Derby Parish, New Brunswick

The parish was named in honour of the Earl of Derby,{{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=230 |url=https://www.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.12511 |access-date=17 March 2021}} Prime Minister of the United Kingdom at the time of its erection. William F. Ganong notes that local legend states the parish took its name from horse races held in the area.

Derby was erected in 1859 from all of Nelson Parish north of the Southwest Miramichi River{{cite book| url=https://www.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.9_00913_74| access-date=27 March 2021| title=Acts of the General Assembly of Her Majesty's Province of New Brunswick, Passed in March and April 1859.| date=1859| publisher=Government of New Brunswick| location=Fredericton| pages=15–17| chapter=22 Vic. c. 5 An Act to divide the Parish of Nelson into two separate and distinct Parishes.}} plus Beaubears Island.

Derby Parish is bounded:{{cite web |title=No. 69 |url=https://archives.gnb.ca/App_Handlers/FileDownloadHandler.ashx?filename=/DigitizedDocuments/Communities/Maps/Cadastral/_Oversize/GRPA069.jpg |website=Provincial Archives of New Brunswick |publisher=Department of Natural Resources and Energy Development |access-date=18 June 2021}} Remainder of parish on map 78 at same site.{{cite web |title=203 |url=https://www.gnb.ca/0113/maps/Mapbooks/maps-2020/map203.pdf |website=Transportation and Infrastructure |publisher=Government of New Brunswick |access-date=18 June 2021}} Remainder of parish on mapbooks 204, 217, and 218 at same site.

• on the north by a line beginning at a point on the Blackville Parish line about 1.8 kilometres northwesterly of Route 8 on a line running north 22º west{{refn|group="lower-alpha"|name="Magnet"|By the magnet of 1814,{{cite book| url=https://www.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.9_00913_29 | access-date=27 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.'}} when declination in the area was between 16º and 17º 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=13 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}} and 1973 Revised Statutes.}} from the mouth of the Renous River, then running northeasterly along the prolongation of the rear line of the Elm Tree Tract granted to William Davidson, then along the Elm Tree Tract, which is joined by Route 8 east of Route 415, and along a survey line to the westernmost corner of a grant to Roland Crocker on the south side of Crocker Lake and the north side of Route 8, then along the Crocker grant to its northernmost corner, then southeasterly to the north line of a grant to Timothy Crocker, then northeasterly to the southernmost corner of a grant to William A. Bryenton, then northwesterly, northeasterly, and southeasterly around the Bryenton grant to join the rear line of grants on the Southwest Miramichi River, then northeasterly along the rear line of river grants to Williamstown Road, then northwesterly and northeasterly to include a grant to Jared Betts before rejoining the river grants, then along the river grants past the Old Creamer Road to the northernmost point of a grant to William Davidson, then southeasterly to the Old Creamer Road, then northeasterly along the road to the northeastern line of a grant to Jonathan Sherwood, then southeasterly to a point about 700 metres slightly east of south of the junction of Route 420 and Creamer Road, then easterly to a point on the southern bank of the Northwest Miramichi River about 700 metres east of Enclosure Road, the northwestern corner of a grant to St. James Church of Scotland at Wilsons Point, then into the Northwest Miramichi and downstream past the tip Beaubears Island;
• on the south by the Southwest Miramichi River, running upstream from Beaubears Island to the mouth of the Renous;
• on the west by the Blackville Parish line, running from the mouth of the Renous northwesterly to the starting point;
• including Beaubears Island.

The original northern boundary of Derby was a straight line running south 68º west This put parts of modern Southesk in Derby and parts of Derby in Southesk.

In 1920 the boundary with Southesk Parish was changed to run along lot lines;{{cite book| title=Acts of the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick Passed in the Month of April 1919| date=1919| publisher=Government of New Brunswick| location=Fredericton| pages=258–265| chapter=9 Geo. V c. 55 An Act to amend Chapter 2 of the Consolidated Statutes, 1903, respecting the division of the Province into Counties, Towns and Parishes.}} these lines were sometimes grant lines and sometimes property lines. Clarifications to the boundary of Southesk in 1953{{cite book| title=Acts of the Legislature of New Brunswick Passed During the Session of 1953| date=1953| publisher=Government of New Brunswick| location=Fredericton| page=202| chapter=2 Elizabeth II, 1952, c. 81 An Act to Amend the Territorial Division Act}} and 1954{{cite book| title=Acts of the Legislature of New Brunswick Passed During the Session of 1954| date=1954| publisher=Government of New Brunswick| location=Fredericton| pages=189–191| chapter=3 Elizabeth II, 1954, c. 83 An Act to Amend the Territorial Division Act}} affected Derby, producing the modern boundary.

Communities at least partly within the parish.{{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=7 July 2021}} italics indicate a name no longer in official use

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• Bryenton
• Derby
• Derby Junction
• Elmtree
• Lower Derby
• Manderville
• Millerton
• Quarryville
• Upper Derby

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

• Northwest Miramichi River
• Southwest Miramichi River

Islands at least partly within the parish.

• Beaubears Island

Parks, historic sites, and other noteworthy places at least partly within the parish.

• Beaubears Island Shipbuilding National Historic Site of Canada
• Boishébert National Historic Site of Canada
• Wilson's Point Wildlife Refuge{{cite web |title=New Brunswick Regulation 94-43 under the Fish and Wildlife Act (O.C. 94-231) |url=http://laws.gnb.ca/en/showfulldoc/cr/94-43// |website=Government of New Brunswick |access-date=8 July 2021 |date=5 June 2006}}

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Population trendStatistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006 census{{cite web |title=Census Profile, 2016 Census Derby, 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=1309011&Geo2=PR&Code2=01&SearchText=derby&SearchType=Begins&SearchPR=01&B1=All&TABID=1&type=0 |publisher=Statistics Canada |accessdate=September 25, 2019}}

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Mother tongue (2016)

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Highways and numbered routes that run through the parish, including external routes that start or finish at the parish limits:Atlantic Canada Back Road Atlas {{ISBN|978-1-55368-618-7}}

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• Highways
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• Principal Routes
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• Secondary Routes:
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• External Routes:
• None

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• List of parishes in New Brunswick

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{{Geographic Location (8-way)

| Centre = Derby Parish

| North = Southesk Parish

| Northeast =

| East = Chatham Parish

| Southeast =

| South = Nelson Parish

| Southwest =

| West = Blackville Parish

| Northwest =

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Category:1859 establishments in Canada

Category:States and territories established in 1859

Category:Parishes of Northumberland County, New Brunswick

Category:Local service districts of Northumberland County, New Brunswick

Category:Edward Smith-Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby