Country Canada Established 1786 Population 2,952 (2011) | County Kings County Time zone AST (UTC-4) Province New Brunswick | |
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Kingston parish new brunswick
Kingston is a Canadian parish in Kings County, New Brunswick.
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History
Kingston Parish established in 1786: named for Kingston, Long Island, New York, and to express loyalty to the Crown: included Greenwich Parish, Norton Parish and part of Hampton Parish until 1795, and Kars Parish until 1859.
Delineation
Kingston Parish is defined in the Territorial Division Act as being bounded:
Northwest by Belleisle Bay and Long Reach; southwest by Westfield Parish; southeast by the Kennebecasis Bay and River until it meets the line dividing lots numbered twelve and thirteen in the Kingston grant; thence northerly along said line and easterly along the rear of the said grant to the line between the lots numbered thirty-three and thirty-four therein; thence northwesterly along the prolongation of said line to the Springfield Parish line; thence southwesterly and northerly along said Springfield Parish line to Belleisle Bay, including Long Island, in the Kennebecasis River.Governance
The entire parish forms the local service district of the parish of Kingston, established in 1968 to assess for fire protection. Non-fire related rescue was added in 2015. First aid and ambulance services (1976–2015) was formerly included.
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: