Harvey, Albert County, New Brunswick

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This article is about the unincorporated community. For the civil parish, local service district, and rural census subdivision, see Harvey Parish, New Brunswick. For the incorporated village sometimes called Harvey Station, see Harvey, New Brunswick.

Harvey is a Canadian rural community in Albert County, New Brunswick. Harvey has a wharf, and is situated on Shepody Bay, an arm of the Bay of Fundy. It has a population of about 150, and is about 50 minutes from Moncton. The village of Riverside-Albert is nearby.

History[]

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

It has a historical life-size replica of a ship, the Revolving Light, which had been built there in the nineteenth century,[1] and a nature reserve at Mary's Point which is noted for its shorebirds, in particular semipalmated sandpipers, which feed there each summer in large migrating flocks. Harvey was the former home of the politician and shipbuilder Gaius S. Turner, the British Columbia politician Harlan Carey Brewster as well as the Reid brothers, noted American architects.

Notable people[]

Main article: List of people from Albert County, New Brunswick

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ Construction photos, Revolving Light replica

Coordinates: 45°43′N 64°43′W / 45.717°N 64.717°W / 45.717; -64.717


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