Harvey is a

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in southern Albert County,

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. It comprises a single

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, which is a member of the Southeast Regional Service Commission. The

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of the same name shares the parish's borders.

Origin of name

The parish was probably named in honour of Sir John Harvey,

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1837-1841.

History

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

Boundaries

Harvey Parish is bounded: Remainder of parish on maps 143 and 152 at same site. Remainder of parish on mapbooks 418, 419, 436, 437, and 452 at same site. *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 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 to Crooked Creek, then down the creek and Shepody River to

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; *on the south by Shepody Bay, Haw Haw Bay,

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, 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, 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 the new county line passed through Salisbury and Harvey Parishes. This was found inconvenient and the county line was moved in 1846, adding the remainder of modern Elgin Parish to Harvey. The northern part of Harvey was erected as Elgin Parish in 1847 and the western part as Alma Parish in 1855, giving the parish its modern boundaries. In 1877 Grindstone Island was omitted from the boundary description of Harvey; this was corrected in 1879.

Local service district

The local service district of the parish of Harvey includes the entire parish. The LSD was established on 23 November 1966 to assess for fire protection following the abolition of county councils in the new ''Municipalities Act''. First aid & ambulance services were added on 21 January 1976. Today it assesses for community & recreation services in addition to the basic LSD services of

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, police services,

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, emergency measures, and dog control. The taxing authority is 617.00 Harvey.

Communities

Communities at least partly within the parish. ''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 waterNot including brooks, ponds or coves. at least partly in the parish. * North River *

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* Shepody River * West River * Canada Creek * Crooked Creek ** Northwest Branch Crooked Creek * Fairy Creek * Newfoundland Creek * New Horton Creek * Two Rivers Creek *

* Haw Haw Bay * Rocher Bay * Salisbury Bay *

* Lockhart Lake * McFadden Lake * New Horton Lake

Islands

Islands at least partly within the parish. * Grindstone Island * Toms Island

Other notable places

Parks, historic sites, and other noteworthy places in the parish. * Caledonia Gorge Protected Natural Area * Cape Enrage Provincial Park * Shepody National Wildlife Area

Demographics

Population

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 ** *Principal Routes **None *Secondary Routes: ** *External Routes: **None

Notes

References

{{Subdivisions of New Brunswick, counties=yes, state=expanded Parishes of Albert County, New Brunswick Local service districts of Albert County, New Brunswick