Prior to the
2023 governance reform, the parish was divided between the village of
Saint-Antoine, the rural community of
Cocagne and the
local service districts of
Grande-Digue, Grand Saint-Antoine,
Shediac Bridge-Shediac River, the parish of Dundas, and (through its Saint-Grégoire special service area) the parish of Wellington.[8] Cocagne, Grande-Digue, and Shediac Bridge-Shediac River, and most of the Dundas Parish LSD are now part of Beausoleil, Saint-Antoine and Grand Saint-Antoine part of Champdoré, while the community of Dundas in the western end of the parish is part of Maple Hills.
The parish LSD was informally referred to as Notre-Dame after one its communities.
on the northwest by a line beginning on the shore of
Northumberland Strait near Bar-de-Cocagne, then running south 72º 30' west[a] to the western line of a grant on the western side of the junction of Gérard Road and Robichaud Cross Road, a bit north of Robichaud Cross Road, then southwesterly along the grant line to the northwestern line of a grant straddling Gérard Road, part of a tier of grants on the northwestern side of Alexandrina Road, then southwesterly along the rear line of the tier and its prolongation to
Route 490;
Communities at least partly within the parish;[14][15][16]bold indicates a municipality or incorporated rural community; italics indicate a name no longer in official use
^The Territorial Division Act[2] divides the province into 152 parishes, the cities of
Saint John and
Fredericton, and one town of
Grand Falls. The Interpretation Act[3] clarifies that parishes include any local government within their borders.
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abcd"No. 100". Provincial Archives of New Brunswick. Department of Natural Resources and Energy Development. Retrieved 11 June 2021. Remainder of parish on maps 109 and 110 at same site.
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abcd"286"(PDF). Transportation and Infrastructure. Government of New Brunswick. Retrieved 11 June 2021. Remainder of parish on mapbooks 301–303 and 318–320 at same site.