Bright Parish, New Brunswick

Bright is a geographic parish in York County, New Brunswick, Canada.

Prior to the 2023 governance reform, for governance purposes it was divided between the local service districts of Keswick Ridge and the parish of Bright, both of which were members of Capital Region Service Commission (RSC11).

Origin of name
The parish was named in honour of John Bright, recently appointed British President of the Board of Trade at the time.

History
Bright was erected in 1869 from Douglas Parish.

Boundaries
Bright Parish is bounded:


 * on the northeast and east by a line beginning on the Carleton County line about 1.5 kilometres northeasterly of Little Forks Brook, then running south 40º east to the mouth of Howard Brook, then down the Keswick River to the Saint John River;
 * on the south and southeast by the Saint John River;
 * on the southwest by the central line of a two-lot grant to Jonathan Williams, about 675 metres south of the mouth of Currie Brook, then running northwesterly along the Williams line and its prolongation to the Carleton County line at a point about 600 metres northeasterly of Route 104;
 * on the northwest by Carleton County.

Communities
Communities at least partly within the parish.


 * Barton
 * Brewers Mills
 * Burtts Corner
 * Cahill
 * Central Hainesville
 * Greenhill
 * Hayne
 * Howland Ridge
 * Jewetts Mills
 * Keswick Ridge
 * Lower Hainesville
 * Mactaquac
 * McKeens Corner
 * Middle Hainesville
 * Morehouse Corner
 * Scotch Settlement
 * Sisson Settlement
 * Tripp Settlement
 * Upper Keswick
 * Zealand

Bodies of water
Bodies of water at least partly within the parish.


 * Keswick River
 * Saint John River
 * Glooscap Reach
 * South Branch Becaguimec Stream
 * Little Mactaquac Stream
 * Mactaquac Stream
 * Mactaquac Stream Basin
 * Nackawic Stream
 * Alex Creek
 * Mill Creek
 * Mactaquac Lake
 * more than a dozen other officially named lakes

Other notable places
Parks, historic sites, and other noteworthy places at least partly within the parish.
 * East Cloverdale Protected Natural Area
 * Mactaquac Dam
 * Mactaquac Provincial Park
 * Otter Brook Protected Natural Area
 * Weyman Airpark

Demographics
Revised census figures based on the 2023 local governance reforms have not been released.

Population
Population trend

Language
Mother tongue (2016)