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Coordinates: 47°02′42″N 65°22′12″W / 47.04500°N 65.37000°W / 47.04500; -65.37000 (Chatham Parish, New Brunswick)
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===Evolution of boundaries===
===Evolution of boundaries===
In 1814 the western line was about 300 metres west of Howard Road, along the western line of a grant to William McCallum and its prolongation inland.<ref name="Northumberland1814"/> The southern boundary ran eight miles up the River from its mouth, "or until it intersects the before mentioned line [...] forming the rear of the said Parishes of [[Wellington Parish, New Brunswick|Wellington]] and [[Carleton Parish, New Brunswick|Carleton]]";<ref group="lower-alpha">Uses of [[long s]] in the text have been modernised for readability.</ref> given how far west that line is and that Nelson Parish used the western line of Chatham for its eastern line, a clerical error seems certain.
In 1814 the western line was about 300 metres west of Harper Road, along the western line of a grant to William McCallum and its prolongation inland.<ref name="Northumberland1814"/> The southern boundary ran eight miles up the River from its mouth, "or until it intersects the before mentioned line [...] forming the rear of the said Parishes of [[Wellington Parish, New Brunswick|Wellington]] and [[Carleton Parish, New Brunswick|Carleton]]".<ref group="lower-alpha">Uses of [[long s]] in the text have been modernised for readability.</ref> If the line continues along the Northwest Branch rather than the main body of the river then eight miles from the mouth of the Napan is roughly where the prolongation of the McCallum grant strikes the Napan.


In 1850 the parish was extended west to its modern boundary and the southern boundary was altered slightly, establishing the modern boundaries.<ref>{{cite book| 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.</ref>
In 1850 the parish was extended west to its modern boundary and the southern boundary was altered slightly, establishing the modern boundaries.<ref>{{cite book| 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.</ref> Several pieces of territory on either side of the river were exchanged with Glenelg.


==Communities==
==Communities==

Revision as of 01:13, 25 March 2021

This article is about the parish. For the former town, see Chatham, New Brunswick.
Chatham
Parish
Location within Northumberland County, New Brunswick
Location within Northumberland County, New Brunswick
Coordinates: 47°02′42″N 65°22′12″W / 47.045°N 65.37°W / 47.045; -65.37
Country Canada
Province New Brunswick
CountyNorthumberland
Erected1814
Area
[1]
 • Land22.70 km2 (8.76 sq mi)
Population
 (2016)[1]
 • Total
511
 • Density22.5/km2 (58/sq mi)
 • Change
2011-2016
Decrease 2.1%
 • Dwellings
262
Time zoneUTC-4 (AST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC-3 (ADT)

Chatham is a civil parish in Northumberland County, New Brunswick, Canada.[2]

For governance purposes it is divided between the city of Miramichi[3] and the local service district of the parish of Chatham,[4] both of which are members of the Greater Miramichi Regional Service Commission (GMRSC).[5]

Origin of name

The parish may have been named in honour of the Earl of Chatham, a title held at the time by General John Pitt, or for his father, former British Prime Minister Pitt the Elder.[6] The former seems more likely as six of the parishes erected simultaneously in Northumberland County in 1814[7] were named for prominent British military figures.

History

Chatham was erected in 1814 from Newcastle Parish[7] but did not include the modern Douglasfield and Chatham Head areas, which were in neigbouring Nelson Parish until 1850.[8]

Boundaries

Chatham Parish is bounded:[2][9][10]

  • on the northwest and north by the Miramichi River;
  • on the east by Napan Bay;
  • on the south by a line beginning at the mouth of Napan River and running upstream to the westernmost corner of a grant to Henry Coils in Glenelg Parish, about 300 metres east of the junction of Searle Road and North Napan Road and about 400 metres north of the junction of Hannah Hill Road and Weldfield Collette Road, then running south 68º west[a] to a point about 375 metres east of Sutton Road and about 75 metres north of Carding Mill Brook;
  • on the southwest, beginning north of Carding Mill Brook, then running northwesterly along the prolongation of the southwestern line of a grant to William Brown Sr. and the grant itself to a cove northeasterly of the junction of Rasche Street and St. Patrick's Drive, then into the Miramichi River;
  • including Middle Island in the Miramichi.

