For governance purposes it is divided between the city of
Campbellton[5] and the Restigouche rural district,[6] both of which are members of the Restigouche Regional Service Commission.[7]
Before the
2023 governance reform, the northern part of the parish was heavily divided, with (moving upriver from the eastern parish line) the city of Campbellton, the village of
Atholville, the village of
Tide Head and the
local service district of Flatlands, which straddled the western parish line; the (LSD) of Glencoe was inland of Tide Head and Flatlands, along
Route 17 and
Route 275, with Atholville extending inland around the loop of Route 275; the remainder of the parish's mainland formed the LSD of the parish of Addington. The islands in the Restigouche River were divided between Flatlands and Tide Head, though the boundary the village claimed differed from those recognised by the Regional Service Commission's map of Flatlands.[8] The 2023 reform amalgamated Addington and Tide Head with Campbellton, annexing Glencoe with two parts of the LSD of the parish of Addington on either side of Walker Road, allowing a smoother boundary, while the boundary between the river islands was settled;[5] Flatlands and the remainder of the parish LSD became part of the rural district.[6]
Addington was erected in 1827 in
Gloucester County from
Beresford Parish.[11] The parish comprised the area north of the prolongation of the southern line of modern Beresford and between the Benjamin and
Upsalquitch Rivers.
In 1840 Restigouche County was reorganised following its erection. Addington was reduced to its modern eastern boundary while having its western boundary changed to a line due south from the mouth of the Upsalquitch River.[12]
In 1879
Eldon Parish was dissolved and the area added to Addington.[13]
In 1896 Eldon was reërected with altered boundaries, giving Addington its modern boundaries.[14]
on the east by a line running true south from the most eastern point of the western side of the mouth of Walkers Brook, which runs through
Campbellton;
on the west by a line beginning on the county line about at a point about 2.4 kilometres east of Bald Mountain Brook, then running true north to the southeastern corner of a grant to Thomas Gracie, about 1 kilometre west of
Route 17 and 2 kilometres south of Evergreen Road, then running northwesterly along the western edge of Glenlivet Settlement to its northwestern corner, then along the prolongation of the eastern line of a grant to John Justason and the Justason grant to strike the Restigouche River near the lower end of Bell Island;
including all the river islands in front.
Communities
Communities at least partly within the parish.[15][16][17]bold indicates an incorporated municipality
Parish population total does not include
Tide Head or portions in
Atholville and
Campbellton. Revised census figures based on the 2023 local governance reforms have not been released.
^The Territorial Division Act[2] divides the province into 152 parishes, the cities of
Saint John and
Fredericton, and one town of
Grand Falls. The Interpretation Act[3] clarifies that parishes include any local government within their borders.
^The Flatlands Rural Plan can accessed at
"Maps & By-Laws". Restigouche Regional Service Commission. Retrieved 25 January 2023. The RSC uses Google Drive to store its documents, so a direct link isn't possible. Tide Head claimed a river boundary that continued the mainland boundary in a straight line.
^"42 Vic. c. 57 An Act to extend the Parish of Addington, in the County of Restigouche.". Acts of the General Assembly of Her Majesty's Province of New Brunswick. Passed in the Month of April 1879.
Fredericton: Government of New Brunswick. 1879. pp. 114–115. Available as a free ebook from Google Books.
^"59 Vic. c. 8 An Act to Revise and Codify an Act to Provide for the Division of the Province into Counties, Towns and Parishes.". Acts of the General Assembly of Her Majesty's Province of New Brunswick. Passed in the Month of March, 1896.
Fredericton: Government of New Brunswick. 1896. pp. 86–123. Available as a free ebook from Google Books.
^
abcde"No. 5". Provincial Archives of New Brunswick. Department of Natural Resources and Energy Development. Retrieved 20 June 2021. Remainder of parish on maps 13, 24, 25, 37, and 38 at same site.
^
abcde"001"(PDF). Transportation and Infrastructure. Government of New Brunswick. Retrieved 20 June 2021. Remainder of parish on mapbooks 012, 013, 026, 027, 045, 046, 065, 066, 085, 086, 105, 106, and 127 at same site.