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Local service district in New Brunswick, Canada
Beaver Harbour
Local service district
Beaver Harbour in 1920Beaver Harbour in 1920
Beaver Harbour is located in New BrunswickBeaver HarbourBeaver HarbourLocation within New Brunswick.
Coordinates: 45°04′23″N 66°44′34″W / 45.07306°N 66.74278°W / 45.07306; -66.74278
Country Canada
Province New Brunswick
CountyCharlotte
Electoral Districts
Federal
New Brunswick Southwest
ProvincialCharlotte-The Isles
Area
 • Total2.25 km (0.87 sq mi)
Population
 • Total291
 • Density129.3/km (335/sq mi)
 • Pop 2016-2021Increase 5.1%
 • Dwellings142
Time zoneUTC-4 (AST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC-3 (ADT)
Postal code(s)E5H
Area code506
Highways Route 778

Beaver Harbour is a community on the Fundy shore of New Brunswick, Canada.

Most of the community forms the Local service district of Beaver Harbour, which was established in 1971. 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.

In 1866 it had about 30 resident families, and grew to a population of 150 by 1871, the 500 in 1898. As of 2021, the population was 291.

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.

History

Beaver 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.

References

  1. ^ 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.
  2. "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.
  3. "Beaver Harbour". Provincial Archives of New Brunswick. Retrieved 22 June 2020.
  4. "Lighthouse Point Lighthouse". LighthouseFriends. Retrieved 22 June 2020.
  5. "N.B. community first in British North America to forbid slavery". Atlantic. 26 February 2015.
  6. "Beaver Harbour" (PDF). Heritage Charlotte.
Places adjacent to Beaver Harbour, New Brunswick
Justasons Corner Pennfield
Blacks Harbour Beaver Harbour Beaver Harbour
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  • Indian Island 28
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  • Richibucto 15
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  • St. Mary's 24
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