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The Murder of Timothy McCarthy

For decades, Acadian singers would open a long, mournful ballad with those words in the song called “Le Meurtre de Timothy McCarthy,” which means…

1800s Moncton Women Long Read

The Story Behind ‘Farewell to Nova Scotia’

‘Farewell to Nova Scotia’ is a Maritimes anthem that has been performed by everyone from Stan Rogers to Stompin' Tom Connors; from Anne Murray…

1900s Nova Scotia Women Long Read Popular

The Woodman’s Ghost

A crew of woodsmen pause for a photo deep in the forest, axes in hand and snow at their feet. What they did out…

1800s North Shore PEI Long Read

The Dorchester Penny Train Crash

One hundred and twenty nine years ago, New Brunswick suffered what was initially called a “terrible catastrophe” and its worst ever train wreck, leaving…

1800s Moncton Long Read Popular

The Curse of the Anna Currier

A ship drifted ashore near St. Martins in January 1884, her crew missing and her cargo untouched. The mystery of what happened aboard the…

1800s Bay of Fundy Strange Tales Long Read

How Was Magnetic Hill Discovered?

Magnetic Hill has been a New Brunswick icon since the 1930s and grew into a full attraction with a gift shop, zoo, water park,…

1900s Moncton Long Read Popular

The Hero of Priestman Street

Fredericton’s Bryan Priestman survived two world wars — only to lose his life on Remembrance Day, trying to save an eight-year-old boy. (Provincial Archives…

1900s Fredericton War Long Read Popular

The Great Fire of Miramichi

New Brunswick Legends Tapestries – Great Fire of the Miramichi, 1996, Designed by Micheal McEwing, Woven by Ivan H Crowell. (Provincial Archives of New…

1800s North Shore Long Read

The First Ever Murder in Moncton

Headlines from 1892 announcing that, after 220 years, Moncton had its first ever murder. It started with a North Shore break-in. Then another. Then…

1800s Moncton Long Read

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…

1900s Forgotten Ruins Strange Tales Long Read Popular

Comedy on the Rocks: A Maritime Tale of Ice and Improv

A map of Pictou Island in 1879, from the book "Illustrated Historical Atlas Of Pictou County Nova Scotia." Pictou Island, Nova Scotia, is so…

1900s Nova Scotia Strange Tales Long Read Popular

Malobiannah and The Destroyer: The Heroine of Grand Falls

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,…

1600s and Before War Women Long Read Popular

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…

1800s North Shore Strange Tales Long Read Popular

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…

1900s Bay of Fundy Forgotten Ruins Women Long Read Popular

The Hate Preacher

Nicknamed "The Travelling Peace Breaker," New Brunswicker L. J. King left the province after Saint Johners tried to throw him off a cliff, but…

1800s Saint John Long Read

Nova Scotia’s Queen of the Bootleggers: Amy Mason

During Prohibition when booze was banned, reluctant liquor control officer Clifford Rose found himself in the middle of a dispute between a corrupt politician…

1900s Nova Scotia Rum Runners Women Long Read

Painless Parker, Renegade Dentist

A popular postcard from the early 1900s mocking the claim that dentistry could be painless (Telegraph-Journal) Step into the world of dentistry's most controversial…

1900s Bay of Fundy Strange Tales Long Read
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