Gagetown Parish, New Brunswick
parish in New Brunswick, Canada
Gagetown is a geographic parish in Queens County, New Brunswick, Canada.
Prior to the 2023 governance reform, for governance purposes it was divided between CFB Gagetown, the village of Gagetown and the local service district of Upper Gagetown, the latter two of which were members of Capital Region Service Commission (RSC11).
Origin of name
The original township was named in honour of General Thomas Gage, British Commander-in-Chief, North America at the time; he was principal grantee of the township.
History
Gagetown was created in 1765 as Gage Township in Nova Scotia.
In 1786 the township formed the core of Gagetown Parish when New Brunswick erected its counties and parishes. The parish added territory back to the Charlotte County line.
In 1838 the rear of Gagetown was included in the newly erected Petersville Parish.
Boundaries
Gagetown Parish is bounded
on the northeast by the Saint John River;
on the southeast by the southern line of a grant to Nathaniel Jarvis, which forms the southern boundary of the village of Gagetown, and running southwesterly to the rear of the grant, then turning left and running south 52º west, crossing Route 102 and into CFB Gagetown, about 12 kilometres to the southernmost corner of a grant to Robert Nelson at the corner of Lawfield Road and Kerr Road in the former community of Summer Hill;
on the southwest by the southwestern line of the Nelson grant prolonged to the Sunbury County line;
on the northwest by the Sunbury County line;
including Gagetown Island and Grimross Island.
Communities
Communities at least partly within the parish. bold indicates an incorporated municipality; italics indicate a community expropriated for CFB Gagetown
Bodies of water
Bodies of water at least partly within the parish.
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