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{{Infobox settlement
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|established_title =Established             
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|area_footnotes =<ref name="2016Census">{{cite web | url=https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2016/dp-pd/hlt-fst/pd-pl/Table.cfm?Lang=Eng&T=302&SR=1&S=86&O=A&RPP=9999&PR=13 | title=Population and dwelling counts, for Canada, provinces and territories, and census subdivisions (municipalities), 2016 and 2011 censuses – 100% data |website=statcan.gc.ca| publisher=[[Statistics Canada]] | date=7 February 2018 | access-date=1 November 2021}}</ref>
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'''Grimmer''' is a [[List of parishes in New Brunswick|geographic parish]] in [[Restigouche County, New Brunswick|Restigouche County]], [[New Brunswick]], [[Canada]].{{refn|The Territorial Division Act<ref name="TerrDivAct">{{cite web |title=Chapter T-3 Territorial Division Act |url=http://laws.gnb.ca/en/showfulldoc/cs/T-3// |publisher=Government of New Brunswick |access-date=24 January 2023}}</ref> divides the province into 152 parishes, the cities of [[Saint John, New Brunswick|Saint John]] and [[Fredericton]], and one town of [[Grand Falls, New Brunswick|Grand Falls]]. The Interpretation Act<ref>{{cite web |title=Chapter I-13 Interpretation Act |url=http://laws.gnb.ca/en/showfulldoc/cs/T-3// |publisher=Government of New Brunswick |access-date=24 January 2023}}</ref> clarifies that parishes include any local government within their borders.}}
'''Grimmer''' is a [[Canada|Canadian]] parish in [[Restigouche County, New Brunswick|Restigouche County]], [[New Brunswick]].<ref>[http://archives.gnb.ca/Exhibits/Communities/Details.aspx?culture=en-CA&community=1594/ New Brunswick Provincial Archives - Grimmer Parish]</ref>


For governance purposes it is part of the [[List of municipalities in New Brunswick#Rural communities|incorporated rural community]] of [[Kedgwick, New Brunswick|Kedgwick]],<ref name="GovRefMapRSC1">{{cite web |title=Northwest Regional Service Commission: RSC 1 |url=https://www2.gnb.ca/content/gnb/en/corporate/promo/local-governance/maps/RSC1.html |website=Government of New Brunswick |access-date=24 January 2023}}</ref> which is a member of the Restigouche Regional Service Commission.<ref>{{cite web |title=Regions Regulation – Regional Service Delivery Act |url=https://laws.gnb.ca/en/showfulldoc/cr/2022-46 |website=Government of New Brunswick |access-date=24 January 2023 |date=21 July 2022}}</ref>
==Delineation==

Grimmer Parish is situated in the western section of [[Restigouche County, New Brunswick|Restigouche County]] and is bordered to the east by [[Eldon Parish, New Brunswick|Eldon Parish]], to the west and south by the parish of [[Saint-Quentin Parish, New Brunswick|Saint-Quentin]], and to the north by the province of [[Quebec]].
Before the [[2023 New Brunswick local governance reform|2023 governance reform]], the [[Local service district (New Brunswick)|local service district]] (LSD) of White's Brook straddled the eastern boundary of the parish along [[New Brunswick Route 17|Route 17]].<ref name=Reg84-168>{{cite web |title=Local Service Districts Regulation - Municipalities Act |url=https://laws.gnb.ca/en/showfulldoc/cr/84-168// |website=Government of New Brunswick |access-date=24 January 2023 |date=25 June 2021}}</ref> Most of the parish formed the LSD of the parish of Grimmer until its merger with the village of Kedgwick on 1 July 2012 to form the rural community.<ref>{{cite web |title=Rural Community of Kedgwick Regulation - Municipalities Act |url=https://laws.gnb.ca/en/showfulldoc/cr/2012-18// |website=Government of New Brunswick |access-date=24 January 2023 |date=1 February 2021}}</ref>

