Scotch Colony

Heritage Quilt Show

From Cari Grierson.

Upper Kintore Memorial Service, 21 Aug, 2016

MEMORIAL SUNDAY 2016 by Garth Farquhar Part of our tradition at these Memorial services is to take the flowers up to the graveyard and have the benediction there. When we go up to the graveyard today, the first thing you will notice is how well the grass is mown, that whipper snipping has been done …

Kincardine Memorial Service, 31 July, 2016

• Click here to listen to the Colony Memorial Service from Kincardine, Melville Church Service from Sunday 31 July, 2016, (mp3 audio recording) This annual service celebrates the founding of the Scotch Colony in 1873. The service was led by Rev. Ellen Flemming, a retired minister who served in Plaster Rock, Grand Falls and Riley …

Melville Church Service from 5 June, 2016

• Click here to listen to the Kincardine, Melville Church Service from Sunday 5 June, 2016, (mp3 audio recording) This service was part of the Gathering of the Scots festival in Perth-Andover. The service was led by Cari Grierson. Below is a short video of Darlene Morton piping:

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Our live Facebook Page feed tends to be more up-to-date. The page may be slow to load–maybe we’re too popular. Scroll within the window to see our recent Facebook posts. Scotch Colony If our Facebook feed is doesn’t appear above, please see us on Facebook’s site: www.facebook.com/ScotchColony/ In addition to our Facebook Page, here’s a …

Robbie Burns Night in the Scotch Colony: You’re invited!

Robbie Burns Night in the Scotch Colony! Concert is Friday, 29 January, 2016, at 7:30 at the Burns Hall, Kincardine. Dance follows with the Wednesday Evening Fiddlers. Weather date is the next night, same time. Second performance is Sunday, January 31st at 2:30, with tea afterward. Video is Kimiye Gamblin playing Burns Hall 2013

NEW KINCARDINE COLONY AND WHAT CAME OF IT.

Jean Duncan found and transcribed a great article by William Linton Duncan, originally published in the October 3, 1928, edition of Fort Fairfield Review. He recounts his story of the Colony with many personal details. The transcription, along with photos of the newspaper article, are posted on Jean’s WordPress site: https://scotchcolony1873.wordpress.com/new-kincardine-colony-and-what-came-of-it/ William Linton Duncan is my …

You’re invited to a Scotch Colony Christmas Concert

Monday, December 22 at 7:00pm Burns Hall, Kincardine, New Brunswick.

You’re invited to Scottish dancing lessons, Nov 15, 7pm

Get ready for Burns night! [From Darlene] Hi All, We are having the first dance instructional session at the Burns Hall on Saturday, Nov. 15 at 7. Tim, Anna, Sarah, Isabel and Kinley will be playing. […] We’ll be having one or two more sessions before Christmas. I will teach the first four and may …

Upper Kintore Memorial Service, Aug 31, 2014

Click here to listen to Upper Kintore Memorial Service audio recording

140th Anniversary of “Sidonian” Colonists

The Provincial Archives of New Brunswick provides a list of names and ages of Scottish immigrants who were passengers arriving in St. John, New Brunswick by the Sidonian on May 14, 1874, ending the log with this news item that tells what happened next: “16 May 1874 – Woodstock, N.B., 15th May -The train with …

The Scotch Colony and Burns Night 1919

Published in the Presque Isle, Maine newspaper, Star Herald, Feb. 13, 1919 and is signed at the end of the article by W. L. Duncan Many years ago, to be exact, in 1873, a Scotch sea captain whose ship plied between Scotland and St. John, on occasion of a voyage when he had some time …

40th Anniversary of Rev. Gordon Pringle

Star Herald, Sept. 15, 1932, Washburn, Maine news Here is a report printed in the Presque Isle, Maine newspaper. The fortieth anniversary of Rev. Gordon Pringle’s pastorate at Kincardine colony Presbyterian church, New Brunswick, was observed on Sunday, Sept. 11, at Melville church in the Colony. The Auld Kirk was well filled by Scotch folks …

1873-1874 Passengers Lists

Edited 17 Apr 2014, added Sidonian list (see tabs at bottom of table) This is from a transcription of a 1873 newspaper article. The source is the New Brunswick Archives. http://archives.gnb.ca/Search/NewspaperVitalStats/Details.aspx?culture=en-CA&guid=3368B7DC-A288-4981-AE92-C6FDF1C098EC I have sorted the list alphabetically by last name. Watch out for errors. I imagine this list has been transcribed many times. As we …

Burns Night – Friday, January 24th, 2014, 7:30pm

1. Southern Victoria Pipe Band 2. Choir – There Was A Lad/ The Blackbird (Isabel-piano, Kinley & Bob-guitar) 3. Vanessa Foreman-stepdance (Garold – fiddle, Isabel-piano) 4. Amber Ashworth – Tribute To Robbie Burns 5. Family & Friends – The Cottage Where Burns Was Born 6. Landon & Jaxon Tibbetts – The Canongate 7. Women’s Chorus …