This Friday & Sunday: Robbie Burns Night in the Scotch Colony: You’re invited!

Friday, January 25, 2019 at the Burns Hall in Kincardine at 7:30 PM
Cost – $8 for Adults, $5 for Students
Followed by a Dance with The Wednesday Evening Fiddlers
STORM DATE – Saturday, January 26, 2019 at 7:30 PM
Second Performance on Sunday, January 27, 2019 at 2:30 PM. Cost is by Donation.

145th Concert, 17 Aug 2018

This is the full 145th concert from last summer.
A good warm-up for the upcoming Burns Night Concert:
(Friday, 25 Jan 2019, 7:30pm &
Sunday, 27 Jan 2019, 2:30pm
at Burns Hall, Kincardine)
and a good watch while the snows blow this weekend.
2 hours long!


 

Scotch Colony 145th Anniversary T-Shirts

Scotch Colony 145th T-Shirt

Cotton, short-sleeved.
Dark blue with light blue printing.
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Music CD! “Robbie Burns Night in the Colony” recorded live at Burns Hall, Kincardine

“Robbie Burns Night in the Colony” CD Cover. 140 Years of Tradition in the Scotch Colony, New Brunswick, Canada. Burn’s Hall on a January night c.2013.

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“Hearts & Hearths: Stories and Recipes” cookbook and personal histories (145 anniversary edition) NEW


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Scotch Colony Hearts and Hearths
Stories and recipes from residents and descendants of The Scotch Colony of New Brunswick, 1873

Additional recipes and stories, new format, with historic and contemporary photos! A wonderful keepsake and sure to be cherished by generations to come!

Thank you to our many kind contributors for sharing their stories and recipes! The cover photo celebrates the 140th anniversary of the Melville Church in 2018. Continue reading

“New Kincardineshire” –a book of early Scotch Colony stories. New Edition!

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New Kincardineshire: An Intimate History of the Early Years of a Scottish Settlement in New Brunswick, by Duncan Archibald MacPhail, MBE. is a newly reprinted edition, 135 pages with several illustrations and tables.

Originally published in 1977, this entertaining history of the Scotch Colony has been out of print for many years. Used copies are commanding high prices. (Harry E Bagley Books Ltd in Fredericton may have some first edition copies.) All of our Colony cousins will love the stories in this perfect-bound book.

We have tracked down Peter and Susan MacPhail, the children of the author, and been granted permission to reprint this second edition.

"New Kincardineshire" Table of Contents.

“New Kincardineshire” Table of Contents.

"New Kincardineshire" Table of Contents.

“New Kincardineshire” Table of Contents.

About the author

Duncan Archibald MacPhail

Duncan Archibald MacPhail, M.B.E.

Born in Kincardine, New Brunswick, on June 20, 1909, Duncan Archibald MacPhail grew up in the region about which this book is written. He attended school in Bon Accord and Andover and eventually Mount Allison University.

Duncan married Jean Estey from Wicklow, N.B., in 1939. He spent the war years overseas, rising to the rank of Major in the Canadian Army Forestry Corps and being awarded an MBE for his service. Following his return home in 1945, the couple had two children, Susan and Peter.

After the war Duncan worked two years helping organize the Maritime Forest Rangers School in Fredericton. He spent the rest of his career in Quebec, working in the woodlands division of the Canadian International Paper Company. Duncan and Jean eventually retired in Ottawa in 1972.

Duncan always loved to read and write, so upon his retirement, it seemed natural to begin researching the history of the Scottish Settlement of his ancestors, among the early pioneers of the Kincardine area. Eventually, in 1977, Duncan published the book New Kincardineshire. The fact that this book, a second edition of his original, is now being published would have given him a long, satisfied smile.

135 pages
Length 9″/229mm
Width 6″/152mm
Height .375″/10mm
Weight 9 Ozs/238 g
Paperback, perfect binding
Printed in Canada

Copyright 2018, Peter Estey MacPhail and Susan MacPhail
Published and Distributed by ScotchColony.ca

Thanks to Peter and Susan MacPhail, and the family members who helped track them down, for making this book available again.

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Also available at Nissan’s Market (map link) in Perth-Andover. (Thank you!)

“A History of the Scotch Colony: 1873-1998” (125 anniversary edition)

125 anniversary book, A History of the Scotch Colony: Victoria County, New Brunswick. (1873-1998)

154 pages
Length 9″/229mm
Width 6″/152mm
Height .375″/10mm
Weight 9 Ozs/238g
Paperback, perfect binding
Many photos
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Table of contents.

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Crown Land Grant Reference Map Viewer

This is the actual Crown Grants Reverence Map viewer embedded here on this page. Click the “agree to the above terms…,” then click “OK.” (map is centred on Upper Kintore?–drag map): 

If this doesn’t work, here’s the web link:

http://geonb.snb.ca/GRP/index.html

The underlying Bureau of Lands and Mines lot-map (cadastral) images of the Colony are a little different than other versions I’ve seen (I’ve seen six or seven versions so far).

When you zoom in on the map, you can see the modern subdivisions. You can change the underlying map to reveal aerial photos (these are different photos than on Google Maps) instead of the old paper maps.

Click on the yellow grant reference points to see the lot number, date of the grant, and the full name of the grantee. The grant number can be cross-referenced with the “Index to New Brunswick Land Grants, 1784 – 1997 (RS686)” at PANB: https://archives.gnb.ca/Search/RS686/Introduction.aspx?culture=en-CA. Click on “Search Page” link to enter the grants database.

Here is a screen shot (of an older version of viewer) showing a zoomed-in view of just the Colony area. All of New Brunswick is included on their map:

This map viewer is superior to what I have been trying to do with our Scotch Colony Google Map, because it shows lot lines and subdivisions. However, one nice thing about Google Maps is that you can navigate to any point using your cell phone/device with the Google Maps app. (After you view the Scotch Colony Google map, you should find it listed in your “Saved”: “Maps.”)

Of course, cell reception is spotty in most of the Colony so it is best to download our Scotch Colony Google Map to your mobile device and add your own points of interest (on top of our points of interest). The mobile device’s GPS capabilities should help you navigate when you’re out of cell range.

Please respect local landowners.

Another interesting online map is the SBN Property Assessment Online https://paol.snb.ca/paol.html?v=1.0.47&lang=en