title: North Lake Parish, New Brunswick
text: # North Lake Parish, New Brunswick
  
  North Lake is a civil parish in York County, New Brunswick, Canada.
  
  Prior to the 2023 governance reform, for governance purposes it formed the local service district of the parish of North Lake, which was a member of the Western Valley Regional Service Commission (WVRSC).
  
  ## Origin of name
  
  The parish takes its name from the eponymous lake.
  
  ## History
  
  North Lake was erected in 1879 from Canterbury Parish.
  
  ## Boundaries
  
  North Lake Parish is bounded:
  
  * on the north by the Carleton County line;
  * on the east by a line running up Eel River, including First Eel Lake, Second Eel Lake, and Third Eel Lake, then east-southeasterly across land to La Coote Lake, then down La Coote Lake and Big La Coote Stream to the northern end of Palfrey Lake;
  * on the southeast by a line running southwesterly from the southeastern corner of a grant to Abraham Lint west of Allandale Road near the Saint John River to a point west of Sandy Point on Spednic Lake, paralleling the southeastern lines of other parishes south of the Saint John River;
  * on the west by the international border, running up Spednic Lake, Grand Lake, the North Lake Thoroughfare, North Lake, and Monument Brook to the Carleton County line.
  
  ## Communities
  
  Communities at least partly within the parish.
  
  ## Bodies of water
  
  Bodies of water at least partly within the parish. italics indicate a name no longer in official use
  
  ## Islands
  
  Islands at least partly within the parish.
  
  * Frog Island
  * Pine Island
  
  ## Other notable places
  
  Parks, historic sites, and other noteworthy places at least partly within the parish.
  
  * First Eel Lake Protected Natural Area
  * Hay Brook Protected Natural Area
  * Maxwell Protected Natural Area
  * Monument Brook Protected Natural Area
  * North Lake Protected Natural Area
  * Spednic Lake Protected Natural Area
  * Tamarack Brook Protected Natural Area
  