Hillsborough is a civil parish in eastern Albert County, New Brunswick, Canada.[2] It comprises one village and one local service district, both of which are members of the Southeast Regional Service Commission.[3]

Hillsborough
Parish
Location within Albert County.
Coordinates: 45.92°N 64.70°W / 45.92; -64.70
Country	Canada
Province	New Brunswick
County	Albert County
Erected	1786
Area [1]
• Land	304.03 km2 (117.39 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[1]
• Total	1,397
• Density	4.6/km2 (12/sq mi)
• Change 2016-2021	6.8%
• Dwellings	656
Time zone	UTC-4 (AST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-3 (ADT)
Figures do not include portion within the village of Hillsborough

The Census subdivision of the same name includes all of the parish except the village of Hillsborough.[1]

Origin of name

Hillsborough was probably named in honour of the Earl of Hillsborough,[4] First Lord of Trade in 1765.

History

Hillsborough was originally established in 1765 as a township within Nova Scotia, a grant of 100 000 acres to Robert Cummings and four others[5] that included modern Hillsborough Parish and most of Coverdale Parish. In 1786 the township's boundaries were explicitly used for the newly erected Hillsborough Parish.[6]

Boundaries

Hillsborough Parish is bounded:[2][7][8]

• on the north by the northern line of a grant to Albert E. Rogers on the Petitcodiac River, about 120 metres south of the mouth of Stoney Creek, and its prolongation inland to a point about 2.6 kilometres east of Little River;
• on the east by the Petitcodiac River;
• on the south by the southern line of a grant to William Carlisle on the Petitcodiac River, about 2 kilometres north of the junction of Grub Road with Route 114, and its prolongation southwesterly for to a point 12 miles (19 km) inland;
• on the west by a line running north 22º west[lower-alpha 1] to the prolongation of the Rogers grant.

Evolution of boundaries

Originally the western line of Hillsborough extended north to the Petitcodiac River west of Upper Coverdale.

In 1828 all of the parish north of a line running west from the mouth of Stoney Creek was erected as Coverdale Parish.[10]

The northern boundary was moved slightly south in 1850 to its modern starting point.[11] 1850 was also the first year the parish's southern and western boundaries were described without referring to the original boundaries of the pre-Loyalist township.

Municipality

The village of Hillsborough is on the Petitcodiac River, from south of Weldon Creek to north of Christopher Lane; the inland boundary is irregular, based partly on grant lines and partly on property lines of the late 1960s.[12]

Local service district

The local service district of the parish of Hillsborough includes the entire parish outside the village of Hillsborough.[13]

The LSD was established on 23 November 1966 to assess for fire protection[14] following the abolition of rural governments by the new Municipalities Act. First aid & ambulance services were added on 17 November 1976.[15]

Today the LSD assesses for community & recreation services in addition to the basic LSD services of fire protection, police services, land use planning, emergency measures, and dog control.[16] The taxing authority is 615.00 Hillsborough.

Communities

Communities at least partly within the parish;[7][8][17] bold indicates an incorporated municipality

Bodies of water

Bodies of water[lower-alpha 2] at least partly in the parish:[7][8][17]

• Petitcodiac River
• Stoney Creek
• Turtle Creek - East Branch, West Branch
• at least seven other named creeks
• Stanyard Lake

Islands

Islands at least partly in the parish:[7][8][17]

• Grays Island

Other notable places

Parks, historic sites, and other noteworthy places at least partly in the parish.[7][8][17]

• Big Meadows Protected Natural Area
• Caledonia Gorge Protected Natural Area
• Lewis Mountain Protected Natural Area
• Wilson Brook Protected Natural Area

Demographics

Access Routes

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

Notes

References