Sackville is a geographic parish in Westmorland County, New Brunswick, Canada.
For governance purposes it is divided between the town of Tantramar, the incorporated rural community of Strait Shores, and the Southeast rural district, with small border areas belonging to the town of Cap-Acadie. All are members of the Southeast Regional Service Commission.
Prior to the 2023 governance reform, the parish was divided between the town of Sackville and the local service district of the parish of Sackville, with a small area in the northeast part of the rural community of Beaubassin East.
Origin of name The parish was named in honour of Lord George Sackville, later Secretary of State for the Colonies.
History Sackville was established in 1772 as a Nova Scotia township.
Sackville was erected as one of Westmorland County's original parishes in 1786 with enlarged boundaries; most of the modern town of Shediac was added.
In 1827 the northern part of Sackville was included in the newly erected Shediac Parish.
In 1880 the boundary with Westmorland Parish was altered, adding a large inland area to Sackville.
In 1894 the existing boundaries were made retroactive to the erection of the parish.
Boundaries Sackville Parish is bounded: Remainder of parish on maps 121, 132, 133, and 144 at same site. Remainder of parish on mapbooks 340, 341, 360–362, 381, 382, 401, 402, and 420 at same site.
on the north by the prolongation of a line running south 83º 45' east from the southern side of the mouth of Fox Creek, beginning about 5.75 kilometres past the Memramcook River and running easterly to a point about 200 metres east of Chemin des Moulins in Saint-André-LeBlanc; on the northeast by a line running north 38º 30' west from the southeast angle of lot number one, granted to Otho Reed, at the mouth of Gaspereau Creek in Port Elgin; on the southeast by a line beginning about 8 kilometres southeasterly of Route 940, then running south 45º west to Brooklyn Road, then turning slightly more westerly and running to Robinson Brook, then down Robinson Brook and Goose Creek to Big Jolicure Lake, then through the lake to a point on the western shore about 1.6 kilometres southeast of Brooklyn Road, then south 57º 30' west to the prolongation of Route 940 and Goose Lake Road, then south-southeasterly along the Goose Lake Road prolongation to the Aulac River, then downstream to the Cumberland Basin; on the south by the Cumberland Basin and Chignecto Bay; on the west by Shepody Bay and a line beginning at the junction of Ralph Stiles Road and Route 935 and running northeasterly 102 chains (about 2.1 kilometres) along the southeastern line of a grant to John Sherwood and its prolongation to a point about 100 metres south of Route 106, then running north 11º east to the starting point.
Communities Communities at least partly within the parish. bold indicates an incorporated municipality or rural community
Aboushagan Road Anderson Settlement Beaubassin East British Settlement Brooklyn Brooklyn Road Centre Village Cherry Burton Coles Island Cookville Evans Fairfield Johnson's Mills Lower Rockport Midgic Mount View Rockport Upper Rockport Upper Sackville Ward West Sackville Westcock Wood Point Woodhurst Sackville Frosty Hollow Middle Sackville Ogden Mill
Bodies of water Bodies of waterNot including brooks, ponds or coves. at least partly within the parish.
Aulac River Gaspereau River South Branch Memramcook River Tantramar River Log Lake Stream Allen Creek Goose Creek Green Creek Harvey Creek Johnson Creek Morice Creek Wood Creek Cumberland Basin Chignecto Bay Shepody Bay Pink Rock Lake more than ten other officially named lakes
Other notable places Parks, historic sites, and other noteworthy places at least partly within the parish. Johnson's Mills Protected Natural Area
Demographics Parish population total does not include town of Sackville and portion within Beaubassin East
Population
Language Mother tongue (2016) Language Population Pct (%) English only 1,105 93.2% French only 60 5.1% Both English and French 0 0% Other languages 20 1.7%
Access routes Highways and numbered routes that run through the parish, including external routes that start or finish at the parish limits:Atlantic Canada Back Road Atlas
Highways
Principal Routes
Secondary Routes:
External Routes: None
See also List of parishes in New Brunswick
Notes
References
External links Rural community of Beaubassin East Town of Sackville