thumb|Plan of the Town of Bathurst, New Brunswick as it appeared in November 1828. The Nepisiguit River mouth is off to the right. The community, which up to 1828 had been named St. Peters, was renamed by the governor, Sir Howard Douglas (1823–1831), in honor of Henry Bathurst, 3rd Earl Bathurst (1762–1834), Secretary of State for the Colonies of the British government.
thumb|Plan of the Town of Bathurst, New Brunswick as it appeared in November 1828. The Nepisiguit River mouth is off to the right. The community, which up to 1828 had been named St. Peters, was renamed by the governor, Sir Howard Douglas (1823–1831), in honor of Henry Bathurst, 3rd Earl Bathurst (1762–1834), Secretary of State for the Colonies of the British government.