This week our post is a video, "Saint John River Valley 1949" produced by the National Film Board. The music for the film was composed by Eldon Rathburn a film composer, pianist, organist, and teacher who was born in Queenstown. Known as…
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 which has been in continual use since its opening over…
Ethel Babbitt
It has been years since Mrs. H.R. (Ethel) Babbitt won the Canadian Ladies’ Singles and Mixed Doubles tennis championship, and yet her accomplishments as a New Brunswick amateur athlete remain unexcelled. Her competitive tennis career began in Fredericton in 1908,…
Loyalist Provincial Burial Ground
On Oct. 8,1783, the first settlers arrived at Fredericton. They were of Dutch origin and try as they may, their efforts to build some shelters were not enough to help most of them pass the hard cold winter and many…