Acts and Regulations

T-3 - Territorial Division Act

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Divisions of Kent County
21KENT COUNTY is divided into the several divisions, hereinafter named and bounded as follows:
(a) ACADIEVILLE PARISH.- West by the west line of Weldford Parish, prolonged northerly; south by Saint-Louis Parish; northwest by the County line; and east by Carleton Parish.
(b) CARLETON PARISH.- Westerly by the eastern line of lot no. 124, granted to F.J. Richard, in block ten, range eight; its southern prolongation to the Saint-Louis Parish line; and its northern prolongation to the County line; south by Saint-Louis Parish; northwest by the County line; and east by the Gulf of Saint Lawrence, including the islands in front.
(c) DUNDAS PARISH.- South by the County line; west by the McLaughlin Road; north by a line beginning at the seashore, at the northeastern angle of lot no. 1, granted to Joseph Richard; thence south seventy-two degrees and thirty minutes west seven hundred and sixty-five chains, or until it meets the westerly line of lot number 86, granted to Maximin A. Girouard; thence along the western line of said lot in a southerly direction, to meet the southern line of lot number 84, granted to Beloni Robicheau; thence westerly along the said southern line of the last-mentioned grant and its westerly prolongation to the eastern side of the McLaughlin Road; and east by the Gulf of Saint Lawrence, including all the islands in front.
(d) HARCOURT PARISH.- South and west by the County lines; east by Saint Paul Parish and Weldford Parish; and north by a true east and west line passing through the mouth of Jimmy Graham Forks of the Richibucto River.
(e) HUSKISSON PARISH.- Northwesterly by the County line; east by Acadieville Parish and Weldford Parish; and south by Harcourt Parish.
(f) RICHIBUCTO PARISH.- South by Wellington Parish and Weldford Parish, west by Weldford Parish and a line running true south from the forks of the Saint-Charles River to the northern line of Weldford Parish; north by the centre of the Saint-Charles River and of the Northwest Branch and Richibucto, and east by the Gulf of Saint Lawrence, including all the islands in front; except that portion thereof formerly in said Parish of Richibucto, now included in the Parish of Saint-Charles as described below.
(g) SAINT-CHARLES PARISH.- Beginning on the shore of the Gulf of Saint Lawrence at the southeastern angle or corner of a lot of land formerly owned by James Babin; thence following the southern line of said lot in a westerly direction to the southern line of lot 55, granted to John David, thence following the said southern line to the southwestern angle or corner of said lot 55; thence in a straight southwesterly direction till it meets the boundary line between the Weldford Parish and the Richibucto Parish, as established by the Consolidated Statutes, 1903, Chapter 2; thence in a westerly direction, following the said boundary line to a point where the Canadian National Railways line crosses the Weldford Parish line, thence in a northerly direction to the rear line running between the Saint-Charles River and the St-Louis River; thence in an easterly direction following the said rear line to the shore of the Gulf of Saint Lawrence, including all islands in front thereof.
(h) SAINT-LOUIS PARISH.- South by Weldford Parish and Saint-Charles Parish, east by Saint-Charles Parish and the Gulf of Saint Lawrence, and north by a line commencing on the shore of the Gulf of Saint Lawrence, where the eastern prolongation of the southern line of Lot C, granted to George Kollock, intersects the same; thence westerly along said prolongation and line to the southerly prolongation of the eastern line of the William Dwyer lot, being lot number 41; thence northerly along said last mentioned prolongation and eastern line of said lot number 41, to the rear line of lot number 10, granted to James Graham; thence along the rear lines of lots granted to the said James Graham and to John Murphy, Thomas Jardine, Patrick MacKay, Patrick Harrington, and Dennis Harrington, to the eastern line of lot number 24, granted to Lucas Christian; thence southerly along said eastern line of lot number 24 to a line, being the western prolongation of the southern line of lot C, granted to George Kollock; thence westerly along said last mentioned prolongation to the post road; thence along the post road northerly to the northeast boundary of a grant to Basil White; thence along the northerly line of Basil White’s lot west to the old post road; thence along the old post road southerly to the northeast boundary of the grant to Peter Vautour; thence along the northerly side line of Peter Vautour’s lot to the northwest angle thereof; and thence south seventy-five degrees and thirty minutes west to the southern line of the parish, including the islands in front.
(i) SAINTE-MARIE PARISH.- South by Dundas Parish; east by Wellington Parish; north by the western prolongation of the northern boundary of Wellington Parish; and west by the McLaughlin Road.
(j) SAINT-PAUL PARISH.- North by the western prolongation of the northern line of Wellington Parish; east by the McLaughlin Road; west by the Canadian National Railways Line, and southwest by the County line.
(k) WELDFORD PARISH.- South by Saint-Paul and Sainte-Marie Parishes; west by the prolongation of a line running north twenty-two degrees west by the magnet of the year one thousand eight hundred and sixty-seven, from a point on the County line between Westmorland and Kent Counties, distant twenty miles from the north point of Shediac Island; east and north by a line beginning at a point on the westerly prolongation of the northern line of Wellington Parish, at the intersection of a line running south from the mouth of Black Brook; thence northerly along said line to the mouth of Black Brook; thence down the East Branch of and the main Saint Nicholas River to the Richibucto River, thence up said river to the west line of lot number 9, granted to William Harley; thence northerly along said line and its northerly prolongation to the rear line of the Richibucto River Indian Reserve number 15; thence by a line running true west to the western boundary of the parish.
(l) WELLINGTON PARISH.- South by Dundas Parish; north by Chockpish River and a line running south sixty-eight degrees west from the forks thereof; east by the Gulf of Saint Lawrence; and west by a line commencing where the southerly prolongation of the line between lots U and V, on the Little Buctouche River, strikes the northern boundary of Dundas Parish; thence along the prolongation of the said line north forty-three degrees west to the Little Buctouche River; thence down stream to the westerly line of lot number 7, granted to Joshua White; thence along the said westerly line of said lot to the northwest corner thereof; thence in a direct line to the southeast corner of lot number 13, granted to Michael Basterache, on the south side of the Buctouche River; thence along the eastern line of that lot northerly to the Buctouche River; thence to the mouth of Mill Creek; thence following the course of the said creek up stream to the eastern line of the grant to John W. Holderness, on said creek; thence northerly along that line to the rear line of said grant; thence westerly along said line to the western line of lots granted to Angus Cameron; thence northerly along that line and its prolongation to Mill Creek; thence following the various courses thereof up stream to the eastern line of lot number 101, granted to John McEachran; thence northerly along that line and its northern prolongation to the northern line of lot number 95, granted to John McNairn; thence westerly along the said last mentioned line and its western prolongation to meet the eastern line of lot number 138, granted to George Holder; thence along said eastern line and its prolongation in a northerly direction to the northern line of lot number 110 in Block O; thence along that line in an easterly direction to meet the southern prolongation of the eastern line of lot number 52, granted to John Cochrane; thence along said prolongation and eastern line of said last mentioned grant to the northern line of the parish, including the islands in front.
R.S., c.227, s.21; 1991, c.27, s.41