Dundas is a geographic parish in Kent County,

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. For governance purposes it is divided between the towns of

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and

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and the rural communities of

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and Maple Hills; Maple Hills is a member of the Southeast Regional Service Commission, while the others belong to the Kent RSC. Prior to the 2023 governance reform, the parish was divided between the village of Saint-Antoine, the rural community of Cocagne and the local service districts of Grande-Digue, Grand Saint-Antoine,

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, the parish of Dundas, and (through its Saint-Grégoire special service area) the parish of Wellington. Cocagne, Grande-Digue, and Shediac Bridge-Shediac River, and most of the Dundas Parish LSD are now part of Beausoleil, Saint-Antoine and Grand Saint-Antoine part of Champdoré, while the community of Dundas in the western end of the parish is part of Maple Hills. The parish LSD was informally referred to as Notre-Dame after one its communities.

Origin of name

One possible honouree is

Robert Saunders Dundas Robert Dundas, 2nd Viscount Melville, (14 March 1771 – 10 June 1851) was a British statesman, the son of Henry Dundas, the 1st Viscount. Dundas was the Member of Parliament for Hastings in 1794, Rye in 1796 and Midlothian in 1801. He was a ...

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at the time of its erection. Another is Ann Dundas, wife of

Sir Howard Douglas General Sir Howard Douglas, 3rd Baronet, (23 January 1776 – 9 November 1861) was a British Army officer born in Gosport, England, the younger son of Admiral Sir Charles Douglas, and a descendant of the Earls of Morton. He was an English ...

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when the parish was erected.

History

Dundas was erected in 1827 from Wellington Parish. In 1828 the boundary with Wellington was adjusted to run along grant lines near Després Road and west from there. In 1862 the boundary with Wellington was adjusted to its modern line.

Boundaries

Dundas Parish is bounded: Remainder of parish on maps 109 and 110 at same site. Remainder of parish on mapbooks 301–303 and 318–320 at same site. *on the northwest by a line beginning on the shore of

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near Bar-de-Cocagne, then running south 72º 30' west to the western line of a grant on the western side of the junction of Gérard Road and Robichaud Cross Road, a bit north of Robichaud Cross Road, then southwesterly along the grant line to the northwestern line of a grant straddling Gérard Road, part of a tier of grants on the northwestern side of Alexandrina Road, then southwesterly along the rear line of the tier and its prolongation to Route 490; *on the east by Northumberland Strait; *on the south by the Westmorland County line; *on the west by Route 490; *including all islands in front of the parish.

Communities

Communities at least partly within the parish; bold indicates a municipality or incorporated rural community; ''italics'' indicate a name no longer in official use *Alexandrina * Caissie Cape *Dufourville *Dundas *Goudalie * Grande-Digue * Notre-Dame *Poirier * Saint-Antoine *Whites Settlement * rural community of Cocagne **Bourgeois **Breau-Village **Cap-de-Cocagne **Cocagne **Cocagne Cove **Cocagne-Nord (''Gueguen'', ''Lower Gueguen'') **Cocagne-Sud **Cormierville **Côte-d'Or **Després-Village **Saint-Marcel **Saint-Martin-de-Kent

Bodies of water

Bodies of waterNot including brooks, ponds or coves. at least partly in the parish: *Rivière à l'Anguille *Cocagne River *

*Cocagne Harbour *La Passe

Islands

Islands at least partly in the parish: *Cocagne Island *Surette Island

Demographics

Parish population total does not include village of Saint-Antoine and (after 2011) rural community of Cocagne

Population

Population trendStatistics Canada:

1996 1996 was designated as: * International Year for the Eradication of Poverty Events January * January 8 – A Zairean cargo plane crashes into a crowded market in the center of the capital city of the Democratic Republic of the Congo ...

2001 The year's most prominent event was the September 11 attacks against the United States by al-Qaeda, which Casualties of the September 11 attacks, killed 2,977 people and instigated the global war on terror. The United States led a Participan ...

2006 2006 was designated as the International Year of Deserts and Desertification. Events January * January 1– 4 – Russia temporarily cuts shipment of natural gas to Ukraine during a price dispute. * January 12 – A stampede during t ...

census

Language

Mother tongue (2016)

Notes

References

External links

District de services locaux de Grande-Digue

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