==Origin of name==
The parish was named in honour of [[W.C.H. Grimmer]], former [[Department of Energy and Resource Development (New Brunswick)|Surveyor General]] and [[Office of the Attorney General (New Brunswick)|Attorney General]] of New Brunswick.<ref>{{cite web |title=Grimmer Parish |url=https://archives.gnb.ca/exhibits/communities/Details.aspx?culture=en-CA&community=1594 |website=Provincial Archives of New Brunswick |access-date=23 October 2020}}</ref>

==History==
Grimmer was erected in 1916 from [[Eldon Parish, New Brunswick|Eldon Parish]].<ref>{{cite book| title=Acts of the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick Passed in the Months of April and May 1915| date=1915| publisher=Government of New Brunswick| location=[[Fredericton]]| pages=432–434| chapter=5 Geo. V c. 47 An Act to amend Chapter 2, Consolidated Statutes, 1903, so far as it relates to the Parish of Eldon, in the County of Restigouche.}}</ref> Grimmer included [[Saint-Quentin Parish, New Brunswick|Saint-Quentin Parish]].

In 1921 Saint-Quentin was erected as its own parish.<ref>{{cite book| title=Acts of the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick Passed in the Month of April 1921| date=1921| publisher=Government of New Brunswick| location=[[Fredericton]]| pages=155–166| chapter=11 Geo. V c. 18 An Act to Amend Chapter 2 of the Consolidated Statutes, 1903, respecting the division of the Province into Counties, Towns and Parishes.}}</ref>

==Boundaries==
Grimmer Parish is bounded:<ref name="TerrDivAct"/><ref name="CadMap">{{cite web |title=No. 3 |url=https://archives.gnb.ca/App_Handlers/FileDownloadHandler.ashx?filename=/DigitizedDocuments/Communities/Maps/Cadastral/_Oversize/GRPA003.jpg |website=Provincial Archives of New Brunswick |publisher=Department of Natural Resources and Energy Development |access-date=21 June 2021}} Remainder of parish on maps 4, 11, 12, 22, and 23 at same site.</ref><ref name="Mapbook">{{cite web |title=010 |url=https://www.gnb.ca/0113/maps/Mapbooks/maps-2020/map010.pdf |website=Transportation and Infrastructure |publisher=Government of New Brunswick |access-date=21 June 2021}} Remainder of parish on mapbooks 023, 024, 042, 043, 062, 063, 082, and 083 at same site.</ref>

* on the north by the [[Quebec]] provincial border, running through the [[Patapedia River|Patapedia]] and [[Restigouche River]]s;
* on the east by a line beginning at the mouth of Upper Thorn Point Brook and running south-southeasterly through the former [[Intercolonial Railway]] station at [[Whites Brook, New Brunswick|Whites Brook]];
* on the south by a line running along the southern line of a grant to Paul Berube on the eastern side of [[New Brunswick Route 17|Route 17]], about 3 kilometres north of Chemin 36 No. 1 and its prolongations east to the [[Eldon Parish, New Brunswick|Eldon Parish]] line and west to the Restigouche River;
* on the west by a line running due north<ref group="lower-alpha">By an astronomical bearing.</ref> to the provincial border.


==Communities==
==Communities==
Communities at least partly within the parish.<ref name="CadMap" /><ref name="Mapbook" /><ref name="CGNDB">{{cite web |title=Search the Canadian Geographical Names Database (CGNDB) |url=http://www4.rncan.gc.ca/search-place-names/search?lang=en |website=Government of Canada |access-date=2 July 2021}}</ref> All communities except Whites Brook are part of the [[List of municipalities in New Brunswick#Rural communities|incorporated rural community]] of [[Kedgwick, New Brunswick|Kedgwick]]. ''italics'' indicate a name no longer in official use
Parish population total does not include incorporated municipalities '''(in bold)'''.
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* Kedgwick
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*'''[[Kedgwick, New Brunswick|Kedgwick]]'''
* Kedgwick River
* ''Michaud''
*[[Kedgwick River, New Brunswick|Kedgwick River]]
*[[Petit-Ouest, New Brunswick|Petit-Ouest]]
* Petit-Ouest
*[[Petite-Réserve, New Brunswick|Petite-Réserve]]
* Petite-Réserve
*[[Quatre-Milles, New Brunswick|Quatre-Milles]]
* Quatre-Milles
*[[Rang-Double-Nord, New Brunswick|Rang-Double-Nord]]
* Rang-Double-Nord
* [[Rang-Double-Sud, New Brunswick|Rang-Double-Sud]]
* [[Rang-Sept, New Brunswick|Rang-Sept]]
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* ''Red Bank''
*[[Rang-Double-Sud, New Brunswick|Rang-Double-Sud]]
*[[Rang-Sept, New Brunswick|Rang-Sept]]
* [[Six-Milles, New Brunswick|Six-Milles]]
*[[Six-Milles, New Brunswick|Six-Milles]]
* [[Thibault, New Brunswick|Thibault]]
* Tracy Depot
*[[Thibault, New Brunswick|Thibault]]
*[[Tracy Depot, New Brunswick|Tracy Depot]]
* [[Whites Brook, New Brunswick|Whites Brook]]
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*[[Whites Brook, New Brunswick|Whites Brook]]

