In 1786 New Brunswick chose to set up the province's system of counties and parishes as first Act of the legislation,[6] replacing the counties established the year before through a series of Letters Patent and the township system that was inherited from Nova Scotia in 1784. The eastern boundary of Queens County passed approximately through Coles Island and the Gaspereau Forks on the Salmon River but the rear lines of Waterborough and Wickham Parishes ran approximately through Hunters Home and Chipman, extending into Westmorland and Northumberland Counties.[7] The county line was moved eastward in 1787[8] by as much as 30 miles (48 km) in the north, created a large area that was not part of any parish; this area included large parts of Chipman and Waterborough Parishes in addition to most of modern Brunswick.
In 1816 this unassigned area was erected as Brunswick Parish;[9] because the county line hadn't been surveyed yet, any inhabitants of the New Canaan settlement were to belong to Brunswick Parish.
In 1835 part of Brunswick was included in the newly erected Chipman Parish.[10]
on the west by a line running north-northwesterly from north of the end of Chittick Road in Marrtown, crossing the Canaan River east of Phillips Brook and striking the Waterborough Parish line about 2 kilometres northwest of Parks Lake;
on the northwest by a line running north 54º east[a] from a point on the Saint John River about 1.8 kilometres southwest of the Route 715 bridge over McAlpines Brook.
Communities
Communities at least partly within the parish.[11][12][13]bold indicates an incorporated municipality
^ abcd"No. 107". Provincial Archives of New Brunswick. Department of Natural Resources and Energy Development. Retrieved 19 June 2021. Remainder of parish on maps 108, 117, 118, 129, and 130 at same site.
^ abcd"315"(PDF). Transportation and Infrastructure. Government of New Brunswick. Retrieved 19 June 2021. Remainder of parish on mapbooks 316, 333–335, 354–356, 375, 376, and 395 at same site.
