Shippegan Parish, New Brunswick

This article is about the geographic parish, former local service district, and rural census subdivision. For the town, see Shippagan.
Shippegan
Shippagan
Parish
Location within Gloucester County, New Brunswick
Location within Gloucester County, New Brunswick
Coordinates: 47°51′18″N 64°37′12″W / 47.855°N 64.62°W / 47.855; -64.62
Country Canada
Province New Brunswick
CountyGloucester
Erected1851
Area
[1]
 • Land204.52 km2 (78.97 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)[1]
 • Total
4,781
 • Density23.4/km2 (61/sq mi)
 • Change 2016-2021
Decrease 0.4%
 • Dwellings
2,663
Time zoneUTC-4 (AST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC-3 (ADT)
Figures do not include portions within the towns of Lamèque and Shippagan and the villages of Le Goulet and Sainte-Marie-Saint-Raphaël

Shippegan (incorrectly Shippagan from the French colloquial spelling) is a geographic parish in Gloucester County, New Brunswick, Canada.[4] Located in the northeastern corner of the province at the end of the Acadian Peninsula, the parish consists of the three main islands of Taylor, Lamèque, and Miscou, along with several smaller islands and tidal wetlands; Taylor Island is now joined to the mainland by an isthmus, which is crossed by a causeway.

Extensive wetlands lead to a peat moss industry;[5] more recently Spanish multinational Acciona has built a wind farm operation on Lamèque Island.[6] Kiteboarding has been a successful tourist attraction.[7]

For governance purposes, the parish is divided between the towns of Île-de-Lamèque and Shippagan[8] and the Acadian Peninsula rural district,[9] corresponding to the three main islands and the small islands near them; all three are members of the Acadian Peninsula Regional Service Commission.[10]

Prior to the 2023 governance reform, Shippegan had more governance divisions than any other parish in the province, with two towns, two villages, and fourteen local service districts (LSDs), one of which had a named area with enhanced services.

Origin of name

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The parish takes its name from Shippegan Island, a name formerly used for Lamèque Island. The island's name comes from the Mi'kmaq name Sepaguncheech, translated by Silas Tertius Rand as a passage used by ducks, a name which originally applied only to Shippegan Harbour.[11]

History

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Shippegan was erected in 1851 from Caraquet Parish.[12]

Boundaries

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Shippegan Parish is bounded:[2][13][14]

  • on the north by Chaleur Bay;
  • on the east and southeast by the Gulf of Saint Lawrence;
  • on the south and southwest by a line beginning at the mouth of Baie de Petit-Pokemouche, then running north 52º west[a] through the bay and across the isthmus joining Taylor Island to the mainland, then running generally northward through Baie Saint-Simon-Sud, Baie Saint-Simon-Nord, and Baie de Shippagan to the starting point
  • including Miscou Island, Lamèque Island,[b] Taylor Island,[c] and Île à William[d] in Baie Saint-Simon-Sud.

Former governance

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The four municipalities and fourteen LSDs gave Shippegan more governance units than any other parish in the province; only two of the LSDs contained more than one community. The former towns and villages of Shippagan, Lamèque, Le Goulet, and Sainte-Marie-Saint-Raphaël each have their own articles; only the former LSDs are detailed here. All LSDs assessed for the additional services of Community & Recreation Services, while only the parish of Shippegan did not have street lighting.[20] Italics indicate local service districts that were dissolved or incorporated before 2023.

LSDs are grouped geographically for convenience; street number boundaries and taxation information are taken from Service New Brunswick.[21]

The parish of Shippegan (French la paroisse de Shippegan) contained all the leftovers of the parish, the areas not part of a municipality or another LSD. Established in 1968,[22] most of the LSD's population lives in the Pointe Brûlée (Pointe-Brûlée) service area, containing the community of Pointe-Brûlé,[e] is in the northwestern corner of Taylor Island, west of Shippagan and north of Haut-Shippagan; the taxing authorities are Pointe-Brûlé and Par. de Shippegan.[23] The remainder of the LSD is mostly wetlands on Taylor and Lamèque Islands, along with Île à William in Saint-Simon-Sud Bay. The various portions of the parish LSD were divided between the two towns and the rural district by geographical location, with Île à William becoming part of Shippagan.

