Harcourt Parish, New Brunswick

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

Harcourt
Parish
Location within Kent County, New Brunswick.
Coordinates: 46°28′N65°15′W / 46.47°N 65.25°W / 46.47; -65.25
Country	Canada
Province	New Brunswick
County	Kent County
Erected	1827
Area [1]
• Land	1,169.20 km2 (451.43 sq mi)
Population  (2021) [1]
• Total	346
• Density	0.3/km2 (0.8/sq mi)
• Change 2016-2021
• Dwellings	237
Time zone	UTC-4 (AST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-3 (ADT)

Harcourt is a geographic parish in Kent County, New Brunswick, Canada. ^[4]

For governance purposes it is divided between the village of Five Rivers in along part of the eastern boundary, ^[5] the village of and Grand Lake along Route 116 on the western boundary, ^[6] with the Kent rural district comprising the remainder. ^[7] Five Rivers and the rural district are members of the Kent Regional Service Commission and Grand Lake belongs to the Capital Region RSC.

Prior to the 2023 governance reform, the parish formed the southern part of the local service district of the parish of Harcourt. ^{[lower-alpha 1]}

Origin of name

The parish was named in honour of Earl Harcourt, a Field Marshal of the British Army at the time of its erection ^[9] and a friend and frequent correspondent of Lieutenant Governor Howard Douglas. ^[10]

History

Harcourt was erected from unassigned territory south of the Richibucto River in 1827, ^[11] comprising a much shallower parish than today.

In 1845 Kent County annexed all of Northumberland County behind it. The wording of existing legislation implicitly adds the annexed area to Harcourt. ^[12]

In 1850 the northern boundary was explicitly set, removing territory north of the North Forks of the Richibucto River. ^[13]

In 1883 part of Harcourt east of the railway was added to Sainte-Marie Parish. ^[14]

Boundaries

Harcourt Parish is bounded: ^{[2] [15] [16] [17]}

• on the north by a line running due east and west from the mouth of Jimmy Graham Fork on the Richibucto River;
• on the east by a line running north 22º west, based on the magnet of 1867, ^{[lower-alpha 2]} from a point on the Westmorland County line twenty miles (32.2 kilometres) west of the northern tip of Shediac Island, running southerly from the north line of the parish to the northern line of Saint-Paul Parish, then southwesterly along the prolongation of a line running southwesterly 68º from the mouth of the Rivière Chockpish-nord to the Canadian National Railway line running alongside Route 126, then southerly to the Westmorland County line;
• on the south by the Westmorland County line;
• on the west by the Kent County and Northumberland County lines.

Communities

Communities at least partly within the parish; ^{[15] [16] [17]} bold indicates an incorporated municipality

• Adamsville
• Coal Branch
• Grangeville
• Harcourt
• Hébert
• Mortimer
• Saint-Sosime

Bodies of water

Bodies of water ^{[lower-alpha 3]} at least partly in the parish: ^{[15] [16] [17]}

• Buctouche River (Upper North Branch)
• Canaan River (Upper North Branch)
• Coal Branch River
• Richibucto River
• Sabbies River
• Salmon River
• Glen Branch
• Second Branch
• Big Forks Stream
• Forks Stream
• Lake Stream
• Little Forks Stream
• Adamsville Lake
• Birch Ridge Lake
• Coal Branch Lake
• Spectacle Lake
• Trout Brook Lake

Other notable places

Parks, historic sites, and other noteworthy places at least partly in the parish. ^{[15] [16] [17] [19]}

• Canaan Bog Protected Natural Area
• Lake Stream Protected Natural Area
• Trout Brook Protected Natural Area
• West Branch Coy Brook Protected Natural Area

Demographics

Population Population trend [20] [21] [22] Census Population Change (%) 2016 346 11.3% 2011 390 8.5% 2006 426 4.9% 2001 448 14.7% 1996 525 17.7% 1991 446 N/A

Language Mother tongue (2016) [22] Language Population Pct (%) English only 265 77.9% French only 70 20.6% Both English and French 5 1.5% Other languages 0 0%

