Huskisson Parish, New Brunswick

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Huskisson
Parish
Location within Kent County, New Brunswick.
Location within Kent County, New Brunswick.
Coordinates: 46°31′30″N 65°27′54″W / 46.525°N 65.465°W / 46.525; -65.465
Country Canada
Province New Brunswick
CountyKent County
Erected1827
Area
[1]
 • Land369.33 km2 (142.60 sq mi)
Population
 (2016)[1]
 • Total15
 • Density0.04/km2 (0.1/sq mi)
 • Change 2011-2016
Decrease 40.0%
 • Dwellings
11
Time zoneUTC-4 (AST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC-3 (ADT)

Huskisson is a civil parish in Kent County, New Brunswick, Canada.[2]

For governance purposes it is part of the local service district of the parish of Harcourt, reflecting its long inclusion with Harcourt Parish for statistical purposes, which ended after the local service district was created. The LSD is a member of the Kent Regional Service Commission (KRSC).[3]

Origin of name[]

The parish was named in honour of William Huskisson, President of the Board of Trade at the time of its erection[4] and one of the plenipotentiaries of boundary negotiations with the United States in 1826.[5]

Addington Parish was named at the same time for the other British plenipotentiary, Henry Unwin Addington.

History[]

In 1827 Huskisson was erected from unassigned territory north of the Richibucto River,[6] comprising a shallower area than it has today.

In 1850 the southern boundary was extended[7] to include an area annexed by the county in 1845.[8]

Boundaries[]

Huskisson Parish is bounded:[2][9][10][11]

  • on the west and northwest by the Northumberland County line;
  • on the east by a line running north 22º west, based on the magnet of 1867,[a] from a point on the Westmorland County line twenty miles (32.2 kilometres) west of the northern tip of Shediac Island;
  • on the south by a line running due east and west from the mouth of Jimmy Graham Fork on the Richibucto River.

Communities[]

Communities at least partly within the parish;[9][10][11]

Bodies of water[]

Bodies of water[b] at least partly in the parish:[9][10][11]

  • Kouchibouguacis River
  • Richibucto River
  • Sabbies River
  • Big Forks Stream
  • Little Forks Stream
  • Hector Fork
  • Jimmy Graham Fork
  • Johnny Graham Fork
  • North Forks
  • South Forks
  • Big Forks Lake
  • Despres Lake
  • Lake Francis
  • McLain Lake
  • Meadow Lake
  • Sabbies Lake

Demographics[]

See also[]

Notes[]

  1. ^ Magnetic declination at the time was about 21º west.[12]
  2. ^ Not including brooks, ponds or coves.

References[]

  1. ^ a b c "Census Profile, 2016 Census: Huskisson, Parish [Census subdivision], New Brunswick". Statistics Canada. Retrieved August 27, 2019.
  2. ^ a b "Chapter T-3 Territorial Division Act". Government of New Brunswick. Retrieved 13 November 2020.
  3. ^ "Communities in each of the 12 Regional Service Commissions (RSC) / Les communautés dans chacune des 12 Commissions de services régionaux (CSR)" (PDF), Government of New Brunswick, July 2017, retrieved 2 February 2021
  4. ^ Ganong, William F. (1896). A Monograph of the Place-Nomenclature of the Province of New Brunswick. Royal Society of Canada. p. 241. Retrieved 17 March 2021.
  5. ^ Ganong, William F. (1906). Additions and Corrections to Monographs on the Place-Nomenclature, Cartography, Historic Sites, Boundaries and Settlement-origins of the Province of New Brunswick. Royal Society of Canada. p. 27. Retrieved 12 April 2021.
  6. ^ "7 Geo. IV c. 31 An Act for the division of the County of Northumberland into three Counties, and to provide for the Government and Representation of the two new Counties.". Acts of the General Assembly of His Majesty's Province of New-Brunswick, Passed in the Year 1827. Fredericton: Government of New Brunswick. 1827. pp. 97–103. Retrieved 27 March 2021.
  7. ^ "13 Vic. c. 51 An Act to consolidate all the Laws now in force for the division of the Province into Counties, Towns and Parishes.". Acts of the General Assembly of Her Mjaesty's Province of New Brunswick, Passed in the Year 1850. Fredericton: Government of New Brunswick. 1850. pp. 142–152, 145–149. Retrieved 27 March 2021. Book was poorly proofread, resulting in title typo and reuse of page numbers 145–152.
  8. ^ "8 Vic. c. 80 An Act to extend the Division Line between the Counties of Northumberland and Kent to the rear Line of the Counties of Queen's County and Sunbury.". Acts of the General Assembly of Her Majesty's Province of New Brunswick, Passed in the Year 1845. Fredericton: Government of New Brunswick. 1845. p. 58. Retrieved 27 March 2021.
  9. ^ a b c "No. 78". Provincial Archives of New Brunswick. Department of Natural Resources and Energy Development. Retrieved 11 June 2021. Remainder of parish on maps 87, 88, 97, and 98 at same site.
  10. ^ a b c "249" (PDF). Transportation and Infrastructure. Government of New Brunswick. Retrieved 11 June 2021. Remainder of parish on mapbooks 250, 265–267, and 281–283 at same site.
  11. ^ a b c "Search the Canadian Geographical Names Database (CGNDB)". Government of Canada. Retrieved 11 June 2021.
  12. ^ "Historical Magnetic Declination". National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Retrieved 20 February 2021.
  13. ^ Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006 census
  14. ^ 2011 Statistics Canada Census Profile: Huskisson Parish, New Brunswick
  15. ^ 2006 Statistics Canada Community Profile: Huskisson Parish, New Brunswick



Coordinates: 46°31′30″N 65°27′54″W / 46.52500°N 65.46500°W / 46.52500; -65.46500 (Huskisson Parish, New Brunswick)

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