Hartland, New Brunswick

Hartland

Town

Hartland Bridge, with Hartland in the background

Seal

Nickname(s): Home of the World's Longest Covered Bridge

Hartland

Coordinates: 46°17′51″N 67°31′39″W / 46.29742°N 67.52742°W

County

Founded

1813

Incorporated

October 2, 1918

Government

• Type

Town Council

• Mayor

J. Craig Melanson

• Councillors

Travis Dickinson, Tracey D. Demerchant, Wanye D. Britton, Patrick Harris

Area

• Total

9.63 km² (3.72 sq mi)

Elevation

41 to 103 m (134 to 338 ft)

Population (2011)
From Statistics Canada

• Total

947

• Density

98.4/km² (255/sq mi)

• Change 2006-11

0.0%

Time zone

AST (UTC-4)

• Summer (DST)

ADT (UTC-3)

Canadian Postal code

E7P

Area code(s)

506

Telephone Exchange

375

NTS Map

021J05

GNBC Code

DAJRT

Website

http://www.town.hartland.nb.ca

Hartland (2011 population: 947) is a town in Carleton County, New Brunswick, Canada.

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

The first settler in the area of what would become Hartland was William Orser (b.1762) and his son William Jr.^[1] 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.^[2]

The town was named Hartland in 1874, to honour James R. Hartley, a surveyor and MLA.^[3]

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,^[4]^[5] 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.

Disasters

Longest covered bridge, showing pedestrian addition, with ice in the river

Fires

July 15, 1907

An arsonist starts a fire which consumes a large part of the town.^[6] The town is rebuilt.

October 1946

The town's dehydration plant, used to dehydrate potatoes, is destroyed by fire. The adjacent glucose and starch plants are also consumed.^[7]

August 25, 1980

A fire destroys many businesses on Main Street.^[8]

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,^[9] it being a choke point for loose ice.

Notable people

Main article: List of people from Carleton County, New Brunswick

References

↑ Ketchum, T. C. L. (April 2008) [1922]. A Short History of Carleton County, New Brunswick. READ BOOKS. p. 61. ISBN 978-1-4086-9650-7. Retrieved 6 November 2010.
↑ Barter, Samuel G. (1951). "Three". A Short History of the Orser Family. Avondale, New Brunswick.
↑ Hamilton, William B. (1996). Place names of Atlantic Canada (Repr. ed.). Toronto [u.a.]: Univ. of Toronto Press. p. 83. ISBN 0802004717.
↑ Kennedy, Doris E. (2009). "Hartland Salmon Pool". Hidden History of Hartland. pp. 197–210. ISBN 978-0-9813773-0-8.
↑ "Gerry Perkins". Retrieved 18 January 2011. 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.
↑ Kennedy, Doris E. (2009). "The Fire Monday July 15, 1907". Hidden History of Hartland. pp. 20–30. ISBN 978-0-9813773-0-8.
↑ Kennedy, Doris E. (2009). "The Dehydration Plant in Hartland". Hidden History of Hartland. pp. 163, 165. ISBN 978-0-9813773-0-8.
↑ Kennedy, Doris E. (2009). "Fire of August 1980 - Hartland Changes for Ever". Hidden History of Hartland. pp. 170–173. ISBN 978-0-9813773-0-8.
↑ Kennedy, Doris E. (2009). "Floods and Ice Jams". Hidden History of Hartland. pp. 174–178. ISBN 978-0-9813773-0-8.

Town of Hartland Website

Subdivisions of New Brunswick

Subdivisions	Counties Parishes Municipalities Rural communities Local service districts Municipal amalgamations Communities First Nations School districts Regions

Cities	Bathurst Campbellton Dieppe Edmundston Fredericton Miramichi Moncton Saint John

Towns	Beresford Bouctouche Caraquet Dalhousie Florenceville-Bristol Grand Bay–Westfield Grand Falls Hampton Hartland Lamèque Nackawic Oromocto Quispamsis Richibucto Riverview Rothesay Sackville St. Andrews Saint-Léonard Saint-Quentin Shediac Shippagan St. George St. Stephen Sussex Woodstock

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Saint John River Watershed

Tributaries	Allagash River Aroostook River Baker Branch Saint John River Becaguimec Stream Big Black River Birch River Blackwater River Campbell Branch Little Black River River De Chute Daaquam River Fish River Hammond River Jemseg River Kennebecasis River Keswick River Little Black River Little Machias River Little Madawaska River Little River Little Saint Roch River Little Southwest Branch Saint John River Machias River Madawaska River Meduxnekeag River Musquacook Stream Nashwaak River Nerepis River North Branch Birch River North Branch Blackwater River North Branch Meduxnekeag River Northwest Branch Saint John River Oromocto River Red River Saint Croix Stream Saint Francis River Shields Branch South Branch Birch River South Branch Blackwater River South Branch Machias River South Branch Meduxnekeag River Southwest Branch Saint John River Tobique River West Branch Little Black River

Lakes	Baker Lake Beau Lake Chemquasabamticook Lake Churchill Lake Clear Lake Cross Lake Eagle Lake (Allagash R.) Eagle Lake (Fish R.) Fish River Lake Glazier Lake Grand Lake Long Lake Mactaquac Lake Millinocket Lake Mud Lake Munsungan Lake Musquacook Lakes Lake Pohenegamook Portage Lake Saint Froid Lake Saint John Ponds Scopan Lake Square Lake Umsaskis Lake

Towns	Allagash Ashland Blaine Bridgewater Caribou Eagle Lake Easton Edmundston Florenceville-Bristol Fort Fairfield Fort Kent Fredericton Frenchville Grand Bay–Westfield Grand Falls Grand Isle Hampton Hartland Hodgdon Houlton Lac-Frontière Limestone Littleton Madawaska Mapleton Mars Hill Masardis Monticello Nackawic New Limerick Oromocto Perham Perth-Andover Pohénégamook Portage Lake Presque Isle Quispamsis Rivière-Bleue Rothesay Sainte Agatha Saint-Camille-de-Lellis Saint-Cyprien Saint Francis Saint John Saint-Just-de-Bretenières Saint-Léonard Saint-Marcel Saint-Pamphile Saint-Zacharie Stockholm Sussex Van Buren Washburn Westfield Woodstock

Landmarks	Allagash Wilderness Waterway Bangor and Aroostook Railroad Clair–Fort Kent Bridge Edmundston–Madawaska Bridge Florenceville Bridge Fort Kent Hartland Bridge North Maine Woods Reversing Falls Saint John Harbour Bridge Saint John River High Level Crossing Saint Leonard–Van Buren Bridge Tinker Dam Watson Settlement Bridge

Coordinates: 46°18′N 67°31′W / 46.300°N 67.517°W / 46.300; -67.517 (Hartland)

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