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145th Poster Contest for Youth, ages 5 -19 years
Theme: The way new settlers lived 145 years ago in New Brunswick Age Categories: A. 5 to 9 years. B. 10 to 14 years. C. 15 to 19 years. Details: 1. Poster must be on one side of ½ regular Bristol Board. 2. Use any technique or medium. 3. Your name must appear on bottom …
Dedication of Melville Church, Kincardine, NB 1878
[The year 2018 marks the 140th anniversary of the Melville Church as well as the 145th anniversary of the Scotch Colony. This newspaper article presented an account detailing the dedication of the Melville Church held on January 1, 1878 at Kincardine, New Brunswick.] Aberdeen Press and Journal January 29, 1878, Tuesday; page 2 The New …
Scotch Colony 145th Celebration August 17, 18, & 19, 2018
Everyone is invited to our Scotch Colony 145th Celebration August 17, 18, & 19, 2018. Scottish food, fun and friends in Kincardine, Lower Kintore, Upper Kintore and Bon Accord, New Brunswick. See ScotchColony.CA for details or our Scotch Colony Facebook Page. Updating: find the full schedule here!
Letter by Rev. Peter Melville, New Kincardine Colony, New Brunswick, Sept. 11, 1877 Published in the Rothesay Chronicle and Buteshire and West Coast Advertiser, Oct. 13, 1877
NEW KINCARDINE COLONY. The following letter written by our former townsman and Parish Church missionary, the Rev. Peter Melville, M. A., B. D., to The New Brunswick Reporter, will be read with interest by his many friends in Rothesay:— Mr. Editor:—You and your readers will be pleased to hear that this Scottish Colony is making …
Letter by David Burns written June 23, 1873, published in The Stonehaven Journal July 31, 1873
NEW KINCARDINESHIRE COLONY. The following letter has been addressed by Mr. David Burns, one of the New Stonehaven colonists, for publication amongst friends in Scotland:— To Members and Friends of New Kincardineshire Colony, resident in Scotland. DEAR FRIENDS,—Before I left our heather land I promised to write at times and give you some account of …
Nine months of Kincardine by a Settler, Edward Bruce of Bannockburn
NINE MONTHS OF NEW KINCARDINE. (By a Settler.) I may say, by way of preface, that I am quite satisfied with the territory myself, its prospects being very good for those able and willing to undertake the clearance of forest land, and possessed of a little capital. In this connection, I may state that many …
Letter Excerpt by David Taylor, April 14, 1873, Stonehaven Journal
Letter by David Taylor dated April 14, 1873, written at Fredericton, New Brunswick; published in Stonehaven Journal, Thursday 08 May 1873 NEW KINCARDINESHIRE COLONY.— On Thurs-last, a letter was received from the Secretary of the new colony, who has gone out to make arrangements for the colonists previous to their arrival, from which we give …
Letter from William Duncan, Stonehaven Journal – Thursday 10 July 1873
Letters from New Kincardineshire, Victoria County, New Brunswick to Scotland NEW KINCARDINESHIRE COLONY. The following letter from a working man to a fellow workman in Stonehaven shows the philosophical spirit with which some persons endure the greatest hardships. It bears a marked contrast when compared with the grumbling epistles of colonists in much easier circumstances:— …
Colony cadastral, interactive version
This is the same combined map from NB Dept of Lands and Mines I had in an earlier post, but now it’s interactive – overlayed on Google Maps. Zoom (controls in lower right) and scroll (drag mouse). Remove overlay for a better view of the underlying satellite photo. It may take a while for the …
Come to Robbie Burns Night, 2018
A bit of piping from last fall:
106th Annual Christmas Concert in the Scotch Colony
Held in Burns Hall, Kincardine, New Brunswick Canada.
Plan of New Kincardineshire 1873 Beckwith Map 110917-1
“Plan of New Kincardineshire containing 25,000 acres / by Charles E. Beckwith, D.L.S. [Deputy Land Surveyor]. – 1873. – 1 sketch : pen and ink. The plan gives the names of the settlers, the number of the lot assigned to each, and the number of acres each received (100 or 200 acres). Rivers, streams, and …
Christmas Past in the Scotch Colony
Jan. 12, 1894, Kincardine Colney [sic], Northern Leader: The Christmas tree which was held in the new hall was a great success. It was estimated that there was over one hundred dollars worth of presents on it. The evening passed very pleasantly with dialogues and recitations until about ten o’clock when tea was passed around …
Colony Featured on Scotland TV documentary
Scotland TV’s The People’s History Show; Episode: The Scots who made Canada “Host David Farrell presents a special episode exploring Scotland’s links to Canada, as the country celebrates its 150th birthday.” On September 27, 2017, David and Ian Hendry (director/camera) interviewed several Scotch Colony folks and videoed scenes at a Burn’s Hall Music Night and …
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