Acts and Regulations

T-3 - Territorial Division Act

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Divisions of Kings County
22KINGS COUNTY is divided into the several divisions hereinafter named and bounded as follows:
(a) CARDWELL PARISH.- West by Sussex Parish and the east line of lot number twenty-five, granted to Jacob Snider, on the northern side of the Kennebecasis River, above Smith’s Creek; north by a line running from the northeast angle of said lot north sixty-six degrees east to the County line; east by the County line, and south by a line commencing at the northwestern angle of lot number seven, granted to Simon Armstrong; thence east following the northern side line of the said grant and its prolongation easterly until it reaches the northeastern angle of lot number eighteen, granted to David Law; thence in a direct line to the northwestern angle of lot number eight, granted to Thomas Nicholson, in Lake block; thence along the northern line of said lot number eight and its eastern prolongation to the County line.
(b) GREENWICH PARISH.- Northwest by the County line; southwest by Westfield Parish; southeast, east and northeast by the Saint John River including the islands in the Long Reach.
(c) HAMMOND PARISH.- Northerly by Sussex and Waterford Parishes; south and east by the County lines, and west by Upham Parish.
(d) HAMPTON PARISH.- Northwesterly by the Kennebecasis River and Norton Parish; northeasterly by Norton and Upham Parishes; south by the County line; west by a line commencing at the junction of the Hammond River with the Kennebecasis River; thence along the eastern channel of Hammond River to an island lying between both branches of said river, and marked with the letters A, B, K and I in the grant made to widow Sarah Hunt and others, under the Great Seal of the Province of New Brunswick, bearing date the fifth day of March, one thousand seven hundred and eighty-seven; thence following a base line through said island, and also a base line through a larger adjoining island lying up stream marked C, D, E, F, G and H in said grant, which said lines are the dividing lines between lots number three, four, five and six, in the western division of lots in said grant, and also lots three, four, five and six in the eastern division of lots in said grant; thence following the said Hammond River up stream until it meets the eastern side line of the farm formerly occupied by Lorenzo D. Pierce, in the year one thousand eight hundred and seventy; thence along said line to the base line; thence along said base line until it strikes the eastern side line of the James McCullough farm; thence along that line to the County line, including Darlings Island.
(e) HAVELOCK PARISH.- West by Studholm Parish; northwest and east by the County lines, and south by Cardwell Parish.
(f) KARS PARISH.- West by the Saint John River; east by the eastern side lines of lots number ten, granted to Richard B. Squires, number one, granted to William McDonald, and number seven, granted to James Peters; and south by Belleisle Bay, including the islands at the mouth of Belleisle Bay.
(g) KINGSTON PARISH.- Northwest by Belleisle Bay and Long Reach; southwest by Westfield Parish; southeast by the Kennebecasis Bay and River until it meets the line dividing lots numbered twelve and thirteen in the Kingston grant; thence northerly along said line and easterly along the rear of the said grant to the line between the lots numbered thirty-three and thirty-four therein; thence northwesterly along the prolongation of said line to the Springfield Parish line; thence southwesterly and northerly along said Springfield Parish line to Belleisle Bay, including Long Island, in the Kennebecasis River.
(h) NORTON PARISH.- East by Sussex and Studholm Parishes; north by Kingston and Springfield Parishes; south by the Kennebecasis River and the centre of the old Westmorland Road, and west by Kingston Parish and the lower line of lot number fourteen, granted to John Fritch, prolonged southeasterly.
(i) ROTHESAY PARISH.- Westerly and northerly by the Kennebecasis Bay and River; easterly by Hampton Parish and southerly by the County line.
(j) SPRINGFIELD PARISH.- North by the County line and Kars Parish; west by Kars Parish and the line dividing lots number one and number eighteen, south of Belleisle Bay, and a part of the line dividing lots number fifteen and number sixteen, in the back settlement; south by a line running north sixty degrees east or parallel to the southern base line of the Belleisle Grant, and distant sixty-five chains therefrom, and extending to its intersection with a line running north from the mouth of Halfway Brook and east by a direct line from said intersection to the southeast angle of lot number eleven, granted to Henry A. Scovil in range two of Pascobac Brook lots, thence northeasterly, or in a direct line to the northeast angle of lot letter F, granted to Samuel Foster; thence northeasterly and northerly along the southeastern and eastern line of lot letter V, granted to William S. F. Wilson, to the northeastern angle thereof; thence northeasterly along the southeastern lines of the grant to John Coy and John Good, to a point intersected by the southeastern prolongation of the northeastern line of lot number one, granted to Samuel Kierstead; thence along said prolongation and line and its northwestern prolongation to Queens county line.