Miscou Island (île de Miscou) comprised the entire island; the nearby Île au Trésor and Grass Island were taxed as part of this LSD. The LSD was established in 1980[24] to provide garbage collection. Most communities are along Route 113 on the western side of the island: (from south to north) Miscou Harbour, Miscou Centre, Grande-Plaine, and Miscou Lighthouse; Wilson Point is in the southeastern corner of the island at the end of Wilson Point Road. The island and barrier islands between it and Lamèque now form the Acadian Peninsula rural district.[9]

On Taylor Island:

Pointe-Sauvage (Indian Island)[f] comprised the land grants along Pointe-Sauvage Road between Shippagan and Le Goulet. It was established in 1974[25] to provide street lighting.

Baie du Petit Pokemouche ran along the Petit-Pokemouche Road between Le Goulet and Shippagan and also included Marcel Road and Élie Lane along the shore. Established in 1980[24] to provide street lighting; the taxing authority was Baie du Petit-Pokemouche.[23] The Lanteigne seafood factory here was destroyed by fire in 2013.[26]

Haut-Shippagan contained the wetlands along the former western border of Shippagan and developed areas along the Haut-Shippagan and des Huîtres Roads. Established in 1988.[27] The former Shippagan Provincial Park in the northwestern corner of the LSD.

On Lamèque Island, going clockwise from Lamèque:

Pointe-Alexandre contained the peninsula between Petite-Lamèque Bay and the mouth of Jean-Marie Brook, along with grants along the northern side of the brook; the northern border on Route 313 was south of Rue du Pont. Established in 1987[28] as service area of the parish LSD to add street lighting to the area, it became an LSD in its own right in 1989 when garbage collection was added.[29]

Petite-Lamèque along the coast ran from Petite-Lamèque Bay to the Pointe-Canot Barachois, with the southern side of Allée de la Pré and Allée des Vacanciers forming parts of its northern border; inland it ran from Rue du Pont and up along Chemin du Portage to numbers 581 and 584, as well as fields east of Portage. Established in 1970[30] to provide street lighting. Originally extending only as far north as Rue Guignard, it was enlarged in 1987[31] to include the strip north along Portage.

Pointe-Canot running north along Route 313 from Allée de la Pré to nos. 7206 and 7211, it contained small developments and beach lots stretching from Allée des Vacanciers in the south to Allée de la Grande Bature in the north. Established in 1987[32] from the southern part of Ste. Cecile along Route 313, to provide for recreational facilities.

Ste. Cecile (Ste-Cécile) contained the northwestern part of Lamèque Island, running along Route 313 from north of Grande Bature to the western bank of Campbells River, extending inland to include several land grants that now host wind turbines. The communities of Sainte-Cécile, Petite-Rivière-de-l'Île, and Petit-Shippagan run clockwise from the southern border along Route 313. Established in 1972[33] to provide street lighting, it originally included Pointe-Canot and the northern part of Petite-Lamèque, which were removed in 1987;[31][32] the taxing authority is Saint-Cécile.[23] The Lamèque International Baroque Music Festival has most of its concerts at Sainte-Cécile Church in Petite-Rivière-de-l'Île.[34]

Coteau Road (Chemin Coteau) contained grants along Coteau Road, Route 310 from Lamèque to its end at Route 305, a short stretch of Route 305 south of its junction with Route 310, inland grants south of Grand-Ruisseau Road, along the eastern bank of Campbells River, surrounding Peat Moss Lease 13, and south of Route 310 between Lamèque and Sainte-Marie-Saint-Raphaël. Established in 1987[31] to provide garbage collection. It was originally part of Pigeon Hill-Coteau Road.

Pigeon Hill included the northeastern corner of the island, from the grants along the beach on the southern shore of Miscou Harbour, around Pointe à Baleine and south along Route 305 nearly to Grand Étang, also included some interior grants along or near Grand Ruisseau Road. Established in 1987[31] to provide garbage collection. Originally part of Pigeon Hill-Coteau Road.

Cap-Bateau (Cap-Bâteau) comprised coastal land grants south from Grand Étang to the edge of Sainte-Marie-Saint-Raphaël, as well as a second tier of grants north of SMSR. It was established in 1987.[28] Originally most of Cap-Bateau was part of St. Raphael sur-Mer until most of that was incorporated as a village in 1986, when the remainder was returned to the parish LSD.[35]

Haut-Lamèque was between the boundaries of Lamèque and SMSR for most of its length, with grants along Route 305 on the southwestern corner of SMSR and along Route 113 as far south as no. 5096. Established in 1977[36] to provide street lighting, it included four grants at the western end of Rue Saint-Raphaël Ouest until 1986.

