Country Canada Established 1765 Population 5,421 (2011) | County Sunbury County Time zone AST (UTC-4) Province New Brunswick | |
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Neighborhoods Lower Burton, Burpees Corner, Goan | ||
Burton is a Canadian parish in Sunbury County, New Brunswick.
Contents
Map of Burton, NB, Canada
History
Burton Parish first established in 1765 as a Nova Scotia township: named for Brigadier General Ralph Burton who served at the capture of Fort Louisbourg in 1758 and the capture of Québec in 1759: Burton became a parish in New Brunswick in 1786: included part of Blissville Parish until 1834.
Delineation
Burton Parish is defined in the Territorial Division Act as being bounded:
Southeast by the County line; southwest by the prolongation southeasterly of the southwest line of Lincoln Parish to the Queens County line; northwest by the Oromocto River and northeast by the Saint John River, including Gilbert and Ox Islands.Communities
Parish population total does not include incorporated municipalities (in bold):
Bodies of water & Islands
This is a list of rivers, lakes, streams, creeks, marshes and Islands that are at least partially in this parish
Access Routes
Highways and numbered routes that run through the parish, including external routes that start or finish at the parish limits:
References
Burton Parish, New Brunswick Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA