Perth is a geographic parish in Victoria County,

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. Prior to the 2023 governance reform, for governance purposes it was divided between the village of

Perth-Andover Perth-Andover is a former village in Victoria County, New Brunswick, Victoria County, New Brunswick, Canada. It held village status prior to 2023. It is now part of the village of Southern Victoria. History Andover was originally called Little ...

, the

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of Tobique 20, and the

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of the parish of Perth. The village and LSD were both members of the Western Valley Regional Service Commission (WVRSC).

Origin of name

Sir Archibald Campbell, then

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, was born at

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. Another possible origin is that local Scotch settlers named it for the city of

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History

Perth was erected in 1833 in Carleton County from Kent Parish. 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. In 1853 all of Perth north of the Tobique Indian Reserve was included in the newly erected Grand Falls Parish. In 1854 the county line was moved to the pre-1850 southern line of Perth. In 1864 the eastern part of Perth was included in the newly erected Gordon Parish. Three months later the pre-1854 county line was restored.

Boundaries

Perth Parish is bounded: Remainder of parish on maps 73, 81, and 82 at same site. 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

on the Saint John River; * on the east by the Royal Road, 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

Communities at least partly within the parish. bold indicates an incorporated municipality or

; ''italics'' indicate a name no longer in official use * Beech Glen * Bon Accord * Currie * ''Gladstone'' * Gladwyn * Hillside (''Caldwell Brook'') * Inman * Kilburn * Kincardine * Lower Kintore * Lower Perth * Muniac *

* Quaker Brook * Red Rapids * Rowena * Tobique 20 ** Maliseet * Tobique Narrows * Upper Kintore

Bodies of water

Bodies of waterNot including brooks, ponds or coves. at least partly within the parish. * Pokiok River * Saint John River *

Tobique River The Tobique River (pro. Toe-Bick) is a river in northwestern New Brunswick, Canada. The river rises from Nictau Lake in Mount Carleton Provincial Park and flows for 148 kilometres to its confluence with the Saint John River near Perth-Andover. ...

* Monquart Stream * Muniac Stream * Larlee Creek * Mud Lake

Other notable places

Parks, historic sites, and other noteworthy places at least partly within the parish. * Blind Gully Brook Protected Natural Area * Pokiok River Protected Natural Area * Porcupine Mountain Protected Natural Area *

Tobique Narrows Dam The Tobique Narrows Dam is a hydroelectric dam built on the Tobique River in the Canadian province of New Brunswick and operated by NB Power corporation. Its powerhouse has a capacity of 20 megawatts. The dam and powerhouse were built between 1951 ...

Demographics

Parish population total does not include Tobique 20

and portion within

Population

Population trendStatistics Canada:

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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

Village of Perth-Andover

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