This article is about the geographic parish, former local service district, and rural census subdivision. For the community, seeBlackville, New Brunswick.
The parish was named in honour ofWilliam Black, Administrator of the province at the time of its erection due to the absence of Lieutenant-GovernorHoward Douglas.[10] NeighbouringBlissfield Parish was named in honour ofJohn Murray Bliss, who was Administrator of the province prior to Douglas's arrival.[10]
on the north by a line beginning at a point on theYork County line near McConnell Brook, then running north 72º east by anastronomic bearing to a point 537chains (10.8 kilometres) from theCanadian National Railway line through Quarryville on a line running north 22º west[a] from the mouth of theRenous River;
on the east by a line beginning 537 chains northwesterly of the above railway and running south 22º east[a] through the mouth of Renous River to theKent County line;
on the south by the Kent County line;
on the west by a line beginning at a point on the Kent County line about 3.1 kilometres south of Meadow Brook Lake and running north[a] through the mouth of Donnelly Brook, which is on the southern bank of theSouthwest Miramichi River west of Upper Blackville Bridge, to the starting point.
When Blackville was erected it extended to theWestmorland County line, including much ofHarcourt andHuskisson Parishes.[17] The original boundaries can be seen by prolonging the existing eastern and western boundaries of Blackville.
In 1845 the Kent County line was changed to run southwesterly instead of southeasterly, now meeting the line betweenQueens andSunbury Counties. Most of Blackville's territory was transferred to Harcourt and Huskisson Parishes.[18] The parish's boundaries were essentially the same as they are today.
Changes in the wording of the boundary withNorthesk Parish and laterSouthesk Parish in 1850,[19] 1877,[20] and 1954[21] made little if any difference in the parish line.
Parish population total does not include former incorporated village ofBlackville. Revised census figures based on the 2023 local governance reforms have not been released.
^abcBy the magnet of 1814,[14] whendeclination in the area was between 16º and 17º west of north.[15] The Territorial Division Act clause referring to magnetic direction bearings was omitted in the 1952[16] and 1973 Revised Statutes.[2]
^The Territorial Division Act[2] divides the province into 152 parishes, the cities ofSaint John andFredericton, and one town ofGrand Falls. The Interpretation Act[3] clarifies that parishes include any local government within their borders.
^abcde"No. 68".Provincial Archives of New Brunswick. Department of Natural Resources and Energy Development. Retrieved18 June 2021. Remainder of parish on maps 69, 77, 78, 86, 87, 96, and 97 at same site.
^abcde"216"(PDF).Transportation and Infrastructure. Government of New Brunswick. Retrieved18 June 2021. Remainder of parish on mapbooks 217, 218, 232, 233, 248–250, 264, 265, 280, 281, 297 at same site.
^"Chapter 227 Territorial Division Act".The Revised Statutes of New Brunswick 1952 Volume III.Fredericton: Government of New Brunswick. 1952. pp. 3725–3771. Scans of this Act may be requested from the Legislative Library of New Brunswick.
^"Chapter 2 The Division of the Province into Counties, Towns, and Parishes.".The Consolidated Statutes of New Brunswick.Fredericton: Government of New Brunswick. 1877. pp. 56–85. Available as a free ebook from Google Books.
^"3 Elizabeth II, 1954, c. 83 An Act to Amend the Territorial Division Act".Acts of the Legislature of New Brunswick Passed During the Session of 1954.Fredericton: Government of New Brunswick. 1954. pp. 189–191. Scans of this Act may be requested from the Legislative Library of New Brunswick.
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