This article is about the geographic parish, former local service district, and rural census subdivision. For the former town, see Dalhousie, New Brunswick.
Figures do not include portions within the city of Campbellton, the town of Dalhousie, the villages of Atholville and Charlo, and the Eel River 3 and Indian Ranch Indian reserves
For governance purposes it is divided between the city of Campbellton, the town of Heron Bay, the village of Bois-Joli,[5] and the Eel River 3 and Indian Ranch Indian reserves; the municipalities are all members of the Restigouche Regional Service Commission.[6]
Prior to the 2023 governance reform, the parish also included parts of the town of Dalhousie, the villages of Atholville, Charlo and Eel River Crossing, and the local service districts of Dalhouse Junction, McLeods, Point La Nim, and the parish of Dalhousie,[7] which had been reduced to scattered pieces by the creation and growth of other LSDs and municipalities. The reform merged Atholville with Campbellton, Eel River Crossing with Balmoral to form Bois-Joli, and Dalhouse with Charlo to form Heron Bay. Campbellton also annexed most of McLeods and the portion of the parish LSD west of Eel River Crossing; Bois-Joli took the remainder of McLeods and a part of the parish LSD on its northern boundary, using the railway as its new boundary; and Heron Bay annexed Dalhousie Junction, Point La Nim, and the remainder of the parish LSD.[5]
Dalhousie was erected in 1840 from Addington Parish.[9] Dalhousie comprised all of Restigouche Parish between lines due south from Eel River on the east and Walker Brook on the west.
In 1850 the eastern boundary was altered slightly to run due south from milepost forty-eight on the eastern side of Eel River Gully.[10]
on the east by Chaleur Bay and a line running true south from near the northern end of the Eel River Bar Seawall;
on the south by a line beginning on Mountain Brook, then running westerly along the rear line of grants along Route 11 then New Brunswick Route 280 to the Route 275, then along Route 275 to the southeastern corner of a grant to William Searls, at a point about 500 metres south of Welsh Road, then along the southern line of the Searls grant and its prolongation to the eastern line of the Balmoral Settlement, then running northerly to the corner of the Balmoral Settlement, then running westerly along the northern line of the Settlement to a point about 900 metres westerly of the junction of Val-d'Amour Road with Route 275;
on the west by a line running true north to the most eastern point of the western side of the mouth of Walkers Brook, which runs through Campbellton;
including all islands in front of the parish.
Communities
Communities at least partly within the parish.[12][13][14]bold indicates an incorporated municipality or Indian reserve
^The Territorial Division Act[2] divides the province into 152 parishes, the cities of Saint John and Fredericton, and one town of Grand Falls. The Interpretation Act[3] clarifies that parishes include any local government within their borders.
^"59 Vic. c. 8 An Act to Revise and Codify an Act to Provide for the Division of the Province into Counties, Towns and Parishes.". Acts of the General Assembly of Her Majesty's Province of New Brunswick. Passed in the Month of March, 1896. Fredericton: Government of New Brunswick. 1896. pp. 86–123. Available as a free ebook from Google Books.
^ abcde"No. 5". Provincial Archives of New Brunswick. Department of Natural Resources and Energy Development. Retrieved 20 June 2021. Remainder of parish on map 6 at same site.
^ abcde"001"(PDF). Transportation and Infrastructure. Government of New Brunswick. Retrieved 20 June 2021. Remainder of parish on mapbooks 002, 003, and 013–015 at same site.
