Havelock is a civil parish in Kings County, New Brunswick, Canada.[2]

Havelock
Parish
Location within Kings County, New Brunswick.
Coordinates: 45.84°N 64.59°W / 45.84; -64.59
Country	Canada
Province	New Brunswick
County	Kings County
Erected	1859
Area [1]
• Land	349.22 km2 (134.83 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[1]
• Total	1,042
• Density	3.0/km2 (8/sq mi)
• Change 2016-2021	1.8%
• Dwellings	522
Time zone	UTC-4 (AST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-3 (ADT)

For governance purposes it forms the local service district of the parish of Havelock,[3] which further includes the western part of the service area of Havelock Inside.[lower-alpha 1] The local service district is a member of Regional Service Commission 8 (RSC8).[4]

Origin of name

The parish was named in honour of Henry Havelock, commander of British forces at the Siege of Lucknow in 1857, who died shortly after the siege was lifted.[5]

History

Havelock was erected in 1859 from the eastern polling district of Studholm Parish.[6]

In 1871 part of Havelock along Windgap Brook was returned to Studholm.[7]

Boundaries

Havelock Parish is bounded:[2][8][9]

• on the northwest by the Queens County line;
• on the east by the Westmorland County line;
• on the southeast by a line running north 66º east[lower-alpha 2] from the northeastern corner of a grant to Jacob Smith, about 975 metres north of the junction of Plumweseep Road and Back Road;
• on the west by a line beginning on the Cardwell Parish line near the Old Mine Road west of Dunsinane, then running northwesterly along the prolongation of the southwestern line of a grant to James Caruth, which is on the southern bank of Windgap Brook and on the eastern side of Jordan Mountain Road, until it strikes Windgap Brook, then upstream to the prolongation of Miller Road, then north-northwesterly along the prolongation, the length of Miller Road, and the northerly prolongation of Miller Road until it strikes the Queens County line.

Communities

Communities at least partly within the parish.[8][9][12] italics indicate a name no longer in official use

Bodies of water

Bodies of water[lower-alpha 3] at least partly within the parish.[8][9][12]

• Canaan River
• Millstream River
• Smiths Creek
• Square Meadow Creek

Other notable places

Parks, historic sites, and other noteworthy places at least partly within the parish.[8][9][12]

• Havelock Airport

Demographics

Population Population trend[13][14][15] Census Population Change (%) 2016 1,061 8.4% 2011 1,158 2.6% 2006 1,189 0.1% 2001 1,190

Language Mother tongue (2016)[15] Language Population Pct (%) English only 1,005 94.8% French only 25 2.4% Both English and French 0 0% Other languages 30 2.8%

Access Routes

Highways and numbered routes that run through the parish, including external routes that start or finish at the parish limits:[16]

See also

• List of parishes in New Brunswick

Notes

References