North Lake Parish, New Brunswick

North Lake
Parish
Location within York County, New Brunswick.
Coordinates: 45°49′39″N 67°43′48″W / 45.8275°N 67.73°W / 45.8275; -67.73
Country	Canada
Province	New Brunswick
County	York
Erected	1879
Area [1]
• Land	439.60 km2 (169.73 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[1]
• Total	282
• Density	0.6/km2 (2/sq mi)
• Change 2016-2021	21.0%
• Dwellings	383
Time zone	UTC-4 (AST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-3 (ADT)

North Lake is a geographic parish in York County, New Brunswick, Canada.^[2]

Prior to the 2023 governance reform, for governance purposes it formed the local service district of the parish of North Lake,^[3] which was a member of the Western Valley Regional Service Commission (WVRSC).^[4]

The parish takes its name from the eponymous lake.^[5]

North Lake was erected in 1879 from Canterbury Parish.^[6]

North Lake Parish is bounded:^[2][7][8]

• on the north by the Carleton County line;
• on the east by a line running up Eel River, including First Eel Lake, Second Eel Lake, and Third Eel Lake, then east-southeasterly across land to La Coote Lake, then down La Coote Lake and Big La Coote Stream to the northern end of Palfrey Lake;
• on the southeast by a line running southwesterly from the southeastern corner of a grant to Abraham Lint west of Allandale Road near the Saint John River to a point west of Sandy Point on Spednic Lake, paralleling the southeastern lines of other parishes south of the Saint John River;
• on the west by the international border, running up Spednic Lake, Grand Lake, the North Lake Thoroughfare, North Lake, and Monument Brook to the Carleton County line.

Communities at least partly within the parish.^[7][8][9]

Bodies of water^[a] at least partly within the parish.^[7][8][9] italics indicate a name no longer in official use

Islands at least partly within the parish.^[7][8][9]

• Frog Island
• Pine Island

Parks, historic sites, and other noteworthy places at least partly within the parish.^{[7][8][9][10]}

• First Eel Lake Protected Natural Area
• Hay Brook Protected Natural Area
• Maxwell Protected Natural Area
• Monument Brook Protected Natural Area
• North Lake Protected Natural Area
• Spednic Lake Protected Natural Area
• Tamarack Brook Protected Natural Area

Population [edit] Population trend[11][12][13] Census Population Change (%) 2016 233 4.1% 2011 243 19.0% 2006 300 37.6% 2001 218 2.3% 1996 213 4.9% 1991 224 N/A

Language [edit] Mother tongue (2016)[13] Language Population Pct (%) English only 215 91.5% French only 5 2.1% Both English and French 0 0% Other languages 15 6.4%

• List of parishes in New Brunswick

45°49′39″N 67°43′48″W / 45.82750°N 67.73000°W / 45.82750; -67.73000 (North Lake Parish, New Brunswick)