Southern Victoria County, New Brunswick, Canada
“Not all the promotion focused on the Canadian west. A number of emigrants from the northeast region of Scotland were attracted o New Kincardineshire in New Brunswick in the 1870s. “They said that there was about 40 trees on the acre,” wrote one colonist, “but 400 on the acre is like the thing.” …
News about the establishment of the Scotch Colony was spread around the globe. From the archives, here is a transcript from an article dated July 19, 1873 in a New Zealand newspaper called the Otago Witness. The Scotsman of a recent date says: –– “A special train left Aberdeen on Friday for Glasgow, with 200 …
“The Scotch Colony of New Kincardineshire” (From Kincardineshire to New Kincardineshire 1873) lecture by Scottish historian, Lorraine Stewart. Presented to Stonehaven Heritage Society (Scotland) 28 November, 2012. The audience was about 40-50 and lasted about 50 minutes. New Kincardineshire Colony Talk Lorraine Stewart.mp3. Click here to listen (46.5 MB) This is a very large file …
Memorial Service 26 August 2012 at the church by Cari Grierson It is an honour for me to be asked to do a short history of the Colony for this the Memorial Service. I am not a descendant but my husband Roy, who is, and I have chosen this wonderful community to be our permanent …
Memorial Service to remember the early settlers is to be held at the Melville United Church in Kincardine on August 26 at 11:30 am Can. You will be bagpiped into the service. There will be a lunch at Burns Hall after the service.
August 19th, Upper Kintore United Church will celebrate the early settlers in a Memorial Service to be held at 2:30 pm Can.
The Colony is just small in the lower left. Click on map to see a larger version. I’ve lost the source for this map–possibly New Brunswick Archives. Some tracts are labeled: “Granted 1874” and some others: “To be granted 1875”
This unidentified tintype photograph was found in the old William Duncan and Elizabeth Linton home in Washburn, Maine. If it is a Scotch Colony home, possible families could be Duncan, Cocker, Wilson, or Chapman. The lay of the land appears to be very flat which suggests Bon Accord (was Stonehaven) in Colony. Margaret Rheinlander Chapman was …
Click here to download a PDF file of an article from the magazine: History Today, October, 1987.
Transcript of David Duncan 18/4/73 Stonehaven Notebook A Voyage from Glasgow, Scotland to St. John, New Brunnswick, Canada, on board the screw-steam ship Castalia. Images of the diary pages are here. The original was donated to the Salmon Brook Historical Museum (Washburn, Maine) by David’s granddaughter Sandra Everett. Sandra also took the diary photos and …
This map belonged to Melvin Barclay when it was photographed in the 1980s(?)- Does anyone know the year the map was made or who drew it? This is a link to a slightly larger version to download.
Pioneers, Ploughs, and Politics: New Brunswick Planned Settlements a special online exhibit at the NB Provicial Archives.
…with reports of directors regarding situation, soil, climate, &c, &c., and a statement of conditions concerning free houses, free grants of land, and assisted passages, an online book at Archive.org website (26 pages). The author, Captain William Brown, worked for the Anchor Steamship Line which transported the Scotch colonists to New Brunswick in 1873. Captain …
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