New Bandon Parish, New Brunswick
New Bandon is a civil parish in Gloucester County, New Brunswick, Canada. The predominantly anglophone local service districts in the western part of the parish are members of the Chaleur Regional Service Commission (CRSC), while the villages and francophone LSDs belong to the Acadian Peninsula Regional Service Commission (APRSC). Origin of name. The parish was named for Bandon, County Cork in Ireland, source of many settlers of the area. History. New Bandon was erected in 1831 from Saumarez Parish. In 1941 the boundary with Paquetville Parish and Saint-Isidore Parish was adjusted. In 1947 part  of New Bandon was included in the newly erected Allardville Parish. Boundaries. New Bandon Parish is bounded: Governance. There are four villages and six LSDs at least partly in the parish; for convenience, this list runs from east to west, with the former LSD at the end. All LSDs in the Acadian Peninsula RSC provide basic LSD services plus street lighting and community & recreation services; New Bandon-Salmon Beach and the parish of New Bandon do not provide street lighting. Maisonnette is on the tip of the peninsula between Caraquet Bay and Chaleur Bay. It was an LSD from 1967  until it became a village in 1986. Poirier (LSD) runs along Route 303, fronting on Caraquet Bay. The single community is Village-des-Poirier. Established in 1987. Anse-Bleue (LSD, French "Anse Bleue") runs along Route 320, between Maisonnette and Grande-Anse, with an inland extension along Route 303. Established in 1968 to add street lighting. Bertrand includes the Village Historique Acadien Provincial Park and grants along the northern bank of the Caraquet River upriver to opposite the end of Émery Lane. Dugas (LSD) runs along Dugas Road on the northern border of the Village Historique Acadien. Established in 1979  to add street lighting. Grande-Anse runs primarily along the Chaleur Bay coast, with an inland area along Route 330 that includes the community of Saint-Paul. Saint-Léolin is inland, bordering Grande-Anse and running along Route 330 and the western end of Chemin des Boudreau. The Saint-Joseph Settlement grants form the core of the village. It was an LSD from 1969 until it became a village in 1978. The Paroisse Notre-Dame-des-Érables (LSD) extends into the parish along Route 340, taking in the northern part of the community of Rocheville. Established in 1986. An area  west of grants along Route 340 is disputed with New Bandon-Salmon Beach, with maps issued by the two RSCs reflecting the dispute. New Bandon-Salmon Beach (LSD) includes coastal grants west from the community of New Bandon, extending into Bathurst Parish to the eastern border of Bathurst. Inland, the eastern boundary of the LSD follows grant lines along and near the Hornibrook Road until it reaches the edge of Rocheville, then skirts around Rocheville before following the parish line. Clifton, Stonehaven, and Janeville are along the coast; Canobie, Canobie South and Springfield Settlement in the interior. Established in 1976 . The parish of New Bandon (LSD) is the remainder of the parish, surrounded by Grande-Anse, Saint-Léolin, and Bertrand on the east, New Bandon-Salmon Beach and The Paroisse Notre-Dame-des-Érables on the west. Route 135 connects the coast to the parish line at the Caraquet River opposite Burnsville. Pokeshaw and Black Rock are the two communities. Established in 1969 to provide fire protection; the associated taxing authority is called New Bandon Outside. St. Paul ("St-Paul") was an LSD along the northern edge of Saint-Léolin. It was established in 1977; a subdivision along Route 330  was annexed by Saint-Léolin in 1986; most of the LSD was annexed by Grande-Anse in 1989, with the remainder returned to the LSD of the parish of New Bandon. Communities. Communities at least partly within the parish. bold indicates an incorporated municipality; "italics" indicate a name no longer in official use Bodies of water. Bodies of water at least partly within the parish. "italics" indicate a name no longer in official use Conservation areas. Parks, historic sites, and related entities at least partly within the parish. Demographics. Parish population total does not include incorporated municipalities Population. Population trend  Language. Mother tongue (2016) References.