See also

• List of parishes in New Brunswick

Notes

1. Although the provincial regulation ^[8] named only Harcourt Parish, zoning maps released by the Kent RSC showed that Huskisson Parish was part of the Harcourt Parish LSD, reflecting the historic inclusion of Huskisson Parish for statistical purposes.
2. Magnetic declination at the time was about 21º west. ^[18]
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 26 February 2023.
3. "Chapter I-13 Interpretation Act". Government of New Brunswick. Retrieved 26 February 2023.
4. The Territorial Division Act ^[2] divides the province into 152 parishes, the cities of Saint John and Fredericton, and one town of Grand Falls. The Interpretation Act ^[3] clarifies that parishes include any local government within their borders.
5. "Kent Regional Service Commission: RSC 6". Government of New Brunswick. Retrieved 26 February 2023.
6. "Regional Service Commission: RSC 11". Government of New Brunswick. Retrieved 26 February 2023.
7. "Kent Regional Service Commission: RD 6". Government of New Brunswick. Retrieved 26 February 2023.
8. "Local Service Districts Regulation - Municipalities Act". Government of New Brunswick. 25 June 2021. Retrieved 26 February 2023.
9. Ganong, William F. (1896). A Monograph of the Place-Nomenclature of the Province of New Brunswick. Royal Society of Canada. p. 239. Retrieved 17 March 2021.
10. Fullom, S. W. (1863). The Life of General Sir Howard Douglas, Bart., G.C.B., G.C.M.G., F. R. S., D.C.L. London: John Murray. p. 266. Retrieved 15 April 2021.
11. "7 Geo. IV c. 31 An Act for the division of the County of Northumberland into three Counties, and to provide for the Government and Representation of the two new Counties.". Acts of the General Assembly of His Majesty's Province of New-Brunswick, Passed in the Year 1827. Fredericton: Government of New Brunswick. 1827. pp. 97–103. Retrieved 27 March 2021.
12. "8 Vic. c. 80 An Act to extend the Division Line between the Counties of Northumberland and Kent to the rear Line of the Counties of Queen's County and Sunbury.". Acts of the General Assembly of Her Majesty's Province of New Brunswick, Passed in the Year 1845. Fredericton: Government of New Brunswick. 1845. p. 58. Retrieved 27 March 2021.
13. "13 Vic. c. 51 An Act to consolidate all the Laws now in force for the division of the Province into Counties, Towns and Parishes.". Acts of the General Assembly of Her Mjaesty's Province of New Brunswick, Passed in the Year 1850. Fredericton: Government of New Brunswick. 1850. pp. 142–152, 145–149. Retrieved 27 March 2021. Book was poorly proofread, resulting in title typo and reuse of page numbers 145–152.
14. "46 Vic. c. 66 An Act to alter the Parish Line between the Parishes of Saint Marys and Harcourt, in the County of Kent.". Acts of the General Assembly of Her Majesty's Province of New Brunswick. Passed in the Month of May 1883. Fredericton: Government of New Brunswick. 1883. p. 182. Available as a free ebook from Google Books.
15. "No. 96". Provincial Archives of New Brunswick. Department of Natural Resources and Energy Development. Retrieved 11 June 2021. Remainder of parish on maps 97–99 and 107–109 at same site.
16. "281" (PDF). Transportation and Infrastructure. Government of New Brunswick. Retrieved 11 June 2021. Remainder of parish on mapbooks 282–284, 296–300, and 314–317 at same site.
17. "Search the Canadian Geographical Names Database (CGNDB)". Government of Canada. Retrieved 11 June 2021.
18. "Historical Magnetic Declination". National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Retrieved 20 February 2021.
19. "Explore New Brunswick's Protected Natural Areas". GeoNB. Retrieved 2 July 2021.
20. Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006 census
21. 2011 Statistics Canada Census Profile: Harcourt Parish, New Brunswick
22. "Census Profile, 2016 Census: Harcourt, Parish [Census subdivision], New Brunswick". Statistics Canada. Retrieved 15 September 2019.

46°28′12″N65°15′00″W / 46.47000°N 65.25000°W / 46.47000; -65.25000 (Harcourt Parish, New Brunswick)