Lincoln Parish, New Brunswick
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Lincoln | |
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 Location within Sunbury County, New Brunswick | |
| Coordinates: 45°53′51″N 66°34′12″W / 45.8975°N 66.57°W | |
| Country | Canada |
| Province | New Brunswick |
| County | Sunbury |
| Erected | 1786 |
| Area | |
| • Land | 159.44 km2 (61.56 sq mi) |
| Population (2021)[1] | |
• Total | 7,519 |
| • Density | 47.2/km2 (122/sq mi) |
| • Change 2016-2021 |  4.8% |
| • Dwellings | 3,152 |
| Time zone | UTC-4 (AST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-3 (ADT) |
| Figures do not include portion within the city of Fredericton | |
Lincoln is a geographic parish in Sunbury County, New Brunswick, Canada.[2]
Prior to the 2023 governance reform, for governance purposes it was divided between the city of Fredericton and the local service districts of Rusagonis-Waasis and the parish of Lincoln,[3] all of which were members of Capital Region Service Commission (RSC11).[4]
The parish may have been named for its proximity to York County, as the traditional English counties of Lincolnshire and Yorkshire shared a border.[5]
Another possible source is Lincoln, Massachusetts, former home of Captain Benjamin Glasier whose family settled there in March 1776 as the American War of Independence was beginning.[6]
History
Lincoln was erected in 1786 as one of Sunbury County's original parishes.[7] It extended to Charlotte County and included most of Gladstone Parish.
In 1835 the rear of the parish was included in the newly erected Blissville Parish.[8]
Boundaries
Lincoln Parish is bounded:[2][9][10]
- on the northeast by the Saint John River;
- on the southeast by the Oromocto River;
- on the southwest by a line beginning on the Oromocto River about 1.2 kilometres downstream of the mouth of Shaw Creek and running north 66º west[a] to the York County line;
- on the northwest by the York County line;
- including Thatch Island in the Saint John River.
Communities
Bodies of water
Bodies of water[b] at least partly within the parish.[9][10][14]
- Oromocto River
- Saint John River
- Little Waasis Stream
- Rusagonis Stream
- Waasis Stream
- The Thoroughfare
- Bear Creek
- Deer Creek
- Shaw Creek
- Wilmot Creek
- Sunpoke Lake
Islands
Other notable places
Parks, historic sites, and other noteworthy places at least partly within the parish.[9][10][14]
- Fredericton International Airport
- Vanier Industrial Park
Demographics
Parish population does not include portion within Fredericton
Population
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