Lincoln Parish, New Brunswick

The parish may have been named for its proximity to York County, as the traditional English counties of Lincolnshire and Yorkshire shared a border.{{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=245 |url=https://www.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.12511 |access-date=17 March 2021}}

Another possible source is Lincoln, Massachusetts, former home of Captain Benjamin Glasier whose family settled there in March 1776 as the American War of Independence was beginning.{{cite book| last1=Ganong| first1=William F.|url=https://www.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.97004/30| access-date=12 April 2021| title=Additions and Corrections to Monographs on the Place-Nomenclature, Cartography, Historic Sites, Boundaries and Settlement-origins of the Province of New Brunswick| date=1906| publisher=Royal Society of Canada| page=30}}

Lincoln was erected in 1786 as one of Sunbury County's original parishes.{{cite book| url=https://www.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.9_00913_1 | access-date=20 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.}} It extended to Charlotte County and included most of Gladstone Parish.

In 1835 the rear of the parish was included in the newly erected Blissville Parish.{{cite book| url=https://www.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.9_00913_49| access-date=27 March 2021| title=Acts of the General Assembly of His Majesty's Province of New Brunswick, Passed in the Year 1834.| date=1834| publisher=Government of New Brunswick| location=Fredericton| pages=103–104| chapter=4 Wm. IV c. 42 An Act to erect a new Parish in the County of Sunbury.}}

Lincoln Parish is bounded:{{cite web |title=No. 126 |url=https://archives.gnb.ca/App_Handlers/FileDownloadHandler.ashx?filename=/DigitizedDocuments/Communities/Maps/Cadastral/_Oversize/GRPA126.jpg |website=Provincial Archives of New Brunswick |publisher=Department of Natural Resources and Energy Development |access-date=22 June 2021}} Remainder of parish on maps 127 and 137 at same site.{{cite web |title=371 |url=https://www.gnb.ca/0113/maps/Mapbooks/maps-2020/map371.pdf |website=Transportation and Infrastructure |publisher=Government of New Brunswick |access-date=22 June 2021}} Remainder of parish on mapbooks 390, 391, 409, and 410 at same site.

• on the northeast by the Saint John River;
• on the southeast by the Oromocto River;
• on the southwest by a line beginning on the Oromocto River about 1.2 kilometres downstream of the mouth of Shaw Creek and running north 66º west{{refn|group="lower-alpha"|By the magnet of 1834{{cite book| url=https://www.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.9_00913_49| access-date=27 March 2021| title=Acts of the General Assembly of His Majesty's Province of New Brunswick, Passed in the Year 1834.| date=1834| publisher=Government of New Brunswick| location=Fredericton| pages=103–104| chapter=4 Wm. IV c. 42 An Act to erect a new Parish in the County of Sunbury.}} 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/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130712114533/http://maps.ngdc.noaa.gov/viewers/historical_declination/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=12 July 2013 |website=National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration |access-date=28 April 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.}} to the York County line;
• on the northwest by the York County line;
• including Thatch Island in the Saint John River.

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=6 July 2021}} bold indicates an incorporated municipality

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• Fredericton
• Lincoln
• Lower Lincoln
• Nevers Road
• Rusagonis
• Rusagonis Station
• Sunpoke
• Waasis

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

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• Oromocto River
• Saint John River
• Little Waasis Stream
• Rusagonis Stream
• Waasis Stream
• The Thoroughfare
• Bear Creek
• Deer Creek
• Shaw Creek
• Wilmot Creek
• Sunpoke Lake

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Islands at least partly within the parish.

• Thatch Island

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

• Fredericton International Airport
• Vanier Industrial Park

Parish population does not include portion within Fredericton

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Population trendStatistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006 census{{cite web |title=Census Profile, 2016 Census: Lincoln, 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=1303008&Geo2=PR&Code2=13&SearchText=lincoln&SearchType=Begins&SearchPR=01&B1=All&TABID=1&type=0 |publisher=Statistics Canada |accessdate=September 1, 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=1303008&Geo2=CD&Code2=1303&Data=Count&SearchText=Lincoln&SearchType=Begins&SearchPR=01&B1=All&Custom=&TABID=1 2011 Statistics Canada Census Profile: Lincoln Parish, New Brunswick]

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• [http://www.fredericton.ca/en City of Fredericton]
• [http://www.lincolnnb.ca/ Lincoln Local Service District]
• [https://www.facebook.com/RWLSD/ Rusagonis-Waasis LSD Information Page]

{{Geographic location

| Centre = Lincoln Parish

| North = Maugerville Parish

| Northeast =

| East = Burton Parish

| Southeast = Blissville Parish

| South = Gladstone Parish

| Southwest =

| West = New Maryland Parish (York County)

| Northwest = Saint Marys Parish (York County)

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Category:Parishes of Sunbury County, New Brunswick