The Mysterious Lost and Found Diary of the Tobique
A mysterious Englishman sailed to New Brunswick in the 1850s. His name and his fate are unknown. All that remains of him is his…
February 18, 2025
1800s North Shore Strange Tales Long Read Popular
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The Candy Killer: The Serial Killer Who Stalked Saint John
Terror gripped the gritty streets of Saint John in 1889. The city had its very own serial killer — but this murderer didn’t use…
August 27, 2024
1800s Saint John Long Read Popular
Message In A Molasses Barrel
The author with a reproduction of the molasses barrel, called a ponchon, which sailed from the Iles de la Madeleine to Cape Breton to…
February 11, 2024
1900s Strange Tales Long Read Popular
The Second Halifax Explosion
On 18 July 1945, an ammunition barge blew up at the Naval Magazine jetty on Bedford Basin. Fire spread quickly to piles of ammunition.…
November 19, 2023
1900s Nova Scotia War Long Read Popular
The World’s Worst Nazi Spy
On the moonless night of November 9th, 1942, during the Second World War, a German U-Boat lay in the Bay de Chaleurs, watching through…
September 15, 2023
1900s Strange Tales War Long Read Popular
The Saxby Gale Was Predicted A Year Before Devastating Maritimes
A tapestry titled ‘The Saxby Gale’ from the ‘New Brunswick Legends’ series, designed by Michael J. McEwing and woven by Ivan H. Crowell. (Provincial…
June 20, 2023
1800s Bay of Fundy Moncton Nova Scotia Strange Tales Long Read Popular
The REAL Klondike Kate
A Tale of Two Kates: Catherine Ryan (left) would be one of the first women to arrive to the Yukon in the Gold Rush.…
May 23, 2023
1900s Women Long Read Popular
Principality Of Outer Baldonia, Nova Scotia’s Whimsical Kingdom
In 1949, a little Canadian island off of the coast of Nova Scotia declared itself to be its own country. Calling itself The Principality…
May 6, 2023
1900s Bay of Fundy Forgotten Ruins Nova Scotia Strange Tales Long Read Popular
Giant Squid Attacks in Newfoundland
The Vikings called it the Kraken. The Bible called it Leviathan. But today we think these fearsome, mysterious sea monsters were giant squids. By…
April 23, 2023
1800s Newfoundland Strange Tales Long Read Popular
When The Fascist Italian Air Armada Came To Town
This propaganda poster by Fascist Italy shows the route of the Italian Air Armada's fleet of 24 flying boats as they crossed the Atlantic…
February 2, 2023
1900s Moncton War Long Read Popular
Nova Hollandia: When The Maritimes Were A Dutch Colony
We’re always taught in school that ever since European colonists arrived in what is now Canada, that it was always a colony of either…
January 11, 2023
1600s and Before Bay of Fundy Forgotten Ruins Nova Scotia Strange Tales War Long Read Popular
Secret Diary Written In The Lunatic Asylum
The Saint John Lunatic Asylum where Mary Huestis Pengilly stayed in 1883. While there she kept a secret diary and recorded what it was…
December 1, 2022
1800s Forgotten Ruins Saint John Long Read Popular