Northumberland County is located in northeastern New Brunswick, Canada.
Geography Northumberland County is covered by thick forests, whose products stimulate the economy. The highest peaks in the province, including Mount Carleton lie in the northwestern corner of the county.
The county is dominated by the Miramichi River, world famous for its salmon fishing. The lower portion of the river is an estuary that widens into Miramichi Bay, a part of the Gulf of St. Lawrence.
Services The city of Miramichi is a local service centre for the county and surrounding regions with schools, hospitals and government offices and retail locations. The county has several saw mills in the city of Miramichi and up the Southwest Branch of the Miramichi River. There were formerly two large pulp and paper mills at Miramichi.
Chatham was also home to an air force base, CFB Chatham, until 1996. Renous-Quarryville, located along the Southwest Miramichi was also home to an army post - a federal maximum security penitentiary is now located on the site.
Census subdivisions
Communities There are five municipalities within the county (listed by 2016 population): Official name Designation Area km2 Population Parish Miramichi City179.4717,537NelsonNewcastle Neguac Village26.751,684 Alnwick Rogersville Village7.201,166 Rogersville Blackville Village21.13958 Blackville Doaktown Village29.07792 Blissfield
First Nations There are five First Nations reserves in Northumberland County (listed by 2011 population): Official name Designation Area km2 Population Parish Esgenoôpetitj 14 Reserve9.541,046Alnwick Eel Ground 2 Reserve10.90448Northesk Red Bank 4 Reserve16.18352Southesk Big Hole Tract 8 (South) Reserve27.8234Northesk Tabusintac 9 Reserve22.0010Alnwick
Three communities in the county are part of the Miꞌkmaq Nation: Metepenagiag Miꞌkmaq Nation, at the junction of the Northwest Miramichi River and the Little Southwest Miramichi River; Eel Ground First Nation, close to the junction of the Northwest and Southwest Miramichi Rivers near Newcastle; and Burnt Church First Nation on the northern shore of Miramichi Bay.
Parishes The county is subdivided into thirteen parishes (listed by 2016 population): Official name Area km2 Population Municipalities Unincorporated communities Alnwick669.093,640Neguac (village)Esgenoôpetitj 14 (reserve)Tabusintac 9 (reserve) Barryville / Oak Point-Bartibog Bridge / Bayshore / Blacklands / Brantville / Breau Road / Burnt Church / Cains Point / Christies Landing / Covedell / Drisdelle Settlement / Fairisle / Gaythorne / Lagacéville / Lauvergot / Lavillette / Lower Bartibogue / Old Dans Landing / Pontgravé / Price Settlement / Rivière-des-Caches / Rivière-du-Portage / Robichaud Settlement / Saint-Wilfred / Sheldrake Island / Stymiest Road / Tabusintac / The Willows / Village-Saint-Laurent / Winston / Wishart Point Northesk3,355.152,263 Eel Ground 2 (reservation)Big Hole Tract 8 (reservation) Bear House / Big Hole / Boom Road / Chaplin Island Road / Curtis Settlement / Curventon / Eel Ground / Exmoor / Heath Steele / Indian Falls Depot / Lumsden Road / Maple Glen / Mathias Landing / North Esk Boom / Popple Depot / Redstone Rapids / Sevogle / Strathadam / Sunny Corner / Trout Brook / Wayerton / Whitney Hardwicke278.602,201 Auburnville / Baie-Sainte-Anne / Bay du Vin / Bay du Vin Beach / Eel River Bridge / Escuminac / Fox Island / Gregan / Hardwicke / Hardwood Settlement / Hortons Creek / Manuels / Point Gardiner / Vin Island Blackville824.022,028 Blackville (village) Barnett / Barnettville / Hardscramble / Keenan Siding / Lockstead / Smith Crossing / Shinnickburn Southesk2,467.021,694Red Bank 4 (reservation) Cassilis / Dennis / Garden Road / Halcomb / Harris Brook Settlement / Loggie Lodge / Lyttleton / Maple Hill / Matthews / Pratts Camp / Ramsay Lodge / Red Bank / Red Rock / Sillikers / South Esk / Warwick Settlement / Williamstown Glenelg505.211,560 Bay du Vin Mills / Black River Bridge / Centre Napan / Fowlies Mill / Glenwood / Little Branch / Lower Napan / McKenzie Settlement / Napan Bay / Point aux Carr / Redmondville / St. Margarets / Victoria / Wine River Ludlow1,016.661,543 (note) Carrolls Crossing / Ludlow / McNamee / Porter Cove / Priceville Newcastle578.921,136Miramichi (city) Bartibog / Beaver Brook Station / Bellefond / Beveridge / Busby / East Beaver Brook / Elizabethton / Highbank / Little Bartibog / Lower Newcastle-Russellville / McEwan Dam / Morrissy / Patterson Siding / Patterson Station / Telly Road Crossing Rogersville326.331,102 Rogersville (village) Collette / East Collette / Lakeland / Marcelville / Murray Settlement / North Rogersville / Pleasant Ridge / Regneautville / Rosaireville / Sapin-Court / Shediac Ridge / St. Bernard / Vienneau / West Collette / Young Ridge Derby61.01976 Bryenton / Davidson, New Brunswick / Derby / Derby Junction / Elmtree / Lower Derby / Manderville / Millerton / Northwest Bridge / Parker Road / Renous-Quarryville / South Nelson Road / Upper Derby Nelson354.57957Miramichi (city) Barnaby River / Chelmsford / Doyles Brook / Hughes / Kirkwood / Lower Barnaby / McKinleyville / Passmore / Semiwagan Ridge / Upper Barnaby Chatham22.70511 Lower Napan / Middle Island / Savoy Beach / Snyders Beach / Upper Napan Blissfield1,240.54450Doaktown (village) Amostown / O'Donnelltown / Storeytown note: Statistics Canada did not report data for Ludlow Parish in the 2016 Census. Data shown is from 2011 Census.
Demographics
As a census division in the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Northumberland County had a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of . With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2021.
Language Canada Census Mother Tongue - Northumberland County, New Brunswick Census Total Year Responses Count Trend Pop % Count Trend Pop % Count Trend Pop % Count Trend Pop % 33,095 1.9% 74.49% 9,705 20.2% 21.85% 420 3.7% 0.95% 1,055 5.4% 2.38% 33,750 0.7% 71.16% 12,155 4.1% 25.63% 405 80.0% 0.85% 1,115 26.4% 2.35% 33,775 3.7% 70.09% 12,670 6.4% 26.29% 225 40.8% 0.47% 1,515 31.7% 3.14% 35,090 3.7% 69.96% 13,535 2.1% 26.99% 380 2.7% 0.76% 1,150 48.4% 2.29% 36,420 n/a 70.87% 13,825 n/a 26.90% 370 n/a 0.72% 775 n/a 1.51%
Access Routes Highways and numbered routes that run through the county, including external routes that start or finish at the county limits:Atlantic Canada Back Road Atlas
Highways
Principal Routes
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External Routes: None
Protected areas and attractions
Notable people
See also List of communities in New Brunswick
References
External links Northumberland County Guide