Huskisson is a geographic parish 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

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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 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. 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 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

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Bodies of water

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

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census

Language

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