When Oscar Wilde Was Heckled In Fredericton
On October 5th, 1882, Oscar Wilde arrived in Fredericton to kick off his tour of The Maritimes. To call the city’s reaction to him…
July 21, 2026
1800s Fredericton
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Duffy’s Hotel: The Wildest Hotel in New Brunswick
“If you're longing for fun and enjoyment Or inclined to go out on a spree, Come along with me over to Boiestown On the…
April 21, 2026
1800s Fredericton Long Read
The Strange Journey of Louisa Journeaux
When 22-year-old Louisa Journeaux stepped into a rowboat one quiet Sunday evening, she couldn’t have imagined that the whole world would hear about it.…
March 24, 2026
1800s Newfoundland Long Read
The Night The Crocodiles Attacked
A Fredericton Commando’s Second World War Victory Had The Japanese On The Run. Then Came The Crocodiles. Frederictonian Bruce Wright’s (left) idle daydreaming during…
March 17, 2026
1900s Fredericton Strange Tales War Long Read
Kethro The Barber’s Curious Singing Career
One of the oldest photos of Fredericton’s Christ Church Cathedral, taken in 1857. Ten years after this photo was taken, the letters of British…
February 16, 2026
1800s Fredericton Strange Tales Long Read
New Years A Century Ago
One hundred years ago, Maritimers rang in the New Year with optimism, oddball traditions, and a world on the brink of change (Provincial Archives…
December 30, 2025
1900s Christmas Fredericton Saint John Long Read
The Forgotten Christmas Traditions of Old New Brunswick
Many of our beloved holiday traditions are surprisingly young. For example the old Loyalists would have been baffled at what a tree was doing…
December 9, 2025
1700s Christmas Long Read
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…
November 7, 2025
1900s Fredericton War Long Read Popular
My Classmate Who Never Came Home
Colin Wilmot's photo in our high school yearbook. Back in high school, I sat next to a warm, funny, kind-hearted soul named Colin Wilmot.…
November 4, 2025
1900s Fredericton War Long Read
The Great Fredericton Fire
This tapestry depicting the Great Fire of Fredericton today hangs in Fredericton's City Hall, in the council chambers. (Or, at least it did when…
September 23, 2025
1800s Fredericton Long Read
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 Long Read
The Wreck of the Martha
Loyalists had to endure unimaginable hardships to make it to the safety of New Brunswick, and not all made it. One ship of refugees…
June 10, 2025
1700s Bay of Fundy Saint John War Long Read
The Search For Lost Boy Albert Smythe
A collection of headlines from newspapers about the serch for missing child Albert Smythe in 1922. Today, a missing child is a huge deal.…
June 3, 2025
1900s Fredericton Long Read
The First Murder in New Brunswick
New Brunswick’s first-ever murder took place in 1784, only two months after the province was created. The murder weapon was an ordinary table fork.…
May 13, 2025
1700s Bay of Fundy Saint John Strange Tales Women Long Read
The Night Fredericton’s Bridge Floated Away
Fredericton experienced a harrowing day of severe flooding that seemed to come out of nowhere with shocking speed in 1936, only to recede just…
April 22, 2025
1900s Fredericton Long Read
How a New Brunswick Inventor Revolutionized the Seas
A drawing of the Reindeer, New Brunswick inventor Benjamin Tibbits famous pride and joy. The important part was what was inside: the compound steam…
March 18, 2025
1800s Fredericton Long Read
Terror From The Deep: The Giant Squid That Shocked The World
Tom Picot watched idly as an ominous, large, dark spot passed under the tiny fishing boat he and his father were aboard near Bell…
March 11, 2025
1800s Newfoundland Strange Tales Long Read
The Found Love in a Time of Hate
Amidst the chaos of the Second World War, love blossomed between a young man and a young woman who met at a dance contest.…
February 11, 2025
1900s Fredericton War Women Long Read
The Canadian Sailor Who Witnessed Lincoln’s Assassination
A young sailor from Fredericton was on shore leave in Washington DC on April 14th, 1865. He spontaneously decided to see a play at…
February 4, 2025
1800s Fredericton Strange Tales War Long Read
The Rise, Fall and Redemption of Bob Bartlett, Polar Explorer
Newfoundlander Bob Bartlett (right) and famous explorer Robert Peary (left) were a dynamic duo of Arctic exploration who faced triumph and controversy in their…
January 7, 2025
1900s Newfoundland Long Read
Hector The Mischievous Bulldog
A sketch Juliana Horatia Ewing included in the letters she wrote while in Fredericton to her family in England of a canine character she…
December 3, 2024
1800s Fredericton Strange Tales Long Read
Prince Charles and Johnny Cash Met in a Maritimes Locker Room
The story behind this iconic photo of Prince Charles and Johnny Cash in a Fredericton locker room. (Provincial Archives of New Brunswick P733-4) Fredericton…
November 26, 2024
1900s Fredericton Strange Tales Long Read Popular
ANNOUNCEMENT: Book 3 ‘Rebellious Women In The Maritimes’ Is Out!
I’m thrilled to announce the launch of my new book, Backyard History: Rebellious Women in the Maritimes! This one’s for all of you who…
November 13, 2024
1600s and Before 1700s 1800s 1900s Women Long Read
The Man Who Was Hanged On The Gallows He Built
A remarkable tale of dastardly murder, daring escape, and disastrously bad luck in the earliest days of New Brunswick is so (in)famous that it…
October 15, 2024
1700s Bay of Fundy Strange Tales Long Read