Harcourt, New Brunswick Explained

Official Name:Harcourt
Other Name:Weldford
Settlement Type:Village
Pushpin Map:New Brunswick
Pushpin Map Caption:Location of Harcourt in New Brunswick
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:Canada
Subdivision Type1:Province
Subdivision Name1:New Brunswick
Subdivision Type2:County
Subdivision Name2:Kent County
Subdivision Type3:Parish
Subdivision Name3:Harcourt Parish
Established Title:Settlement Established
Established Date:1869
Established Title2:Name changed to Harcourt
Established Date2:1894
Population As Of:2011
Population Total:390
Timezone:AST
Utc Offset:-4
Timezone Dst:ADT
Utc Offset Dst:-3
Coordinates:46.4699°N -65.2457°W
Elevation M:60.00
Elevation Ft:196.85
Postal Code Type:Canadian Postal code
Postal Code:E4T
Area Code:506
Blank1 Name:NTS Map
Blank2 Name:GNBC Code

Harcourt is a Canadian unincorporated community, located in Kent County, New Brunswick. The community is situated in southeastern New Brunswick, Between Moncton and Nouvelle-Arcadie. Population, according to Statistics Canada Census 2011, is 390. Average age of population is 50. Harcourt is located around the intersection of Route 116 and Route 126.

Education

Most students go to Harcourt School.[1]

History

A settlement called Weldford was first established on this site in 1869 when the railway was constructed. By 1871 the population was 150. In 1894 the settlement was renamed Harcourt and by 1898 the population had grown to 250 and had become the site of a station on the Intercolonial Railway. Harcourt was a farming and lumbering settlement with 7 stores, 2 hotels, 1 tannery, 1 sawmill, 1 hemlock bark extract factory, 1 carriage factory, 3 churches.[2]

The plane carrying T. Babbitt Parlee crashed near here in 1957.[3]

See also: History of New Brunswick and List of historic places in Kent County, New Brunswick.

Bordering communities

Notable people

See main article: article and List of people from Kent County, New Brunswick.

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. http://harcourtschool.nbed.nb.ca Government of New Brunswick
  2. http://archives.gnb.ca/Exhibits/Communities/Details.aspx?culture=en-CA&community=1650 Provincial Archives of New Brunswick
  3. News: Missing Plane Found; 3 Dead. The Post-Standard. Syracuse, New York. 18 May 1957. 2. Newspapers.com. 19 July 2015.