Eldon is a civil parish in Restigouche County, New Brunswick, Canada.[2]

Eldon
Parish
Location within Restigouche County.
Coordinates: 47.75°N 67.075°W / 47.75; -67.075
Country	Canada
Province	New Brunswick
County	Restigouche
Erected	1827
Dissolved	1879
Reërected	1896
Area [1]
• Land	1,688.58 km2 (651.96 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[1]
• Total	674
• Density	0.4/km2 (1/sq mi)
• Change 2016-2021	0.3%
• Dwellings	369
Time zone	UTC-4 (AST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-3 (ADT)
Population change reflects revised total for 2016.[1]

For governance purposes it is divided between the local service districts of Flatlands, Mann Mountain, St. Jean Baptiste – Menneval, White's Brook, and the parish of Eldon,[3] all of which are members of the Restigouche Regional Service Commission (RRSC).[4]

Origin of name

The parish was named in honour of the Earl of Eldon,[5] Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain at the time of its erection.

History

Eldon was erected in 1827 from Beresford Parish.[6] Eldon comprised Restigouche County west of the Upsalquitch River, with the county line being a prolongation of the western boundary of Northumberland County.

In 1840 the eastern boundary was altered to run due south from the mouth of the Upsalquitch.[7]

In 1852 the western county line was changed to its current location; Eldon's western line moved with it.[8]

In 1879 Eldon was dissolved and its territory added to Addington Parish.[9]

In 1896 Eldon was reërected from Addington, with the eastern line now further east in its modern configuration.[10]

In 1916 the western part of Eldon was erected as Grimmer Parish.[11] Grimmer included what is now Saint-Quentin Parish.

Boundaries

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

• on the north by the Quebec boundary, running through the Restigouche River;
• on the east by a line beginning near the lower end of Bell Island, on the eastern line of a grant to John Johnson, then running southeasterly along the Johnston grant and its prolongation, with a slight bend, to the northeastern corner of a grant to James Dunn on the northern side of Evergreen Road, then along the Dunn grant and its prolongation to a point about 1 kilometre west of Route 17 and 2 kilometres south of Evergreen Road, then running true south to the county line;
• on the south by the Northumberland and Victoria County lines;
• on the west by a line beginning on the county line about 525 metres south of O'Dare Brook and about 3 kilometres west of the Tobique River, then running north-northwesterly in a straight line to the mouth of Upper Thorn Point Brook on the Restigouche;
• including the river islands in front of the parish.

Communities

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

Bodies of water

Bodies of water[lower-alpha 1] at least partly within the parish.[12][13][14]

Islands

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

Other notable places

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

• Mount Carleton Provincial Park[16]

Demographics

Population

Language

Canada Census Mother Tongue - Eldon Parish, New Brunswick[22]
Census		Total		English				French				English & French				Other
Year		Responses		Count	Trend	Pop %		Count	Trend	Pop %		Count	Trend	Pop %		Count	Trend	Pop %
2016		655		330	8.3%	50.38%		320	3.0%	48.85%		5	0.0%	0.76%		0	0.0%	0.0%
2011		695		360	1.4%	51.80%		330	19.5%	47.48%		5	66.7%	0.72%		0	0.0%	0.00%
2006		780		355	22.8%	45.51%		410	2.4%	52.56%		15	25.0%	1.92%		0	0.0%	0.00%
2001		900		460	19.3%	51.11%		420	11.6%	46.67%		20	n/a%	2.22%		0	0.0%	0.00%
1996		1,045		570	n/a	54.55%		475	n/a	45.45%		0	n/a	0.00%		0	n/a	0.00%

Access Routes

Highways and numbered routes that run through the parish, including external routes that start or finish at the parish limits:[24]

See also

• List of parishes in New Brunswick

Notes

References