Huskisson Parish

Huskisson is a geographic parish in Kent County, New Brunswick, Canada.

For governance purposes the northern part of the parish is within the village of Five Rivers while most belongs to the Kent rural district; both are members of the Kent Regional Service Commission.

Prior to the 2023 governance reform, the parish was part of the local service district of the parish of Harcourt. References to an LSD of Huskisson on provincial governance reforms maps are erroneous.

Origin of name

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

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, comprising a shallower area than it has today.

In 1850 the southern boundary was altered to run due west from its starting point. to include an area annexed by the county in 1845.

Boundaries

Huskisson Parish is bounded:

on the west and northwest by the Northumberland County line;
on the east by a line running north 22ÃÂº west, based on the magnet of 1867, from a point on the Westmorland County line 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;

Mortimer

Bodies of water

Bodies of water at least partly in the parish:

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

Population

Population trend

Language

Mother tongue language (2006)

Notes

References

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