Harcourt is a civil parish in Kent County, New Brunswick, Canada.[2]

Harcourt
Parish
Location within Kent County, New Brunswick.
Coordinates: 46.47°N 65.25°W / 46.47; -65.25
Country	Canada
Province	New Brunswick
County	Kent County
Erected	1827
Area [1]
• Land	1,169.20 km2 (451.43 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[1]
• Total	346
• Density	0.3/km2 (0.8/sq mi)
• Change 2016-2021
• Dwellings	237
Time zone	UTC-4 (AST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-3 (ADT)

For governance purposes it forms part of the local service district of the parish of Harcourt, which also includes Huskisson Parish, reflecting the past inclusion of Huskisson Parish for statistical purposes. The LSD is a member of the Kent Regional Service Commission (KRSC).[3]

Origin of name

The parish was named in honour of Earl Harcourt, a Field Marshal of the British Army at the time of its erection[4] and a friend and frequent correspondent of Lieutenant Governor Howard Douglas.[5]

History

Harcourt was erected from unassigned territory south of the Richibucto River in 1827,[6] comprising a much shallower parish than today.

In 1845 Kent County annexed all of Northumberland County behind it. The wording of existing legislation implicitly adds the annexed area to Harcourt.[7]

In 1850 the northern boundary was explicitly set, removing territory north of the North Forks of the Richibucto River.[8]

In 1883 part of Harcourt east of the railway was added to Sainte-Marie Parish.[9]

Boundaries

Harcourt Parish is bounded:[2][10][11][12]

• on the north by a line running due east and west from the mouth of Jimmy Graham Fork on the Richibucto River;
• on the east by a line running north 22º west, based on the magnet of 1867,[lower-alpha 1] from a point on the 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 line running alongside Route 126, then southerly to the Westmorland County line;
• on the south by the Westmorland County line;
• on the west by the Kent County and Northumberland County lines.

Communities

Communities at least partly within the parish;[10][11][12] bold indicates an incorporated municipality

Bodies of water

Bodies of water[lower-alpha 2] at least partly in the parish:[10][11][12]

Other notable places

Parks, historic sites, and other noteworthy places at least partly in the parish.[10][11][12] [14]

• 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 trend[15][16][17] Census Population Change (%) 2016 346 11.3% 2011 390 8.5% 2006 426 4.9% 2001 448 14.7% 1996 525 17.7% 1991 446 N/A

Language Mother tongue (2016)[17] Language Population Pct (%) English only 265 77.9% French only 70 20.6% Both English and French 5 1.5% Other languages 0 0%

See also

• List of parishes in New Brunswick

Notes

References