Saint James Parish, New Brunswick

Historian William Francis Ganong believed the name suggested by other Saint names in the area.[9]

Five of the original six mainland parishes of Charlotte County used names of major saints recognised by the Church of England: Andrew (Scotland), David (Wales), George (England), Patrick (Ireland), and Stephen, and Saint James was the first new mainland parish to be erected in the county.

Saint James was erected in 1823 from Saint Stephen Parish and unassigned lands to the north of Saint Stephen and Saint David Parish;[10] the northern line of Saint Stephen had run above Gleason Point, Oak Hill, and DeWolfe.

Saint James Parish is bounded:[2][11][12]

• on the north by the York County line;
• on the east by a line beginning about 4.7 kilometres east of the Digdeguash River, on the prolongation of the eastern line of the Cape Ann Association, which runs along the rear line of grants on the eastern side of Board Road, then running south to the Digdeguash River;
• on the southeast and south by a line running along the Cape Ann Association grant, westerly to a point about 1.2 kilometres west of the junction of Richardson Road and Route 755 and about 450 metres north of Scott Road, then in 1.5-kilometre steps southerly, westerly, southerly, and westerly to the Dennis Stream, then downstream through Moores Mills Lake to a point about 600 metres north of the kink in Murphy Road, on the prolongation of the southern line of two grants to James Maxwell, then westerly along the prolongation, the Maxwell grants, passing about 300 metres north of the junction of Route 745 and Route 3, and along the prolongation to a point about 3 kilometres past Route 740, on the corner of the tier of grants between Route 740 and Route 735, then southerly and southeasterly along the tier, crossing Route 735, to a point about 550 metres north of Kendricks Lake, on the southeastern line of a grant to John McCauly, then southwesterly along the McCauly grant and its prolongation to the St. Croix River;
• on the west by the St. Croix River.

Both LSDs assessed for only the basic LSD services of fire protection, police services, land use planning, emergency measures, and dog control.[13]

Communities at least partly within the parish.[11][12][19]

Bodies of water[lower-alpha 1] at least partly within the parish.[11][12][19]

Islands at least partly within the parish.[11][12][19]

Parks, historic sites, and other noteworthy places at least partly within the parish.[11][12][19][20]

• Andersonville Protected Natural Area
• Baillie Settlement Protected Natural Area
• Canoose Flowage Protected Natural Area
• Clark Point Protected Natural Area
• Cowlily Pond Brook Protected Natural Area
• Saint Croix Provincial Park[21]
• St. Croix River Islands Protected Natural Area

Highways and numbered routes that run through the parish, including external routes that start or finish at the parish limits:[29]

• List of parishes in New Brunswick

• Western Charlotte Local Service District

45.381572°N 67.345505°W / 45.381572; -67.345505 (Saint James Parish, New Brunswick)