Acts and Regulations

T-3 - Territorial Division Act

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Divisions of York County
31YORK COUNTY is divided into the several divisions hereinafter named and bounded as follows:
(a) BRIGHT PARISH.- Northwest by the County line; northeasterly by Douglas Parish; southeasterly by the Saint John River, and southwesterly by the northeast line of lot number fifty-nine, granted to Jonathan Williams, and its northwesterly prolongation to the County line.
(b) CANTERBURY PARISH.- Southeast by Dumfries and McAdam Parishes; northeasterly and northerly by the Saint John River and Eel River; west by Eel River, where Bull Creek enters the same; thence up Eel River through the first, second and third lakes to the head of the last mentioned lake; thence in a direct line southeasterly to the head of the La Coote Lake; thence through said lake and down La Coote Stream and the main Palfrey Stream to the McAdam Parish line including Fall Island in the Saint John River.
(c) CITY OF FREDERICTON.- Beginning at a post standing on the bank or shore of the St. John River in the division line of grants to the Rector Church Wardens, and Vestry of Christ’s Church, Fredericton, the Governor and Trustees of the College of New Brunswick, and the grant to Stephen Jarvis and seventy-one others, commonly known as the Kingsclear Grant, thence south 39 degrees and 30 minutes west along the said division line, as retraced by Deputy Archibald McLaughlin in 1949, 254.03 chains to a cedar post and stones placed by Deputy Wilson in the year 1908, and in the same position as a hemlock stub marked “AR” in the original survey, and at the most northerly corner of Lot No. 2 granted to John M. Bliss in the grant to W.F. Odell and twenty others, 12th June, 1806, thence south 25 degrees and 25 minutes east 115.05 chains to a cedar post standing on the western side line of the Maryland Road, so called, in the division line of the said grants to W.F. Odell aforesaid and the Governor and Trustees of the College of New Brunswick, thence continuing in the same direction south 25 degrees and 25 minutes east 116 chains to a tamarack post placed by Deputy Wilson in 1908, thence continuing south 25 degrees and 25 minutes east, 178 chains more or less or to a stake standing in the division line between the Counties of York and Sunbury, thence north 53 degrees and 40 minutes east along the said county line 275 chains more or less to a post standing on the southwestern bank of the St. John River, (said post being 3.75 chains southeast from the Adams & Segee line as run by Deputy Jouett in 1847), thence continuing in the same direction across the St. John River to the high water mark on the northeastern bank thereof; thence along the said high water mark along the said bank up stream to the western bank or shore of the Nashwaak River so called, thence along the said western bank of the said Nashwaak River up stream to the upper side line of the William Lewis’ lot (so called) the same being the southwesterly side line of the Town of Marysville, thence north 0 degrees and 45 minutes west by the magnet of the year 1950 along the said William Lewis upper side line crossing the highway leading from Fredericton to Marysville and following the said William Lewis upper side line or its prolongation to a point 19.06 chains beyond the point of intersection of the said William Lewis line with the centre line of the said highway, thence north 36 degrees and 15 minutes west as run by Deputy Ralph Hanson in the year 1944 to the western side line of lot No. 31 Letter D in the grant to the Maryland Loyalists, thence southwesterly along the northwestern side line of the said lot 31 to the highwater mark on the St. John River before mentioned, thence along said highwater mark of said river following the various sinuations thereof up stream to a point in the northeasterly prolongation of the first described line, thence south 39 degrees and 30 minutes west along the said northeasterly prolongation across the river to the place of beginning.
Containing 23.5 square miles, excluding the area of the water of the St. John River.
(d) DOUGLAS PARISH.- South and southeast by the Saint John River and the City of Fredericton; west by a line commencing at the mouth of the Keswick River; thence following the various courses of the said Keswick River up to the mouth of the Howard Brook; thence by the magnet of the year one thousand eight hundred and sixty-nine north forty degrees west till it strikes the County line; northwest by the County line, and east by Stanley and Saint Marys Parishes, including Upper Shores, Lower Shores, Mitchells, Merrithews and Keswick Islands, and the north range of lots, comprising lots number one to number nine, inclusive, and number thirty-seven to number seventy-one, inclusive, on Sugar Island.
(e) DUMFRIES PARISH.- Southeast by Prince William Parish; northeast by the Saint John River; west and northwest by the upper sideline of lot numbered six, granted to John Benn, and a line running southwesterly from the southwest angle thereof, parallel to the upper line of Prince William Parish; and southwest by eastern lines of the grants to the New Brunswick and Canada Railway and Land Company, east of the Canadian Pacific Railroad, being commonly called “The Belt Line,” and the said Belt Line being continued northerly as surveyed by Deputy Alfred Whitehead, in the year one thousand eight hundred and fifty-nine.
