Harvey Parish, New Brunswick

This article is about the geographic parish, former local service district, and rural census subdivision. For the community in Albert County, see Harvey, Albert County, New Brunswick. For the community in York County, see Harvey, New Brunswick.

Harvey
Parish
Location within Albert County.
Coordinates: 45°43′N64°47′W / 45.72°N 64.78°W / 45.72; -64.78
Country	Canada
Province	New Brunswick
County	Albert
Erected	1838
Area [1]
• Land	276.85 km2 (106.89 sq mi)
Population  (2021) [1]
• Total	358
• Density	1.3/km2 (3/sq mi)
• Change 2016-2021	7.5%
• Dwellings	239
Time zone	UTC-4 (AST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-3 (ADT)

Harvey is a geographic parish in southern Albert County, New Brunswick, Canada. ^[4]

For governance purposes, Harvey is divided between the village of Fundy Albert ^[5] and the Southeast rural district, ^[6] both members of the Southeast Regional Service Commission. ^[7]

Prior to the 2023 governance reform, the parish formed a single local service district, the LSD of the parish of Harvey. ^[8]

Origin of name

The parish was probably named in honour of Sir John Harvey, Lieutenant Governor of New Brunswick 1837-1841. ^[9]

History

Harvey Parish was erected in 1838 from western Hopewell and southern Salisbury Parishes. ^[10] It included modern Alma Parish and the southern part of Elgin Parish.

Boundaries

Harvey Parish is bounded: ^{[2] [11] [12]}

• on the northwest by a line beginning about 2.8 kilometres west and slightly south of the junction of Rice Road with Kent Road, then running north 72º east ^{[lower-alpha 1]} to a point about 1.35 kilometres north of Lumsden Road, where Elgin, Harvey, Hillsborough and Hopewell Parishes meet;
• on the east by a line running south 22º east ^{[lower-alpha 2]} to Crooked Creek, then down the creek and Shepody River to Shepody Bay;
• on the south by Shepody Bay, Haw Haw Bay, Chignecto Bay, and Rocher Bay;
• on the west by a line beginning on Rocher Bay about 1.1 kilometres southwest of the mouth of Alcorn Brook, then running northerly along the western line of a grant to James Speer and its prolongation to the starting point;
• including Grindstone Island.

Evolution of boundaries

Harvey's northern line was originally an extension of the northern line of Hopewell Parish, ^[10] running north of Church Hill Road. This put Church Hill, Churches Corner, Ferndale, River View, and Ross Corner in Harvey.

Following the erection of Albert County in 1845 ^[17] the new county line passed through Salisbury and Harvey Parishes. This was found inconvenient and the county line was moved in 1846, ^[18] adding the remainder of modern Elgin Parish to Harvey.

The northern part of Harvey was erected as Elgin Parish in 1847 ^[19] and the western part as Alma Parish in 1855, ^[20] giving the parish its modern boundaries.

In 1877 Grindstone Island was omitted from the boundary description of Harvey; ^[13] this was corrected in 1879. ^[21]

Local service district

The local service district of the parish of Harvey included the entire parish. ^[22] The LSD was established on 23 November 1966 to assess for fire protection ^[23] following the abolition of county councils in the new Municipalities Act. First aid & ambulance services were added on 21 January 1976. ^[24]

In 2020, it assessed for community & recreation services in addition to the basic LSD services of fire protection, police services, land use planning, emergency measures, and dog control. ^[25] The taxing authority was 617.00 Harvey.

Communities

Communities at least partly within the parish. ^{[11] [12] [26]} italics indicate a name no longer in official use

• Beaver Brook
• Brookville
• Cape Enrage
• Casey Hill
• Derrys Corner
• Germantown
• Harvey
• Harvey Bank
• Little Ridge
• Midway
• New Horton
• New Ireland
• Upper New Horton
• Waterside
• West River

Bodies of water

Bodies of water ^{[lower-alpha 3]} at least partly in the parish. ^{[11] [12] [26]}

• North River
• Petitcodiac River
• Shepody River
• West River
• Canada Creek
• Crooked Creek
  • Northwest Branch Crooked Creek
• Fairy Creek
• Newfoundland Creek
• New Horton Creek
• Two Rivers Creek
• Chignecto Bay
• Haw Haw Bay
• Rocher Bay
• Salisbury Bay
• Shepody Bay
• Lockhart Lake
• McFadden Lake
• New Horton Lake

Islands

Islands at least partly within the parish. ^{[11] [12] [26]}

• Grindstone Island
• Toms Island

Other notable places

Parks, historic sites, and other noteworthy places in the parish. ^{[11] [12] [26]}

• Caledonia Gorge Protected Natural Area ^[27]
• Cape Enrage Provincial Park ^[28]
• Shepody National Wildlife Area

Demographics

Population Historical population Year Pop. ±% 1991 473 —     1996 482 +1.9% 2001 429 −11.0% 2006 424 −1.2% 2011 376 −11.3% 2016 333 −11.4% [29] [30] [31] Language Mother tongue (2016) [31] Language Population Pct (%) English only 310 93.9% French only 15 4.5% Both English and French 0 0% Other languages 5 1.5%

Access Routes

Highways and numbered routes that run through the parish, including external routes that start or finish at the parish limits: ^[32]

