Huskisson is a

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in Kent County,

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. For governance purposes the northern part of the parish is within the village of Five Rivers while most belongs to the Kent rural district; both are members of the Kent Regional Service Commission. Prior to the 2023 governance reform, the parish was part of the

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of the parish of Harcourt. References to an LSD of Huskisson on provincial governance reforms maps are erroneous.

Origin of name

The parish was named in honour of William Huskisson,

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at the time of its erection and one of the plenipotentiaries of boundary negotiations with the

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in 1826. Addington Parish was named at the same time for the other British plenipotentiary,

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History

In 1827 Huskisson was erected from unassigned territory north of the Richibucto River, comprising a shallower area than it has today. In 1850 the southern boundary was altered to run due west from its starting point. to include an area annexed by the county in 1845.

Boundaries

Huskisson Parish is bounded: Remainder of parish on maps 87, 88, 97, and 98 at same site. Remainder of parish on mapbooks 250, 265–267, and 281–283 at same site. *on the west and northwest by the Northumberland County line; *on the east by a line running north 22º west, based on the magnet of 1867, from a point on the Westmorland County line twenty miles (32.2 kilometres) west of the northern tip of Shediac Island; *on the south by a line running due east and west from the mouth of Jimmy Graham Fork on the Richibucto River.

Communities

Communities at least partly within the parish; * Mortimer

Bodies of water

Bodies of waterNot including brooks, ponds or coves. at least partly in the parish: *

Kouchibouguacis River The Kouchibouguacis River is a river in Saint-Louis Parish, Kent County, New Brunswick, Canada. It is a tributary of the Northumberland Strait. It is not to be confused with the Kouchibouguac River running parallel to this river, about to the no ...

* Richibucto River *Sabbies River *Big Forks Stream *Little Forks Stream *Hector Fork *Jimmy Graham Fork *Johnny Graham Fork *North Forks *South Forks *Big Forks Lake *Despres Lake *Lake Francis *McLain Lake *Meadow Lake *Sabbies Lake

Demographics

Population

Population trendStatistics Canada:

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census

Language

Mother tongue language (2006)2006 Statistics Canada Community Profile: Huskisson Parish, New Brunswick
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Notes

References

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