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

Westmorland
Parish
Location within Westmorland County, New Brunswick.
Coordinates: 46.19°N 64.60°W / 46.19; -64.60
Country	Canada
Province	New Brunswick
County	Westmorland County
Erected	1786
Area [1]
• Land	173.27 km2 (66.90 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[1]
• Total	997
• Density	5.8/km2 (15/sq mi)
• Change 2016-2021	9.8%
• Dwellings	570
Time zone	UTC-4 (AST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-3 (ADT)
Figures do not include portion within the village of Port Elgin

For governance purposes it is divided between the village of Port Elgin[3] and the local service districts of Baie-Verte, Pointe de Bute, and the parish of Westmorland.[4]

All governance units are members of the Southeast Regional Service Commission.[5]

Origin of name

Ganong considers the name to have "probably" come from Westmorland's proximity to Cumberland in England, or by the marshes in the English county.[6]

Westmorland County was part of Cumberland County, Nova Scotia until New Brunswick was created, and Westmorland Parish was part of the Nova Scotia township of Cumberland.[7]

History

Cumberland Township was organised in Nova Scotia in 1763.[8]

Westmorland was erected as a parish in 1786[9] from the New Brunswick portion of Cumberland Township.

In 1880 the boundary with Sackville Parish was altered, transferring a large interior area to Sackville.[10]

In 1894 the existing boundaries were declared retroactive to the parish's erection.[11]

Boundaries

Westmorland Parish is bounded:[2][12][13][14]

• on the northeast by a line running north 38º 30' west[lower-alpha 1] from the southeast angle of lot number one, granted to Otho Reed, at the mouth of Gaspereau Creek in Port Elgin;
• on the east by Baie Verte;
• on the southeast by the Nova Scotia border;
• on the southwest by Cumberland Basin;
• on the west and northwest by a line running up the Aulac River to the prolongation of Route 940 and Goose Creek Road, then by a line running northerly along the prolongation for about 4.3 kilometres, then running north 57º 30' east[lower-alpha 2] the channel of Big Jolicure Lake, then northeasterly to the mouth of Goose Creek, then up Goose Creek and Robinson Brook to a point about 300 metres south of Brooklyn Road and 300 metres west of Luciphy Road, then northeasterly about 3.6 kilometres to Brooklyn Road, then north 45º east[lower-alpha 2] to the starting point.

Communities

Communities at least partly within the parish;[12][13][14] bold indicates an incorporated municipality

Bodies of water

Bodies of water[lower-alpha 3] at least partly in the parish:[12][13][14]

Demographics

Parish population total does not include portion within Port Elgin

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

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