Chipman Parish, New Brunswick

The parish was named for Ward Chipman Jr., Chief Justice of New Brunswick at the time of its erection.[5]

Chipman was erected in 1835 from Brunswick and Canning Parishes.[6]

In 1855 all of Chipman southeast of Coal Creek was transferred to Waterborough Parish.[7]

In 1896 the boundary with Waterborough was altered, parallelling the Brunswick line from the mouth of North Branch Coal Creek to the county line;[8] the lost territory became part of Waterborough.

Chipman Parish is bounded:[2][9][10]

• on the northeast by the Kent County line;
• on the southeast by a line beginning on the county line at a point about 5.5 kilometres southeasterly of Route 116, then running southwesterly along a line parallel to the northwestern line of Brunswick Parish, which is a line running north 54º east[lower-alpha 1] from a point on the Saint John River about 1.8 kilometres southwest of the Route 715 bridge over McAlpines Brook, until striking Coal Creek at the southeast angle of a grant to Malcolm Carmichael upstream of the mouth of the South Branch Coal Creek, then down Coal Creek to the Northeast Arm of Grand Lake;
• on the southwest by a line running northwesterly from the Northeast Arm to Indian Point, then across Salmon Bay to strike land northeast of Newcastle Centre, then north 45º west[lower-alpha 2] past the Post Road and the old CPR line before turning nearly west and running about 400 metres to the Sunbury County line;
• on the northwest by the Sunbury County line.

Communities at least partly within the parish.[9][10][15] bold indicates an incorporated municipality

Bodies of water[lower-alpha 3] at least partly within the parish.[9][10][15]

Islands at least partly within the parish.[9][10][15]

• Curley Island
• Long Island

Parks, historic sites, and other noteworthy places at least partly within the parish.[9][10][15]

• Chipman Airport

Parish population total does not include former incorporated village of Chipman. Revised census figures based on the 2023 local governance reforms have not been released.

Population Population trend[16][17][18][19] Census Population Change (%) 2016 913 5.1% 2011 962 8.9% 2006 1,056 5.0% 2001 1,111

Language Mother tongue (2016)[19] Language Population Pct (%) English only 880 96.2% French only 25 2.7% Both English and French 0 0% Other languages 10 1.1%

Highways and numbered routes that run through the parish, including external routes that start or finish at the parish limits:[20]

• List of parishes in New Brunswick

46.2454°N 65.8216°W / 46.2454; -65.8216