Beaver Harbour is a community on the Fundy shore of New Brunswick, Canada.
Beaver Harbour | |
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 Beaver Harbour in 1920 | |
  Beaver Harbour Location within New Brunswick. | |
| Coordinates: 45°04′23″N 66°44′34″W / 45.07306°N 66.74278°W | |
| Country |  Canada |
| Province |  New Brunswick |
| County | Charlotte |
| Electoral Districts Federal | New Brunswick Southwest |
| Provincial | Charlotte-The Isles |
| Area | |
• Total | 2.25 km2 (0.87 sq mi) |
| Population (2021)[1] | |
• Total | 291 |
| • Density | 129.3/km2 (335/sq mi) |
| • Pop 2016-2021 |  5.1% |
| • Dwellings | 142 |
| Time zone | UTC-4 (AST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-3 (ADT) |
| Postal code(s) | |
| Area code | 506 |
| Highways |  Route 778 |
Most of the community forms the Local service district of Beaver Harbour, which was established in 1971.[2] It is also a census subdivision of Census Canada. Since the formation of the LSD, the community has expanded past the original boundaries into the LSD of the parish of Pennfield.[citation needed]
In 1866 it had about 30 resident families, and grew to a population of 150 by 1871, the 500 in 1898.[3] As of 2021, the population was 291.[1]
It is the site of the Lighthouse Point Light, originally built in 1875 and subsequently rebuilt. It is a fiberglass tapered cylindrical tower with balcony and lantern.[4]
History
editBeaver Harbour was first settled in 1783 by Quaker loyalists who had fled Pennsylvania as a result of the American Revolution. It became the first settlement in British North America to forbid slavery, with 49 names of families being attached to a founding constitution which barred slave owners from living there.[5][6]
References
edit- ^ a b Government of Canada, Statistics Canada (9 February 2022). "Profile table, Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population - Beaver Harbour, Local service district (LSD) [Designated place], New Brunswick". www12.statcan.gc.ca.
- ^ "Regulation 71-17 under the Municipalities Act (O. C. 71-127)". The Royal Gazette. 129. Fredericton, NB, Canada: 154. 3 March 1971. Filed February 17, 1971.
- ^ "Beaver Harbour". Provincial Archives of New Brunswick. Retrieved 22 June 2020.
- ^ "Lighthouse Point Lighthouse". LighthouseFriends. Retrieved 22 June 2020.
- ^ "N.B. community first in British North America to forbid slavery". Atlantic. 26 February 2015.
- ^ "Beaver Harbour" (PDF). Heritage Charlotte.
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