Chipman is a civil parish in Queens County, New Brunswick, Canada.[2]

Chipman
Parish
Location within Queens County, New Brunswick.
Country	Canada
Province	New Brunswick
County	Queens County
Erected	1835
Area [1]
• Land	483.45 km2 (186.66 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[1]
• Total	853
• Density	1.8/km2 (5/sq mi)
• Change 2016-2021	6.6%
• Dwellings	504
Time zone	UTC-4 (AST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-3 (ADT)
Figures do not include portion within the village of Chipman

For governance purposes it is divided between the village of Chipman and the local service district of the parish of Chipman,[3] both of which are members of Regional Service Commission 11 (RSC11).[4]

Origin of name

The parish was named for Ward Chipman Jr., Chief Justice of New Brunswick at the time of its erection.[5]

History

Chipman was erected in 1835 from Brunswick and Canning Parishes.[6]

In 1855 all of Chipman southeast of Coal Creek was transferred to Waterborough Parish.[7]

In 1896 the boundary with Waterborough was altered, parallelling the Brunswick line from the mouth of North Branch Coal Creek to the county line;[8] the lost territory became part of Waterborough.

Boundaries

Chipman Parish is bounded:[2][9][10]

• on the northeast by the Kent County line;
• on the southeast by a line beginning on the county line at a point about 5.5 kilometres southeasterly of Route 116, then running southwesterly along a line parallel to the northwestern line of Brunswick Parish, which is a line running north 54º east[lower-alpha 1] from a point on the Saint John River about 1.8 kilometres southwest of the Route 715 bridge over McAlpines Brook, until striking Coal Creek at the southeast angle of a grant to Malcolm Carmichael upstream of the mouth of the South Branch Coal Creek, then down Coal Creek to the Northeast Arm of Grand Lake;
• on the southwest by a line running northwesterly from the Northeast Arm to Indian Point, then across Salmon Bay to strike land northeast of Newcastle Centre, then north 45º west[lower-alpha 2] past the Post Road and the old CPR line before turning nearly west and running about 400 metres to the Sunbury County line;
• on the northwest by the Sunbury County line.

Communities

Communities at least partly within the parish.[9][10][15] bold indicates an incorporated municipality

Bodies of water

Bodies of water[lower-alpha 3] at least partly within the parish.[9][10][15]

Islands

Islands at least partly within the parish.[9][10][15]

• Curley Island
• Long Island

Other notable places

Parks, historic sites, and other noteworthy places at least partly within the parish.[9][10][15]

• Chipman Airport

Demographics

Parish population total does not include village of Chipman

Population Population trend[16][17][18][19] Census Population Change (%) 2016 913 5.1% 2011 962 8.9% 2006 1,056 5.0% 2001 1,111

Language Mother tongue (2016)[19] Language Population Pct (%) English only 880 96.2% French only 25 2.7% Both English and French 0 0% Other languages 10 1.1%

Access Routes

Highways and numbered routes that run through the parish, including external routes that start or finish at the parish limits:[20]

See also

• List of parishes in New Brunswick

Notes

References