Bright is a civil parish in York County, New Brunswick, Canada.
Prior to the 2023 governance reform, for governance purposes it was divided between the local service districts of Keswick Ridge and the parish of Bright, both of which were members of Regional Service Commission 11 (RSC11).
Origin of name
The parish was named in honour of John Bright, recently appointed British President of the Board of Trade at the time.
History
Bright was erected in 1869 from Douglas Parish.
Boundaries
Bright Parish is bounded:
on the northeast and east by a line beginning on the Carleton County line about 1.5 kilometres northeasterly of Little Forks Brook, then running south 40º east to the mouth of Howard Brook, then down the Keswick River to the Saint John River; on the south and southeast by the Saint John River; on the southwest by the central line of a two-lot grant to Jonathan Williams, about 675 metres south of the mouth of Currie Brook, then running northwesterly along the Williams line and its prolongation to the Carleton County line at a point about 600 metres northeasterly of Route 104; on the northwest by Carleton County.
Communities
Communities at least partly within the parish.
Barton
Brewers Mills
Burtts Corner
Cahill
Central Hainesville
Greenhill
Hayne
Howland Ridge
Jewetts Mills
Keswick Ridge
Lower Hainesville
Mactaquac
McKeens Corner
Middle Hainesville
Morehouse Corner
Scotch Settlement
Sisson Settlement
Tripp Settlement
Upper Keswick
Zealand
Bodies of water
Bodies of water at least partly within the parish.
Keswick River
Saint John River
Glooscap Reach
South Branch Becaguimec Stream
Little Mactaquac Stream
Mactaquac Stream
Mactaquac Stream Basin
Nackawic Stream
Alex Creek
Mill Creek
Mactaquac Lake
more than a dozen other officially named lakes
Other notable places
Parks, historic sites, and other noteworthy places at least partly within the parish. East Cloverdale Protected Natural Area Mactaquac Dam Mactaquac Provincial Park Otter Brook Protected Natural Area Weyman Airpark
Demographics
Revised census figures based on the 2023 local governance reforms have not been released.
Population
Population trend
Language
Mother tongue (2016)