civil parish
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New Brunswick
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,
Canada
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.
For governance purposes it is divided between the village of Five Rivers in along part of the eastern boundary, the village of and Grand Lake along Route 116 on the western boundary, with the Kent rural district comprising the remainder. 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 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 Harcourt.
Origin of name
The parish was named in honour of
Earl Harcourt
Earl Harcourt, of Stanton Harcourt in the County of Oxford, was a title in the Peerage of Great Britain. It was created in 1749 for Simon Harcourt, 2nd Viscount Harcourt. He was made Viscount Nuneham at the same time, also in the Peerage of G ...
, a
Field Marshal
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of the
British Army
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at the time of its erection and a friend and frequent correspondent of
Lieutenant Governor
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Howard Douglas
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.
History
Harcourt was erected from unassigned territory south of the
Richibucto River
The Richibucto River is a river in eastern New Brunswick, Canada which empties into the Northumberland Strait north of Richibucto. It is 80 kilometres long.Northumberland County behind it. The wording of existing legislation implicitly adds the annexed area to Harcourt.
In 1850 the northern boundary was explicitly set, removing territory north of the North Forks of the Richibucto River.
In 1883 part of Harcourt east of the railway was added to Sainte-Marie Parish.
Boundaries
Harcourt Parish is bounded: Remainder of parish on maps 97–99 and 107–109 at same site. Remainder of parish on mapbooks 282–284, 296–300, and 314–317 at same site.
*on the north by a line running due east and west from the mouth of Jimmy Graham Fork on the
Richibucto River
The Richibucto River is a river in eastern New Brunswick, Canada which empties into the Northumberland Strait north of Richibucto. It is 80 kilometres long.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
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Mortimer
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Norman origins
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*Saint-Sosime
Bodies of water
Bodies of waterNot including brooks, ponds or coves. at least partly in the parish:
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Buctouche River
The Buctouche River (colloquially spelt Bouctouche) is a river in eastern New Brunswick, Canada which empties into the Buctouche Bay in the Northumberland Strait in the town of Bouctouche.
The river's name means "Big Little Harbour" in the Mi'km ...
(Upper North Branch)
*
Canaan River
The Canaan River is located in the southeastern portion of New Brunswick. The river drains into Washademoak Lake, in turn draining into the Saint John River. The watershed is composed of 17 tributaries. The total watershed area is .
Communitie ...
(Upper North Branch)
*Coal Branch River
*
Richibucto River
The Richibucto River is a river in eastern New Brunswick, Canada which empties into the Northumberland Strait north of Richibucto. It is 80 kilometres long.
* 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 trendStatistics Canada:
1996
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census
Language
Mother tongue (2016)
See also
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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 ...