Havelock Parish, New Brunswick Explained
| Havelock |
| Settlement Type: | Parish |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Type1: | Province |
| Subdivision Type2: | County |
| Established Title: | Erected |
| Established Date: | 1859 |
| Area Footnotes: | [1] |
| Area Land Km2: | 349.22 |
| Population As Of: | 2021 |
| Population Total: | 1,042 |
| Population Density Km2: | 3.0 |
| Population Blank1 Title: | Change 2016-2021 |
| Population Blank1: | 1.8% |
| Population Blank2 Title: | Dwellings |
| Population Blank2: | 522 |
| Timezone: | AST |
| Utc Offset: | -4 |
| Timezone Dst: | ADT |
| Utc Offset Dst: | -3 |
| Coordinates: | 45.84°N -64.59°W |
Havelock is a geographic parish in Kings County, New Brunswick, Canada.[2]
Prior to the 2023 governance reform, it comprised the local service district of the parish of Havelock,[3] which further included the western part of the service area of Havelock Inside. The local service district was a member of Kings Regional Service Commission (RSC8).
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.[4]
History
Havelock was erected in 1859 from the eastern polling district of Studholm Parish.[5]
In 1871 part of Havelock along Windgap Brook was returned to Studholm.[6]
Boundaries
Havelock Parish is bounded:[7] [8]
- 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 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.[9] italics indicate a name no longer in official use
- Anagance Ridge
- Buckley Settlement
- Canaan Road
- Cornhill
- Cornhill East
- Cosman Settlement
- Creek Road
- Dubee Settlement
- Havelock
- Knightville
- Lower Ridge
- Mannhurst
- Perry Settlement
- Salem
- Samp Hill
- Springhill
- Thornbrook
- Whites Mountain
Bodies of water
Bodies of water[10] at least partly within the parish.
- 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.
Demographics
Population
Population trend[11] [12]
| 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)[12]
| 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:[13]
See also
References
45.9347°N -65.4104°W
Notes and References
- Web site: Census Profile . Statistics Canada . 29 October 2022 . 26 October 2022.
- Web site: Chapter T-3 Territorial Division Act . Government of New Brunswick . 13 November 2020.
- Web site: New Brunswick Regulation 84-168 under the Municipalities Act (O.C. 84-582) . Government of New Brunswick . 19 July 2020.
- Book: Ganong . William F. . A Monograph of the Place-Nomenclature of the Province of New Brunswick . 1896 . Royal Society of Canada . 240 . 17 March 2021.
- Book: Acts of the General Assembly of Her Majesty's Province of New Brunswick, Passed in March and April 1858.. 27 March 2021. 1858. Government of New Brunswick. Fredericton. 89–90. 21 Vic. c. 39 An Act to divide the Parish of Studholm into two separate and distinct Parishes..
- Book: Acts of the General Assembly of Her Majesty's Province of New Brunswick. Passed in the Month of May 1871.. 1871. Government of New Brunswick. Fredericton. 268. 34 Vic. c. 63 An Act to alter the division line between the Parishes of Studholm and Havelock, in King's County.. Available as a free ebook from Google Books.
- Web site: No. 118 . Provincial Archives of New Brunswick . Department of Natural Resources and Energy Development . 14 June 2021. Remainder of parish on maps 129, 130, and 141 at same site.
- Web site: 355 . Transportation and Infrastructure . Government of New Brunswick . 14 June 2021. Remainder of parish on mapbooks 356, 376, 377, 396, and 397 at same site.
- Web site: Search the Canadian Geographical Names Database (CGNDB) . Government of Canada . 6 July 2021.
- Not including brooks, ponds or coves.
- Statistics Canada: 2001, 2006 census
- Web site: Census Profile, 2016 Census: Havelock, Parish [Census subdivision], New Brunswick ]. Statistics Canada . September 20, 2019.
- Atlantic Canada Back Road Atlas
