Concert and dance at Burns Hall
The Wednesday Evening Fiddlers had their year-end concert on 9 June, 20112. They also provided music for a dance following the concert. Here are some photos at the WEF site.
Early southwestern Victoria county map (after 1874/before 1875?)
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”
Possible Colony home tintype [updated]
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 …
A Family Affair: Colonizing New Kincardineshire by Marjory Harper
Click here to download a PDF file of an article from the magazine: History Today, October, 1987.
Video of the Gathering: 26 May, 2012, [by Jean Duncan]
Larlee Creek Baptist Church, Kirkin o’ the Tartan, 27 May, 2012
A great service by Rev. Maynard Rector and heavenly music by the Melville United Church Choir. http://www.scottishtartans.org/kirkin.htm The first link of a Google search that tells a history of the Kirkin.
Gathering of the Scots, 25-27 May 2012, Perth-Andover
A beautiful day and a great festival. Held in a new location closer to town, near the Cenotaph. It’s a lovely setting and gives Perth-Andover a nice push as they come back from the devastating spring flood.
140th celebration dates set: 23-25 August, 2013
http://scotchcolony.rivermaple.net/event/140th-anniversery-of-the-1873-founding-of-the-colony/
Sample Cookbook submission [from Cari]
Hi folks: I have been asked to send an example of a submission to the cookbook/history book to help give an idea. Please find attached one I have done for my mother-in-law, Carrie Grierson. Yours can be very different, funny or heartwarming —– just do it! Hope this helps. Write me if you have any …
David Duncan’s 18 April, 1873, Voyage Notebook
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 …
Full-size image of log cabin/animation
Old map of Colony lots (Cadastral)
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.
United Church of Canada in the Colony
The Andover-Kincardine Pastoral Charge has four congregations including the Upper Kintore United Church on the Kintore Road in Upper Kintore and the Melville Church on the Manse Road in Kincardine. The Scotch Colony Brotherhood and United Church Women are organizations of the church community. Music at the Kincardine-Upper Kent Church includes organ, piano, guitar, violin, …
Pioneers, Ploughs, and Politics: New Brunswick Planned Settlements
Pioneers, Ploughs, and Politics: New Brunswick Planned Settlements a special online exhibit at the NB Provicial Archives.
1872 Prospectus of New Kincardineshire Colony of New Brunswick by William Brown…
…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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