Starting as a drummer-boy in the 74th Regiment, Robert Gowan eventually became a banker, journalist, and civil servant. After entering civilian life as an accountant for a lumber merchant and…
Willow Grove
During the War of 1812, while the British controlled the Chesapeake Bay region, they promised freedom to any enslaved individual who fled from their American masters. Capitalizing on this, over…
St. Andrew’s Anglican Church Doaktown
St. Andrew’s Anglican Church, is located on Main Street in the Village of Doaktown. This wooden building was completed in 1892. Bishop John Medley, New Brunswick’s first Anglican Bishop, was…
Saint Mary’s Anglican Church Hillsborough
Saint Mary’s Anglican Church Hillsborough is historically significant as a symbol of the development of the Anglican Church. Throughout the British colonial empire, being affiliated with the Church of England…
St. Peter’s Anglican Church
St. Peter’s Anglican Church in Fredericton was constructed in 1837 and opened for worship around Christmas time in 1838. The church is the oldest church building, of any denomination, in the Fredericton area…
Codys
Codys is located t in Queens County on the banks of Washademoak Lake and was named after the United Empire Loyalist Cody Family. Hiram Cody was born in Codys,…
St. Alban’s Anglican Church – Riverside-Albert
St. Alban’s Anglican Church in Riverside-Albert, established in 1907, stands as a testament to the resilience and faith of the community. It was erected in the wake of the tragic…
St. Michael The Archangel Church
Church history was made on Grand Manan on September 4, 1949 when the first Bishop, the Most Reverend B.A. Bray, Bishop of Saint John celebrated the first mass in St. Michael…