The York-Sunbury Historical Society was formed in 1932 in Fredericton, New Brunswick. Major W.G. Clark was the first president. The aim of the Society was "to gather and preserve objects and traditions of historical interest in the region of central New Brunswick, especially the counties of York and Sunbury, and to read and publish papers dealing with the same." A library and museum were begun in the Fredericton Post Office in 1932 and moved to the Officers' Barracks in 1934. The society published "The Officers' Quarterly". The York-Sunbury Historical Society provided the much needed service of collecting and preserving records before the Provincial Archives was established. In 1968 the bulk of their collection was transferred to the Archives. The society is active in 2003.

Alice L. Fairweather was born in Rothesay in 1880, the daughter of Charles Henry Fairweather and Lucille Hall. In the early years of her business life, Alice conducted a kindergarten. She was editor of the Women's Page and reporter for the Saint John Standard and correspondent for 36 years for Canadian Motion Picture Digest. During that period, she was a member of the New Brunswick Board of Motion Pictures Censors and secretary of the Maritime Film Board of Trade. Alice was active in several societies, clubs and organizations including Canadian Women's Press Club, Eclectic Reading Club, Young Women's Patriotic Association, Saint John Council of Women, New Brunswick Historical Society, New Brunswick Loyalists' Society, New Brunswick I.O.D.E., Saint John Hospitality Center, New Brunswick Board of Motion Picture Censors.

The Canadian Expeditionary Force was mostly volunteers, as conscription was not enforced until the end of the war when call-ups began in January 1918 (see Conscription Crisis of 1917). Ultimately, only 24,132 conscripts arrived in France before the end of the war.Canada was the senior Dominion in the British Empire and automatically at war with Germany upon the British declaration. According to Canadian historian Dr. Serge Durflinger at the Canadian War Museum, popular support for the war was found mainly in English Canada. Of the first contingent formed at Valcartier, Quebec in 1914, 'fully two-thirds were men born in the United Kingdom'. By the end of the war in 1918, at least 'fifty per cent of the CEF consisted of British-born men'. Recruiting was difficult among the French-Canadian population, although one battalion, the 22nd, who came to be known as the 'Van Doos', was French-speaking ("Van Doo" is an approximate pronunciation of the French for "22" - vingt deux) Private Joseph Pappin, 130 Battalion, Canadian Expeditionary Force.[3] To a lesser extent, several other cultural groups within the Dominion enlisted and made a significant contribution to the Force including aboriginals of the First Nations, Black Canadians as well as Black Americans.[4] The CEF eventually numbered 260 numbered infantry battalions, two named infantry battalions (The Royal Canadian Regiment and Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry), 13 mounted rifle regiments, 13 railway troop battalions, 5 pioneer battalions, as well as numerous ancillary units including field and heavy artillery batteries, ambulance, medical, dental, forestry, labor, tunneling, cyclist, and service units.A distinct entity within the Canadian Expeditionary Force was the Canadian Machine Gun Corps. It consisted of several motor machine gun battalions, the Eaton's, Yukon, and Borden Motor Machine Gun Batteries, and nineteen machine gun companies. During the summer of 1918, these units were consolidated into four machine gun battalions, one being attached to each of the four divisions in the Canadian Corps.The Canadian Corps with its four infantry divisions comprised the main fighting force of the CEF. The Canadian Cavalry Brigade also served in France. Support units of the CEF included the Canadian Railway Troops, which served on the Western Front and provided a bridging unit for the Middle East; the Canadian Forestry Corps, which felled timber in Britain and France, and special units which operated around the Caspian Sea, in northern Russia and eastern Siberia.

John Owens was a leading member of the Methodist community in Saint John, New Brunswick. He disagreed with the majority of his fellow Methodists in believing that instrumental music was not appropriate for church services. When his fellow trustees of Portland Methodist Church installed an organ, he withdrew and with some like-minded associates, he founded an independent church.

Zion Church on Valley Road, Portland, Saint John opened 25 July 1858. The congregation accepted principles close to Methodism and Presbyterianism. Membership was granted after candidates had been examined by the pastor, made a confession of faith and received a majority of the votes of the congregation. The church had strict guidelines for conduct and members who disobeyed were either suspended or excommunicated by a majority of church members present at a regular meeting. The mode of baptism was decided by individual church members and baptism of infants was left to the parents to decide.

The dedication service in 1858 was conducted by Rev. Dr. Donald, a local Presbyterian minister. The following Sunday, Rev. W.H. Daniels, a preacher connected to the Methodist Episcopalian Church became pastor. A Sunday School was organized 29 August 1858.

On 1 August 1859 Daniels was succeeded by Thomas Smith, a former Methodist preacher. The church was enlarged to accommodate 800 people and a parsonage was built during Mr. Smith's pastorate. In 1861, Rev. Daniels returned to the pastorate and was ordained on 1 September. The ordination service was conducted by Rev. Henry Wilkes, pastor of Zion's Church, Montreal; Rev. R. Wilson, Congregationalist of Sheffield; and Rev. George Stirling of Keswick Ridge. They were assisted by serval ministers of Saint John. In 1863, John Baylis became pastor until 1872.
After the death of John Owen in 1867, the management of the church was transferred to a board of trustees who were authorized to appoint pastors from the Episcopal, Presbyterian, Baptist, Congregationalist or Methodist denominations. No instrumental music was to be permitted. Owens left money to run the church and also an endowment for teaching children music and drawing. Ministers of several different denominations served the church until June 1881 when it was closed.

