Harcourt Parish

The parish was named in honour of Earl Harcourt, a Field Marshal of the British Army at the time of its erection^[9] and a friend and frequent correspondent of Lieutenant Governor Howard Douglas.^[10]

Harcourt was erected from unassigned territory south of the Richibucto River in 1827,^[11] 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.^[12]

In 1850 the northern boundary was explicitly set, removing territory north of the North Forks of the Richibucto River.^[13]

In 1883 part of Harcourt east of the railway was added to Sainte-Marie Parish.^[14]

Harcourt Parish is bounded:^{[2][15][16][17]}

• on the north by a line running due east and west from the mouth of Jimmy Graham Fork on the Richibucto River;
• on the east by a line running north 22º west, based on the magnet of 1867,^[b] from a point on the Westmorland County line twenty miles (32 kilometres) west of the northern tip of Shediac Island, running southerly from the north line of the parish to the northern line of Saint-Paul Parish, then southwesterly along the prolongation of a line running southwesterly 68º from the mouth of the Rivière Chockpish-nord to the Canadian National Railway line running alongside Route 126, then southerly to the Westmorland County line;
• on the south by the Westmorland County line;
• on the west by the Kent County and Northumberland County lines.

Communities at least partly within the parish;^[15][16][17] bold indicates an incorporated municipality

Bodies of water^[c] at least partly in the parish:^[15][16][17]

Parks, historic sites, and other noteworthy places at least partly in the parish.^{[15][16][17][19]}

• Canaan Bog Protected Natural Area
• Lake Stream Protected Natural Area
• Trout Brook Protected Natural Area
• West Branch Coy Brook Protected Natural Area

• List of parishes in New Brunswick