Rothesay Parish, New Brunswick

Rothesay is a geographic parish in Kings County, New Brunswick, Canada.
Prior to the 2023 governance reform, it was divided for governance purposes between the towns of Rothesay and Quispamsis and the local service district of the parish of Rothesay, all of which were members of the Fundy Regional Service Commission.

Origin of name

The parish may have been named in honour of the Duke of Rothesay, one of the hereditary titles of the Prince of Wales, who visited the area in 1860 as part of his tour of North America.

History

Rothesay was erected from Hampton Parish in 1870.
In 1873 the boundary with Hampton was clarified among the islands of Hammond River and altered to run along grant lines on the mainland.

Boundaries

Rothesay Parish is bounded:

on the northwest by the Kennebecasis River;
on the east by a line running up the Hammond River through its eastern channel, passing to the west of Darlings Island, past the island upriver of Darlings Island, then along grant lines through two islands, then upriver to a point about 675 metres upriver of Route 1, then south-southeasterly along a line about 300 metres west of, and parallel to, the eastern line of a grant to Zephaniah Kingsley to the rear line of the grant, then easterly along the grant line to the northeastern corner of a grant to Samuel Storms, then southeasterly along the eastern line of the Storms grant to the Saint John County line;
on the south by the Saint John County line.

Communities

Communities at least partly within the parish; bold indicates an incorporated municipality

French Village
Quispamsis
*Blairs
*Gondola Point
*Hammond River
*Meenans Corner
*Otty Glen
*Ritchie Lake
*Stoneycroft
Rothesay
*Barsa Subdivision
*East Riverside-Kinghurst
*Fairvale
*Hillhurst
*Kennebecasis Park
*Renforth
*Upper Golden Grove
*Wells

Bodies of water

Bodies of water at least partly in the parish:

Hammond River
Kennebecasis River
Salmon Creek
Allison Lake
Bay Lake
Bradley Lakes
Duck Lake
Hunter Lake
MacFarlane Lake
McKeever Lake
McLachlan Lake
Ritchie Lake

Conservation areas

Parks, historic sites, and related entities in the parish.

Stoneycroft Provincial Historic Site

Demographics

Parish population total does not include Quispamsis and the town of Rothesay

Population

Population trend

Census	Population	Change
2016	325	6.3%
2011	347	0.9%
2006	350	11.5%
2001	314	0.0%

Language

Mother tongue

Language	Population	Pct
English only	285	87.7%
French only	35	10.8%
Both English and French	0	0%
Other languages	5	1.5%

Access Routes

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

Highways
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Principal Routes
Secondary Routes:
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External Routes:
*None