Baker Brook Parish, New Brunswick

Baker Brook is a civil parish in Madawaska County, New Brunswick, Canada.[2]

Baker Brook
Parish
Location within Madawaska County.
Coordinates: 47.355°N 68.56°W
Country	Canada
Province	New Brunswick
County	Madawaska
Erected	1930
Area [1]
• Land	125.17 km^2 (48.33 sq mi)
Population  (2016)[1]
• Total	275
• Density	2.2/km^2 (6/sq mi)
• Change 2011-2016	4.2%
• Dwellings	137
Time zone	UTC-4 (AST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-3 (ADT)

For governance purposes it is part of the incorporated rural community of Haut-Madawaska,[3] which is a member of the Northwest Regional Service Commission (NWRSC).[4]

Origin of name

The parish was named for Baker Brook, which took its name from John Baker, an American leader in the Aroostook War.[5] Baker remained in the area after the boundary settlement assigned the area to New Brunswick.

History

Baker Brook was erected in 1930 from Saint-Hilaire Parish.[6]

In 1946 Baker Brook was affected by the major rewriting of Madawaska County parish boundaries.[7]

Delineation

Baker Brook Parish is defined in the Territorial Division Act[2] as:

Beginning at a point in the International Boundary where it is intersected by the southern prolongation of the west limit of lot No. 83 granted to Augustine Daigle thence in a northerly direction along said prolongation and said limit to its northwest angle or to the northern limit of the lots fronting on the St. John River thence in an easterly direction along the said northern limit of lots fronting on the St. John River to the southeast angle of lot No. 1 east side of Caron Brook thence northerly along the east limit of lots fronting on the east side of Caron Brook to the northeast angle of lot No. 9 granted to Louis Lavoie thence westerly along the north limit of said lot No. 9 to the northeast limit of lot No. 10 E thence northwesterly along said limit of said lot No. 10 E to the southwest angle of lot Letter "D" granted to Thomas Ouellette thence northeasterly along the southeast limit of said lot Letter "D" and lot Letter "C" to the east limit of Range Four Val-Nadeau [Settlement][lower-alpha 1] thence northwesterly along said limit of Range Four to the northeast angle of lot No. 17 in Range Four thence southwesterly along the northwest limit of lot No. 17 to the east limit of Range Five thence northwesterly along said limit of Range Five to the northeast angle of lot No. 33 in Range Five thence southwesterly along the northwest limit of said lot No. 33 to the east limit of lots fronting on the east side of Baker Lake thence northwesterly along said limit to the New Brunswick-Quebec Boundary line thence easterly along said Boundary line to the west limit of Tier Three, Rang-des-Morneault[lower-alpha 2] thence southerly along said limit to the northwest angle of lot No. 17 in said Tier Three thence easterly along the northern limit of said lot No. 17 to the east limit of Tier Three aforesaid thence southerly along said limit to the point where it is intersected by the southwest limit of lot No. 58 in Tier Six Riceville [Settlement] thence southeasterly along said limit of said lot No. 58 to the northwest limit of lot No. 51 in said Tier Six thence northeasterly along the northwest limit of lot No. 51 to the northeast limit of Tier Six thence southeasterly along said limit to the most easterly angle of lot No. 19 in Tier Six granted to Onesime Gagnon thence southwesterly along the southeast limit of said lot No. 19 in Tier Six, lot No. 18 in Tier Five, lot No. 95 in Tier Four [Ouellette Settlement] and lot No. 96 in Tier Three to the southwest limit of said Tier Three thence southeasterly along said limit to the most easterly angle of lot No. 113 in Tier Two thence southwesterly along the southeast limit of said lot No. 113 to the north limit of lots fronting on the St. John River thence southeasterly along said limit to the northeast angle of lot No. 61 granted to Firmin M. Dechene thence southwesterly along the southeast limit of said lot No. 61 and its southern prolongation to the International Boundary thence in a westerly direction along said boundary line to the place of beginning.

Communities

Parish population total does not include incorporated municipalities (in bold) and communities within their respective boundaries (in italics).

