Fort Hill Cannons

Posted on May 28, 2020May 14, 2020 by MyNB

Fort Hill Cannons are a pair of 19th century cannon barrels flanking a war monument in front of the Royal Canadian Legion Hall, 4 New Street, St. George. Fort Hill Cannons are designated a Local Histo... Read More

Black Settlement Burial Ground

Posted on May 27, 2018September 2, 2020 by MyNB

During the British occupation of the Chesapeake Bay area in the War of 1812, the British military offered freedom to any slave who fled his American master. Over 400 Black refugees who took up this of... Read More

Fort Beauséjour

Posted on June 12, 2017September 24, 2020 by MyNB

Fort Beauséjour was a large five-star fort on the Isthmus of Chignecto, a neck of land connecting present-day New Brunswick with Nova Scotia. The site was strategically important in Acadia, a French ... Read More

Village of Fredericton Junction

Posted on May 15, 2017September 24, 2020 by MyNB

 The Village of Fredericton Junction was originally named Hartt’s Mills for Thomas Hartt, who established a mill in 1804. It was renamed in 1869 when the European and North American Ra... Read More

104th New Brunswick Regiment

Posted on February 16, 2017April 26, 2020 by MyNB

The British were holding their own along the Niagara frontier during the summer of 1812, but the Americans were planning a major offensive when the campaign season opened in the spring of 1813. The Br... Read More

St. Andrews Blockhouse

Posted on January 30, 2017April 26, 2020 by MyNB

Many blockhouses were built in North America, but few have survived. Why is the St. Andrews Blockhouse still here? When the War of 1812 broke out, the citizens of St. Andrews had little to fear from t... Read More