(k) STUDHOLM PARISH.- West by Springfield Parish and the line running north from the mouth of the Halfway Brook; northwest by the County line; east by the western side line of the grant of nine hundred and ninety-seven acres to Thomas Leonard, the northern prolongation thereof to the County line, and the southerly prolongation thereof to Windgap Brook; thence following the several courses of said brook down stream until it intersects a line running south forty-two degrees thirty minutes east by the magnet of the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty-nine from the southwest angle of lot number one south granted to James Caruth; thence following the said last-mentioned line prolonged to Cardwell Parish, and south by Sussex and Cardwell Parishes.
(l) SUSSEX PARISH.- West and south by a line running south from the mouth of Halfway Brook to the Old Westmorland Road; thence easterly in a direct line to a point distant seventy chains on a course north by the magnet of the year one thousand eight hundred and fifteen, from the northeastern angle of lot number one, granted to Samuel DeForest; thence by a line running in a direct course to the northeastern angle of lot fifty-five, granted to William Thompson, on the north side of Shepody Road, until it intersects the eastern side line of lot number thirty, granted to Henry Douglas, or its prolongation; east by the eastern side line of the said grant to Henry Douglas and its northerly prolongation until it strikes Trout Creek; thence up stream to the southwestern angle of lot number seven, granted to Simon Armstrong; thence north, following the western side line of last-mentioned grant and its northerly prolongation to the Kennebecasis River and north by the centre of the Kennebecasis River.
(m) UPHAM PARISH.- North by Norton and Sussex Parishes; east by a line commencing at the southeast corner of lot number one, granted to Samuel DeForest, near Cassidy Lake, and running a north and south course from thence; south by the County line, and westerly by a line starting from a point on the County line, where the westerly side line of a three hundred acre lot, granted to Thomas Smith, or its prolongation, meets the said County line, and running northwesterly along the side line of said lot to its most westerly corner; thence a course easterly to the northeasterly angle of a three hundred acre lot granted to Richard E. Armstrong, and thence easterly in a direct line to the northeasterly angle of lot number two, granted to Robert Godfrey; thence northerly by a direct line to the southeasterly angle of lot number six, granted to William Scoullar; thence following the easterly side line of said Scoullar grant to its northeasterly corner on the Hammond River; thence following or crossing the said Hammond River to the southeasterly corner of a five hundred acre lot, granted to Charles Robertson; thence along the easterly side line of said Robertson grant to its northeasterly corner; and thence in a direct line to the northeasterly corner of a two hundred acre lot granted to James Beyea, where is standing a maple tree, and continuing the same course beyond the said maple tree to the Old Westmorland Road.
(n) WATERFORD PARISH.- South by a line commencing at the southeast angle of Sussex Parish and running a direct course to the northeastern angle of lot fifty-five, granted to William Thompson aforesaid; thence south eighty-eight degrees east to the County of Albert; east by the County line; north by Cardwell Parish, and west by Sussex Parish.
(o) WESTFIELD PARISH.- On the northwest, south and west, by the boundary line of the County; and on the northeast by a line beginning on the County line between Kings and Queens, intersected by the northwestern prolongation of the line dividing lots number twenty-three and number twenty-four at Devils Back, on the Long Reach; thence southeasterly along said prolongation and line to the northwestern shore of the Long Reach; thence southeasterly in a direct line across the Saint John River to the line dividing lots number twenty-five and number twenty-six, granted to Robert and Caleb Merritt; thence southeasterly along said line and its southeastern prolongation to the rear line of lots fronting on the northwest side of Kennebecasis Bay; thence southwesterly along said line to the northeast line of lot number twenty-eight, granted to Dennis Coombe; thence southeasterly along said line and its southeastern prolongation to the County line, including Kennebecasis Island.
R.S., c.227, s.22; 1991, c.27, s.41