The parish consists of two discontiguous portions, separated by Saint-Joseph Parish. For governance purposes, the southwestern portion is divided between the city of Edmundston[5] and the town of Haut-Madawaska;[5] the northeastern portion is part of the Northwest rural district.[6] All three bodies are part of the Northwest Regional Service Commission.[7]
Madawaska was erected in 1833 from the northern part of Kent Parish, taking in most of modern Madawaska County and the northern part of Victoria County.[10]
In 1852 the parish was extended northward to include territory awarded in the boundary settlement with Lower Canada,[12] losing some area to Restigouche County in the process.
In 1874 the centre of modern Edmundston was added to Madawaska from Saint-Basile.[13]
In 1946 Madawaska was affected by the major reorganisation of Madawaska County parish boundaries.[16]
Boundaries
Madawaska Parish comprises two discontiguous portions: the heavily populated southwestern portion and the interior northeastern portion, which lacks provincial roads.[2][17][18][19]
The southwestern portion is bounded:
on the north, running entirely along grant lines, beginning at a point on Farline Road about 2.4 kilometres west-southwesterly of Route 2, the western point of a grant to Peter St. Ange in Tier One of Trout Brook Settlement, then running easterly and northeasterly along the northern line of the St. Ange grant to the Madawaska River, then downstream about a kilometre to the westernmost corner of a grant to Olivier Boucher, then northeasterly along the northwestern line of the Boucher grant to the Iroquois River;
on the east and southeast, beginning on the northwestern line of the Boucher grant and running down the Iroquois River about 2.1 kilometres to strike the northwestern line of a grant to Prospère Leveque, then northeasterly to the northernmost corner of the Leveque grant, then southeasterly along the northeastern line of Leveque and a grant to Denis Cyr to the easternmost corner of Cyr, about 550 metres northeast of Titus Road, then southwesterly in a straight line along the southeastern line of various grants to strike the international border in the Saint John River, passing between and roughly parallelling Saint-Louis and Irène Streets near the river;
on the south, by the international border in the Saint John River, running upstream to a point about 2.6 kilometres east-southeast of the junction of Alcide Collin Road and Riceville Road, then west-northwesterly along the southern line of a grant to Alexander Ouellett Jr. to the junction, which is on the rear line of grants on the Saint John;
on the west and northwest, running entirely along grant lines, northerly along the rear line of Saint John River grants about 1.45 kilometres to the southernmost corner of a tier of grants at the rear of the river lots, then northwesterly crossing Gabourie Road to the rear of the tier, then northeasterly, crossing Guerrette, Trois-Milles, and Farline Roads, to the western line of Tier One of Trout Brook Settlement, about 300 metres beyond Farline Road, then northwesterly about 1.2 kilometres along Tier One to the starting point.
on the southeast by the prolongation of the line that forms the southeastern boundary of the southwestern portion of the parish, running southwesterly from the county line to the Green River;[a]
^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.
^"15 Vic. c. 6 An Act to annex the Territory awarded to this Province by the New Brunswick and Canadian Arbitrators in the recent settlement of the Boundary question between the Provinces of New Brunswick and Canada, to the Counties of Victoria and Restigouche, and to alter the present Boundary Line between these counties.". Acts of the General Assembly of Her Majesty's Province of New Brunswick, Passed in the Year 1852. Fredericton: Government of New Brunswick. 1852. pp. 4–5. Retrieved 27 March 2021.
^"37 Vic. c. 47 An Act to include certain Lands in the Parish of Saint Basil in the Parish of Madawaska, in the County of Madawaska.". Acts of the General Assembly of Her Majesty's Province of New Brunswick. Passed in the Months of March & April 1874. Fredericton: Government of New Brunswick. 1874. p. 129. Available as a free ebook from Google Books.
^"40 Vic. c. 30 An Act to erect parts of the Parishes of Saint Leonard, Saint Basil, Madawaska, and Saint Francis, in the County of Madawaska, into three additional Parishes.". Acts of the General Assembly of Her Majesty's Province of New Brunswick. Passed in the Month of March 1877. Fredericton: Government of New Brunswick. 1877. pp. 125–128. Available as a free ebook from Google Books.
^"19 Geo. V c. 16 An Act to amend Chapter 2 of the Revised Statutes, 1927, Respecting the Division of the Province into Counties, Towns and Parishes, so far as relates to the Parishes of Saint Jacques and Madawaska, in the County of Madawaska.". Acts of the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick Passed During the Session of 1929. Fredericton: Government of New Brunswick. 1929. pp. 38–41.
^"10 Geo. VI. c. 95 An Act to amend Chapter 2 of the Revised Statutes, 1927, respecting the division of the Province into Counties, Towns and Parishes, in so far as it relates to the County of Madawaska.". Acts of the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick Passed During the Session of 1946. Fredericton: Government of New Brunswick. 1946. pp. 321–339.
^ abcd"No. 9". Provincial Archives of New Brunswick. Department of Natural Resources and Energy Development. Retrieved 16 June 2021. Remainder of parish on maps 20, 21, and 33 at same site.
^ abcd"039"(PDF). Transportation and Infrastructure. Government of New Brunswick. Retrieved 16 June 2021. Remainder of parish on mapbooks 058, 059, 078, 079, 098, 119, and 120 at same site.
