Rogersville Parish, New Brunswick

Origin of name

History

Boundaries

• on the northwest, by a line beginning at a point about 2.25 kilometres west of North Lake and from the Kent County line, then running northeasterly parallel to the county line at a distance of seven miles until it strikes the southeasterly prolongation of the northeastern line of a grant to Thomas McCallum, which begins at a cove northeasterly of the junction of Rasche Street and St. Patrick's Drive in Miramichi, then southeasterly along the McCallum prolongation until it strikes the northern line of a grant to John Townley at the mouth of Big Hovel Brook, about 1.8 kilometres north of Route 440 and about 2.6 kilometres east of East Collette Villa Laplatte Road, then northeasterly along the Townley grant to the Bay du Vin River, then downstream to the eastern line of the Richard Settlement grants, which run along a north-south section of Route 440 north of Richard-Village, then southeasterly along the tier and its prolongation to the county line;
• on the southeast by the county line;
• on the southwest by a line beginning on the county line at a point about 900 metres southwest of Despres Lake, then running north 22º west through the mouth of the Renous River.

Evolution of boundaries

Communities

• Collette
• East Collette
• Lakeland
• Marcelville
• Murray Settlement
• North Rogersville
• Pleasant RidgeRogersville
• Rosaireville
• Sapin-Court
• Shediac RidgeVienneau
• West Collette
• Young Ridge

Bodies of water

• Barnaby River
• Bay du Vin River
• Despres Lake
• North Lake
• North Branch Lake

Other notable places

• West Collette Wildlife Management Area

Demographics

Population

Language