Waterborough
Parish
Location within Queens County, New Brunswick.
Coordinates: 45°50′N 64°35′W / 45.84°N 64.59°W / 45.84; -64.59
Country	Canada
Province	New Brunswick
County	Queens County
Erected	1786
Area [1]
• Land	443.16 km2 (171.11 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[1]
• Total	903
• Density	2.0/km2 (5/sq mi)
• Change 2016-2021	6.6%
• Dwellings	661
Time zone	UTC-4 (AST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-3 (ADT)

Waterborough is a civil parish in Queens County, New Brunswick, Canada.^[2]

Prior to the 2023 governance reform, for governance purposes it formed the local service district of the parish of Waterborough,^[3] which was a member of Regional Service Commission 11 (RSC11).^[4]

Origin of name

The parish was said locally to describe the terrain.^[5] The original boundaries surrounded Grand Lake.

History

Waterborough was erected in 1786 as one of the county's original parishes.^[6] It completely surrounded Grand Lake and extended past the county line.^[7]

In 1827 Canning Parish was erected from Waterborough.^[8]

In 1852 part of Waterborough was included in the newly erected Cambridge Parish.^[9]

In 1855 Waterborough was expanded to the northwest, adding all of Chipman Parish southeast of Coal Creek.^[10]

In 1856 the boundary with Cambridge was adjusted.^[11]

In 1896 Waterborough was expanded northwest to reach the county line, taking part of Chipman.^[12]

Boundaries

Waterborough Parish is bounded:^{[2][13][14][15]}

• on the northeast by the Kent County line;
• on the southeast by a line running north 54º east^{[lower-alpha 1]} from a point on the Saint John River about 1.8 kilometres southwest of the Route 715 bridge over McAlpines Brook, which then strikes the Kent County line north of Lake Stream Lake;
• on the southwest by Fowler Road and Mill Cove;
• on the west by Grand Lake;
• on the northwest by a line running through the Northeast Arm of Grand Bay, then up Coal Creek past the mouth of the South Branch Coal Creek to the southeastern corner of a grant to Malcolm Carmichael at a stretch called the Round Turns, then northeasterly parallelling the southeastern line of the parish to the county line;
• including Goat Island in Grand Lake.

Communities

Communities at least partly within the parish.^[13][14][15] bold indicates an incorporated municipality; italics indicate a name no longer in official use

Bodies of water

Bodies of water^{[lower-alpha 2]} at least partly within the parish.^[13][14][15]

Islands

Islands at least partly within the parish.^[13][14][15]

• Goat Island

Other notable places

Parks, historic sites, and other noteworthy places at least partly within the parish.^{[13][14][15][17]}

• Partridge Valley West Protected Natural Area
• West Branch Coy Brook Protected Natural Area

Demographics

Parish population total does not include portion within Cambridge-Narrows

Population Population trend[18][19][20][21] Census Population Change (%) 2016 847 0.5% 2011 851 4.7% 2006 893 4.0% 2001 859

Language Mother tongue (2016)[21] Language Population Pct (%) English only 805 95.8% French only 20 2.4% Both English and French 5 0.6% Other languages 10 1.2%

Access Routes

Highways and numbered routes that run through the parish, including external routes that start or finish at the parish limits:^[22]

See also

• List of parishes in New Brunswick

Notes

References

45°33′15″N 65°35′31″W / 45.55418°N 65.59185°W / 45.55418; -65.59185 (Waterborough Parish, New Brunswick)