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District rural de Kent

This City map of District rural de Kent shows the roads, paths, and places within a rural district in Northumberland County, New Brunswick, Canada. The district lies in the northeastern part of the province, where settlements, forested land, waterways, and coastal environments extend between the Northumberland Strait and the interior of the county. OpenStreetMap records two municipalities and one subregion within the mapped area, including the parishes of Carleton and Hardwicke and Kouchibouguac National Park of Canada. The region is connected with the broader Kent County landscape, although its administrative location is in Northumberland County.

District rural de Kent – Facts

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Paroisse de Carleton

Paroisse de Carleton is a parish in New Brunswick, Canada, recorded as an administrative level 8 area within District rural de Kent. Its territory belongs to Northumberland County and is situated in the rural northeastern part of the province, where roads connect dispersed settlements with forest and wetland areas. The parish is part of the wider landscape associated with the Northumberland Strait and the Kouchibouguac region.

The name Carleton also appears in other New Brunswick place names, so the parish is identified on this map through its position inside District rural de Kent and Northumberland County. Nearby protected land includes Kouchibouguac National Park of Canada, whose rivers, lagoons, bogs, and barrier beaches form a major natural feature of the surrounding region.

Paroisse d'Hardwicke

Paroisse d'Hardwicke is a parish of New Brunswick, Canada, mapped as an administrative level 8 subdivision of District rural de Kent. It is located in Northumberland County on the northeastern side of the province, in a rural area shaped by forests, small settlements, and waterways flowing toward the Northumberland Strait. The parish belongs to the same coastal and inland geographic setting as Kouchibouguac National Park.

Hardwicke Parish is associated with the rural coastal zone of northern New Brunswick, where the landscape includes low-lying wetlands and river corridors rather than large urban centres. The mapped roads and places provide connections between the parish, neighbouring parts of Northumberland County, and protected areas farther west around the Kouchibouguac River system.

Kouchibouguac National Park of Canada

Kouchibouguac National Park of Canada is an administrative level 9 area within District rural de Kent and lies in Northumberland County, New Brunswick. The national park was established in 1969 and covers approximately 239 square kilometres on the province's northeastern coast. Its landscape includes the Kouchibouguac River, the Kouchibouguacis River, salt marshes, bogs, lagoons, estuaries, and barrier islands along the Northumberland Strait.

The park is known for the large lagoon system formed behind its barrier beaches and for habitats used by species such as the endangered piping plover. Kouchibouguac also preserves Mi'kmaq cultural history and Acadian settlement landscapes, while the park's administrative boundary forms the distinct protected subregion shown on this map.

Data sources: OpenStreetMap (ODbL), Wikidata (CC0)