Grimmer Parish, New Brunswick

The parish was named in honour of W.C.H. Grimmer, former Surveyor General and Attorney General of New Brunswick.^[9]

Grimmer was erected in 1916 from Eldon Parish.^[10] Grimmer included Saint-Quentin Parish.

In 1921 Saint-Quentin was erected as its own parish.^[11]

Grimmer Parish is bounded:^[2][12][13]

• on the north by the Quebec provincial border, running through the Patapedia and Restigouche Rivers;
• on the east by a line beginning at the mouth of Upper Thorn Point Brook and running south-southeasterly through the former Intercolonial Railway station at Whites Brook;
• on the south by a line running along the southern line of a grant to Paul Berube on the eastern side of Route 17, about 3 kilometres north of Chemin 36 No. 1 and its prolongations east to the Eldon Parish line and west to the Restigouche River;
• on the west by a line running due north^[a] to the provincial border.

Communities at least partly within the parish.^[12][13][14] All communities except Whites Brook are part of the incorporated rural community of Kedgwick. italics indicate a name no longer in official use

Bodies of water^[b] at least partly within the parish.^[12][13][14]

• Little Main Restigouche River
• Patapedia River
• Restigouche River
• Lac à Morin

Islands at least partly within the parish.^[12][13][14]

• Downs Gulch Islands
• Half Mile Island
• Little Cross Point Islands
• Tracy Island
• Whites Brook Islands

Parks, historic sites, and other noteworthy places at least partly within the parish.^{[12][13][14][15]}

• Blueberry Brook Protected Natural Area
• Downs Gulch Aerodrome
• Downs Gulch Protected Natural Area
• Kedgwick Wildlife Management Area^[16]
• Stillwater Brook Protected Natural Area
• Upper Thorn Point Brook Protected Natural Area

Highways and numbered routes that run through the parish, including external routes that start or finish at the parish limits:^[19]