Westfield Parish, New Brunswick

Westfield
Parish
Location within Kings County, New Brunswick.
Country	Canada
Province	New Brunswick
County	Kings County
Established	1786
Area[1]
• Land	295.50 km^2 (114.09 sq mi)
Population (2011)[1]
• Total	2,108
• Density	7.1/km^2 (18/sq mi)
• Pop 2006-2011	2.7%
• Dwellings	986
Time zone	AST (UTC-4)
• Summer (DST)	ADT (UTC-3)

Westfield is a Canadian parish in Kings County, New Brunswick.^[2]

History

Westfield Parish created in 1786: possibly named for the town of Westfield in Massachusetts.

Delineation

Westfield Parish is defined in the Territorial Division Act as:

On the northwest, south and west, by the boundary line of the County; and on the northeast by a line beginning on the County line between Kings and Queens, intersected by the northwestern prolongation of the line dividing lots number twenty-three and number twenty-four at Devils Back, on the Long Reach; thence southeasterly along said prolongation and line to the northwestern shore of the Long Reach; thence southeasterly in a direct line across the Saint John River to the line dividing lots number twenty-five and number twenty-six, granted to Robert and Caleb Merritt; thence southeasterly along said line and its southeastern prolongation to the rear line of lots fronting on the northwest side of Kennebecasis Bay; thence southwesterly along said line to the northeast line of lot number twenty-eight, granted to Dennis Coombe; thence southeasterly along said line and its southeastern prolongation to the County line, including Kennebecasis Island.

Communities

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

Bayswater Carters Point Cheyne Settlement Days Landing Grand Bay–Westfield

Hardings Point Keatings Corner Lands End Milkish Morrisdale

Public Landing Sand Point Summerville Woodmans Point

Bodies of water & Islands

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

• Kennebecasis Island
• Loch Alva
• Eagle Lake
• Seven Mile Lake

Demographics

Population Population trend[3] Census Population Change (%) 2011 N/A 2006 2053 3.7% 2001 2131 0.0% 1996 0.0% 1991 N/A

Language Mother tongue language (2006)[4] 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 Route 7

Principal Routes Route 102 Route 177

Secondary Routes: Route 790 Route 795 Route 845

External Routes: None

See also

• List of parishes in New Brunswick

References

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

Coordinates: 45°20′03″N 66°17′56″W / 45.334289°N 66.298885°W