Beaver Harbour, New Brunswick

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Beaver Harbour
Local service district
Beaver Harbour 1920 maisons.jpg
Beaver Harbour in 1920
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Beaver Harbour
Location within New Brunswick.
Coordinates: 45°04′23″N66°44′34″W / 45.07306°N 66.74278°W / 45.07306; -66.74278
CountryCanada
Province New Brunswick
County Charlotte
Electoral Districts
Federal
New Brunswick Southwest
Provincial Charlotte-The Isles
Area
 • Total
2.25 km2 (0.87 sq mi)
Population
 (2021) [1]
 • Total
291
 • Density129.3/km2 (335/sq mi)
 • Pop 2016-2021
Increase2.svg 5.1%
 • Dwellings
142
Time zone UTC-4 (AST)
 • Summer (DST) UTC-3 (ADT)
Postal code(s)
E5H
Area code 506
HighwaysNB 778.svg Route 778

Beaver Harbour is a community on the Fundy shore of New Brunswick, Canada.

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Most of the community forms the Local service district of Beaver Harbour, which was established in 1971. [2] It is also a census subdivision of Census Canada. Since the formation of the LSD, the community has expanded past the original boundaries into the LSD of the parish of Pennfield.[ citation needed ]

In 1866 it had about 30 resident families, and grew to a population of 150 by 1871, the 500 in 1898. [3] As of 2021, the population was 291. [1]

It is the site of the Lighthouse Point Light, originally built in 1875 and subsequently rebuilt. It is a fiberglass tapered cylindrical tower with balcony and lantern. [4]

History

Beaver Harbour was first settled in 1783 by Quaker loyalists who had fled Pennsylvania as a result of the American Revolution. It became the first settlement in British North America to forbid slavery, with 49 names of families being attached to a founding constitution which barred slave owners from living there. [5] [6]

Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Beaver Harbour had a population of 291 living in 130 of its 142 total private dwellings, a change of

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References

  1. 1 2 Government of Canada, Statistics Canada (9 February 2022). "Profile table, Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population - Beaver Harbour, Local service district (LSD) [Designated place], New Brunswick". www12.statcan.gc.ca.
  2. ↑ "Regulation 71-17 under the Municipalities Act (O. C. 71-127)". The Royal Gazette. 129. Fredericton, NB, Canada: 154. 3 March 1971. Filed February 17, 1971.
  3. ↑ "Beaver Harbour". Provincial Archives of New Brunswick. Retrieved 22 June 2020.
  4. ↑ "Lighthouse Point Lighthouse". LighthouseFriends. Retrieved 22 June 2020.
  5. ↑ "N.B. community first in British North America to forbid slavery". Atlantic. 26 February 2015.
  6. ↑ "Beaver Harbour" (PDF). Heritage Charlotte.
  7. ↑ "Population and dwelling counts: Canada and designated places". Statistics Canada. 9 February 2022. Retrieved 2 January 2025.


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