Botsford Parish, New Brunswick

Botsford
Parish
Location within Westmorland County, New Brunswick.
Coordinates: 46°11′N 64°36′W / 46.19°N 64.60°W
Country	Canada
Province	New Brunswick
County	Westmorland County
Established	1805
Area[1]
• Land	304.00 km^2 (117.38 sq mi)
Population (2011)[1]
• Total	1,074
• Density	3.5/km^2 (9/sq mi)
• Pop 2006-2011	10.7%
• Dwellings	1,160
Time zone	AST (UTC-4)
• Summer (DST)	ADT (UTC-3)

Botsford is a Canadian parish in Westmorland County, New Brunswick.^[2]

History

Botsford Parish erected from Sackville Parish in 1805: named for Amos Botsford (1742-1812), a Loyalist from Connecticut, who settled in Sackville.

Communities

Parish population total does not include incorporated municipalities (in bold).

Bayfield Bayside Botsford Cadman Corner Cap-Pelé Cape Spear Cape Tormentine Chapmans Corner

Hardy Johnston Point Road Little Shemogue Malden Mates Corner Melrose Murray Corner Murray Road

Petit-Cap Smith Settlement Spence Settlement The Bluff Westmorland Upper Cape Woodside

Demographics

Population Historical population Year Pop. ±% 1991 1,328 —     1996 1,297 −2.3% 2001 1,216 −6.2% 2006 1,203 −1.1% 2011 1,074 −10.7% [3] Language Mother tongue language (2006)[4] Language Population Pct (%) French only N/A% English only N/A% Both English and French 0 0.00% Other languages 0 0.00%

Access routes

Highways and numbered routes that run through the parish, including external routes that start or finish at the parish limits:^[5]

Highways Route 15 Route 16 (TCH)

Principal Routes Route 955 Route 960

Secondary Routes: none

External Routes: Route 1 (TCH) (Confederation Bridge)

See also

• List of parishes in New Brunswick

References

1. 2011 Statistics Canada Census Profile: Botsford Parish, New Brunswick
2. New Brunswick Provincial Archives - Botsford Parish
3. Statistics Canada: 2001, 2006 census
4. Profile: Botsford Parish, New Brunswick
5. Atlantic Canada Back Road Atlas ISBN 978-1-55368-618-7

Coordinates: 46°06′41″N 63°58′32″W / 46.111326°N 63.975449°W