Gordon Parish, New Brunswick

Gordon is a geographic parish in Victoria County, New Brunswick, Canada.

Prior to the 2023 governance reform, for governance purposes it was divided between the village of Plaster Rock and the local service district of the parish of Gordon, both of which were members of the Western Valley Regional Service Commission (WVRSC).

Origin of name
The parish was named in honour of Arthur Hamilton-Gordon, Lieutenant Governor of New Brunswick at the time.

History
Gordon was erected in 1864 from Grand Falls, Perth, and Saint-Léonard Parishes. Three months later the Carleton County line was restored to its pre-1854 course, removing part of Gordon.

In 1871 all of Gordon north of a line true east and west from the southern end of Long Island in the Tobique River was erected as Lorne Parish.

In 1896 the boundary with Lorne was altered.

Boundaries
Gordon Parish is bounded:


 * on the north by a line running true east and west from the foot of an unnamed island downstream of Long Island in the Tobique River;
 * on the northeast by the Northumberland County line;
 * on the southeast by the York County line;
 * on the south by the Carleton County line;
 * on the west by the Royal Road, running a northerly or north-northwesterly course starting on the county line north of Chapmanville at a point about 20.5 kilometres inland from the Saint John River, passing west of Birch Ridge, through Red Rapids, to a point slightly east of the junction of Currie Road with Route 380;
 * on the northwest by a line running north 45º east about 7 kilometres to meet the northern line of the parish.

Communities
Communities at least partly within the parish. bold indicates an incorporated municipality; italics indicate a name no longer in official use


 * Anderson Road
 * Anfield
 * Arthurette
 * Arbuckle
 * Beveridge
 * Birch Ridge
 * Crombie Settlement
 * Fraser
 * Hazeldean
 * Lampedo
 * Licford
 * Longley
 * Lower Anfield
 * Mapleview
 * McLaughlin
 * North View
 * Odell
 * Picadilly
 *  Plaster Rock
 * Red Rapids
 * Rowena
 * St. Almo (Reeds Island)
 * Sisson Ridge
 * Summit
 * Three Brooks
 * Wapske
 * Weaver

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


 * River de Chute
 * Gulquac River
 * Lake Branch River
 * Little Gulquac River
 * Little Wapske River
 * Odell River
 * Odelloch River
 * Pokoiok River
 * North Branch Southwest Miramichi River
 * Tobique River
 * Tuadook River
 * Wapske River
 * Lampedo Branch
 * more than 20 officially named lakes

Other notable places
Parks, historic sites, and other noteworthy places at least partly within the parish.
 * Indian Brook Protected Natural Area
 * Oven Rock Brook Protected Natural Area
 * Plaster Rock-Renous Wildlife Management Area
 * Pokiok River Protected Natural Area

Demographics
Parish population totals do not include Plaster Rock

Population
Population trend

Language
Mother tongue (2016)