Harcourt

Harcourt Parish was formed in 1894. Before that, it was called Weldford. In 1869, the Intercolonial Railway was constructed, and in 1898, a railway station was built in Harcourt.

By 1898, was established as a farming community and lumbering settlement that had 7 stores, 2 hotels, 1 tannery, 1 sawmill, 1 hemlock bark extract factory, 1 carriage factory, 3 churches, and a population of 250.