Chiasson-Savoy was in the southeastern corner of the island, separated from SMSR and Haut-Lamèque by a large wetland area and a sparsely populated stretch of Route 113. Comprising mainly grants between Shippegan Harbour and the interior wetlands, the LSD included the communities of Savoy Landing in the west and Chiasson (the 911 system uses Chiasson Office) in the east. Established in 1970[30] to provide street lighting. Several small grants at the eastern end of Chiasson Road were of uncertain status - they were taxed as part of Chiasson-Savoy but were outside the legal boundaries;[37] and were shown as part of the parish LSD in official maps for two governance reform projects in the parish.

LeGoulet[g] was the first LSD in the parish, containing modern Le Goulet and a small part of Baie-du-Petit-Pokemouche. It was established in 1967[38] and became a village in 1986.[39]

Portage-de-Shippegan (Portage de Shippagan) was along Route 113 on the southern edge of Shippigan. It was established in 1979[40] to provide street lighting and annexed by Shippagan in 2001[41] to expand its industrial park.

Pigeon Hill-Coteau Road contained much of the two modern LSDs but did not contain the areas along Miscou Harbour, grants west of Coteau Road and Route 310, or several grants south of Route 310 in modern Coteau Road. It was established in 1971[42] and split into two new LSDs in 1987,[31] both with new areas added.

St. Raphael sur-Mer contained most of Sainte-Marie-Saint-Raphaël and Cap-Bateau, with small interior areas of the modern village and LSD not included. It was established in 1970[43] and most became a village as SMSR in 1986.[35]

Bodies of water

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Bodies of water[h] at least partly within the parish.[13][14][44]

  • Campbells River
  • Herring Creek
  • Landrys River
  • Chaleur Bay
  • Gulf of St. Lawrence
  • Miscou Harbour
  • MacGregors Mal Bay
  • Queue of Mal Bay
  • Windsors Mal Bay
  • Barachois de Pointe-Canot
  • Miscou Gully
  • Shippegan Gully
  • more than 20 officially named lakes
  • Baie de Shippegan
    • Baie Brûlé
    • Baie aux Caribous
    • Baie de Lamèque
    • Baie de Petite-Lamèque
    • Baie Saint-Simon-Nord
    • Baie Saint-Simon-Sud

Islands

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Islands at least partly within the parish.[13][14][44]

Conservation areas

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Parks, historic sites, and related entities at least partly within the parish.[13][14][44]

  • Miscou Provincial Park[45] surrounds Miscou Island Lighthouse at the end of Route 113 in the northeastern corner of the island.
  • Miscou Grande Plaine Protected Natural Area[46] is near the northwestern corner of the island; the southeastern corner of the PNA runs along Vibert Road.

Demographics

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Parish population total does not include incorporated municipalities

Notes

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  1. ^ By the magnet of 1851,[12] when declination in the area was between 22º and 23º 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]
  2. ^ Formerly known as Shippegan Island or Shippigan Island.[17]
  3. ^ Joined to the mainland by a wetlands isthmus.[18]
  4. ^ In Baie Saint-Simon-Sud, formerly known as Sandy Island and Bandy Island.[19]
  5. ^ This isn't the only case of the LSD Regulation misspelling a community's name.
  6. ^ The official name in both English and French; the community is Pointe-Sauvage in both.
  7. ^ The LSD's name did not have a space.
  8. ^ Not including brooks, ponds or coves.

