Rothesay Parish, New Brunswick

Rothesay is a geographic parish in Kings County, New Brunswick, Canada.

Prior to the 2023 governance reform, it was divided for governence purposes between the towns of Rothesay and Quispamsis and the local service district of the parish of Rothesay, all of which were members of the Fundy Regional Service Commission (FRSC).

Origin of name
The parish may been named in honour of the Duke of Rothesay, one of the hereditary titles of the Prince of Wales, who visited the area in 1860 as part of his tour of North America.

History
Rothesay was erected from Hampton Parish in 1870.

In 1873 the boundary with Hampton was clarified among the islands of Hammond River and altered to run along grant lines on the mainland.

Boundaries
Rothesay Parish is bounded:


 * on the northwest by the Kennebecasis River;
 * on the east by a line running up the Hammond River through its eastern channel, passing to the west of Darlings Island, past the island upriver of Darlings Island, then along grant lines through two islands, then upriver to a point about 675 metres upriver of Route 1, then south-southeasterly along a line about 300 metres west of, and parallel to, the eastern line of a grant to Zephaniah Kingsley to the rear line of the grant, then easterly along the grant line to the northeastern corner of a grant to Samuel Storms, then southeasterly along the eastern line of the Storms grant to the Saint John County line;
 * on the south by the Saint John County line.

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


 * French Village
 * Quispamsis
 * Blairs
 * Gondola Point
 * Hammond River
 * Meenans Corner
 * Otty Glen
 * Ritchie Lake
 * Stoneycroft


 * Rothesay
 * Barsa Subdivision
 * East Riverside-Kinghurst
 * Fairvale
 * Hillhurst
 * Kennebecasis Park
 * Renforth
 * Upper Golden Grove
 * Wells

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


 * Hammond River
 * Kennebecasis River
 * Salmon Creek
 * Allison Lake
 * Bay Lake
 * Bradley Lakes


 * Duck Lake
 * Hunter Lake
 * MacFarlane Lake
 * McKeever Lake
 * McLachlan Lake
 * Ritchie Lake

Conservation areas
Parks, historic sites, and related entities in the parish.
 * Stoneycroft Provincial Historic Site

Demographics
Parish population total does not include Quispamsis and the town of Rothesay

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