Hartland, New Brunswick
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| leader_name = Tracey Demerchant
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| established_date2 = October 2, 1918
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| area_code = 506
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Hartland is a town in Carleton County, New Brunswick, Canada.
On 1 January 2023, Hartland annexed all or part of seven local service districts, greatly expanding its area and population.{{cite web |title=Local Governments Establishment Regulation – Local Governance Act |url=https://laws.gnb.ca/en/showfulldoc/cr/2022-50 |website=Government of New Brunswick |access-date=11 January 2023 |date=12 October 2022}}{{cite web |title=RSC 12 - Western Valley Regional Service Commission |url=https://www2.gnb.ca/content/gnb/en/corporate/promo/local-governance/maps/RSC12.html |website=Government of New Brunswick |date=31 January 2022 |access-date=17 January 2023}} The annexed communities' names remain in official use.{{cite press release |title=Proposed entity names reflect strong ties to nature and history |url=https://www2.gnb.ca/content/gnb/en/news/news_release.2022.05.0267.html |location=Irishtown, New Brunswick |publisher=Government of New Brunswick |date=25 May 2022 |access-date=20 January 2023}} Revised census figures have not been released.
Geography
Hartland is situated on the Saint John River in the central-western portion of the province in the agricultural heartland of Carleton County.
History
{{See also|History of New Brunswick|List of historic places in Carleton County, New Brunswick}}
The first settler in the area of what would become Hartland was William Orser (b.1762) and his son William Jr.{{cite book|last=Ketchum|first=T. C. L.|title=A Short History of Carleton County, New Brunswick|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Ylt38MHUW_UC|access-date=6 November 2010|orig-year=1922|date=April 2008|publisher=READ BOOKS|isbn=978-1-4086-9650-7|page=61}} William traveled there from New York with his wife and six children. His wife died of an illness and he remarried to a widow, Mary Blake, who also had six children. The pair later conceived an additional six children. The land was settled in 1797, and granted in 1809.{{cite book|last=Barter|first=Samuel G.|title=A Short History of the Orser Family|url=http://web.ncf.ca/fq443/crca/orsers.htm|year=1951|location=Avondale, New Brunswick|chapter=Three}}
The town was named Hartland in 1874, to honour James R. Hartley, a surveyor and MLA.{{cite book|last=Hamilton|first=William B.|title=Place names of Atlantic Canada|date=1996|publisher=Univ. of Toronto Press|location=Toronto [u.a.]|isbn=0802004717|page=83|edition=Repr.|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UAvyE0pN5akC&pg=PA83}}
It is the hometown of two of New Brunswick's premiers during the 20th century: Hugh John Flemming and Richard Hatfield. U.S. Congressmen Isaac & Samuel Stephenson and Prince Edward Island's Lieutenant-Governor Barbara Oliver Hagerman are also from Hartland. Renowned Canadian poet Alden Nowlan also lived in the town for several formative years while working for the Hartland Observer newspaper.
The town is best known for being the site of the Hartland Bridge, the longest covered bridge in the world. Originally opened on July 4, 1901, the 1,282 foot (390.75 m) bridge is a national historic site. The bridge was covered as part of major repairs in 1921, and the pedestrian walkway added in 1945.
Prior to the building of the Mactaquac Dam, Hartland was also famous for its salmon pools,{{cite book|last=Kennedy|first=Doris E.|title=Hidden History of Hartland|year=2009|isbn=978-0-9813773-0-8|pages=197–210|chapter=Hartland Salmon Pool|publisher=Doris E Kennedy }}{{cite web|url=http://www.salmonflies.com/nbflytyers/geraldperkins.htm|title=Gerry Perkins|access-date=18 January 2011|quote=With the installation of the Mactaquac Dam, it reduced the salmon fishing on the Saint John River in Hartland to nothing more than a wasted effort for the angler.|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110715232613/http://www.salmonflies.com/nbflytyers/geraldperkins.htm|archive-date=15 July 2011}} located slightly upstream of the Hartland Bridge.
Hartland is the headquarters of the North American trucking company Day & Ross, itself a subsidiary of McCain Foods, as well as home to the New Brunswick Bible Institute.
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Demographics
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Hartland had a population of {{val|933|fmt=commas}} living in {{val|374|fmt=commas}} of its {{val|390|fmt=commas}} total private dwellings, a change of {{percentage|{{#expr:933-957}}|957|1}} from its 2016 population of {{val|957|fmt=commas}}. With a land area of {{convert|9.5|km2|sqmi|abbr=on}}, it had a population density of {{Pop density|933|9.5|km2|sqmi|prec=1}} in 2021.{{cite web | url=https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/t1/tbl1/en/tv.action?pid=9810000203&geocode=A000213 | title=Population and dwelling counts: Canada, provinces and territories, census divisions and census subdivisions (municipalities), New Brunswick | publisher=Statistics Canada | date=February 9, 2022 | accessdate=February 21, 2022}}
Disasters
=Fires=
July 15, 1907
An arsonist started a fire which consumed a large part of the town.{{cite book|last=Kennedy|first=Doris E.|title=Hidden History of Hartland|year=2009|isbn=978-0-9813773-0-8|pages=20–30|chapter=The Fire Monday July 15, 1907|publisher=Doris E Kennedy }}{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/7997857/incendiary_fire_at_hartland_nb/|title=Incendiary Fire at Hartland, N.B.|work=The Ottawa Journal|date=16 Jul 1907|page=12|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=25 December 2016}} The town was rebuilt.
October 24, 1946
The town's dehydration plant, used to dehydrate potatoes, was destroyed by fire.{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/7998157/300000_fire_wipes_out_potato/|title=$300,000 Fire Wipes Out Potato Dehydration Plant|work=The Ottawa Journal|date=25 Oct 1946|page=24|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=25 December 2016}} The adjacent glucose and starch plants were also consumed.{{cite book|last=Kennedy|first=Doris E.|title=Hidden History of Hartland|year=2009|isbn=978-0-9813773-0-8|pages=163, 165|chapter=The Dehydration Plant in Hartland|publisher=Doris E Kennedy }}
August 25, 1980
A fire destroyed many businesses on Main Street.{{cite book|last=Kennedy|first=Doris E.|title=Hidden History of Hartland|year=2009|isbn=978-0-9813773-0-8|pages=170–173|chapter=Fire of August 1980 - Hartland Changes for Ever|publisher=Doris E Kennedy }}
=Floods=
Being built close to the Saint John River, the town is usually affected by the annual spring freshet. Ice jams threaten the Hartland Bridge,{{cite book|last=Kennedy|first=Doris E.|title=Hidden History of Hartland|year=2009|isbn=978-0-9813773-0-8|pages=174–178|chapter=Floods and Ice Jams|publisher=Doris E Kennedy }} it being a choke point for loose ice.
Notable people
{{Main|List of people from Carleton County, New Brunswick}}
See also
References
- [http://www.town.hartland.nb.ca/ Town of Hartland Website]
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Category:Communities in Carleton County, New Brunswick
Category:Towns in New Brunswick
Category:New Brunswick populated places on the Saint John River (Bay of Fundy)