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==Bodies of water==
Bodies of water<ref group="lower-alpha">Not including brooks, ponds or coves.</ref> at least partly within the parish.<ref name="CadMap" /><ref name="Mapbook" /><ref name="CGNDB" />
* [[Little Main Restigouche River]]
* [[Patapedia River]]
* [[Restigouche River]]
* Lac à Morin

==Islands==
Islands at least partly within the parish.<ref name="CadMap" /><ref name="Mapbook" /><ref name="CGNDB" />
* Downs Gulch Islands
* Half Mile Island
* Little Cross Point Islands
* Tracy Island
* Whites Brook Islands

==Other notable places==
Parks, historic sites, and other noteworthy places at least partly within the parish.<ref name="CadMap" /><ref name="Mapbook" /><ref name="CGNDB" /><ref>{{cite web |title=Explore New Brunswick's Protected Natural Areas |url=http://geonb.snb.ca/pna_znp/index.html |website=GeoNB |access-date=2 July 2021}}</ref>
* Blueberry Brook Protected Natural Area
* [[Downs Gulch Aerodrome]]
* Downs Gulch Protected Natural Area
* Kedgwick Wildlife Management Area<ref>{{cite web |title=New Brunswick Regulation 94-43 under the Fish and Wildlife Act (O.C. 94-231) |url=http://laws.gnb.ca/en/showfulldoc/cr/94-43// |website=Government of New Brunswick |access-date=8 July 2021 |date=5 June 2006}}</ref>
* Stillwater Brook Protected Natural Area
* Upper Thorn Point Brook Protected Natural Area


==Demographics==
==Demographics==
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===Population===
===Population===
{{Canada census
'''Population trend'''<ref>Statistics Canada: [[Canada 1996 Census|1996]], [[Canada 2001 Census|2001]], [[Canada 2006 Census|2006]], [[Canada 2011 Census|2011]] census</ref>
|location=
|2011_population=1,096 |2011_pop_delta=-0.8 |2011_land_area=653.48 |2011_pop_density=1.7
|2011_median_age=41.8 |2011_median_age_m=42.5 |2011_median_age_f=41.3
|2011_total_pvt_dwell=469 |2011_mean_hh_income=.N/A |2011_access_date=2014-03-21
|2006_population=1,105 | 2006_pop_delta=-5.0 | 2006_land_area=653.48 | 2006_pop_density=1.7
|2006_median_age=39.7 | 2006_median_age_m=39.6 | 2006_median_age_f=39.8
|2006_total_pvt_dwell=531 | 2006_mean_hh_income=37,213 | 2006_access_date=2014-03-21
|2001_population=1,163 | 2001_pop_delta=+2.2 | 2001_land_area=653.50 | 2001_pop_density=1.8
|2001_median_age=35.9 | 2001_median_age_m=36.8 | 2001_median_age_f=34.8
|2001_total_pvt_dwell=424 |2001_mean_hh_income=28,210 | 2001_access_date=2014-03-21
|notes= 2011 income data for this area has been suppressed for data quality or confidentiality reasons.
}}

