Harcourt is a geographic parish in Kent County, New Brunswick, Canada. For governance purposes it is divided between the village of Five Rivers in along part of the eastern boundary, the village of and Grand Lake along Route 116 on the western boundary, with the Kent rural district comprising the remainder. Five Rivers and the rural district are members of the Kent Regional Service Commission and Grand Lake belongs to the Capital Region RSC. Prior to the 2023 governance reform, the parish formed the southern part of the local service district of the parish of Harcourt.

Origin of name

The parish was named in honour of Earl Harcourt, a Field Marshal of the British Army at the time of its erection and a friend and frequent correspondent of Lieutenant Governor Howard Douglas.

History

Harcourt was erected from unassigned territory south of the Richibucto River in 1827, comprising a much shallower parish than today. In 1845 Kent County annexed all of Northumberland County behind it. The wording of existing legislation implicitly adds the annexed area to Harcourt. In 1850 the northern boundary was explicitly set, removing territory north of the North Forks of the Richibucto River. In 1883 part of Harcourt east of the railway was added to Sainte-Marie Parish.

Boundaries

Harcourt Parish is bounded:

Communities

Communities at least partly within the parish; bold indicates an incorporated municipality

Bodies of water

Bodies of water at least partly in the parish:

Other notable places

Parks, historic sites, and other noteworthy places at least partly in the parish.

Demographics

Population

Population trend

Language

Mother tongue (2016)