Acts and Regulations

T-3 - Territorial Division Act

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Divisions of Sunbury County
28SUNBURY COUNTY is divided into the several divisions hereinafter named and bounded as follows:
(a) BLISSVILLE PARISH.- South and southeast by the County lines; northeast by Burton Parish, and west and northwest by a line beginning on the western bank or shore of the Oromocto River, where the dividing line between the Parishes of Blissville and Burton intersects the same, thence following the various courses of the said river up stream to the main forks; thence following the various courses of the south branch of the said river up stream to the northeast angle of lot thirteen, granted to Nathaniel Hubbard, about one mile above the forks; thence westerly along the northern line of said lot to the northwest angle thereof; thence southerly along the rear line of said lots fronting on western side of said south branch to the old Block House Road; and thence south sixty-seven degrees west to the Charlotte County line.
(b) BURTON PARISH.- Southeast by the County line; southwest by the prolongation southeasterly of the southwest line of Lincoln Parish to the Queens County line; northwest by the Oromocto River and northeast by the Saint John River, including Gilbert and Ox Islands.
(c) GLADSTONE PARISH.- All that part of the County to the southwest of the Saint John river, not included in the parishes of Burton, Lincoln and Blissville.
(d) LINCOLN PARISH.- Northwest by the County line; northeast by the Saint John River; southeast by the Oromocto River; and southwest by a line running north sixty-six degrees west from the most southern point of Geary Block, including Thatch Island.
(e) MAUGERVILLE PARISH.- Southwest by the Saint John River; northwest and northeast by the County lines, and southeast by the lower line of lot numbered four, granted to Nathaniel Underhill and D. Palmer, junior, and its northeastern prolongation, including Oromocto Island.
(f) NORTHFIELD PARISH.- Southeast and northeast by the County lines; northwest by Maugerville Parish; and west by Sheffield Parish.
(g) SHEFFIELD PARISH.- Southeast by the County line; east by the westerly side line of lot numbered nine in the New Zion Settlement granted to Gideon Corey, and its northerly and southerly prolongations; northwest by Maugerville Parish, and southwest by the Saint John River, including Middle Island.
R.S., c.227, s.28