Prior to the 2023 governance reform, the local service district of the parish of Moncton, which included the special service areas of Calhoun Road, Greater Lakeburn, Irishtown, and Painsec Junction, included all of the parish outside Dieppe, Moncton, and Salisbury, and post-reform parts of Dieppe and Moncton.[8]
Moncton was established in 1765 as Monckton Township in the province of Nova Scotia.[10] The boundaries of the township were similar but not identical to the modern parish.
In 1786 Moncton Parish was erected as one of the province's original parishes,[11] using the same boundaries as Monckton Township. The northeastern corner of the parish extended past the northern line of Westmorland County.[12]
In 1835 all of Dorchester Parish north of the mouth of Fox Creek was transferred to Moncton.[13]
In 1850 the western boundary was changed to match the prolongation of the eastern line of a block grant to Martin Gay and associates straddling the Petitcodiac River, adding part of Salisbury Parish.[14]
In 1894 the boundary with Dorchester Parish was redefined to run along a magnetic bearing.[15] The boundaries of the parish were made retroactive to its erection.
on the east beginning on the county line about 150 metres east of Route 115, at the prolongation of the northeastern line of a grant to Martin Walsh on the north side of Route 134, then southeasterly along the prolongation, along the Walsh grant, which runs along the southwestern side of Marshall Road, and along the southeasterly prolongation about 12 kilometres past Route 134 to a point about 1.3 kilometres east of the Memramcook River;
on the south by the prolongation of a line running south 83º 45' east[a] from the southern side of the mouth of Fox Creek, then by the Petitcodiac River;
on the west by the western line of the Second Tract granted to Joshua Geldart, about 200 metres upriver of the mouth of the Little River, and the north-northwesterly prolongation of the Geldart line to Kent County.
Communities
Communities at least partly within the parish;[16][17][18]bold indicates an incorporated municipality or Indian reserve; italics indicate a name no longer in official use
^By the magnet of 1894,[19] when declination in the area was between 21º and 22º west of north.[20] The Territorial Division Act clause referring to magnetic direction bearings was omitted in the 1952[21] and 1973 Revised Statutes.[2]
^The Territorial Division Act[2] divides the province into 152 parishes, the cities of Saint John and Fredericton, and one town of Grand Falls. The Interpretation Act[3] clarifies that parishes include any local government within their borders.
^"57 Vic. c. 36 An Act to amend Chapter 2 of the Consolidated Statutes, of 'The division of the Province into Counties, Towns and Parishes,' so far as relates to the County of Westmorland.". Acts of the General Assembly of Her Majesty's Province of New Brunswick. Passed in the Month of April, 1894. Fredericton: Government of New Brunswick. 1894. pp. 162–163. Available as a free ebook from Google Books.
^ abcd"No. 109". Provincial Archives of New Brunswick. Department of Natural Resources and Energy Development. Retrieved 24 June 2021. Remainder of parish on maps 110, 119, and 120 at same site.
^ abcd"317"(PDF). Transportation and Infrastructure. Government of New Brunswick. Retrieved 24 June 2021. Remainder of parish on mapbooks 318, 319, 336–339, and 357–360 at same site.
^"57 Vic. c. 36 An Act to amend Chapter 2 of the Consolidated Statutes, of 'The division of the Province into Counties, Towns and Parishes,' so far as relates to the County of Westmorland.". Acts of the General Assembly of Her Majesty's Province of New Brunswick. Passed in the Month of April, 1894. Fredericton: Government of New Brunswick. 1894. pp. 162–163. Available as a free ebook from Google Books.
^"Chapter 227 Territorial Division Act". The Revised Statutes of New Brunswick 1952 Volume III. Fredericton: Government of New Brunswick. 1952. pp. 3725–3771.
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