Hearts and Hearths history/cookbook [SOLD OUT!] see our new edition

SOLD OUT order our new edition instead! Scotch Colony Hearts and Hearths Stories and recipes from residents and descendants of The Scotch Colony of New Brunswick 1873 Now available!! 221 recipes and stories, 218 pages, 38 historic and contemporary photos! A wonderful keepsake and sure to be cherished by generations to come! Thank you to …

1873 news of the Kincardineshire Colony

From the archives, a transcription of the article from St. John Daily News, Aug. 28, 1873 follows. (Images are for illustrative purposes and were not published in the newspaper originally.) The Kincardineshire Colony New Kincardineshire, August, 23, 1873 “Several rather serious accidents have recently occurred in this settlement, two to workmen from their axes; two, …

Fraser History PowerPoint video

The Fraser family immigrated to the Bonaccord area in 1873. Fraser.mov Click here to view (13 MB) We converted the original powerpoint to video. It may take a while to start. There is no sound and you will need to pause the video to read the text.

Emigration in Family Groups

From the archives as it was published in The Brisbane Courier (Qld: 1864-1933), Wednesday, September 24, 1873, a transcription of the article (no illustrations or photos in the original publication) follows: “The St. John (N. B.) Daily Telegraph contains a full and interesting account of the voyage of the steamer Castalia, and the arrival at …

“Sunday in the Backwoods of Canada”

England and Canada (From an English Correspondent.) Liverpool, 30th April 1873 The Victoria Daily Standard published the article on June 12, 1873. Partial transcription follows: “. . . In respect to Emigration, the season which has just started promises to be the best Canada has ever had. Every steamer is loaded with emigrants of a …

Hot Rolls for Breakfast

From the archives, here is a partial transcription of an article appearing in the newspaper The Glasgow Herald on Monday, April 14, 1873: The New Kincardineshire Emigration Scheme (From a Correspondent.) “In reply to some inquiries respecting the New Kincardineshire County of New Brunswick, recently noticed in the Herald, we may mention that the first …

400 Trees Per Acre

    “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.” …

Inducement for Emigrants

From the archives, “News of the day” in the New Zealand newspaper the Colonist, Volume XVI, Issue 1653, 22 July 1873, Page 3 included this notice: By this mail we (Bruce Herald) have a letter from an old colonist from Laurencekirk, in which he says: –– “Great inducement is at present held out here, by …

An Emigration Experiment

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” lecture by Scottish historian, Lorraine Stewart

“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 …

T-Shirts

We’re thinking about doing some T-shirts. How many and what sizes to you want? We’ll assume it’s not your own size.  

140th Celebration committee meets

Scotch Colony 140th Anniversary committee met recently for a planning session. According to committee chair, Darlene Morton, 2013 is the 140th anniversary of the founding of the Scotch Colony which is located near Perth-Andover and includes the communities of Kincardine, Bon Accord, Lower Kintore and Upper Kintore. The first of almost 600 families started arriving …

50th Anniversary Panorama

This is a link to a very big version of the picture (4.7 MB). It may take a very long time to down load. This was copied from an original print that Garth Farquhar has. I’m trying to think of ways to identify and index individuals. Any suggestions? This is a link to another photo …