Havelock is a
civil parish
In England, a civil parish is a type of administrative parish used for local government. It is a territorial designation which is the lowest tier of local government below districts and counties, or their combined form, the unitary authority ...
in
Kings County,
New Brunswick
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,
Canada
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.
For governance purposes it forms the
local service district A local service district is a type of designated place in the Canadian province of New Brunswick. In the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador, a local service district is a defined area led by an elected committee responsible for the deliv ...
of the parish of Havelock, which further includes the western part of the service area of Havelock Inside. The local service district is a member of
Regional Service Commission 8 (RSC8).
Origin of name
The parish was named in honour of
Henry Havelock
Major-General Sir Henry Havelock (5 April 1795 – 24 November 1857) was a British general who is particularly associated with India and his recapture of Cawnpore during the Indian Rebellion of 1857 (First War of Independence, Sepoy Mutiny).
E ...
, commander of British forces at the
Siege of Lucknow
The siege of Lucknow was the prolonged defence of the British Residency within the city of Lucknow from rebel sepoys (Indian soldiers in the British East India Company's Army) during the Indian Rebellion of 1857. After two successive relief att ...
in 1857, who died shortly after the siege was lifted.
History
Havelock was erected in 1859 from the eastern polling district of
Studholm Parish.
In 1871 part of Havelock along Windgap Brook was returned to Studholm.
Boundaries
Havelock Parish is bounded:
[ Remainder of parish on maps 129, 130, and 141 at same site.][ Remainder of parish on mapbooks 356, 376, 377, 396, and 397 at same site.]
* 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 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.
''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
[Not including brooks, ponds or coves.] at least partly within the parish.
*
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.
*
Havelock Airport
Demographics
Population
Population trend
Language
Mother tongue (2016)
Access Routes
Highways and numbered routes that run through the parish, including external routes that start or finish at the parish limits:
[Atlantic Canada Back Road Atlas ]
*Highways
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*Principal Routes
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*Secondary Routes:
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*External Routes:
**None
See also
*
List of parishes in New Brunswick
The Canadian province of New Brunswick is divided by the ''Territorial Division Act'' into 152 parishes, units which had political significance as subdivisions of counties until the Municipalities Act of 1966. Parishes still exist in law and inclu ...
Notes
References
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Parishes of Kings County, New Brunswick
Local service districts of Kings County, New Brunswick