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T-3 - Territorial Division Act

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Divisions of Northumberland County
24NORTHUMBERLAND COUNTY is divided into the several divisions hereinafter named and bounded as follows:
(a) ALNWICK PARISH.- North by the County line; west by Bartibog River, from its mouth up to the bridge on Highway 8; thence north to the County line; and southeast by the Gulf of Saint Lawrence and Miramichi Bay, including Sheldrake Island and all the other islands in front north of the principal entrance to Miramichi Bay.
(b) BLACKVILLE PARISH.- Southeast by the County line; west by Blissfield Parish; north by Southesk Parish; and east by a line running south twenty-two degrees east; and north twenty-two degrees west from the mouth of Renous River.
(c) BLISSFIELD PARISH.- West by Ludlow Parish; north by Southesk Parish; south by the County line; and east by a line running north and south from the mouth of Donnelly Brook.
(d) CHATHAM PARISH.- North by the main Miramichi River; southwest by Nelson, and south by Napan River, from its mouth to the northwest angle of lot number thirty-two (Henry Coil); thence south sixty-eight degrees west to Nelson Parish, including Middle Island.
(e) DERBY PARISH.- West by Blackville Parish, north by Southesk Parish and the Northwest Miramichi River east by the lower extremity of Beaubears Island and to include the same, and south by the southwest branch of the Miramichi River.
(f) GLENELG PARISH.- Southwest by Nelson Parish and the southeasterly prolongation of the northeastern line of Nelson Parish to the northern line of a 100 acre lot granted to John Townley, at the mouth of Big Hovel Brook; thence along the said line of the said grant easterly to Bay du Vin River; thence across the said river to the southern bank thereof; thence down the said Bay du Vin River in an easterly direction to the northwest angle of lot letter C, granted to the rector, church wardens and vestry of Saint Paul’s Church, Chatham; thence southerly along the west line of said lot letter C and the southern prolongation thereof to the Kent county line; northwest and north by Chatham Parish, Napan River, and Miramichi Bay; southeast by the County line; northeast by a line commencing at the mouth of Black River; thence extending up the middle of the said river, following the several courses thereof, to the mouth of Little Black River; thence up the middle of the said Little Black River, following the several courses thereof until it comes to the line separating the property of George Fowlie from the lot number five, granted to Duncan McNaughton, being the upper side line of the said lot numbered five, thence by the said line and the southerly prolongation thereof to the County line.
(g) HARDWICKE PARISH.- Southwest by Glenelg Parish; north by Miramichi Bay; and southeast by the County line and the shore of the Gulf of St. Lawrence from Point Escuminac; westwardly to the intersection of the County line between Kent and Northumberland, near the entrance of Escuminac River, including all the islands in front, which are south of the principal entrance to Miramichi Bay.
(h) LUDLOW PARISH.- West and south by the County lines; north by Southesk Parish; and east by a line running north and south from the mouth of Big Hole Brook.
(i) NELSON PARISH.- Northwest by the Miramichi River and the Southwest Miramichi River; southwest by Blackville Parish; southeast by a line running parallel to the Kent County line and seven miles northwesterly therefrom; and northeast by the southwest line of lot number sixty-one, granted to Wm. Brown, and its southeasterly prolongation.
(j) NEWCASTLE PARISH.- East by Alnwick Parish; south by Miramichi River; north by the County line; and west by a line running north from the southeast angle of lot number five, granted to Oliver Willard, at Oxford Cove.
(k) NORTHESK PARISH.- East and northeast by Newcastle Parish and the County line; north and west by the County lines; south and southwest by the northwest Miramichi River from the Newcastle Parish line up stream to the mouth of the Little Southwest Miramichi; and thence by a line running north forty-five degrees west from the mouth of the Little Southwest Miramichi to the County line.
(l) ROGERSVILLE PARISH.- Northwest by Nelson Parish; northeast by Glenelg Parish; southeast by the County line; and southwest by Blackville Parish.
(m) SOUTHESK PARISH.- Beginning at the northwest angle of the lot of land at Beaubears Point granted to the St. James Church of Scotland; thence westerly in a direct line, a distance of one hundred and sixteen chains or to the southeast angle of the northwest part of Lot Letter C, conveyed by Thomas Young and wife to William Goodfellow, by deed dated October 30th, 1922, (Registered Northumberland County Records Vol. 110 pages 434-435); thence in a westerly direction along the southern limit of said part of said lot to the southwest angle thereof; thence in a northerly direction along the western limit of the said lot to the southern limit of Williamstown or Kelly Road; thence in a westerly direction along said limit to the western limit of Lot Letter E, granted to James Oxford; thence in a northerly direction along said limit to the southern limit of Lot Number Thirteen, granted to Matthew Oxford; thence in a southwesterly direction along said limit to the most southerly angle of said lot; thence in a northwesterly direction along the southwestern limit of said lot and its prolongation to the most northerly angle of Lot Letter F, granted to Jared Betts; thence in a southwesterly direction along the north limit of said lot to its northwest angle; thence in a southerly direction along the west limit of said lot to the northern limit of lots fronting on the southwest Miramichi River; thence in a westerly direction along said limit to the easterly limit of lot Number One, granted to John Clark; thence in a northerly direction along said limit to the northeast angle of said lot; thence in a westerly direction along the northern limit of said lot and its prolongation to the northwest angle of Lot Number Two granted to Hannah Mullany; thence in a southerly direction along the western limit of said lot to the northeast angle of Lot Letter K, granted to John McIntire; thence in a westerly direction along the northern limit of said lot to its northwest angle; thence in a southerly direction along the western limit of said lot to the northeast angle of Lot Number Two, granted to William Smith; thence in a westerly direction to the southeast angle of the lot granted to William A. Bryenton; thence in a northerly direction along the eastern limit of said lot to its northeast angle; thence in a westerly direction along the northern limit of said lot to its northwest angle; thence in a southerly direction along the western limit of said lot to the northern limit of Lot Number Forty-one, granted to Timothy Crocker; thence in a westerly direction along said limit to the eastern limit of Lot Number Four, granted to Patrick Lawlor; thence in a northerly direction along said limit and said limit of Lot Number Five, granted to Rowland Crocker to the northeast angle of the last-mentioned lot; thence in a westerly direction along the northern limit of said lot to its northwest angle; thence westerly in a direct line to the northeast angle of the Elm Tree Tract, granted to William Davidson; thence in a westerly direction along the northern limit of said lot and its prolongation to intersect the northerly prolongation of the line run by H. E. Tait, New Brunswick Land Surveyor, in the year 1948, as part of the line dividing the Parish of Blackville from the Parishes of Derby and Nelson; thence northerly along the said prolongation to a point distant five hundred and thirty-seven chains measured northerly along said line and said prolongation from the centre line of the Canadian National Railway; thence by a true or Astronomic Bearing south seventy-two degrees and twenty minutes west to the County Line; thence in a northwesterly direction along the County Line to the southwestern limit of the Parish of Northesk; thence in a southeasterly direction along said limit to the Northwest Miramichi River; and thence in an easterly direction down stream to the place of beginning.
R.S., c.227, s.24; 1953, c.81, s.1; 1954, c.83, s.2