Hopewell | |
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Parish | |
Location within Albert County. |
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Coordinates: 45°49′N 64°40′W / 45.81°N 64.66°WCoordinates: 45°49′N 64°40′W / 45.81°N 64.66°W | |
Country | Canada |
Province | New Brunswick |
County | Albert |
Established | 1786 |
Area | |
• Land | 149.32 km2 (57.65 sq mi) |
Population (2011) | |
• Total | 798 |
• Density | 4.3/km2 (11/sq mi) |
• Pop 2006-2011 | 19.4% |
• Dwellings | 322 |
Time zone | AST (UTC-4) |
• Summer (DST) | ADT (UTC-3) |
Hopewell is a Canadian parish in Albert County, New Brunswick.
Hopewell Parish is defined in the Territorial Division Act as being bounded:
Albert County: established as a Nova Scotia township in 1765 and became part of the province of New Brunswick in 1786: possibly named for Hopewell, Pennsylvania, home of some of the first settlers to the area: may have also been named for the ship (Hopewell) that brought a group of settlers from Ireland in 1761: Hopewell Parish included Harvey Parish until 1838.
Parish population total does not include incorporated municipalities (in bold).
This is a list of rivers, lakes, streams, creeks, marshes and Islands that are at least partially in this parish
Mother tongue language (2006)
Highways and numbered routes that run through the parish, including external routes that start or finish at the parish limits: