Musquash | |
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Parish | |
Location within Saint John County. |
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Coordinates: 46°10′N 66°22′W / 46.17°N 66.36°WCoordinates: 46°10′N 66°22′W / 46.17°N 66.36°W | |
Country | Canada |
Province | New Brunswick |
County | Saint John County |
Established | 1839 |
Area | |
• Land | 235.54 km2 (90.94 sq mi) |
Population (2011) | |
• Total | 1,200 |
• Pop 2006-11 | 2.8% |
• Dwellings | 564 |
Time zone | AST (UTC-4) |
• Summer (DST) | ADT (UTC-3) |
Median Income* | $31,323 CDN |
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Musquash is a Canadian parish in Saint John County, New Brunswick.
Musquash Parish set off from Lancaster Parish in 1877: name was derived from the Maliseet word for "muskrat".
Musquash Parish is defined in the Territorial Division Act as being bounded:
The entire parish forms the local service district of the parish of Musquash, established in 1985 to assess for fire protection and first aid and ambulance services (removed 1995). Recreational facilities were added in 1995 and non-fire related rescue in 2012.
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
Population trend
Mother tongue language (2006)
Highways and numbered routes that run through the parish, including external routes that start or finish at the parish limits: