Saint-Quentin Parish, New Brunswick
Saint-Quentin is a civil parish in Restigouche County, New Brunswick, Canada. For governance purposes it is divided between the town of Saint-Quentin, the incorporated rural community of Kedgwick, and the Northwest rural district, both members of the Northwest Rural Service Commission. Before the 2023 governance reform, the parish was divided between a much smaller town of Saint-Quentin and local service districts of St. Martin de Restigouche and the parish of Saint-Quentin. In the reform, St. Martin de Restigouche was annexed by Saint-Quentin while the parish LSD was divided by the town, rural community, and rural district. Origin of name The parish was named for the Battle of St. Quentin, an Allied victory during the First World War. History Saint-Quentin was erected in 1921 from Grimmer Parish. Boundaries Saint-Quentin Parish is bounded: on the north by the Quebec provincial border; on the east by a line beginning on the Patapedia River at a point due north of where the southern boundary of Grimmer Parish strikes the Restigouche River slightly upstream of the mouth of Seven Mile Brook, then running due south to Restigouche River, then running easterly along the prolongation of the southern line of a grant to Paul Berube on