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Lac Baker Parish, New Brunswick
Lac Baker is a civil parish in Madawaska County, New Brunswick, Canada. For governance purposes it is divided between the village of Lac Baker and the incorporated rural community of Haut-Madawaska, both of which are members of the Northwest Regional Service Commission (NWRSC). Origin of name The parish takes its name from Baker Lake, which takes its name from John Baker, an American leader in the Aroostook War. Baker remained in the area after the boundary settlement awarded the area to New Brunswick. History Lac Baker was erected as Baker Lake in 1912 from Clair Parish; the boundary was slightly altered later that year. The parish was renamed Lac Baker and its boundaries affected by the major reorganisation of Madawaska County parish lines in 1946. Boundaries Lac Baker Parish is bounded: Remainder of parish on map 32 at same site. Remainder of parish on mapbook 119 at same site. *on the northwest by the Quebec provincial border; *on the northeast and east, running ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Parishes In New Brunswick
The Canadian province of New Brunswick is divided by the ''Territorial Division Act'' into 152 parishes, units which had political significance as subdivisions of counties until the Municipalities Act of 1966. Parishes still exist in law and include any municipality, rural community, or regional municipality within their borders. They provided convenient boundaries for electoral districts and organising delivery of government services for some time after 1966 but were gradually supplanted for such purposes by local service districts (LSDs), which better represent communities of interest. Local governance reforms scheduled for 1 January 2023 will abolish the local service district as a unit of governance but this will not affect the existence of civil parishes. Parishes are still usedAs of July 2021, by more than a dozen Acts and more than fifty Regulations. to describe legal boundaries for health administration judicial matters, agricultural boards, and some other entities; highwa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clair Parish, New Brunswick
Clair is a civil parish in Madawaska County, New Brunswick, Canada. For governance purposes it is part of the incorporated rural community of Haut-Madawaska, which is a member of the Northwest Regional Service Commission (NWRSC). Origin of name Clair was named in honour of Peter Clair, an early immigrant from County Clare, Ireland. History Clair was erected in 1900 from Saint-François. In 1912 Lac Baker Parish was erected from part of Clair; the boundary was slightly altered later that year. Clair was affected by the major reorganisation of Madawaska County parish boundaries in 1946. Boundaries Clair Parish is bounded: Remainder of parish on mapbooks 119, 140, and 141 at same site. *on the northeast and north, running entirely along grant lines, starting at a point about 1.35 kilometres northwest of Chemin des Long, WP:ENG is ignored when it would result in a clumsy construction. on the northeastern line of Range Three of the Baker Lake Settlement, which is two tier ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saint-François Parish, New Brunswick
Saint-François is a civil parish in Madawaska County, New Brunswick, Canada. For governance purposes it is part of the incorporated rural community of Haut-Madawaska, which is a member of the Northwest Regional Service Commission (NWRSC). Origin of name The parish takes its name from the St. Francis River. History Saint-François was erected as Saint Francis in 1850 from Madawaska Parish. In 1852 the parish was expanded northward to include territory award in the boundary settlement with Canada. In 1877 the eastern part of Saint-François was included in the newly erected Saint-Hilaire Parish. In 1900 Clair Parish was erected from the eastern part of Saint-François. In 1946 the name was changed to Saint Francois and the boundaries were affected by the major reorganisation of Madawaska County parish lines. In 1973 the name was changed to Saint-François. Boundaries Saint-François Parish is bounded: Remainder of parish on map 32 at same site. Remainder of parish ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Baker Brook Parish, New Brunswick
Baker Brook is a civil parish in Madawaska County, New Brunswick, Canada. For governance purposes it is part of the incorporated rural community of Haut-Madawaska, which is a member of the Northwest Regional Service Commission (NWRSC). Origin of name The parish was named for Baker Brook, which took its name from John Baker, an American leader in the Aroostook War. Baker remained in the area after the boundary settlement assigned the area to New Brunswick. History Baker Brook was erected in 1930 from Saint-Hilaire Parish. In 1946 Baker Brook was affected by the major rewriting of Madawaska County parish boundaries. Boundaries Baker Brook Parish is bounded: Remainder of parish on map 33 at same site. Remainder of parish on mapbooks 097, 118, 119, and 141 at same site. *on the north by the Quebec provincial border; *on the east, running entirely along land grant lines, starting at the provincial border and running southeasterly then southerly along the eastern line Tier ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Baker-Brook River (New Brunswick)
The Baker-Brook River is a tributary of the Saint John River (Bay of Fundy), flowing in Madawaska County, in the northwest part of the New Brunswick, in Canada. Geography The Baker-Brook River rises in Lac Baker (New Brunswick) (length: ; height: ). The northern part of the lake stretches toward the northwest at Quebec, in the municipality of Saint-Jean-de-la-Lande, Quebec. This lake has a central island with a length of and a maximum width of , counting about fifty chalets. This lake supplies water from Kitchen Creek (from the West or from the Quebec); the mouth of the latter is located on the provincial border in the northwest part of the lake. The mouth of the Lac Baker (New Brunswick) is located in the middle of the lake on the northeast shore. This mouth is located at: * south of the border between Quebec and New Brunswick; * northwest of a curve of Saint John River (Bay of Fundy) located in New Brunswick; * south of the center of village of Saint-Jean-de-la-Land ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saint John River (Bay Of Fundy)
The Saint John River (french: Fleuve Saint-Jean; Maliseet-Passamaquoddy: ''Wolastoq'') is a long river that flows from Northern Maine into Canada, and runs south along the western side of New Brunswick, emptying into the Atlantic Ocean in the Bay of Fundy. Eastern Canada's longest river, its drainage basin is one of the largest on the east coast at about . A part of the border between New Brunswick and Maine follows 130 km (80 miles) of the river. A tributary forms 55 km (35 miles) of the border between Quebec and Maine. New Brunswick settlements through which it passes include, moving downstream, Edmundston, Fredericton, Oromocto, and Saint John. It is regulated by hydro-power dams at Mactaquac, Beechwood, and Grand Falls, New Brunswick. Hydronym Samuel de Champlain visited the mouth of the river on the feast day of John the Baptist in 1604 and renamed it the Rivière Saint-Jean or Saint John River in English. Many waterways in the system retain their or ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Quebec
Quebec ( ; )According to the Canadian government, ''Québec'' (with the acute accent) is the official name in Canadian French and ''Quebec'' (without the accent) is the province's official name in Canadian English is one of the thirteen provinces and territories of Canada. It is the largest province by area and the second-largest by population. Much of the population lives in urban areas along the St. Lawrence River, between the most populous city, Montreal, and the provincial capital, Quebec City. Quebec is the home of the Québécois nation. Located in Central Canada, the province shares land borders with Ontario to the west, Newfoundland and Labrador to the northeast, New Brunswick to the southeast, and a coastal border with Nunavut; in the south it borders Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, and New York in the United States. Between 1534 and 1763, Quebec was called ''Canada'' and was the most developed colony in New France. Following the Seven Years' War, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
