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Only top-level descriptions Charlotte County Archives Land, settlement and immigration
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Ministers Island

  • CA CCA MC 934
  • Collection
  • 1912-2022

This fonds contains material related to the history of Ministers Island. It includes a transcription of an interview with Wade Veinotte, who used to work on the island, as well as reports, feasibility studies, and development plans related to proposals to turn Ministers Island into a Provincial Park or other cultural resource, essays on the history of the island or the Van Horne family, photocopies of historic publications on the Van Horne family property and Sir William Van Horne, a booklet for an exhibition of paintings by Cathy Ross of artifacts belonging to the Van Horne family on Ministers Island, and transcriptions of original legal documents and correspondence related to the first European occupants of Ministers Island, John Hanson and his family.

Jane Garnett Fonds

  • CA CCA MC 914
  • Fonds
  • 2020

These fonds contain records related to Jane Garnett of St. Stephen, New Brunswick, and currently include a book titled "Loon Bay Lodge: A History & Memoir".

Jane Garnett

The Daily Gleaner

  • CA CCA MC 871
  • Collection
  • 1989-2008

This collection contains a pair of clippings of newspaper articles published in the Daily Gleaner related to the history of New Brunswick. The first article provides an overview of the story of Marie LaTour, while the second article discusses the history of British Home Children in Canada.

The Daily Gleaner

St. Croix Legacy Project

  • CA CCA MC 857
  • Fonds
  • 1995-2005

Material for the endeavors of the St. Croix Legacy Project, including documents for the administration of the project committee, financial documents, correspondence, advertising and marketing media and related material, materials for event programming and organization, and legacy plan and site proposals for an historic site with supporting documents.

Ste-Croix Legacy Committee

Saint Croix Island International Historic Site

  • CA CCA MC 962
  • Collection
  • 1902-2004

This collection contains material related to the Saint Croix Island International Historic Site, including articles and essays on the history of the island, informational documents for the general public on the process of establishing the historic site, programs for special ceremonies held on the island, and plans for the development and management of the historic site.

St. George Centennial

  • CA CCA MC 872
  • Collection
  • 2004

This collection contains a promotional publication for the 100th anniversary of the incorporation of the Town of St. George. St. George was officially incorporated on November 8 1904, and the 100th anniversary of the town included special events and ceremonies as well as 100th anniversary publications.

St. George 100th Anniversary Committee

Jackie Gibson Collection

  • CA CCA 693
  • Collection
  • 1890 - 2003

This collection contains correspondences, documents, photos, and other types of material related to Joseph and Effie Gibson and their descendants. Most of the correspondence in this collection concerns Joe Gibson, a Royal Canadian Air Force pilot and oldest son of Joseph and Effie Gibson. Many photos of him and his crewmates, his letters home from overseas, as well as his schoolwork and notes from leaning how to fly an aircraft are also included in this collection. Several items which concern the affairs of John Gibson, Joe Gibson’s younger brother, can be found in this collection. These include correspondences and legal documents related to the estate of Charlotte Gibson, his sister, as well as an agreement between John Gibson and the Canada Railroad Company concerning interest and his land. Most of the personal items and published material in this collection belonged to John Gibson as well, these include publications related to his position as a volunteer firefighter, reports of organizations he belonged to, maps of the Town of St. Andrews, notes related to his work as a stonemason, and other items.

Gibson Family

United Church

  • CA CCA MC 282
  • Fonds
  • 1910-2003

This fonds contains material related to the history and administration of the United Churches in Charlotte County. Most of the material concerns the Wesley United Church in St. Andrews, but there are also documents on the Leonardville United Church, Grand Manan Methodist Church, Bocabec United Church, Kirk-McColl United Church, St. Stephen Presbytery, and the United Church Women in St. Andrews.

Wesley United Church

Royal West India Rangers

  • CA CCA MC 976
  • Collection
  • ca. 2002

A binder which contains a brief essay on the Royal West India Rangers regiment by Daniel F. Johnson of the Saint John branch of the New Brunswick Genealogical Society, articles on military settlers in New Brunswick, and lists of members of the Royal West India Rangers who were disbanded in New Brunswick. Inserted is a note: "it appears that many surnames on the Royal West India Rangers list are also Charlotte County names or perhaps have connections to them or to this area".

Spinney Family fonds

  • CA CCA MC 511
  • Fonds
  • 1812 - 2000

This fonds consists of the personal papers of the Spinney family, as well deeds and court documents, and flyers, programs, newspapers, scrapbooks, and other gathered by the family (primarily Llewellyn Spinney) relating to local and world events connected to St George and Charlotte County as a whole. The documents particularly relate to the First and Second World Wars, the Eastern Pulp Wood Co., Ford automobiles, businesses of St George, the Utopia Centre, Black's Harbour high school, James Mollison and the American Flyers, church events, the Royal Family, and rum running.

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