Havelock Parish, New Brunswick

This article is about the geographic parish, former local service district, and rural census subdivision. For the community, see Havelock, New Brunswick.

Havelock
Parish
Location within Kings County, New Brunswick.
Coordinates: 45°50′N64°35′W / 45.84°N 64.59°W / 45.84; -64.59
Country	Canada
Province	New Brunswick
County	Kings County
Erected	1859
Area [1]
• Land	349.22 km2 (134.83 sq mi)
Population  (2021) [1]
• Total	1,042
• Density	3.0/km2 (8/sq mi)
• Change 2016-2021	1.8%
• Dwellings	522
Time zone	UTC-4 (AST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-3 (ADT)

Havelock is a geographic parish in Kings County, New Brunswick, Canada. ^[2]

Prior to the 2023 governance reform, it comprised the local service district of the parish of Havelock, ^[3] which further included the western part of the service area of Havelock Inside. ^{[lower-alpha 1]} The local service district was a member of Kings Regional Service Commission (RSC8). ^[4]

Origin of name

The parish was named in honour of Henry Havelock, commander of British forces at the Siege of Lucknow in 1857, who died shortly after the siege was lifted. ^[5]

History

Havelock was erected in 1859 from the eastern polling district of Studholm Parish. ^[6]

In 1871 part of Havelock along Windgap Brook was returned to Studholm. ^[7]

Boundaries

Havelock Parish is bounded: ^{[2] [8] [9]}

• on the northwest by the Queens County line;
• on the east by the Westmorland County line;
• on the southeast by a line running north 66º east ^{[lower-alpha 2]} from the northeastern corner of a grant to Jacob Smith, about 975 metres north of the junction of Plumweseep Road and Back Road;
• on the west by a line beginning on the Cardwell Parish line near the Old Mine Road west of Dunsinane, then running northwesterly along the prolongation of the southwestern line of a grant to James Caruth, which is on the southern bank of Windgap Brook and on the eastern side of Jordan Mountain Road, until it strikes Windgap Brook, then upstream to the prolongation of Miller Road, then north-northwesterly along the prolongation, the length of Miller Road, and the northerly prolongation of Miller Road until it strikes the Queens County line.

Communities

Communities at least partly within the parish. ^{[8] [9] [12]} italics indicate a name no longer in official use

• Anagance Ridge
• Buckley Settlement
• Canaan Road
• Cornhill
• Cornhill East
• Cosman Settlement
• Creek Road
• Dubee Settlement
• Havelock
• Knightville
• Lower Ridge
• Mannhurst
• Perry Settlement
• Salem
• Samp Hill
• Springhill
• Thornbrook
• Whites Mountain

Bodies of water

Bodies of water ^{[lower-alpha 3]} at least partly within the parish. ^{[8] [9] [12]}

• Canaan River
• Millstream River
• Smiths Creek
• Square Meadow Creek

Other notable places

Parks, historic sites, and other noteworthy places at least partly within the parish. ^{[8] [9] [12]}

• Havelock Airport

Demographics

Population Population trend [13] [14] [15] Census Population Change (%) 2016 1,061 8.4% 2011 1,158 2.6% 2006 1,189 0.1% 2001 1,190

Language Mother tongue (2016) [15] Language Population Pct (%) English only 1,005 94.8% French only 25 2.4% Both English and French 0 0% Other languages 30 2.8%

Access Routes

Highways and numbered routes that run through the parish, including external routes that start or finish at the parish limits: ^[16]

Highways Route 2 (TCH)

Principal Routes Route 112

Secondary Routes: Route 880 Route 885 Route 890

External Routes: None

See also

• List of parishes in New Brunswick

Notes

1. Regulation 84-168 does not explicitly state that Havelock Inside extends outside the parish of Havelock but its boundary description makes it obvious it does.
2. By the magnet of 1840, ^[10] when declination in the area was about 18º west of north. ^[11]
3. Not including brooks, ponds or coves.

References

1. "Census Profile". Statistics Canada. 26 October 2022. Retrieved 29 October 2022.
2. "Chapter T-3 Territorial Division Act". Government of New Brunswick. Retrieved 13 November 2020.
3. "New Brunswick Regulation 84-168 under the Municipalities Act (O.C. 84-582)". Government of New Brunswick. Retrieved 19 July 2020.
4. "Communities in each of the 12 Regional Service Commissions (RSC) / Les communautés dans chacune des 12 Commissions de services régionaux (CSR)" (PDF), Government of New Brunswick, July 2017, retrieved 2 February 2021
5. Ganong, William F. (1896). A Monograph of the Place-Nomenclature of the Province of New Brunswick. Royal Society of Canada. p. 240. Retrieved 17 March 2021.
6. "21 Vic. c. 39 An Act to divide the Parish of Studholm into two separate and distinct Parishes.". Acts of the General Assembly of Her Majesty's Province of New Brunswick, Passed in March and April 1858. Fredericton: Government of New Brunswick. 1858. pp. 89–90. Retrieved 27 March 2021.
7. "34 Vic. c. 63 An Act to alter the division line between the Parishes of Studholm and Havelock, in King's County.". Acts of the General Assembly of Her Majesty's Province of New Brunswick. Passed in the Month of May 1871. Fredericton: Government of New Brunswick. 1871. p. 268. Available as a free ebook from Google Books.
8. "No. 118". Provincial Archives of New Brunswick. Department of Natural Resources and Energy Development. Retrieved 14 June 2021. Remainder of parish on maps 129, 130, and 141 at same site.
9. "355" (PDF). Transportation and Infrastructure. Government of New Brunswick. Retrieved 14 June 2021. Remainder of parish on mapbooks 356, 376, 377, 396, and 397 at same site.
10. "3 Vic. c. 30 An Act for erecting a part of the Parish or Township of Sussex, in King's County, into a separate and distinct Parish or Township.". Acts of the General Assembly of Her Majesty's Province of New Brunswick, Passed in the Year 1840. Fredericton: Government of New Brunswick. 1840. pp. 14–15. Retrieved 27 March 2021.
11. "Historical Magnetic Declination". National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Retrieved 1 March 2021.
12. "Search the Canadian Geographical Names Database (CGNDB)". Government of Canada. Retrieved 6 July 2021.
13. Statistics Canada: 2001, 2006 census
14. 2011 Statistics Canada Census Profile: Havelock Parish, New Brunswick
15. "Census Profile, 2016 Census: Havelock, Parish [Census subdivision], New Brunswick". Statistics Canada. Retrieved 20 September 2019.
16. Atlantic Canada Back Road Atlas ISBN   978-1-55368-618-7

45°56′05″N65°24′37″W / 45.934736°N 65.410366°W / 45.934736; -65.410366 (Cardwell Parish, New Brunswick)