By an act of Parliament, the church was turned into an art gallery and its endowment used to purchase paintings. When the gallery gailed, legislative authority was given to transfer the paintings to Sackville, where, in 1895, they formed the foundation of the permanent collection of the Owens Gallery at Mount Allison University. The church building was turned over to the Methodists and reopened as a Methodist Church in 1893.
Source: "The interesting life story of Zion Methodist Church", "The Semi-Weekly Telegraph" St. John, N.B., 22 January 1902

The Presbyterian church in New Mills became Zion United Church after the formation of The United Church of Canada in 1925 and was part of the New Mills Pastoral Charge. After the amalgamation of New Mills Pastoral Charge and Dalhousie Pastoral Charge in January 2010, it was decided that the congregation of Chaleur United Church, comprised of the remaining members of the New Mills Pastoral Charge, would use the church building in Nash Creek for their worship services.

La Fouille brayonne a été effectuée dans le cadre d'un projet Perspectives-Jeunesse durant l'été 1971. Le projet fut parrainé par un groupe d'individus voulant relancé la Société historique du Madawaska, inactive depuis plusieurs années. Ce projet avait, entre autres, comme objectifs de susciter l'intérêt pour le patrimoine historique, de découvrir les lieux historiques de la région, de voir à la conservation des témoignages de personnes âgées et d'intéresser la jeunesse à l'histoire locale et régionale. À plus long terme, le projet visait à favoriser la construction d'un musée régional et de promouvoir le tourisme. Le projet s'est déroulé entre le 31 mai 1971 au 27 août 1971. Les étudiants participants à la Fouille brayonne ont rédigé un rapport final de leurs recherches basé en grande partie sur les entrevues menées auprès de personnes âgées. Le projet consistait dans un premier temps à dresser un inventaire des ressources humaines et matérielles, à colliger les informations pour produire une évaluation. Ensuite, classifier les objets et les documents afin d'arriver à l'étape finale qui est de donner une appréciation du projet.

Les racines de la Société des Acadiens du Nouveau-Brunswick (S.A.N.-B.) remonte à la première Convention Nationale des Acadiens à Saint-Joseph de Memramcook en 1881. La S.A.N.-B. a été fondé en 1973 pour des besoins socio-politiques des Acadiens. La population francophone du Nouveau-Brunswick voulait se doter d'un moyen de pression pour protéger et promouvoir la langue française et la culture acadienne. La S.A.N.-B. va donc répondre à ces besoins. En octobre 1979 avait lieu à Edmundston la Convention d'Orientation. Le déroulement et les résultats de cette convention fait ressortir le besoin de restructurer la S.A.N.-B. C'est à sa réunion de janvier 1980 qu'elle se donne pour but de faire participer la population acadienne et de définir un projet collectif acadien, car la S.A.N.-B. ne possédait aucune structure permanente et reconnue pour toutes les régions. Le plus important changement de structure a été le sectionnement du territoire du Nouveau-Brunswick en 15 régions. La S.A.N.-B. est présente dans toutes les régions par l'entremise des conseils régionaux qui travaillent avec leur population respective. Le Conseil provincial est composé de 20 membres dont 15 sont élus par les sections régionales. La relocalisation du siège social de Moncton à Petit-Rocher et la politique de réévaluer le site du siège social à tous les cinq ans s'insèrent dans la restructuration de la S.A.N.-B. La S.A.N.-B. demeurent un organisme provincial représentatif de l'ensemble des acadiens qui reflète les principaux champs d'interventions au cours de la période 1973 à 1985.

Auberge de jeunesse a été effectué dans le cadre d'un projet parrainé par Auberge de jeunesse d'Edmundston. Le projet s'est déroulé au cours du mois d'août 1981. Celui-ci consistait à rassembler de la documentation touristique sur les régions francophones des comtés contigus du Nouveau-Brunswick, du Québec et du Maine en vue de préparer une carte touristique détaillée et descriptive de ces régions.

La ville de Dieppe (Nouveau-Brunswick), anciennement connue sous le nom de Léger Corner jusqu'en 1946, fut incorporée comme ville en 1946. En 1952, Dieppe obtient le statut de petite ville. La majorité de sa population est francophone. Rolande Gallant, auteure du manuscrit, fut à l'emploi de la ville de Dieppe de 1965 à 1996, come secrétaire du greffier.

Edmundston a été incorporé en statut de ville le 31 janvier 1905 sous l'acte d'incorporation des villes du Nouveau-Brunswick. La ville d'Edmundston est devenue la quatrième Cité de la province, le 29 avril 1952 par sanction de la législature provinciale et l'assentiment royal comprenant une population de 10 750 habitants.