Cardwell is a geographic parish in Kings County, New Brunswick, Canada, located on the eastern border of the county.
For governance purposes, the parish is part of the Kings rural district, which is a member of the Kings Regional Service Commission.
Prior to the 2023 governance reform, it comprised a single local service district, which was a member of Kings Regional Service Commission (RSC8).
The Census subdivision of the same name shares the parish's boundaries.
Origin of name The parish was named in honour of Viscount Cardwell, British Secretary of State for War until two months before the parish's erection.
History Cardwell was erected in 1874 from Sussex Parish. Available as a free ebook from Google Books.
Boundaries Cardwell Parish is bounded: Remainder of parish on maps 141 and 142 at same site. Remainder of parish on mapbooks 396, 397, 415–417, and 434 at same site.
on the northwest by a line beginning at the northeastern corner of a grant to Jacob Smith, about 975 metres north of the junction of Plumweseep Road and Back Road, then running north 66º east to the Westmorland County line; on the east by the Westmorland and Albert County lines; on the south by a line beginning on the Albert County line at a point on the prolongation of the north line of a grant to Thomas Nicholson on the eastern side of Morton Road, west-southwesterly of Mechanic Lake, then running west-southwesterly along the prolongation and the grant line to the northwestern corner of the grant, then north-northwesterly to the northeastern corner of a grant to David Law on the southern side of the Law Road, then west-southwesterly along grant lines south of the Picadilly Road to the Sussex Parish line, southeast of DeCourcey Lake; on the west by a line beginning at a point on the eastern line of a large grant to Elias Snyder, then running northerly along the grant line and its prolongation to the Kennebecasis River, then downstream about 300 metres past the Horton Road to the eastern line of the Jacob Smith grant, then northerly along the grant to the starting point.
Former local service district The entire parish formed the local service district of the parish of Cardwell, established in 1968 to assess for fire protection. Recreational and sports facilities was added to the assessment in 2012. First aid and ambulance services were listed from 1972 until the description was rewritten in 2012.
Communities Communities at least partly within the parish;
Anagance Buckley Settlement Crockets Corner Dunsinane Five Points Harper Settlement Lindys McCully Mechanic Settlement Penobsquis Picadilly Portage Vale South Branch Springdale Upper Goshen
Bodies of water Bodies of waterNot including brooks, ponds or coves. at least partly in the parish: Anagance River Kennebecasis River South Branch Mechanic Lake
Other notable places Parks, historic sites, and other noteworthy places at least partly in the parish.
Picadilly Mountain Protected Natural Area
Demographics Revised census figures based on the 2023 local governance reforms have not been released.
Population Population trendStatistics Canada: 2001, 2006 census Census Population Change (%) 2016 1,353 4.3% 2011 1,414 4.4% 2006 1,479 7.0% 2001 1,382 2.8% 1996 1,422 6.4% 1991 1,337
Language Mother tongue (2016) Language Population Pct (%) French only 40 2.9% English only 1,305 96.0% Both English and French 5 0.4% Other languages 10 0.7%
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
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External Routes: None
See also List of parishes in New Brunswick
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