New Brunswick Legends Tapestries – Great Fire of the Miramichi, 1996, Designed by Micheal McEwing, Woven by Ivan H Crowell. (Provincial Archives of New…
Alfred Elsliger (Canadian Virtual War Memorial) Alfred W. Elsliger enlisted with his friends, including my Great Uncle Wilfred Smith, in his little hometown of…
This illustration was published in a tourism brochure Frank Risteen made for the City of Fredericton (for promotional purposes, he bestowed Fredericton with the…
Grand Falls name in Wəlastəkwey is Chik-un-ik’-a-bik, which means “The Destroyer.” The name refers back to the story of a young woman named Malobiannah,…
North Shore teenagers Wilfred (left) and Bobby Smith (right), with brother-in-law Simon Pollack (centre) are all smiles as they pose on the Matepedia Bridge…
This curious early attempt at Photoshop on Miscou Island from the 1930s played up the legend of the GouGou Monster. Centuries earlier, French explorer…
July 10, 2024
1600s and Before •North Shore •Strange Tales •Long Read
Hugh Corkum was the wireless operator of The Liberty, the fastest rum running ship operating in the Maritimes during Prohibition when booze was banned.…
In 1899, a reader of the New Brunswick Magazine wrote in inquiring why Nova Scotians and New Brunswickers were nicknamed “Bluenosers.” Evidently insulted, the…
November 23, 2023
1600s and Before •Forgotten Ruins •Nova Scotia •Long Read
In 1905 New Brunswick's most celebrated naturalist and historian William F Ganong went to the North Shore to personally investigate and get to the bottom…
October 26, 2023
1600s and Before •1900s •North Shore •Strange Tales •Long Read
The crosses on Mount Sugarloaf Provincial Park commemorate a tragedy from a century ago (photo credit: Monica Smart) When approaching Sugarloaf Mountain, just outside…
