Salisbury Parish, New Brunswick

Salisbury is a geographic parish in Westmorland County, New Brunswick, Canada.

For governance purposes it is divided between the town of Salisbury, the village of Three Rivers, and the Southeast rural district. All are members of the Southeast Regional Service Commission.

Prior to the 2023 governance reform, the parish was divided between a much smaller village of Salisbury, the village of Petitcodiac, and the local service district of the parish of Salisbury, part of which was included in the special service area of Havelock Inside, which extended from the LSD of the parish of Havelock. Petitcodiac is now part of Three Rivers.

Origin of name
The origin of Salisbury's name is uncertain.

William F. Ganong states it was "perhaps" due to it extending nearly to Salisbury Bay, a former name of Rocher Bay.

The Provincial Archives of New Brunswick gives two possibilities: Sir John Salbusbury, who accompanied Edward Cornwallis on his mission to establish Nova Scotia; or Salisbury, a city in Wiltshire, England.

Boundary History
Salisbury was erected in 1787 from the unassigned land west of Hillsborough, Hopewell, and Moncton Parishes.

In 1837 the western boundary of Westmorland County was altered, implicitly altering the western line of Salisbury.

In 1838 the southeastern part of Salisbury was included in the newly erected Harvey Parish.

In 1845 Albert County was erected from Westmorland County, with the county line running through Salisbury.

In 1846 the county line with Albert was moved to its present location; the part of Salisbury south and east of the new line was transferred to Coverdale and Harvey Parishes.

In 1894 the existing boundaries of Salisbury were declared retroactive to its erection.

Boundaries
Salisbury Parish is bounded:


 * on the north by the Kent County line;
 * on the east beginning on the county line about 3.5 kilometres west of Route 126, at the prolongation of the eastern line of a large tract granted to Martin Gay and Associates, then southerly along the prolongation to the Petitcodiac River at a point about 200 metres upriver of the mouth of Little River, then upriver to the western line of Albert County, then along Albert County;
 * on the south by Albert County;
 * on the west by the Kings County and Queens County lines.

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


 * Dobsons Corner
 * Fawcett
 * Fawcett Hill
 * Fredericton Road
 * Glenvale
 * Harewood
 * Hicksville
 * Hillgrove
 * Intervale
 * Kay Settlement
 * Killams Mills
 * Kinnear Settlement
 * Lewis Mountain
 * Monteagle
 * North Branch
 *  Petitcodiac
 * Petitcodiac East
 * Pollett River
 * River Glade
 *  Salisbury
 * Scott Road
 * Second North River
 * Steeves Settlement
 * The Glades
 * Upper Ridge
 * Wheaton Settlement

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


 * Anagance River
 * Canaan River
 * North River
 * Petitcodiac River
 * Pollett River
 * Intervale Creek

Other notable places
Parks, historic sites, and other noteworthy places at least partly within the parish.
 * Canaan Bog Protected Natural Area
 * Canaan River Wildlife Management Area

Demographics
Parish population total does not include Petitcodiac and portion within the village of Salisbury

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