This article is about the geographic parish, former local service district, and rural census subdivision. For the former village, see
Canterbury, New Brunswick.
Canterbury was erected in 1855 from
Dumfries Parish.[6] An oversight omits Falls Island in the Saint John River, leaving it outside the boundaries of both Canterbury and Dumfries.
on the east by the eastern line of a grant to Abraham Lint, west of Allandale Road;
on the southeast by a line beginning at the southeastern corner of the Lint grant and running southeasterly to the northern end of
Palfrey Lake, paralleling the southeastern lines of other parishes south of the Saint John River;
on the west and northwest by a line running up Big La Coote Stream to La Coote Lake, then running north-northwesterly across land to Third Eel Lake, then down Eel River, including Second Eel Lake and First Eel Lake, to the Carleton County line.
Communities
Communities at least partly within the parish.[9][10][11]bold indicates an incorporated municipality
^"Canterbury Parish". Provincial Archives of New Brunswick. Retrieved 24 October 2020.
^"18 Vic. c. 45 An Act to erect a part of the Parish of Dumfries, in the County of York, into a separate Town or Parish.". Acts of the General Assembly of Her Majesty's Province of New Brunswick, Passed in the Month of November, 1854, and in the Months of February, March, and April, 1855.
Fredericton: Government of New Brunswick. 1855. pp. 174–175. Available as a free ebook from Google Books.
^"42 Vic. c. 42 An Act to erect part of the Parish of Canterbury, in the County of York, into a separate Parish.". Acts of the General Assembly of Her Majesty's Province of New Brunswick. Passed in the Month of April 1879.
Fredericton: Government of New Brunswick. 1879. pp. 84–85. Available as a free ebook from Google Books.
^"6 Elizabeth II, 1957, c. 63 An Act to Amend the Territorial Division Act". Acts of the Legislature of New Brunswick Passed During the Session of 1957.
Fredericton: Government of New Brunswick. 1957. p. 201.
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abcde"No. 123". Provincial Archives of New Brunswick. Department of Natural Resources and Energy Development. Retrieved 25 June 2021. Remainder of parish on maps 124, 134, and 135 at same site.
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abcde"365"(PDF). Transportation and Infrastructure. Government of New Brunswick. Retrieved 25 June 2021. Remainder of parish on mapbooks 366, 367, 385–387, 404, 405, and 423 at same site.