Coverdale Parish, New Brunswick
Coverdale is a civil parish in Albert County, New Brunswick, Canada, located along the Petitcodiac River opposite Moncton and Dieppe. It comprises one incorporated town and one local service district (LSD), both of which are members of the Southeast Regional Service Commission. The Census subdivision of the same name includes only the unincorporated part of the parish. Origin of name. The parish takes its name from Coverdale River, a former name of Little River, a tributary of the Petitcodiac. The Coverdale River may have been named in honour of Myles Coverdale (1488-1569), translator of the  Bible and Bishop of Exeter. History. Coverdale Parish was erected in 1828 from northern Hillsborough Parish. Boundaries. Coverdale Parish is bounded: Evolution of boundaries. When Coverdale Parish was erected the western line was a continuation of Hillsborough's western line, with modern Grub Road and Middlesex in Salisbury Parish and the parish line running east of Douthwright Road. The southern line ran west from the mouth of Stoney Creek, slightly north of where it starts today. Following the erection of Albert County in 1845 the new county line passed through Salisbury and Harvey Parishes. This was found inconvenient and the  county line was moved in 1846, adding western Coverdale to the parish. The parish got its modern boundaries in 1850, when the line with Hillsborough Parish was moved slightly south to its current starting point. Municipality. The town of Riverview is located opposite Moncton. It was created in 1973 as the town of Coverdale by the forced amalgamation of the villages of (from east to west) Bridgedale, Gunningsville, and Riverview Heights along with parts of Coverdale Parish. The first act of the town council was to change the name to Riverview. Local service district. The local service district of the  parish of Coverdale contains all of the parish outside Riverview; it was established on 23 November 1966 to assess for fire protection and community services & recreational facilities following the abolition of the county councils by the new "Municipalities Act". First aid & ambulance services were added on 14 March 1973. Today the LSD assesses for community & recreation services in addition to the basic LSD services of fire protection, police services, land use planning, emergency measures, and dog control. The taxing authority is 618.00 Coverdale. Communities. Communities at least partly within the parish; bold indicates an incorporated municipality Bodies of water. Bodies  of water at least partly in the parish: "italics" indicate a name no longer in official use Other notable places. Parks, historic sites, and other noteworthy places in the parish. Demographics. Population. Parish population total does not include Riverview Language. Mother tongue (2016) Access Routes. Highways and numbered routes that run through the parish, including external routes that start or finish at the parish limits: References.