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Besides the cemetery and a small bay, the “Ha Ha” name is applied to the creek draining from Ha Ha or New Horton Lake, which is about a mile north of New Horton, and is about two miles long. Legend has it that the Indians took the “ha ha” from the call of the loons. On calm, summer days you can hear the loons calling there and the small island near the centre of the lake is called, you guessed it, Loon Island".
From Albert County
Interred in the cemetery is John Smith Esq, founder of Albert County, New Brunswick, Justice of the Peace and member of the New Brunswick Legislature, elected to the fourteenth session of the legislature. As a member of the New Brunswick Legislature, he appears to have served just a single term, from 1847 to 1850.
Born March 6, 1784 in Fort Lawrence, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia, Smith passed away August 25, 1871 in New Horton, Albert County, New Brunswick.
Both Smith's headstone and the HA HA Cemetery sign, text from which is below, make note of the fact that Smith was the first representative of Albert County to sit in the New Brunswick Legislature.
HA HA CEMETERY
ESTABLISHED 1800
HERE LIE THE REMAINS OF
JOHN SMITH
FOUNDER & FIRST REPRESENTATIVE
OF THE COUNTY OF ALBERT