(f) KINGSCLEAR PARISH.- North by the Saint John River; southeast by the City of Fredericton and New Maryland Parish; southwest by Manners Sutton Parish, and northwest by the lower line of lot numbered one, granted to Francis Horsman, and its southwesterly prolongation, including all the islands in front, with the exception of Upper Shores, Lower Shores, Mitchells, Merrithews and Keswick Islands, and the north range of lots, comprising lots number one to number nine inclusive, and lots number thirty-seven to number seventy-one inclusive, on Sugar Island, which form part of the Parish of Douglas.
(g) MANNERS SUTTON PARISH.- Northeast by a line running south forty-five degrees east to New Maryland Parish, and north forty-five degrees west to Lake George from the most southern angle of lot number seven, granted to James Taylor, on the northwestern side of the road from Fredericton to Saint Andrews; northwest by a line beginning at the southeastern shore of Lake George, at the intersection of the aforesaid line; thence running southwesterly parallel to the Sunbury County line to the Charlotte County line; south by the County line and southeast by New Maryland Parish.
(h) MCADAM PARISH.- East by Dumfries and Prince William Parishes; southeast by Manners Sutton Parish; south and southwest by the County line and the International Boundary; northwest by the southwesterly prolongation of a line running southwesterly and parallel to the upper line of Prince William Parish from the southwest angle of lot number six, granted to John Benn below Shogomoc Stream.
(i) NEW MARYLAND PARISH.- Northeast by the City of Fredericton; southeast and southwest by the County lines and northwest by a line running southwesterly and parallel to the Sunbury County line from the most westerly angle of the City of Fredericton.
(j) NORTH LAKE PARISH.- Easterly and southeasterly by Canterbury and McAdam Parishes; southwesterly and west by the International Boundary and north by the County line.
(k) PRINCE WILLIAM PARISH.- Southeast by Kingsclear and Manners Sutton Parishes; southwest by the eastern lines of the grants to the New Brunswick and Canada Railway and Land Company, east of the Canadian Pacific Railroad, said lines being commonly called, “The Belt Line,” northwest by the lower line of lot numbered one hundred and forty-three, granted to the rector, church wardens and vestry of Saint Clement’s church, in said parish, and its southwesterly prolongation; northeast by the Saint John River.
(l) QUEENSBURY PARISH.- Northeast by Bright Parish; south and southwest by the Saint John River; and northwest by a line commencing at the Saint John River, at the southern angle of lot number one, granted to Joseph Cunliff, near the mouth of the Nackawic Stream; thence running northeasterly along the lower or southeastern line of said lot and its prolongation until it strikes the southwestern line of land granted to William Dobie, in Caverhill; thence northwesterly along the said line of said grant and its prolongation till it strikes the southeastern line of a grant to Henry Morehouse and three others; thence northeasterly along the line of said grant to its eastern angle; thence northwesterly along the northeast side of the said grant till it strikes the East Branch Nackawic Stream; thence following the course of the said river up stream to the forks at the mouth of the Burtt Lake Branch and thence following the course of the said Burtt Lake Branch up stream till it strikes the line of the parish of Bright.
(m) SAINT MARYS PARISH.- South by the City of Fredericton as now bounded; west by Stanley Parish and a line to commence at the most western angle of lot numbered thirty-one, letter D, in the Maryland Loyalists’ grant; thence northeasterly along the upper line of said lot to the rear thereof; thence north forty-five degrees west to the east line of lot numbered one, granted to D. Sawyer; thence north to Stanley Parish; north by Stanley Parish, and southeast by the County line.
(n) SOUTHAMPTON PARISH.- Northwest by the County line; northeast by Bright Parish; southeast by Queensbury Parish; and south by the Saint John River.
(o) STANLEY PARISH.- All that part of the County bounded southerly and westerly by a line running east from the northwest angle of the grant to D. Campbell and others, and a line running from said angle southerly along the various courses of the western rear line of the grants to D. Campbell and associates, and D. Lyman and associates, to the south branch of the Dunbar Stream; thence up the same to the rear line of lots fronting on the east side of the Cardigan Road; thence northerly along the various courses of the said rear line to the northeastern angle of lot number forty-four, granted to J.W. Jouett; thence north to the County line.
R.S., c.227, s.31; 1957, c.63, s.1; 1987, c.6, s.110