Bob (Robert Clarence) Nolan was a country singer and songwriter born in Winnipeg in 1908. He was raised in Hatfield Point and moved at 14 to Arizona. He attended the…
Betty Riley a black trailblazing TV producer from Saint John
Betty Riley was a trailblazing television producer from Saint John. She later moved to Montreal and worked as an office supervisor for cable TV. Riley noted that, while there was…
Sarah Emma Edmonds
Would you even remotely consider impersonating and living as a member of the opposite sex—or as a member of a different race? How about doing both at the same time,…
Aida Flemming
Aida Flemming was a Canadian teacher, writer and animal welfare advocate. She founded the Kindness Club and was the wife of Hugh John Flemming, who was Premier of New Brunswick…
Freeman Patterson
Freeman Patterson lives at Shamper’s Bluff near his childhood home. He attended multi-grade (one-room) schools in Grey’s Mills and Long Reach, and high school at Macdonald Consolidated School on the…
Tappan Adney
Tappan Adney (artist, writer, and consultant on Maliseet culture) is most remembered for his part in the preservation of the art of birch bark canoes. This skill he learned over…