This article is about the geographic parish, former local service district, and census subdivision. For the former village, seeNelson-Miramichi, New Brunswick.
Prior to the2023 governance reform, the parish was divided between Miramichi and thelocal service district of the parish of Nelson;[8] an area upstream of O'Toole Crescent was part of the LSD.
on the east, beginning at a cove northeasterly of the junction of Rasche Street and St. Patrick's Drive, by a line running southeasterly along the northeastern line of a grant to Thomas McCallum and its prolongation to a point seven miles (11 kilometres) from theKent County line;
on the south by a line seven miles from and parallel to the Kent County line;
on the west, beginning at a point about 2.25 kilometres west of North Lake, by a line running north 22º west[a] through the mouth of theRenous River;
including Barnaby Island in the Southwest Miramichi.
When Nelson was erected it included a strip of Chatham and Glenelg Parishes that ran from theMiramichi River to the modernKent County line, which included the Douglasfield and Chatham Head areas. The boundary withNorthesk Parish was a line running south 68º west[a] from modern Wilsons Point, which cuts repeatedly through the modern line between Derby and Southesk Parishes.
In 1850 the boundary with Chatham and Glenelg was moved west to its present position.[16] The Northesk boundary was moved north to a line running west from Wilsons Point by the magnet of 1850.
In 1856 the boundary withNorthesk Parish was changed back to the pre-1850 line.[17]
Communities at least partly within the parish.[11][12][13]bold indicates an incorporated municipality;italics indicate a name no longer in official use
^abBy the magnet of 1814,[10] whendeclination in the area was between 16º and 17º west of north.[14] The Territorial Division Act clause referring to magnetic direction bearings was omitted in the 1952[15] 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. 69".Provincial Archives of New Brunswick. Department of Natural Resources and Energy Development. Retrieved18 June 2021. Remainder of parish on maps 70, 78, and 79 at same site.
^abcde"203"(PDF).Transportation and Infrastructure. Government of New Brunswick. Retrieved18 June 2021. Remainder of parish on mapbooks 204, 218, 219, 233, and 234 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.
^"44 Vic. c. 28 An Act to erect part of the Parish of Nelson, in the County of Northumberland, into a separate Town or Parish.".Acts of the General Assembly of Her Majesty's Province of New Brunswick. Passed in the Month of March 1881.Fredericton: Government of New Brunswick. 1881. pp. 59–61. Available as a free ebook from Google Books.
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