St George NB – Pulp Mill | Canadian Family
My family has no connection to St. George, New Brunswick but I was drawn to this spectacular image of this dam and pulp & paper mill. The mill has closed but the building still stands and is apparently a great tourist attraction. Read more »
Moncton, New Brunswick “Main Street and Subway”
Detail: Vintage billboards – Ganong chocolate & Sweet Caporal cigarettes Read more »
Historical wire/cable ferries | St-Leonard N.B. – Van Buren Maine
Transcript:
Dear Amelia,
I rec’d your card before I left St. J. June 21st but was waiting for a letter. I am having a dandy time. Was to the “Cannon Ball” last night. Had’nt heard form Annie since I left St.John. Hope you are well & enjoying yourself. Write soon to your true friend Myrtle Dearton (?)
Historical Notes:
Today Saint Leonard, New Brunswick is connected to Van Buren, Maine by the Saint-leonard-Van Buren (1972) bridge which replaced an earlier bridge (1911), which in its turn replaced the cable ferry which you see above.
Related Posts:
Index Vintage Postcards of New Brunswick
St Basile NB – Wire/Cable Ferry Boat (1915)
Edmunston NB – International Ferry (ca 1907)
Further reading:
Maine Memory Network – International Ferry, Van Buren, ca. 1910
Maine Memory Network – Van Buren to Saint Leonard Bridge
Cotton and Lumber Mills – Nashwaak Marysville, New Brunswick
Marysville is on the site of the original Acadian/Maliseet settlement of Ste-Marie which was destroyed by the British Colonel Robert Monckton in 1758. Today’s Marysville is part of Fredericton, New Brunswick.
Gagetown from the St John River | Early 20th Century
My Acadian ancestors and their Maliseet friends knew this area as Grimross back in the mid 18th century when they were escaping the British. This was where Colonel Monckton’s Rangers tracked down and killed and scalped several Read more »
Edmunston NB – International Ferry (ca 1907)
This is a turn-of-the-20th century postcard depicting the International Ferry at Edmunston, N.B.
It’s part of my small cluster of postcards built around the theme of historical ferries.
Here is the ferry boat enlarged so you can take a closer look at the technology. Read more »
Landry, Alexis, 1793
Ici
repose en paix
le corps d’Alexis Landry decede
le 6 mars 1798
Age de 78 ans
Souvenez vous de ce
qui nous est arrive
la meme chose vous
arrivera. Ce fut hier
notre tour ce sera peut etre aujourdhui
le votre.
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