Harvey Parish, New Brunswick

Harvey
Parish
Location within Albert County.
Coordinates: 45°43′N 64°47′W / 45.72°N 64.78°WCoordinates: 45°43′N 64°47′W / 45.72°N 64.78°W
Country	Canada
Province	New Brunswick
County	Albert
Established	1786
Area[1]
• Land	277.26 km^2 (107.05 sq mi)
Population (2011)[1]
• Total	376
• Density	1.4/km^2 (4/sq mi)
• Pop 2006-2011	11.3%
• Dwellings	285
Time zone	AST (UTC-4)
• Summer (DST)	ADT (UTC-3)

Harvey is a Canadian parish in Albert County, New Brunswick.^[2]

History

Harvey Parish created in 1838 from part of Hopewell Parish and a small portion of St. John County and named for Sir John Harvey (1777-1852), lieutenant-governor of New Brunswick from 1837-1841: Harvey Parish included Alma Parish until 1855.

Delineation

Harvey Parish is defined in the Territorial Division Act^[3] as being bounded:

North by a line running south seventy-two degrees west from the northwest angle of Hopewell Parish; west by the western line of lot number three, granted to James Speer, east of Owls Head, and its northerly prolongation to the northern line of the parish; east by Hopewell Parish, and south by Chignecto Bay, including Grindstone Island, so called.

Governance

The entire parish forms the local service district of the parish of Harvey, established in 1966 to assess for fire protection. First aid and ambulance services were added to the assessment in 1976 and recreational facilities in 1992.

Communities

Parish population total does not include incorporated municipalities (in bold).

Beaver Brook Brookville Cape Enrage Derrys Corner Germantown

Hopewell Harvey Harvey Bank Little Ridge Midway

New Horton New Ireland Upper New Horton Waterside West River

Bodies of water & Islands

This is a list of rivers, lakes, streams, creeks, marshes and Islands that are at least partially in this parish

• Petitcodiac River
• Shepody River

Demographics

Population Historical population Year Pop. ±% 1991 473 —     1996 482 +1.9% 2001 429 −11.0% 2006 424 −1.2% 2011 376 −11.3% [4] Language Mother tongue language (2006)[5] Language Population Pct (%) French only % English only % Both English and French 0 0.00% Other languages 0 0.00%

Access Routes

Highways and numbered routes that run through the parish, including external routes that start or finish at the parish limits:^[6]

Highways Route 114

Principal Routes None

Secondary Routes: Route 915

External Routes: None

See also

• List of parishes in New Brunswick

References

1. 2011 Statistics Canada Census Profile: Harvey Parish, New Brunswick
2. New Brunswick Provincial Archives - Harvey Parish
3. "Territorial Division Act (R.S.N.B. 1973, c. T-3)". Government of New Brunswick website. Retrieved 23 August 2016.
4. Statistics Canada: 2001, 2006 census
5. Profile: Harvey Parish, New Brunswick
6. Atlantic Canada Back Road Atlas ISBN 978-1-55368-618-7