• Baker-Brook
  • Michaud
• Concession-de-Baker-Brook
• Concession-des-Ouellette
• Rang-des-Morneault
• Rang-Saint-Joseph
• Val-Lambert
• Val-Nadeau
• Pinniquine

Bodies of water

Bodies of water at least partly in the parish

• Saint John River

Demographics

Population

Canada census – Baker Brook Parish, New Brunswick community profile
	2016	2011	2006
Population:	275 (-4.2% from 2011)	287 (+62.1% from 2006)	177 (-45.0% from 2001)
Land area:	125.17 km^2 (48.33 sq mi)	125.48 km^2 (48.45 sq mi)	125.69 km^2 (48.53 sq mi)
Population density:	2.2/km^2 (5.7/sq mi)	2.3/km^2 (6.0/sq mi)	1.4/km^2 (3.6/sq mi)
Median age:	49.8 (M: 50.0, F: 49.6)	44.9 (M: 45.4, F: 44.2)	43.8 (M: 43.6, F: 45.5)
Total private dwellings:	137	139	92
Median household income:	$53,888	$62,671	$.N/A
Notes: 2006 income data for this area has been suppressed for data quality or confidentiality reasons. – References: 2016[8] 2011[9] 2006[10] earlier[11]

Historical Census Data - Baker Brook Parish, New Brunswick

Year Pop. ±% 1991 306 —     1996 357 +16.7%	Year Pop. ±% 2001 322 −9.8% 2006 177 −45.0%	Year Pop. ±% 2011 287 +62.1% 2016 275 −4.2%
[12][1]

Language

Canada Census Mother Tongue - Baker Brook Parish, New Brunswick 2011 language data for this area has been suppressed for data quality or confidentiality reasons. [12]
Census		Total		French				English				French & English				Other
Year		Responses		Count	Trend	Pop %		Count	Trend	Pop %		Count	Trend	Pop %		Count	Trend	Pop %
2016		275		250		90.9%		20		7.3%		5		7.8%		0		0%
2011		0		n/a	0.0%	0.00%		n/a	0.0%	0.00%		n/a	0.0%	0.00%		n/a	0.0%	0.00%
2006		185		150	52.4%	81.08%		10	n/a%	5.41%		10	n/a%	5.41%		15	n/a%	8.11%
2001		315		315	6.0%	100.00%		0	0.0%	0.00%		0	100.0%	0.00%		0	0.0%	0.00%
1996		355		335	n/a	94.37%		0	n/a	0.00%		20	n/a	5.63%		0	n/a	0.00%

See also

• List of parishes in New Brunswick

Notes

1. Actually Nadeau Settlement; the confusion is due to the community of Val-Nadeau within that Settlemant.
2. Actually Michaud Settlement; Rang-des-Morneault is a community therein.

References

1. "Census Profile, 2016 Census Baker Brook, Parish [Census subdivision], New Brunswick". Statistics Canada. Retrieved September 23, 2019.
2. "Chapter T-3 Territorial Division Act". Government of New Brunswick. Retrieved 13 November 2020.
3. "New Brunswick Regulation 2017-3 under the Municipalities Act (O.C. 2017-52)". Government of New Brunswick. Retrieved 19 July 2020.
4. "Communities in each of the 12 Regional Service Commissions (RSC) / Les communautés dans chacune des 12 Commissions de services régionaux (CSR)" (PDF), Government of New Brunswick, July 2017, retrieved 2 February 2021
5. Ganong, William F. (1896). A Monograph of the Place-Nomenclature of the Province of New Brunswick. Royal Society of Canada. p. 218.
6. "19 Geo. V c. 17 An Act to amend Chapter 2 of the Revised Statutes, 1927, respecting the division of the Province into Counties, Towns and Parishes, so far as relates to the Parish of Saint Hilaire in the County of Madawaska.". Acts of the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick Passed During the Session of 1929. Fredericton: Government of New Brunswick. 1929. pp. 42–46.
7. "10 Geo. VI. c. 95 An Act to amend Chapter 2 of the Revised Statutes, 1927, respecting the division of the Province into Counties, Towns and Parishes, in so far as it relates to the County of Madawaska.". Acts of the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick Passed During the Session of 1946. Fredericton: Government of New Brunswick. 1946. pp. 321–339.
8. "2016 Community Profiles". 2016 Canadian Census. Statistics Canada. February 21, 2017. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
9. "2011 Community Profiles". 2011 Canadian Census. Statistics Canada. July 5, 2013. Retrieved 2014-03-22.
10. "2006 Community Profiles". 2006 Canadian Census. Statistics Canada. March 30, 2011. Retrieved 2014-03-22.
11. "2001 Community Profiles". 2001 Canadian Census. Statistics Canada. February 17, 2012.
12. Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006, 2011 census