Highways Route 114

Principal Routes None

Secondary Routes: Route 915

External Routes: None

See also

• List of parishes in New Brunswick

Notes

1. By the magnet of 1847, ^[13] when declination in the area was between 19º and 20º west of north. ^[14] The Territorial Division Act clause referring to magnetic direction bearings was later changed to the problematic wording "by the magnet of the year in which the County or Parish was erected", ^[15] which ignores lines changed after the erection of the county or parish, before being omitted in the 1952 ^[16] and 1973 Revised Statutes. ^[2]
2. By the magnet of 1838, ^[13] when declination in the area was between 18º and 19º west of north. ^[14]
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 March 2023.
3. "Chapter I-13 Interpretation Act". Government of New Brunswick. Retrieved 26 March 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. "Southeast Regional Service Commission: RSC 7". Government of New Brunswick. Retrieved 26 March 2023.
6. "Southeast Regional Service Commission: RD 7". Government of New Brunswick. Retrieved 26 March 2023.
7. "Regions Regulation – Regional Service Delivery Act". Government of New Brunswick. 21 July 2022. Retrieved 26 March 2023.
8. "Local Service Districts Regulation - Municipalities Act". Government of New Brunswick. 25 June 2021. Retrieved 26 March 2023.
9. 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.
10. "1 Vic. c. 23 An Act for erecting parts of the Towns or Parishes of Hopewell and Salisbury, in the County of Westmorland, into a separate Town or Parish.". Acts of the General Assembly of Her Majesty's Province of New Brunswick, Passed in the Year 1838. Fredericton: Government of New Brunswick. 1838. pp. 72–73. Retrieved 27 March 2021.
11. "No. 142". Provincial Archives of New Brunswick. Department of Natural Resources and Energy Development. Retrieved 2 June 2021. Remainder of parish on maps 143 and 152 at same site.
12. "399" (PDF). Transportation and Infrastructure. Government of New Brunswick. Retrieved 2 June 2021. Remainder of parish on mapbooks 418, 419, 436, 437, and 452 at same site.
13. "Chapter 2 The Division of the Province into Counties, Towns, and Parishes.". The Consolidated Statutes of New Brunswick. Fredericton: Government of New Brunswick. 1877. pp. 56–85. Available as a free ebook from Google Books.
14. "Historical Magnetic Declination". National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Retrieved 2 June 2021.
15. "59 Vic. c. 8 An Act to Revise and Codify an Act to Provide for the Division of the Province into Counties, Towns and Parishes.". Acts of the General Assembly of Her Majesty's Province of New Brunswick. Passed in the Month of March, 1896. Fredericton: Government of New Brunswick. 1896. pp. 86–123. Available as a free ebook from Google Books.
16. "Chapter 227 Territorial Division Act". The Revised Statutes of New Brunswick 1952 Volume III. Fredericton: Government of New Brunswick. 1952. pp. 3725–3771.
17. "8 Vic. c. 104 An Act to divide the County of Westmorland into two Counties, and to provide for the Government and Representation of the new County.". Acts of the General Assembly of Her Majesty's Province of New Brunswick, Passed in the Year 1846. Fredericton: Government of New Brunswick. 1846. pp. 150–152. Retrieved 27 March 2021.
18. "9 Vic. c. 7 An Act to alter the Division Line between the Counties of Westmorland and Albert, and also certain Parish Lines in the said County of Albert.". Acts of the General Assembly of Her Majesty's Province of New Brunswick, Passed in the Year 1846. Fredericton: Government of New Brunswick. 1846. pp. 20–21. Retrieved 27 March 2021.
19. "10 Vic. c. 46 An Act for erecting the Parish of Harvey, in the County of Albert, into two separate Parishes.". Acts of the General Assembly of Her Majesty's Province of New Brunswick, Passed in the Year 1847. Fredericton: Government of New Brunswick. 1847. pp. 43–44. Retrieved 27 March 2021.
20. "18 Vic. c. 48 An Act for the erection of a part of the Parish of Harvey, in the County of Albert, into a separate Parish.". Acts of the General Assembly of Her Majesty's Province of New Brunswick, Passed in the Month of November, 1854, and in the Months of February, March, and April, 1855. Fredericton: Government of New Brunswick. 1855. pp. 177–178. Available as a free ebook from Google Books.
21. "42 Vic. c. 58 An Act further to define the Boundary of the Parish of Harvey, in the County of Albert.". Acts of the General Assembly of Her Majesty's Province of New Brunswick. Passed in the Month of April 1879. Fredericton: Government of New Brunswick. 1879. pp. 115–116. Available as a free ebook from Google Books.
22. "New Brunswick Regulation 84-168 under the Municipalities Act (O.C. 84-582)". Government of New Brunswick. Retrieved 12 December 2020.
23. "Regulation 66–41 under the Municipalities Act (O. C. 66–968)". The Royal Gazette. 124. Fredericton: 604–605. 21 December 1966.
24. "Regulation 76–17 under the Municipalities Act (O. C. 76–71)". The Royal Gazette. 134. Fredericton: 91. 28 January 1976.
25. "2020 Local Government Statistics for New Brunswick" (PDF). Department of Environment and Local Government. p. 55. Retrieved 12 December 2020.
26. "Canadian Geographical Names Database". Government of Canada. Retrieved 8 June 2021.
27. "Explore New Brunswick's Protected Natural Areas". GeoNB. Retrieved 1 July 2021.
28. "New Brunswick Regulation 2017-46 under the Parks Act (O.C. 2017-293)" (PDF). The Royal Gazette. 175. Fredericton: Queen's Printer: 1496–1497. 13 December 2017. ISSN   1714-9428 . Retrieved 5 July 2021.
29. Statistics Canada: 2001, 2006 census
30. 2011 Statistics Canada Census Profile: Harvey Parish, New Brunswick
31. "Census Profile, 2016 Census: Harvey, Parish [Census subdivision], New Brunswick". Statistics Canada. Retrieved 4 September 2019.
32. Atlantic Canada Back Road Atlas ISBN   978-1-55368-618-7