McAdam Parish, New Brunswick

McAdam
Parish
Location within York County, New Brunswick.
Coordinates: 45°41′N 67°24′W / 45.68°N 67.40°W
Country	Canada
Province	New Brunswick
County	York
Established	1894
Area[1]
• Land	537.62 km^2 (207.58 sq mi)
Population (2011)[1]
• Total	27
• Density	0.1/km^2 (0.3/sq mi)
• Pop 2006-2011	66.3%
• Dwellings	14
Time zone	AST (UTC-4)
• Summer (DST)	ADT (UTC-3)

McAdam is a Canadian parish in York County, New Brunswick.^[2]

History

McAdam Parish set up from Prince William Parish, Dumfries Parish and Manners Sutton Parish in 1894: named for John McAdam (1807-1893), a local lumberman and Member of the Legislative Assembly for the county of Charlotte from 1854-1866.

Delineation

Saint James Parish is defined in the Territorial Division Act as:

"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."^[3]

Communities

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

Burpee Cottrell McAdam

St. Croix Sugar Brook

Bodies of water & Islands

This is a list of rivers, lakes, streams, creeks, marshes and Islands that are at least partially in this parish

• Shogomoc Lake
• Kilburn Lake
• Big Duck Lake
• Rocky Lake
• Fifth Lake
• Sixth Lake
• Thompsons Lake
• Fosters Lake
• Modsley Lake
• Spednic Lake
• Wauklehegan Lake

Demographics

Population Population trend[4] Census Population Change (%) 2006 80 9.1% 2001 88 17.0% 1996 106 13.8% 1991 123 N/A

Language Mother tongue language (2006)[5] Language Population Pct (%) English only 70 100.00% French only 0 0.00% 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:^[6]

Highways Route 4

Principal Routes None

Secondary Routes: None

External Routes: None

See also

• List of parishes in New Brunswick

References

1. 2011 Statistics Canada Census Profile: McAdam Parish, New Brunswick
2. New Brunswick Provincial Archives - McAdam Parish
3. New BrunswickTerritorial Division Act, Updated 2010.
4. Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006 census
5. 2006 Statistics Canada Community Profile: McAdam Parish, New Brunswick
6. Atlantic Canada Back Road Atlas ISBN 978-1-55368-618-7

Coordinates: 45°40′48″N 67°24′00″W / 45.68000°N 67.40000°W