This article is about the geographic parish, former local service district, and rural census subdivision. For the community, see
Burton, New Brunswick.
on the south by a line beginning at a point on the Queens County line about 18.2 kilometres inland, then running north 66º west[a] to the
Oromocto River at a point about 1.2 kilometres downstream of the mouth of Shaw Creek;
on the west and northwest by the Oromocto River;
including Gilbert, Ox, and Ram Islands in the Saint John River.
Communities
Communities at least partly within the parish;[12][13][14]bold indicates an incorporated municipality or
Indian reserve; italics indicate a community expropriated for
CFB Gagetown
Parish population total does not include Oromocto 26
Indian reserve and area within 2021 boundaries of
Oromocto. Revised census figures based on the 2023 local governance reforms have not been released.
^By the magnet of 1834[15] when
declination in the area was between 16º and 17º west of north.[16] The Territorial Division Act clause referring to magnetic direction bearings was omitted in the 1952[17] and 1973 Revised Statutes.[2]
^"59 Vic. c. 8 An Act to Revise and Codify an Act to Provide for the Division of the Province into Counties, Towns and Parishes.". Acts of the General Assembly of Her Majesty's Province of New Brunswick. Passed in the Month of March, 1896.
Fredericton: Government of New Brunswick. 1896. pp. 86–123. Available as a free ebook from Google Books.
^"13 Geo. VI c. 146 An Act to Amend Chapter 2 of the Revised Statutes, 1927, Respecting the Division of the Province into Counties Towns and Parishes, in so far as It Relates to the County of Sunbury.". Acts of the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick Passed During the Session of 1949.
Fredericton: Government of New Brunswick. 1949. p. 468.
^
abcde"No. 126". Provincial Archives of New Brunswick. Department of Natural Resources and Energy Development. Retrieved 22 June 2021. Remainder of parish on maps 127, 137, and 138 at same site.
^
abcde"391"(PDF). Transportation and Infrastructure. Government of New Brunswick. Retrieved 22 June 2021. Remainder of parish on mapbooks 392, 410, and 411 at same site.
^"Chapter 227 Territorial Division Act". The Revised Statutes of New Brunswick 1952 Volume III.
Fredericton: Government of New Brunswick. 1952. pp. 3725–3771.