Rothesay Parish, New Brunswick

Rothesay
Parish
Location within Kings County, New Brunswick.
Country	Canada
Province	New Brunswick
County	Kings County
Erected	1870
Area [1]
• Land	7.26 km2 (2.80 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[1]
• Total	342
• Density	47.1/km2 (122/sq mi)
• Change 2016-2021	5.2%
• Dwellings	134
Time zone	UTC-4 (AST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-3 (ADT)
Figures do not include portion within the towns of Quispamsis and Rothesay

Rothesay is a geographic parish in Kings County, New Brunswick, Canada.^[2]

Prior to the 2023 governance reform, it was divided for governence purposes between the towns of Rothesay and Quispamsis^[3] and the local service district of the parish of Rothesay,^[4] all of which were members of the Fundy Regional Service Commission (FRSC).^[5]

The parish may have been named in honour of the Duke of Rothesay, one of the hereditary titles of the Prince of Wales, who visited the area in 1860^[6] as part of his tour of North America.

Rothesay was erected from Hampton Parish in 1870.^[7]

In 1873 the boundary with Hampton was clarified among the islands of Hammond River and altered to run along grant lines on the mainland.^[8]

Rothesay Parish is bounded:^{[2][9][10][11]}

• on the northwest by the Kennebecasis River;
• on the east by a line running up the Hammond River through its eastern channel, passing to the west of Darlings Island, past the island upriver of Darlings Island, then along grant lines through two islands, then upriver to a point about 675 metres upriver of Route 1, then south-southeasterly along a line about 300 metres west of, and parallel to, the eastern line of a grant to Zephaniah Kingsley to the rear line of the grant, then easterly along the grant line to the northeastern corner of a grant to Samuel Storms, then southeasterly along the eastern line of the Storms grant to the Saint John County line;
• on the south by the Saint John County line.

Communities at least partly within the parish;^[9][10][11] bold indicates an incorporated municipality

Bodies of water^[a] at least partly in the parish:^[9][10][11]

Parks, historic sites, and related entities in the parish.^[9][10][11]

• Stoneycroft Provincial Historic Site

Parish population total does not include Quispamsis and the town of Rothesay

Population [edit] Population trend[12][13][14] Census Population Change (%) 2016 325 6.3% 2011 347 0.9% 2006 350 11.5% 2001 314 0.0%

Language [edit] Mother tongue (2016)[14] Language Population Pct (%) English only 285 87.7% French only 35 10.8% Both English and French 0 0% Other languages 5 1.5%

Highways and numbered routes that run through the parish, including external routes that start or finish at the parish limits:^[15]

• List of parishes in New Brunswick

• Town of Quispamsis
• Town of Rothesay

45°22′53″N 65°58′14″W / 45.381301°N 65.970583°W / 45.381301; -65.970583 (Rothesay Parish, New Brunswick)