Lorne Parish, New Brunswick

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

Prior to the 2023 governance reform, for governance purposes it was divided between the local service districts of Riley Brook and the parish of Lorne, both of which were members of the Western Valley Regional Service Commission (WVRSC).

Origin of name
The parish was named for the Marquess of Lorne, recently married to The Princess Louise, daughter of Queen Victoria. Lorne was later Governor General of Canada.

History
Lorne was erected in 1871 from Gordon Parish.

In 1896 the northwestern boundary was altered from running north-northeast to running northeast.

Boundaries
Lorne Parish is bounded:


 * on the northeast by the Restigouche County line, beginning about 1.5 kilometres northwesterly of O'Dare Brook and running southeasterly;
 * on the east by the Northumberland County line, running about 50 kilometres south-southeasterly from the meeting point of the Restigouche, Northumberland, and Victoria County lines;
 * on the south 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 northwest by a line running north 45º east from a point about 1.35 kilometres east of Blue Bell Lake and 750 metres north of Route 108 near Crombie Settlement to the starting point.

Communities
Communities at least partly within the parish.


 * Blue Mountain Bend
 * Burntland Brook
 * Enterprise
 * Everett
 * Mapleview
 * Nictau
 * North View
 * Oxbow
 * Riley Brook
 * Sisson Brook
 * Two Brooks

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


 * River Dee
 * River Don
 * Gulquac River
 * Little Gulquac River
 * Little Tobique River
 * Mamozekel River
 * Salmon River
 * Serpentine River
 * Tobique River
 * Sisson Branch
 * Trousers Lake
 * Left Hand Leg
 * Right Hand Leg
 * Sisson Branch Reservoir
 * more than thirty other officially named lakes

Islands
Islands at least partly within the parish.


 * Balm of Gilead Island
 * Campbell Island
 * Diamond Island
 * Gulquac Island
 * Horse Island
 * Long Island
 * Oxbow Island

Other notable places
Parks, historic sites, and other noteworthy places at least partly within the parish.
 * Blue Mountain Protected Natural Area
 * Nictau Airstrip
 * Nictau Protected Natural Area
 * Plaster Rock-Renous Wildlife Management Area

Population
Population trend

Language
Mother tongue (2016)