Havelock,_New_Brunswick

Havelock, New Brunswick

Havelock, New Brunswick

Canadian rural community in Kings County

This article is about the community. For the geographic parish, former local service district, and rural census subdivision, see Havelock Parish, New Brunswick.

46.000°N 65.317°W / 46.000; -65.317

Havelock
Havelock
Location of Havelock in New Brunswick

Havelock, New Brunswick is a Canadian rural community in Kings County, New Brunswick. Havelock is at the junction of Route 885 and Route 880. There is a small public airport nearby.

The community is situated on a large lime deposit and its extraction has driven the local economy, beginning with a Lafarge cement plant constructed in the 1960s and current mothballed since the early 1990s. Graymont operates a lime quarry and kiln to supply eastern Canada and New England with 300 tonnes per day.

History

See also: History of New Brunswick and List of historic places in Kings County, New Brunswick

Havelock was named after Sir Henry Havelock and was previously known as Butternut Ridge.

Notable people

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

See also


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