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Pennfield Parish, New Brunswick

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Country
  
Canada

Established
  
1786

Population
  
2,218 (2011)

County
  
Charlotte County

Time zone
  
AST (UTC-4)

Province
  
New Brunswick

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Pennfield is a Canadian parish in Charlotte County, New Brunswick.

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History

Pennfield Parish was established in 1786: named by Pennsylvania Quakers for William Penn (1644-1718), English Quaker leader and founder of Pennsylvania: Pennfield Parish included Lepreau Parish until 1857.

Delineation

Pennfield Parish is defined in the Territorial Division Act as being bounded:

Westerly by Saint George Parish and Letang River; north by Clarendon Parish; east by a line commencing at the western bank or shore of the Pocologan River, where it falls into the Bay of Fundy, and running true north to Clarendon Parish; and south by the Bay of Fundy, including The Wolves Islands, and all other islands within two miles of the shore and not included in Saint George Parish.

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

  • Clear Lake
  • Sparks Lake
  • Mill Lake
  • Trout Lake
  • Smith Lake
  • Wellington Lake
  • New River
  • Blind Lake
  • McDougall Lake
  • Red Rock Lake
  • The Wolves Islands
  • Eastern Wolf Island
  • Green Rock
  • Spruce Island
  • Flat Wolf Island
  • Southern Wolf Island
  • Access Routes

    Highways and numbered routes that run through the parish, including external routes that start or finish at the parish limits:

    References

    Pennfield Parish, New Brunswick Wikipedia


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