{{Historical populations|width=60%
| title= <small>Historical Census Data - Grimmer Parish, New Brunswick</small><ref name="scpast">Statistics Canada: [[Canada 1996 Census|1996]], [[Canada 2001 Census|2001]], [[Canada 2006 Census|2006]], [[Canada 2011 Census|2011]] census</ref>
| percentages =
| shading = off
| align = none
| cols = 3
| 1991 |1149
| 1996 |1138
| 2001 |1163
| 2006 |1105
| 2011 |1096
| footnote =
}}

===Language===
{| class="wikitable"
{| class="wikitable"
!colspan="19"|Canada Census Mother Tongue - Grimmer Parish, New Brunswick<ref name="scpast"/>
|-
|-
! Census
! Census
|
! Population
! Total
! Change (%)
|colspan="1"|
!colspan="3"|{{center|French}}
|colspan="1"|
!colspan="3"|{{center|English}}
|colspan="1"|
!colspan="3"|{{center|French & English}}
|colspan="1"|
!colspan="3"|{{center|Other}}
|-
|-
! Year
| 2011
|
| 1,096
! Responses
| {{loss}}0.8%
|
! Count
! Trend
! Pop %
|
! Count
! Trend
! Pop %
|
! Count
! Trend
! Pop %
|
! Count
! Trend
! Pop %
|-
|-
| {{center|2011}}
| 2006
|
| 1,105
| {{loss}}5.0%
| {{center|1,090}}
|
| 1,060
| {{decrease}} 1.8%
| 97.25%
|
| 25
| {{increase}} 66.7%
| 2.29%
|
| 0
| {{steady}} 0.0%
| 0.00%
|
| 5
| {{increase}} n/a%
| 0.46%
|-
|-
| {{center|2006}}
| 2001
|
| 1,163
| {{profit}}2.2%
| {{center|1,095}}
|-
|
| 1996
| 1,080
| {{decrease}} 3.6%
| 1,138
| {{loss}}1.0%
|-
| 1991
| 1,149
| N/A
|}

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===Language===
'''Mother tongue language (2006)'''<ref name="SC2006"/>
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Language
! Population
! Pct (%)
|-
| French only
| 1,080
| 98.63%
| 98.63%
|-
|
| 15
| English only
| {{decrease}} 40.0%
| 15
| 1.37%
| 1.37%
|
| 0
| {{decrease}} 100.0%
| 0.00%
|
| 0
| {{steady}} 0.0%
| 0.00%
|-
|-
| {{center|2001}}
| Both English and French
|
| 0
| {{center|1,165}}
|
| 1,120
| {{increase}} 5.2%
| 96.14%
|
| 25
| {{steady}} 0.0%
| 2.14%
|
| 20
| {{increase}} 100.0%
| 1.72%
|
| 0
| {{steady}} 0.0%
| 0.00%
| 0.00%
|-
|-
| {{center|1996}}
| Other languages
|
| 0
| {{center|1,100}}
|
| 1,065
| n/a
| 96.82%
|
| 25
| n/a
| 2.27%
|
| 10
| n/a
| 0.91%
|
| 0
| n/a
| 0.00%
| 0.00%
|}
|}
{{col-end}}


==Access Routes==
==Access Routes==
Highways and numbered routes that run through the parish, including external routes that start or finish at the parish limits:<ref>Atlantic Canada Back Road Atlas ISBN 978-1-55368-618-7 Pages 4, 12 </ref>
Highways and numbered routes that run through the parish, including external routes that start or finish at the parish limits:<ref>Atlantic Canada Back Road Atlas {{ISBN|978-1-55368-618-7}} Pages 4, 12</ref>
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*'''Highways'''
*'''Highways'''
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==See also==
==See also==
*[[List of parishes in New Brunswick]]
*[[List of parishes in New Brunswick]]
*[[Little Main Restigouche River]]

==Notes==
{{Notelist}}


==References==
==References==
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[[Category:Parishes of New Brunswick]]
[[Category:Former parishes of New Brunswick]]
[[Category:Geography of Restigouche County, New Brunswick]]
[[Category:Neighbourhoods in New Brunswick]]

[[fr:Paroisse de Grimmer]]

Latest revision as of 22:11, 30 March 2024

Grimmer
Former Parish
Location within Restigouche County.
Location within Restigouche County.
Coordinates: 47°40′N 67°27′W / 47.67°N 67.45°W / 47.67; -67.45
Land Kanada
Province New Brunswick
CountyRestigouche
Erected1916
Area
[1]
 • Land653.48 km2 (252.31 sq mi)
Population
 (2016)[1]
 • Total981
 • Density1.5/km2 (4/sq mi)
 • Change 2011-2016
Decrease 10.5%
 • Dwellings
443
Time zoneUTC-4 (AST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC-3 (ADT)
Figures do not include portion within village of Kedgwick
No census data available after 2016

Grimmer is a geographic parish in Restigouche County, New Brunswick, Canada.[4]

For governance purposes it is part of the incorporated rural community of Kedgwick,[5] which is a member of the Restigouche Regional Service Commission.[6]

Before the 2023 governance reform, the local service district (LSD) of White's Brook straddled the eastern boundary of the parish along Route 17.[7] Most of the parish formed the LSD of the parish of Grimmer until its merger with the village of Kedgwick on 1 July 2012 to form the rural community.[8]

Origin of name

[edit]

The parish was named in honour of W.C.H. Grimmer, former Surveyor General and Attorney General of New Brunswick.[9]

History

[edit]

Grimmer was erected in 1916 from Eldon Parish.[10] Grimmer included Saint-Quentin Parish.

In 1921 Saint-Quentin was erected as its own parish.[11]

Boundaries

[edit]

Grimmer Parish is bounded:[2][12][13]

  • on the north by the Quebec provincial border, running through the Patapedia and Restigouche Rivers;
  • on the east by a line beginning at the mouth of Upper Thorn Point Brook and running south-southeasterly through the former Intercolonial Railway station at Whites Brook;
  • on the south by a line running along the southern line of a grant to Paul Berube on the eastern side of Route 17, about 3 kilometres north of Chemin 36 No. 1 and its prolongations east to the Eldon Parish line and west to the Restigouche River;
  • on the west by a line running due north[a] to the provincial border.

Communities

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Communities at least partly within the parish.[12][13][14] All communities except Whites Brook are part of the incorporated rural community of Kedgwick. italics indicate a name no longer in official use

Bodies of water

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Bodies of water[b] at least partly within the parish.[12][13][14]

Islands

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Islands at least partly within the parish.[12][13][14]

  • Downs Gulch Islands
  • Half Mile Island
  • Little Cross Point Islands
  • Tracy Island
  • Whites Brook Islands

Other notable places

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Parks, historic sites, and other noteworthy places at least partly within the parish.[12][13][14][15]

  • Blueberry Brook Protected Natural Area
  • Downs Gulch Aerodrome
  • Downs Gulch Protected Natural Area
  • Kedgwick Wildlife Management Area[16]
  • Stillwater Brook Protected Natural Area
  • Upper Thorn Point Brook Protected Natural Area

Demographics

[edit]

Population

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Canada census – Grimmer Parish, New Brunswick community profile
2011
Population1,096 (-0.8% from 2006)
Land area653.48 km2 (252.31 sq mi)
Population density1.7/km2 (4.4/sq mi)
Median age41.8 (M: 42.5, F: 41.3)
Private dwellings469 (total) 
Median household income$.N/A
Notes: 2011 income data for this area has been suppressed for data quality or confidentiality reasons.
References: 2011[17] earlier[18][19]
Historical Census Data - Grimmer Parish, New Brunswick[20]
YearPop.±%
1991 1,149—    
1996 1,138−1.0%
YearPop.±%
2001 1,163+2.2%
2006 1,105−5.0%
YearPop.±%
2011 1,096−0.8%

