For governance purposes, Little Ridge and areas to the south are part of the town of the Municipal District of St. Stephen,[5] while the rest of the parish is part of the Southwest rural district,[6] both of which are members of the Southwest New Brunswick Service Commission.[7]
Five of the original six mainland parishes of Charlotte County used names of major saints recognised by the Church of England: Andrew (Scotland), David (Wales), George (England), Patrick (Ireland), and Stephen, and Saint James was the first new mainland parish to be erected in the county.
History
Saint James was erected in 1823 from Saint Stephen Parish and unassigned lands to the north of Saint Stephen and Saint David Parish;[10] the northern line of Saint Stephen had run above Gleason Point, Oak Hill, and DeWolfe.
on the east by a line beginning about 4.7 kilometres east of the Digdeguash River, on the prolongation of the eastern line of the Cape Ann Association, which runs along the rear line of grants on the eastern side of Board Road, then running south to the Digdeguash River;
on the southeast and south by a line running along the Cape Ann Association grant, westerly to a point about 1.2 kilometres west of the junction of Richardson Road and Route 755 and about 450 metres north of Scott Road, then in 1.5-kilometre steps southerly, westerly, southerly, and westerly to the Dennis Stream, then downstream through Moores Mills Lake to a point about 600 metres north of the kink in Murphy Road, on the prolongation of the southern line of two grants to James Maxwell, then westerly along the prolongation, the Maxwell grants, passing about 300 metres north of the junction of Route 745 and Route 3, and along the prolongation to a point about 3 kilometres past Route 740, on the corner of the tier of grants between Route 740 and Route 735, then southerly and southeasterly along the tier, crossing Route 735, to a point about 550 metres north of Kendricks Lake, on the southeastern line of a grant to John McCauly, then southwesterly along the McCauly grant and its prolongation to the St. Croix River;
The local service district of the parish of Saint James originally comprised the entire parish.
The LSD was established in 1969 to assess for community services,[14] in this case to provide ambulance service after local funeral homes ceased doing so.[15] Fire protection was added in 1970.[16]
Western Charlotte comprised an area along the St. Croix River, running east from the mouth of Canoose Stream, then south along Green Brown Brook until it strikes the rear line of grants along the eastern side of the Basswood Ridge Road until it crosses Robinson Cross Road, southwesterly until it strikes the rear line of grants along Route 740, then southerly to the parish line, following the parish line to the western line of grants along Route 740, then running southerly along grant lines to St. Stephen, westerly along the St. Stephen limits to the western end of the town, then northwesterly along the rear line of grants west of Barter Settlement Road before turning southwesterly to strike the Mohannes Stream about midway between the two crossings of the Burnt Hill Road, upstream to about midway between the Chandler Road and the parish line, turning southwesterly to the rear line of grants along Route 725, then northwesterly to the parish line and southwest to the St. Croix.[17]
The LSD was established in 1988 to add first aid and ambulance services.[18]
The taxing authority was 528.00 Western Charlotte.[13]
Communities
Communities at least partly within the parish.[11][12][19]
^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.
^ abcde"No. 145". Provincial Archives of New Brunswick. Department of Natural Resources and Energy Development. Retrieved 4 July 2021. Remainder of parish on maps 153, 154, and 160 at same site.
^ abcde"438"(PDF). Transportation and Infrastructure. Government of New Brunswick. Retrieved 4 July 2021. Remainder of parish on mapbooks 439, 440, 453–455, 466–468, 477, 478, 487, and 488 at same site.
^"Regulation 69–17 under the Municipalities Act (O. C. 69–161)". The Royal Gazette. 127. Fredericton: 149. 12 March 1969.
^"St. Stephen – Milltown Ambulance Brigade". The New Brunswick Municipal Monthly. 25 (3). Fredericton, NB: Department of Municipal Affairs: 5. March 1969.
^"Regulation 70–63 under the Municipalities Act (O. C. 70–385)". The Royal Gazette. 128. Fredericton: 343–344. 17 June 1970.
