Place:Lac Baker (parish), Madawaska (county), New Brunswick, Canada

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NameLac Baker (parish)
Alt namesBoundarysource: settlement in parish
Pelletiers Millsource: settlement in parish
Portage du Lacsource: settlement in parish
Rang des Collinsource: settlement in parish
Saint Castinsource: settlement in parish
Soucysource: settlement in parish
TypeParish
Coordinates47.36°N 68.68°W
Located inMadawaska (county), New Brunswick, Canada     (1938 - )
source: Family History Library Catalog

Lac Baker parish was established in 1938 and named for John Baker (1796-1868), a mill owner, who was involved in the boundary dispute between Maine and New Brunswick in 1827. (Source:Place Names of New Brunswick)

The area of the parish is 24.29 km2 (9.38 sq mi) and the population in 2011 was 5, a decrease of 83.3% from 2006. There were 4 dwellings counted. The population density was calculated at 0.2/km2 (0.5/sq mi). The extreme decrease in population was due to the community of Lac Baker being reported separately in the census of 2011. If it is added back the population in 2011 was 724.

'Wikipedia lists the following settlements in Lac Baker parish. Lac Baker is the only incorporated municipality and its population is not included in the statistics for the remainder of the parish. Those in italics are small and redirected here. The others have their own pages in WeRelate. Each settlement has a page in Place Names of New Brunswick.

Image:Madawaska County NB PMJ.png
BoundarySaint Castin
Lac Baker (incorporated village)Pelletiers Mill
Portage du LacSoucy
Rang des Collin
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  • New Brunswick Provincial Archives. This is the introductory page. The tabs will lead you to more precise material.
  • The FamilySearch wiki. This lists the availability of vital statistics indexes for New Brunswick.
  • New Brunswick GenWeb. A round-up of a lot of genealogical information at the province, county and parish level. Lists of cemeteries and monumental inscriptions can be found here.
  • The Provincial Archives website titled The Placenames of New Brunswick has maps of all of its parishes and descriptions of some communities within them. This site contains "cadastral" maps for each parish illustrating the grantee’s name for land granted by the province. These maps are cumulative, showing all grants regardless of date.
  • Microfilm images of all Canadian censuses 1851-1911 are online at Library and Archives Canada, as well as at FamilySearch and Ancestry. The 1921 census appears to be available only at Ancestry.
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