, to said easterly side line of said reserved road or alley, and thence northerly along said last mentioned side line to the place of beginning. 18
The Parish of Millidgeville The original Mission Church was located in the Parish of St. Paul. The 1890 Act of the Legislature entitled An Act to incorporate the Trustees of the Mission Church of Saint John Baptist in the City of Saint John, in the City and County of Saint John, and for other purposes, S.N.B. 1890, c. 29, recited that it had been objected that the erection of the Church Building and the licensing of a Priest therefor without the consent of the Rector and of the Rector, Church Wardens and Vestry of the Parish of Saint Paul wherein the church building was situate was not in accordance with the laws governing the members of the Church of England in New Brunswick and that it was deemed advisable that such erection and licensing be confirmed by legislative enactment. The Act incorporated the trustees under the Declaration of Trust relating to the Church and their successors as a body corporate by the name of The Trustees of the Mission Church of Saint John Baptist. The land on which the church had been erected was taken out of and separated from the Parish of Saint Paul - see footnote 1. The Parish of St. Clement was set off from the Parish of Portland by a memorial issued by Bishop O Neil dated June 1, 1964 and registered in the Saint John County Registry Office on June 15, 1964 in book 511 at pages 718-719 as number 197109. The name given to the parish corporation was The Rector, Church Wardens 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, Saint John, N.B. and The Trustees, Mission Church, Saint John the Baptist, Saint John, N.B. to the name The Rector, Church Wardens, and Vestry, of the Parish of Millidgeville. As the corporation created by the Act of 1890 was not a parish corporation under the general legislation relating to the Church, the memorial was ineffective to change its name and the 1890 corporation still exists as a separate corporation by its original name, i.e. The Trustees of the Mission Church of Saint John Baptist. The Anglican Church Act, 2003 changed the name of the parish corporation to The Corporation of the Anglican Parish of Millidgeville. The boundaries of the parish are as set out in the 1964 memorial: All that portion of the parish of Portland in the County of Saint John beginning at the junction of Millidge Avenue and Boar s Head Road, thence northwesterly along Boar s Head Road to its intersection with Woodward Avenue, thence southerly along Woodward Avenue and its prolongation to the Saint John River, thence northerly and easterly along the bank of the Saint John River and the confluence of the Kennebecasis River to a point opposite the centre of Indian 19
Island in Kennebecasis Bay, thence to the intersection of Kennebecasis Drive and Tucker Park Road, thence to the northwesterly boundary of that main portion of Tucker park lying south of Kennebecasis Drive, thence along the said northwesterly boundary to the southwesterly boundary, thence southeasterly along the said southwesterly boundary to the most southerly (the southwest) corner of Tucker Park, thence in a straight line to the place of beginning. The Parish of Simonds The 1892 report listed this as a parish with a parish corporation known as The Rector, Church Wardens and Vestry of All Saints Church in the Parish of Simonds. The civil parish had been established by legislation in 1839 (c. 15) The area set of from the Parish of Portland was described as that portion of that parish lying east of a line running due south from the head of Portage Cove, so called, until it meets the northwest branch of the Marsh Creek, thence following the centre line of the Creek until it comes opposite Black Point, thence at right angles easterly until it meets the eastern line of the Marsh Road, so called, thence southerly following the eastern line of the Marsh Road and of the road which passes along the front of Walker Tisdale s Stone Cottage and a prolongation of that line until it strikes the Creek running through the Flats, thence following the Creek to low water mark. By a memorial in 1930 Bishop Richardson set off two new parishes within the civil parish. See below under The Parish of Coldbrook - St. Mary and The Parish of East Saint John. By a memorial dated October 26, 1988 Archbishop Nutter added an additional portion of the Parish of Simonds to the Parish of Coldbrook-St. Mary. The Anglican Church Act, 2003 changed the name of the parish corporation to The Corporation of the Anglican Parish of Simonds. The territory of the parish is the part of the civil Parish of Simonds as constituted in 1830 that is not in the ecclesiastical Parishes of Coldbrook - St. Mary and East Saint John. The Parish of Coldbrook and St. Mary The 1892 report listed a Parish of St. Mary with a parish corporation named The Rector, Church Wardens and Vestry of St. Mary s Church in the Parish of St. 20
Mary. An Act of the Legislature in 1890 - An Act to vest certain lands in the Rector, Church-Wardens and Vestry of Saint Mary s Church in the Parish of Saint Mary and the City of Saint John - S.N.B. 1890, c. 34, recited that under authority of the 1885 Church Act the bishop had set apart a portion of the Parish of Saint Mark and a portion of the Parish of Saint Paul to be the Parish of Saint Mary. By a memorial dated September 30, 1930 Bishop Richardson set off from the Parish of Simonds an area to be the Parish of Coldbrook. By a memorial dated April 10, 1970 the Parishes of St. Mary and Coldbrook were amalgamated 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 Parish of Simonds was added to Coldbrook and St. Mary and the name of the parish corporation was designated as the Rector, Church Wardens and Vestry of the Parish of Coldbrook-St. Mary. The Anglican Church Act, 2003 changed the name of the parish corporation to The Corporation of the Anglican Parish of Coldbrook - St. Mary. The parish territory comprises: (1) the portion of the Parish of Saint Mark described as lying to the north and east of a line commencing at the end of Clarence Street to Brussels Street; thence along the centre of Brussels Street to Richmond Street; thence along the centre of Richmond Street to Waterloo Street; thence along the centre of Waterloo Street to Golding Street; thence along the centre of Golding Street to the southeast line of the Hazen property; thence along the said line to an extension of Murray Street; thence along the centre of Murray Street and the extension thereof to City Road; (2) the portion of the Parish of Saint Paul described as being to the eastward and southward of a line beginning at the junction of the centre line of Gilbert s Lane and the City Road; thence along the centre line of Gilbert s Lane until it strikes the Intercolonial Railroad; thence along the Railway until 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 the Rothesay Road meets the southern boundary of the Parish of Rothesay to Kelly s Point on the Golden Grove Road, thence by a line running southeast one mile and a half more or less along the Golden Grove Road to a point where 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 on the Loch Lomond Road, thence to the corner of Russell Street and the 21