Perth Parish, New Brunswick

Sir Archibald Campbell, then Lieutenant Governor of New Brunswick, was born at Glen Lyon, Perthshire, Scotland. Another possible origin is that local Scotch settlers named it for the city of Perth, Scotland.{{cite book| last1=Ganong| first1=William F.|url=https://www.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.97004/41| 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=41}}

Perth was erected in 1833 in Carleton County from Kent Parish.{{cite book| url=https://www.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.9_00913_48 | access-date=27 March 2021| title=Acts of the General Assembly of His Majesty's Province of New Brunswick, Passed in the Year 1833.| date=1833| publisher=Government of New Brunswick| location=Fredericton| pages=114–115| chapter=3 Wm. IV c. 17 An Act to divide the Parish of Kent, in the County of Carleton, into Five Towns or Parishes.}} The parish included all of modern Victoria County east of the Saint John River and south of the Grand Falls.

In 1850 Victoria County was erected from Carleton County; the new county line ran through Perth, removing part of the parish.{{cite book| url=https://www.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.9_00913_65 | access-date=27 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.

In 1853 all of Perth north of the Tobique Indian Reserve was included in the newly erected Grand Falls Parish.{{cite book| url=https://www.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.9_00913_67 | access-date=27 March 2021| title=Acts of the General Assembly of Her Majesty's Province of New Brunswick, Passed in the Year 1852.| date=1852| publisher=Government of New Brunswick| location=Fredericton| page=55| chapter=15 Vic. c. 35 An Act to erect part of the Parish of Andover, the County of Victoria, into a separate Parish.}}

In 1854 the county line was moved to the pre-1850 southern line of Perth.{{cite book| url=https://www.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.9_02185 | access-date=27 March 2021| title=The Revised Statutes of New Brunswick Volume 1.| date=1854| publisher=Government of New Brunswick| location=Fredericton| pages=2–19| chapter=Chapter 1.}}

In 1864 the eastern part of Perth was included in the newly erected Gordon Parish.{{cite book| url=https://www.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.9_00913_78 | access-date=27 March 2021| title=Acts of the General Assembly of Her Majesty's Province of New Brunswick, Passed in the Month of April, 1863.| date=1863| publisher=Government of New Brunswick| location=Fredericton| page=101| chapter=26 Vic. c. 44 An Act to erect parts of the Parishes of Grand Falls, Perth, and Saint Leonard, in the County of Victoria, into a separate Town or Parish.}} Three months later the pre-1854 county line was restored.{{cite book| url=https://www.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.9_00913_79 | access-date=27 March 2021| title=Acts of the General Assembly of Her Majesty's Province of New Brunswick, Passed in the Month of April 1864.| date=1864| publisher=Government of New Brunswick| location=Fredericton| pages=50–51| chapter=27 Vic. c. 27 An Act to define the Boundaries between the Counties of Carleton and Victoria.}}

Perth Parish is bounded:{{cite web |title=No. 72 |url=https://archives.gnb.ca/App_Handlers/FileDownloadHandler.ashx?filename=/DigitizedDocuments/Communities/Maps/Cadastral/_Oversize/GRPA072.jpg |website=Provincial Archives of New Brunswick |publisher=Department of Natural Resources and Energy Development |access-date=23 June 2021}} Remainder of parish on maps 73, 81, and 82 at same site.{{cite web |title=208 |url=https://www.gnb.ca/0113/maps/Mapbooks/maps-2020/map208.pdf |website=Transportation and Infrastructure |publisher=Government of New Brunswick |access-date=23 June 2021}} Remainder of parish on mapbooks 209, 223, 224, 239, and 240 at same site.

• on the north by a line running true east from the northwestern corner of the Tobique 20 Indian reserve on the Saint John River;
• on the east by the Royal Road,{{refn|group="lower-alpha"|The Royal Road is now traceable on maps only by the parish line. The remainder of the Royal Road and similar roads can be seen in an 1878 map of Victoria County.{{cite book |last1=Roe |first1=A. D. |last2=Roe |first2=W. B. |title=Atlas of the Maritime Provinces of the Dominion of Canada |date=1878 |publisher=Roe Brothers |location=Saint John, New Brunswick |page=27}} Copies can be found at several websites.}} starting about 14.5 kilometres inland and running southerly or south-southeasterly along a path passing west of Birch Ridge, through Red Rapids, to the Carleton County line north of Chapmanville;
• on the south by the Carleton County line;
• on the west by 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=3 July 2021}} bold indicates an incorporated municipality or Indian reserve; italics indicate a name no longer in official use

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• Beech Glen
• Bon Accord
• Currie
• Gladstone
• Gladwyn
• Hillside (Caldwell Brook)
• Inman
• Kilburn
• Kincardine
• Lower Kintore
• Lower Perth
• Muniac
• Perth-Andover
• Quaker Brook
• Red Rapids
• Rowena
• Tobique 20
• Maliseet
• Tobique Narrows
• Upper Kintore

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

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• Pokiok River
• Saint John River
• Tobique River
• Monquart Stream
• Muniac Stream
• Larlee Creek
• Mud Lake

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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}}

• Blind Gully Brook Protected Natural Area
• Pokiok River Protected Natural Area
• Porcupine Mountain Protected Natural Area
• Tobique Narrows Dam

Parish population total does not include Tobique 20 Indian reserve and portion within Perth-Andover

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Population trendStatistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006 census{{cite web |title=Census Profile, 2016 Census: Perth, 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=1312004&Geo2=PR&Code2=13&SearchText=perth&SearchType=Contains&SearchPR=01&B1=All&TABID=1&type=0 |publisher=Statistics Canada |accessdate=October 2, 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=1312004&Geo2=CD&Code2=1312&Data=Count&SearchText=Perth&SearchType=Begins&SearchPR=01&B1=All&Custom=&TABID=1 2011 Statistics Canada Census Profile: Perth Parish, New Brunswick]

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• [http://www.perth-andover.com/ Village of Perth-Andover]

{{Geographic Location (8-way)

| Centre = Perth Parish

| North = Denmark Parish

| Northeast =

| East = Gordon Parish

| Southeast =

| South = Kent Parish
(Carleton County)

| Southwest = Wicklow Parish
(Carleton County)

| West = Andover Parish

| Northwest = Grand Falls Parish

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Category:Parishes of Victoria County, New Brunswick

Category:Local service districts of Victoria County, New Brunswick