Simonds Parish, Saint John County, New Brunswick

See also Simonds Parish, Carleton County for an identically named parish in New Brunswick.

Simonds
Parish
Location within Saint John County
Coordinates: 45°20′N 65°47′W / 45.33°N 65.78°WCoordinates: 45°20′N 65°47′W / 45.33°N 65.78°W
Country	Canada
Province	New Brunswick
County	Saint John County
Established	1839
Population (2006)[1]
• Total	3,759
• Change 2006-11	2.2%
• Dwellings	1,483
Time zone	AST (UTC-4)
• Summer (DST)	ADT (UTC-3)
Median Income*	$51,323 CDN
Median household income, 2005 (all households)

Simonds is a Canadian parish in Saint John County, New Brunswick.^[2]

History

Simonds Parish established in 1839 from Portland Parish: named for James Simonds (1735-1831), the first English settler at Saint John in 1761, and for his son Charles Simonds (1783-1859), the speaker of the New Brunswick house of assembly.

Delineation

Simonds Parish is defined in the Territorial Division Act as:

"All that part of the County bounded south by the Bay of Fundy, west by The City of Saint John, north by the Kings County line, and east by the eastern line of lot number one, granted to Samuel Hugh, at Tynemouth Creek, and the northern prolongation thereof.".^[3]

Communities

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

Baxters Corner Black River Cape Spencer Coleraine Fairfield Gardner Creek Garnett Settlement

Grove Hill Lake View Estates Mispec Otter Lake Primrose Quaco Road

Saint John Simonds Upper Golden Grove Upper Loch Lomond West Beach Willow Grove

Geography

The following water bodies are located within or adjacent to this parish.

• McBrien Lake
• Loch Lomond
• Balls Lake
• Haynes Lake
• Taylor Lake
• Otter Lake
• Mackins Lake
• Millican Lake
• Grassy Lake
• Browns Lake
• Black River
• Bay of Fundy (adjacent)
• Partridge Island

Demographics

Population Population trend[4] Census Population Change (%) 2011 N/A 2006 1198 4.0% 2001 1248 0.0% 1996 0.0% 1991 N/A

Language Mother tongue language (2006)[1] Language Population Pct (%) French only % English only % 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 None

Principal Routes Route 111

Secondary Routes: Route 820 Route 825

External Routes: None

See also

• List of parishes in New Brunswick

References

1. Community Profile: Saint Martins Parish, New Brunswick
2. New Brunswick Provincial Archives - St John Parish
3. Parish information, New Brunswick.
4. Statistics Canada: 2001, 2006 census
5. Atlantic Canada Back Road Atlas ISBN 978-1-55368-618-7