Evolution of boundaries

In 1814 the western line was about 300 metres west of Harper Road, along the western line of a grant to William McCallum and its prolongation inland.[7] The southern boundary ran eight miles up the River from its mouth, "or until it intersects the before mentioned line [...] forming the rear of the said Parishes of Wellington and Carleton".[b] If the line continues along the Northwest Branch rather than the main body of the river then eight miles from the mouth of the Napan is roughly where the prolongation of the McCallum grant strikes the Napan.

In 1850 the parish was extended west to its modern boundary and the southern boundary was altered slightly, establishing the modern boundaries.[14] Several pieces of territory on either side of the river were exchanged with Glenelg.

Communities

Parish population total does not include incorporated municipality (in bold):

Demographics

See also

Notes

  1. ^ By the magnet of 1850,[11] when declination in the area was between 20º and 21º west of north.[12] The Territorial Division Act clause referring to magnetic direction bearings was omitted in the 1952[13] and 1973 Revised Statutes.[2]
  2. ^ Uses of long s in the text have been modernised for readability.

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Census Profile, 2016 Census Chatham, Parish [Census subdivision], New Brunswick". Statistics Canada. Retrieved September 26, 2019.
  2. ^ a b c "Chapter T-3 Territorial Division Act". Government of New Brunswick. Retrieved 13 November 2020.
  3. ^ "New Brunswick Regulation 85-6 under the Municipalities Act (O.C. 85-45)". Government of New Brunswick. Retrieved 19 July 2020.
  4. ^ "New Brunswick Regulation 84-168 under the Municipalities Act (O.C. 84-582)". Government of New Brunswick. Retrieved 19 July 2020.
  5. ^ "Communities in each of the 12 Regional Service Commissions (RSC) / Les communautés dans chacune des 12 Commissions de services régionaux (CSR)" (PDF), Government of New Brunswick, July 2017, retrieved 2 February 2021
  6. ^ Ganong, William F. (1896). A Monograph of the Place-Nomenclature of the Province of New Brunswick. Royal Society of Canada. p. 226. Retrieved 17 March 2021.
  7. ^ a b c "54 Geo. III c. 17 An Act in further addition to an Act, intituled 'An Act for the better ascertaining and confirming the boundaries of the several Counties, within this Province, and for subdividing them into Towns or Parishes.'". Acts of the General Assembly of His Majesty's Province of New-Brunswick; Passed in the Year 1814. Saint John, New Brunswick: Government of New Brunswick. 1814. pp. 16–18.
  8. ^ "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.". Acts of the General Assembly of Her Mjaesty's Province of New Brunswick, Passed in the Year 1850. Fredericton: Government of New Brunswick. 1850. pp. 142–152, 145–149. Book was poorly proofread, resulting in title typo and reuse of page numbers 145–152.
  9. ^ "No. 60". Provincial Archives of New Brunswick. Department of Natural Resources and Energy Development. Retrieved 14 March 2021. Remainder of parish on maps 61, 69, and 70 at same site.
  10. ^ "189" (PDF). Transportation and Infrastructure. Government of New Brunswick. Retrieved 14 March 2021. Remainder of parish on mapbooks 190 and 204 at same site.
  11. ^ "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.". Acts of the General Assembly of Her Mjaesty's Province of New Brunswick, Passed in the Year 1850. Fredericton: Government of New Brunswick. 1850. pp. 142–152, 145–149. Book was poorly proofread, resulting in title typo and reuse of page numbers 145–152.
  12. ^ "Historical Magnetic Declination". National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Retrieved 14 March 2021.
  13. ^ "Chapter 227 Territorial Division Act". The Revised Statutes of New Brunswick 1952 Volume III. Fredericton: Government of New Brunswick. 1952. pp. 3725–3771.
  14. ^ "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.". Acts of the General Assembly of Her Mjaesty's Province of New Brunswick, Passed in the Year 1850. Fredericton: Government of New Brunswick. 1850. pp. 142–152, 145–149. Book was poorly proofread, resulting in title typo and reuse of page numbers 145–152.
  15. ^ Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006 census
  16. ^ 2006 Statistics Canada Community Profile: Chatham Parish, New Brunswick
  17. ^ 2011 Statistics Canada Census Profile: Chatham Parish, New Brunswick



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