Sprache

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Canada Census Mother Tongue - Grimmer Parish, New Brunswick[20]
Census Total
French
Englisch
French & English
Other
Year Responses Count Trend Pop % Count Trend Pop % Count Trend Pop % Count Trend Pop %
2011
1,090
 1,060 Decrease 1.8% 97.25% 25 Increase 66.7% 2.29% 0 Steady 0.0% 0.00% 5 Increase n/a% 0.46%
2006
1,095
 1,080 Decrease 3.6% 98.63% 15 Decrease 40.0% 1.37% 0 Decrease 100.0% 0.00% 0 Steady 0.0% 0.00%
2001
1,165
 1,120 Increase 5.2% 96.14% 25 Steady 0.0% 2.14% 20 Increase 100.0% 1.72% 0 Steady 0.0% 0.00%
1996
1,100
 1,065 n/a 96.82% 25 n/a 2.27% 10 n/a 0.91% 0 n/a 0.00%

Access Routes

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Highways and numbered routes that run through the parish, including external routes that start or finish at the parish limits:[21]

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ By an astronomical bearing.
  2. ^ Not including brooks, ponds or coves.

References

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  1. ^ a b "Population and dwelling counts, for Canada, provinces and territories, and census subdivisions (municipalities), 2016 and 2011 censuses – 100% data". statcan.gc.ca. Statistics Canada. 7 February 2018. Retrieved 1 November 2021.
  2. ^ a b "Chapter T-3 Territorial Division Act". Government of New Brunswick. Retrieved 24 January 2023.
  3. ^ "Chapter I-13 Interpretation Act". Government of New Brunswick. Retrieved 24 January 2023.
  4. ^ 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.
  5. ^ "Northwest Regional Service Commission: RSC 1". Government of New Brunswick. Retrieved 24 January 2023.
  6. ^ "Regions Regulation – Regional Service Delivery Act". Government of New Brunswick. 21 July 2022. Retrieved 24 January 2023.
  7. ^ "Local Service Districts Regulation - Municipalities Act". Government of New Brunswick. 25 June 2021. Retrieved 24 January 2023.
  8. ^ "Rural Community of Kedgwick Regulation - Municipalities Act". Government of New Brunswick. 1 February 2021. Retrieved 24 January 2023.
  9. ^ "Grimmer Parish". Provincial Archives of New Brunswick. Retrieved 23 October 2020.
  10. ^ "5 Geo. V c. 47 An Act to amend Chapter 2, Consolidated Statutes, 1903, so far as it relates to the Parish of Eldon, in the County of Restigouche.". Acts of the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick Passed in the Months of April and May 1915. Fredericton: Government of New Brunswick. 1915. pp. 432–434.
  11. ^ "11 Geo. V c. 18 An Act to Amend Chapter 2 of the Consolidated Statutes, 1903, respecting the division of the Province into Counties, Towns and Parishes.". Acts of the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick Passed in the Month of April 1921. Fredericton: Government of New Brunswick. 1921. pp. 155–166.
  12. ^ a b c d e "No. 3". Provincial Archives of New Brunswick. Department of Natural Resources and Energy Development. Retrieved 21 June 2021. Remainder of parish on maps 4, 11, 12, 22, and 23 at same site.
  13. ^ a b c d e "010" (PDF). Transportation and Infrastructure. Government of New Brunswick. Retrieved 21 June 2021. Remainder of parish on mapbooks 023, 024, 042, 043, 062, 063, 082, and 083 at same site.
  14. ^ a b c d "Search the Canadian Geographical Names Database (CGNDB)". Government of Canada. Retrieved 2 July 2021.
  15. ^ "Explore New Brunswick's Protected Natural Areas". GeoNB. Retrieved 2 July 2021.
  16. ^ "New Brunswick Regulation 94-43 under the Fish and Wildlife Act (O.C. 94-231)". Government of New Brunswick. 5 June 2006. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
  17. ^ "2011 Community Profiles". 2011 Canadian Census. Statistics Canada. 21 March 2019. Retrieved 21 March 2014.
  18. ^ "2006 Community Profiles". 2006 Canadian Census. Statistics Canada. 20 August 2019.
  19. ^ "2001 Community Profiles". 2001 Canadian Census. Statistics Canada. 18 July 2021.
  20. ^ a b Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006, 2011 census
  21. ^ Atlantic Canada Back Road Atlas ISBN 978-1-55368-618-7 Pages 4, 12



47°40′12″N 67°27′00″W / 47.67000°N 67.45000°W / 47.67000; -67.45000 (Grimmer Parish, New Brunswick)

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