The Underground Lake of Albert County
The darkness goes deep in Albert County’s gypsum caves. In 1937, a reporter from the Telegraph-Journal descended into one on a tip from two…
May 19, 2026
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The Ghost of Ryan’s Castle
A ridiculously wealthy and extremely eccentric dentist built a mansion in Hampton, New Brunswick. The ghost said to be guarding a hidden treasure on…
March 31, 2026
1900s Forgotten Ruins Saint John Strange Tales
The Cow, The Well & The Lost Treasure of Jolicure
A bizarre treasure hunt that was later nicknamed "New Brunswick's own Oak Island" kicked off when a cow fell down a mysterious structure on…
October 7, 2025
1800s Forgotten Ruins Moncton
The Mystery Crater
A photo of the "Mystery Crater" in its heyday. (Provincial Archives of New Brunswick) New Brunswick was once home to a quirky popular tourist…
September 1, 2025
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The Mysterious East: The Magazine That Shook Up The Maritimes
The cover of the first ever edition of The Mysterious East — a rebellious 1960s counterculture magazine published out of a Fredericton apartment. With…
June 24, 2025
1900s Forgotten Ruins Fredericton
Roadside Attractions of New Brunswick
You're cruising down a New Brunswick road, windows down, thinking about lunch, when suddenly — there it is. A giant concrete potato, rising out…
June 17, 2025
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Helen Creighton and the Lost Songs of The Maritimes
Celebrated folklorist Helen Creighton (seated far left, with her high-tech portable recorder) spent her life documenting Nova Scotian songs. In the early 1950s, she…
January 14, 2025
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Nova Scotia’s Unsinkable “Ghost Ship,” The Governor Parr
The word “ghost ship” might conjure spectral images of the Victorian era, but a Nova Scotian ghost ship named the Governor Parr was distinctly…
October 9, 2024
1900s Forgotten Ruins Nova Scotia
Burns Monument Marks Scottish Legacy
The unveiling of the Robert Burns statue of Fredericton in 1906 was a watershed moment of Scottish pride in New Brunswick which drew an…
January 22, 2024
1900s Forgotten Ruins Fredericton
What is a “Bluenoser,” anyway?
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
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 Greatest Hits Long Reads Nova Scotia Strange Tales
The Cat Who Stopped A Nazi Prison Break
This circus cat was performing its tricks at a show in Second World War internment camp for Prisoners of War when it suddenly ran…
April 11, 2023
1900s Forgotten Ruins Fredericton War
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
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The Last Disputed Land Between Canada and the United States
The lighthouses of Machias Seal Island, which remains today the only disputed land between Canada and the United States. The tower on the left…
January 5, 2023
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American Bomber Crashes Near Small Town, Locals Rescue Survivor
In 1957 a massive brand new American bomber crashed in a hill side in Perth Andover in freezing weather, and locals immediately went out…
December 31, 2022
1900s Forgotten Ruins War
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 Greatest Hits Long Reads Saint John
The Mysterious Disappearance Of The Creamer Children
In 1906 two young children disappeared from their front lawns in the tiny village of Cape Tormentine. A reporter comes in from the big…
November 17, 2022
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The Residence Ghost
Listen to this story on the Backyard History Podcast! Produced by Jordan Lauzier. On Fredericton’s Waterloo Row stands a sombre grey Victorian mansion called…
October 27, 2022
1900s Forgotten Ruins Fredericton Greatest Hits Strange Tales
On Unceded Land: We Are All Treaty People
Detail of a 1755 map of Nova Scotia. Courtesy of the Boston Public Library On May 12th, 1604, 37-year-old French explorer Samuel de Champlain…
September 30, 2022
1600s and Before Bay of Fundy Forgotten Ruins Nova Scotia PEI Saint John
Rockwood Park: The Coney Island Of The Maritimes
For several years Saint John’s iconic Rockwood Park was turned into a summer fair grounds based on Coney Island, featuring rides, nightly fireworks, bars…
September 16, 2022
1900s Forgotten Ruins Greatest Hits Saint John Strange Tales
Moncton’s Forgotten Labour Day Holiday
Detail of a map of Moncton from 1881, showing the parts of town where the shipyard was where the 1853 labour dispute was avoided.…
September 2, 2022
1800s Forgotten Ruins Moncton
The Atlantic Neptune
Twenty years and ₤100,000 was spent in the 1700s making a monumental book of beautiful maps and pictures of the coasts of North America…
August 19, 2022
1700s Bay of Fundy Forgotten Ruins Nova Scotia
The Mysterious Lake Utopia Medallion
The Lake Utopia Medallion, now found in the New Brunswick Museum N597 In 1863, a recent Scottish immigrant was wandering through the stark and…
August 5, 2022
1600s and Before Bay of Fundy Forgotten Ruins Greatest Hits Strange Tales
Rose Hall: Benedict Arnold’s Fredericton Home
Drawing by Marion Cumming. This drawing is of Rose Hall 2.0, the rebuilt second version of home, after fires destroyed the first one. (Provincial…
July 1, 2022
1700s 1800s Forgotten Ruins Fredericton