Cambridge Parish, New Brunswick

Cambridge is a geographic parish in Queens County, New Brunswick, Canada.

Prior to the 2023 governance reform, for governance purposes it was divided between the village of Cambridge-Narrows and the local service district of the parish of Cambridge, both of which were members of Capital Region Service Commission (RSC11).

Origin of name
The parish was "said to" have been named in honour of the Duke of Cambridge, who died in 1850.

History
Cambridge was erected in 1852 from Johnston, Waterborough, and Wickham Parishes.

In 1856 the boundary with Johnston and Waterborough Parishes was altered.

Boundaries
Cambridge Parish is bounded:


 * on the east by a line beginning at Mill Cove on Grand Lake, then running along Fowler Road, Route 715, and the public landing southwest of Fowlers Cove to Washademoak Lake;
 * on the southeast by Washademoak Lake;
 * on the west by Colwells Creek and the Saint John River;
 * on the northwest by a line beginning on the Saint John River about 75 metres downstream of the Route 2 interchange with Route 105 and Conservation Road, then running north-northeasterly across the isthmus to Grand Lake, then up Grand Lake to Mill Cove;
 * including most of Thatch Island, which is now a peninsula.

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


 * Cherry Hill
 * Jemseg
 * Lower Cambridge
 * Lower Jemseg
 * Mill Cove
 * Scovil
 * Whites Cove
 * Cambridge-Narrows
 * Central Cambridge
 * Lakeview
 * McDonald Corner

Bodies of water
Bodies of water at least partly in the parish:


 * Jemseg River
 * Saint John River
 * Colwells Creek
 * Trout Creek
 * Lawson Passage
 * Raft Channel
 * Dykeman Lake
 * Foshay Lake
 * Grand Lake
 * Little Lake
 * Washademoak Lake

Islands
Islands in the parish:
 * Coreys Island
 * Huestis Island
 * Nevers Island
 * Thatch Island

Demographics
Parish population total does not include portion within former incorporated village of Cambridge-Narrows. Revised census figures based on the 2023 local governance reforms have not been released.

Population
Population trend

Language
Mother tongue (2016)

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


 * Highways


 * Principal Routes


 * Secondary Routes:


 * External Routes:
 * None