Alnwick Parish, New Brunswick

Alnwick and Newcastle Parishes were erected simultaneously. Alnwick and Newcastle are the county town and largest city of Northumberland County, England. This is probably the origin of the two parishes' names.{{cite book |last1=Ganong |first1=William F. |title=A Monograph of the Place-Nomenclature of the Province of New Brunswick |date=1896 |publisher=Royal Society of Canada |page=217 |url=https://www.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.12511 |access-date=17 March 2021}}{{cite web |title=Alnwick Parish |url=https://archives.gnb.ca/exhibits/communities/Details.aspx?culture=en-CA&community=54 |website=Place Names of New Brunswick: Where is Home? New Brunswick Communities Past and Present |publisher=Provincial Archives of New Brunswick |access-date=26 March 2021}}

Alnwick was erected in 1786 as one of the original parishes of the county,{{cite book| url=https://www.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.9_00913_1 | access-date=17 March 2021| title=Acts of the General Assembly of His Majesty's Province of New-Brunswick, passed in the year 1786.| date=1786| publisher=Government of New Brunswick| location=Saint John, New Brunswick| pages=3–12| chapter=26 Geo. III Chapter I. An Act for the better ascertaining and confirming the Boundaries of the several Counties within this Province, and for subdividing them into Towns or Parishes.}} with very different boundaries from today.{{cite book |last1=Ganong |first1=William F. |title=A Monograph of the Evolution of the Boundaries of the Province of New Brunswick |date=1901 |publisher=Royal Society of Canada |page=Map No. 35 |url=https://www.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.74004/294 |access-date=21 March 2021}} The modern communities of Burnt Church and Bartibog were near or on the southern edge of the parish, which was nearly rectangular and ran west past the Nepisiguit River.

The 1814 reorganisation of Northumberland County's parishes gave Alnwick its modern shape,{{cite book| url=https://www.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.9_00913_29 | access-date=20 March 2021| title=Acts of the General Assembly of His Majesty's Province of New-Brunswick; Passed in the Year 1814.| date=1814| publisher=Government of New Brunswick| location=Saint John, New Brunswick| pages=16–18| chapter=54 Geo. III c. 17 An Act in further addition to an Act, intituled 'An Act for the better ascertaining and confirming the boundaries of the several Counties, within this Province, and for subdividing them into Towns or Parishes.'}} removing all territory in what's now Gloucester but adding modern Barryville, Oak Point, The Willows, Bartibog Bridge, and Winston.

Alnwick Parish is bounded:{{cite web |title=No. 42 |url=https://archives.gnb.ca/App_Handlers/FileDownloadHandler.ashx?filename=/DigitizedDocuments/Communities/Maps/Cadastral/_Oversize/GRPA042.jpg |website=Provincial Archives of New Brunswick |publisher=Department of Natural Resources and Energy Development |access-date=18 June 2021}} Remainder of parish on maps 43, 52, 53, 61, and 62 at same site.{{cite web |title=114 |url=https://www.gnb.ca/0113/maps/Mapbooks/maps-2020/map114.pdf |website=Transportation and Infrastructure |publisher=Government of New Brunswick |access-date=18 June 2021}} Remainder of parish on mapbooks 115, 134–137, 156–159, 173–175, and 190 at same site.{{cite web |title=Search the Canadian Geographical Names Database (CGNDB) |url=http://www4.rncan.gc.ca/search-place-names/search?lang=en |website=Government of Canada |access-date=18 June 2021}}

• on the north by the Gloucester County line;
• on the east by the Gulf of Saint Lawrence;
• on the south by Miramichi Bay, Miramichi Inner Bay, and Miramichi River;
• on the west by a line beginning at the mouth of the Bartibog River, then running upriver to the Route 8 bridge, then north{{refn|group="lower-alpha"|By the magnet of 1850,{{cite book| url=https://www.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.9_00913_65 | access-date=20 March 2021| title=Acts of the General Assembly of Her Mjaesty's Province of New Brunswick, Passed in the Year 1850.| date=1850| publisher=Government of New Brunswick| location=Fredericton| pages=142–152, 145–149| chapter=13 Vic. c. 51 An Act to consolidate all the Laws now in force for the division of the Province into Counties, Towns and Parishes.}} Book was poorly proofread, resulting in title typo and reuse of page numbers 145–152. when declination in the area was between 21º and 22º west of north.{{cite web |title=Historical Magnetic Declination |url=https://maps.ngdc.noaa.gov/viewers/historical_declination/ |website=National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration |access-date=12 March 2021}} The Territorial Division Act clause referring to magnetic direction bearings was omitted in the 1952{{cite book| title=The Revised Statutes of New Brunswick 1952 Volume III| date=1952| publisher=Government of New Brunswick| location=Fredericton| pages=3725–3771| chapter=Chapter 227 Territorial Division Act}} Scans of this Act may be requested from the Legislative Library of New Brunswick. and 1973 Revised Statutes.}} to the county line;
• including Sheldrake Island, Portage Island, and all islands in front.

The 1786 boundaries were a line running due west from the mouth of the Big Tracadie River in the north, a line running due west from the northern tip of Portage Island in the south, and in the west a line running north from the mouth of Cains River in what's now Blackville Parish. Alnwick included most of the modern parish along with parts of Allardville, Bathurst, Newcastle, Northesk, and Saumarez Parishes.

