[6] All are members of the Greater Miramichi Regional Service Commission except Nouvelle-Arcadie, which is part of the Kent RSC.

Nelson Parish is bounded:[2][11][12][13] When Nelson was erected it included a strip of Chatham and Glenelg Parishes that ran from the Miramichi River to the modern Kent County line, which included the Douglasfield and Chatham Head areas.

[16] The Northesk boundary was moved north to a line running west from Wilsons Point by the magnet of 1850.

[17] In 1859 all of Nelson north of the Southwest Miramichi River, along with Beaubears Island, was erected as Derby Parish.

[18] In 1881 all of Nelson within seven miles of the Kent County line was erected as Rogersville Parish.