References

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  1. ^ a b "Census Profile". Statistics Canada. 26 October 2022. Retrieved 30 October 2022.
  2. ^ a b c "Chapter T-3 Territorial Division Act". Government of New Brunswick. Retrieved 7 February 2023.
  3. ^ "Chapter I-13 Interpretation Act". Government of New Brunswick. Retrieved 7 February 2023.
  4. ^ The Territorial Division Act[2] divides the province into 152 parishes, the cities of Saint John and Fredericton, and one town of Grand Falls. The Interpretation Act[3] clarifies that parishes include any local government within their borders.
  5. ^ "The New Brunswick Peat Industry, 2020" (PDF). Government of New Brunswick. Retrieved 18 July 2021.
  6. ^ "Laméque Wind Farm". Acciona Canada. Retrieved 18 July 2021.
  7. ^ Savoie, Jessica (9 July 2014). "La passion du kiteboarding pour petits et grands sur l'île Lamèque". L'Acadie Nouvelle (in French). Retrieved 18 July 2021.
  8. ^ "Acadian Peninsula Regional Service Commission: RSC 4". Government of New Brunswick. Retrieved 7 February 2023.
  9. ^ a b "Acadian Peninsula Regional Service Commission: RD 4". Government of New Brunswick. Retrieved 7 February 2023.
  10. ^ "Regions Regulation – Regional Service Delivery Act". Government of New Brunswick. 21 July 2022. Retrieved 7 February 2023.
  11. ^ Ganong, William F. (1896). A Monograph of the Place-Nomenclature of the Province of New Brunswick. Royal Society of Canada. pp. 272–273. Retrieved 17 March 2021.
  12. ^ a b "14 Vic. Local Acts c. 1 An Act for erecting the Parish of Caraquet, in the County of Gloucester, into two separate Parishes.". Acts of the General Assembly of Her Majesty's Province of New Brunswick, Passed in the Year 1851. Fredericton: Government of New Brunswick. 1851. p. 1. Retrieved 27 March 2021. Local Acts have their own page numbering and follow page 56.
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  14. ^ a b c d "005" (PDF). Transportation and Infrastructure. Government of New Brunswick. Retrieved 8 June 2021. Remainder of parish on mapbooks 018, 036, 037, 056, 057, and 076 at same site.
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  19. ^ "Île à William (Formerly Bandy Island / Sandy Island)". Geographical names in Canada. Natural Resources Canada. Retrieved 14 March 2021.
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  25. ^ "Regulation 74–142 under the Municipalities Act (O. C. 74–893)". The Royal Gazette. 132. Fredericton: 1083. 30 October 1974.
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  28. ^ a b "Regulation 87-42 under the Municipalities Act (O.C. 278)". The Royal Gazette. 145. Fredericton: The Queen's Printer: 547–564. 6 May 1987.
  29. ^ "Regulation 89-194 under the Municipalities Act (O.C. 1000))". The Royal Gazette. 148. Fredericton: The Queen's Printer: 30. 3 January 1990.
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  36. ^ "Regulation 77–48 under the Municipalities Act (O. C. 77–373)". The Royal Gazette. 135. Fredericton: 752. 25 May 1977.
  37. ^ "New Brunswick Regulation 84-168 under the Municipalities Act (O.C. 84-582)". Government of New Brunswick. Retrieved 15 July 2021.
  38. ^ "Regulation 67–92 under the Municipalities Act (O. C. 67–837)". The Royal Gazette. 125. Fredericton: 504. 20 September 1967. Corrected on page 515 (27 September) and 540 (18 October)
  39. ^ "Regulation 86-35 under the Municipalities Act (O.C. 86-160)". The Royal Gazette. 144. Fredericton: The Queen's Printer: 403–404. 2 April 1986.
  40. ^ "Regulation 76-76 under the Municipalities Act (O.C. 79-326)". The Royal Gazette. 137. Fredericton: The Queen's Printer: 1651. 6 June 1979.
  41. ^ "Regulation 2001-68 under the Municipalities Act (O. C. 2001-451)" (PDF). The Royal Gazette. 159. Fredericton: 1359–1361. 17 October 2001. ISSN 0703-8623.
  42. ^ "Regulation 71–40 under the Municipalities Act (O. C. 71–246)". The Royal Gazette. 129. Fredericton: 270. 21 April 1971.
  43. ^ "Regulation 70–35 under the Municipalities Act (O. C. 70–222)". The Royal Gazette. 128. Fredericton: 195–196. 8 April 1970.
  44. ^ a b c "Search the Canadian Geographical Names Database (CGNDB)". Government of Canada. Retrieved 5 July 2021.
  45. ^ "New Brunswick Regulation 2017-46 under the Parks Act (O.C. 2017-293)" (PDF). The Royal Gazette. 175. Fredericton: Queen's Printer: 1496–1497. 13 December 2017. ISSN 1714-9428. Retrieved 5 July 2021.
  46. ^ "Explore New Brunswick's Protected Natural Areas". GeoNB. Retrieved 2 July 2021.
  47. ^ Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006 census
  48. ^ 2011 Statistics Canada Census Profile: Shippagan Parish, New Brunswick
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