McAdam Parish, New Brunswick

The parish was named in honour of John McAdam, a timber merchant and politician who died in 1893.{{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=247 |url=https://www.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.12511 |access-date=17 March 2021}}

McAdam was erected in 1895 from Prince William and Dumfries Parishes.{{cite book| title=Acts of the General Assembly of Her Majesty's Province of New Brunswick. Passed in the Month of April, 1894.| date=1894| publisher=Government of New Brunswick| location=Fredericton| pages=157–160| chapter=57 Vic. c. 34 An Act to erect part of the Parishes of Prince William and Dumfries, in the County of York, into a separate Parish.}} Available as a free ebook from Google Books.

McAdam Parish is bounded:{{cite web |title=No. 124 |url=https://archives.gnb.ca/App_Handlers/FileDownloadHandler.ashx?filename=/DigitizedDocuments/Communities/Maps/Cadastral/_Oversize/GRPA124.jpg |website=Provincial Archives of New Brunswick |publisher=Department of Natural Resources and Energy Development |access-date=25 June 2021}} Remainder of parish on maps 134, 135, and 145 at same site.{{cite web |title=386 |url=https://www.gnb.ca/0113/maps/Mapbooks/maps-2020/map386.pdf |website=Transportation and Infrastructure |publisher=Government of New Brunswick |access-date=25 June 2021}} Remainder of parish on mapbooks 387, 405, 406, 423, 424, 438, and 439 at same site.

• on the northeast by a line beginning at a point about 825 metres east of Moon Pond, then running southeasterly along grant lines, crossing Shogomoc Lake, to the prolongation of the eastern line of large grants to the New Brunswick Railway Company and New Brunswick and Canada Railway and Land Company east of McAdam, then southerly along the railway grants, crossing Magaguadavic Lake, to the railway north of Mink Lake, then running south-southwesterly, south-southeasterly, and southerly, crossing Route 4 to a point about 1 kilometre south of Route 4 and 2.9 kilometres southwest of its junction with Diffen Road;
• on the southeast by a line paralleling the Sunbury County line, as with other parishes south of the Saint John River, striking the Charlotte County line about 3 kilometres east of Route 630;
• on the south by the Charlotte County line;
• on the west and southwest by the international border, running through the St. Croix River and Spednic Lake;
• on the northwest by a line beginning west of Sandy Point and running northeasterly, paralleling the southeastern line, to the starting point.

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=3 July 2021}} bold indicates an incorporated municipality; italics indicate a name no longer in official use

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• Burpee
• Cottrell
• McAdam
• Newcomb
• St. Croix
• Sugar Brook

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

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• Digdeguash River
• St. Croix River
• Canoose Stream
• Diggity Stream
• Shogomoc Stream
• Musquash Flowage
• Magaguadavic Lake
• Palfrey Lake
• Spednic Lake
• more than fifteen other officially named lakes

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Islands at least partly within the parish.

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• Bells Island
• Ben Beaches Island
• Big Island
• Cummings Island
• Estys Island
• Hardwood Island
• Lindsay Island
• Little Indian Island
• Long Island
• Luffs Island
• O'Malleys Island
• Parker Island
• Star Island
• Todds Island
• Varney Island
• Whites Island
• Williams Island
• Works Island

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Parks, historic sites, and other noteworthy places at least partly within 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=3 July 2021}}

• Spednic Lake Protected Natural Area

Parish population total does not include village of McAdam

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Population trendStatistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006 census{{cite web |title=Census Profile, 2016 Census: McAdam, 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=1310007&Geo2=PR&Code2=13&SearchText=mcadam&SearchType=Begins&SearchPR=01&B1=All&TABID=1&type=0 |publisher=Statistics Canada |accessdate=October 7, 2019}}

• The net change from 2006 to 2016 (80 people to 73) is a decline of 8.75%

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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
• None

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• Secondary Routes:
• None

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• External Routes:
• None

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• List of parishes in New Brunswick

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[http://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2006/dp-pd/prof/92-591/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo1=CSD&Code1=1310007&Geo2=PR&Code2=13&Data=Count&SearchText=McAdam&SearchType=Begins&SearchPR=01&B1=Custom&Custom=1000,7000,8000 2006 Statistics Canada Community Profile: McAdam Parish, New Brunswick]

[http://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2011/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo1=CSD&Code1=1310007&Geo2=CD&Code2=1310&Data=Count&SearchText=mcadam&SearchType=Begins&SearchPR=01&B1=All&Custom=&TABID=1 2011 Statistics Canada Census Profile: McAdam Parish, New Brunswick]

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• [http://www.mcadamnb.com/ Village of McAdam]

{{Geographic Location (8-way)

| Centre = McAdam Parish

| North = Canterbury Parish

| Northeast = Dumfries Parish

| East = Prince William Parish

| Southeast = Manners Sutton Parish

| South = Saint James Parish (Charlotte County)

| Southwest = Washington County, Maine
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| West = North Lake Parish

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