The 1814 reorganisation of Northumberland County's parishes gave Alnwick nearly its modern boundaries,{{cite book| url=https://www.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.9_00913_29 | access-date=20 March 2021| title=Acts of the General Assembly of His Majesty's Province of New-Brunswick; Passed in the Year 1814.| date=1814| publisher=Government of New Brunswick| location=Saint John, New Brunswick| pages=16–18| chapter=54 Geo. III c. 17 An Act in further addition to an Act, intituled 'An Act for the better ascertaining and confirming the boundaries of the several Counties, within this Province, and for subdividing them into Towns or Parishes.'}} removing all territory in what's now Gloucester County and Newcastle and Northesk Parishes but adding modern Barryville, Oak Point, The Willows, Bartibog Bridge, and Winston. The Newcastle line ran only six miles up the Bartibog River before going north to the county line, probably putting the departure point south of Sproule Road.

In 1850 the western boundary was moved upriver to its current departure point, transferring a strip of territory to Alnwick, most of it wilderness.

Communities at least partly within the parish. bold indicates an incorporated municipality, Indian reserve, or regional municipality

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• Allainville
• Barryville
• B artibog Bridge
• Bayshore
• Breau Road
• Burnt Church
• Cains Point
• Covedell
• Drisdelle Settlement
• Esgenoôpetitj 14
• Fairisle
• Gaythorne
• Lagacéville
• Lauvergot
• Lavillette
• Neguac
• Comeau Settlement
• Lower Neguac
• Rivière-des-Caches
• New Jersey
• Oak Point
• Price Settlement
• Robichaud Settlement
• Saint-Wilfred
• Stymiest Road
• Tabusintac
• Tabusintac 9
• The Willows
• Regional Municipality of Tracadie
• Brantville
• Pontgravé
• Rivière-du-Portage
• Village-Saint-Laurent
• Winston
• Wishart Point

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Bodies of waterNot including brooks, ponds or coves. at least partly in the parish.

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• Bartibog River
• Big Eskedelloc River
• Burnt Church River
• Rivière des Caches
• Rivière du Portage
• Little Bartibog River
• Little Eskedelloc River
• Oyster River
• Tabusintac River
• Cowassaget Stream
• Grand Lac
• Gulf of St. Lawrence
• Gammon Bay
• Miramichi Bay
• Neguac Bay
• Tabusintac Bay
• Grand Dune Inlet
• Bass Fishing Channel
• Old Seal Gully
• Old Tabusintac Gully
• Ship Channel
• Tabusintac Gully

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Islands at least partly in the parish.

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• Brant Island
• Grand Dune Island
• Hay Island
• McLeods Island
• Old Dans Island
• Portage Island
• Redpine Island
• Sheep Island
• Sheldrake Island

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Parks, historic sites, and other noteworthy places at least partly in the parish.{{cite web |title=Explore New Brunswick's Protected Natural Areas |url=http://geonb.snb.ca/pna_znp/index.html |website=GeoNB |access-date=2 July 2021}}

• Brantville Protected Natural Area
• North Branch Burnt Church River Protected Natural Area
• South Branch Burnt Church River Protected Natural Area
• Tabusintac Lagoon and River Estuary
• Tabusintac Protected Natural Area
• Tabusintac River Protected Natural Area
• Tracadie Military Training Area

Parish population total does not include Neguac, the Indian reserves or portion within the Regional Municipality of Tracadie. Revised census figures based on the 2023 local governance reforms have not been released.

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Population trendStatistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006 census{{cite web |title=Census Profile, 2016 Census Alnwick, Parish [Census subdivision], New Brunswick |url=https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2016/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo1=CSD&Code1=1309036&Geo2=PR&Code2=13&SearchText=alnwick&SearchType=Begins&SearchPR=01&B1=All&TABID=1&type=0 |publisher=Statistics Canada |accessdate=September 24, 2019}}

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Mother tongue (2016)

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• List of parishes in New Brunswick

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[http://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2011/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo1=CSD&Code1=1309036&Geo2=CD&Code2=1309&Data=Count&SearchText=Alnwick&SearchType=Begins&SearchPR=01&B1=All&Custom=&TABID=1 2011 Statistics Canada Census Profile: Alnwick Parish, New Brunswick]

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• [https://web.archive.org/web/20110706182007/http://stds.statcan.gc.ca/sgc-cgt/2001/sgcsl-cgtrl-eng.asp?criteria=1309036 Alnwick Parish] Standard Geographical Classification (SGC) 2001 from Statistics Canada
• [http://www.neguac.com/en Village of Neguac]
• [http://www.tabusintac.info/lsd Tabusintac Local Service District]
• [https://www.facebook.com/pages/Barryville-New-Jersey/434437003258200 Barryville-New Jersey]

{{Adjacent communities

| Centre = Alnwick Parish

| North = Saumarez Parish (Gloucester County)

| Northeast =

| East = Gulf of Saint Lawrence

| Southeast =

| South = Miramichi Bay

| Southwest =

| West = Newcastle Parish

| Northwest = Allardville Parish (Gloucester County)

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Category:Parishes of Northumberland County, New Brunswick

Category:Local service districts of Northumberland County, New Brunswick