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  Encyclopedia: Saint John, New Brunswick
Saint John is the largest city in the province of New Brunswick and the oldest incorporated city in Canada.
The New Brunswick Southern Railway (NBSR) is a 84 mile railway operating in New Brunswick between Saint John and the Canada-U.S. border at McAdam.
Bathurst (2001 population 12,924) is a city at the mouth of the Nepisiguit River on the Baie des Chaleurs in Gloucester County in northeastern New Brunswick, Canada.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Saint-John,-New-Brunswick   (7743 words)

  
 Information about New Brunswick -- information
New Brunswick sells substantial amounts of electricity to other provinces and to the U.S. The largest thermal plant is found at Belldune, the biggest hydroelectric station at Mactaquac, and the lone nuclear installation at Point Lepreau, on the Bay of Fundy.
New Brunswick, with an area of 73,440 sq km (28,355 sq mi), is the eighth largest province in Canada; approximately 2% of the land area is owned by the federal government.
New Brunswick is represented in the Parliament of Canada by ten senators, appointed for life by the federal government, and ten elected members of the House of Commons.
new-brunswick.net /new-brunswick/overview.html   (3272 words)

  
 General Travel, New Brunswick Canada
New Brunswick's crest of an Atlantic salmon leaping from within a coronet of gold maple leaves and bearing on its back St. Edward's crown, is located over the shield and rests on a gold royal helm.
New Brunswick's official bird is a small, tame acrobat distinctly patterned with a combination of fl cap and bib with white cheeks and buff sides.
New Brunswick is a province with a diverse and fascinating cultural heritage.
new-brunswick.net /new-brunswick/gentravel.html   (3048 words)

  
 Alfred Bailey - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Born in Quebec City, Quebec, the son of Loring Woart and Ernestine Valiant (Gale), he received his Bachelor of Arts degree in 1927 from the University of New Brunswick and his Master of Arts in 1929 and Doctorate in 1934 from the University of Toronto.
From 1938 to 1969, he was head of the University of New Brunswick history department.
From 1946 to 1964, he was the first Dean of Arts at University of New Brunswick and from 1965 to 1969, he was Vice President (Academic).
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Alfred_Bailey   (238 words)

  
 YNA
The presence of DDT in prey eaten by peregrines "led to a buildup of residues in body tissues" (New Brunswick Museum, 1999).
The New Brunswick population stopped breeding for a period of 20 to 30 years.
In Fundy National Park, in New Brunswick, peregrine falcons were reintroduced in an effort to stimulate a growth in population numbers and to encourage a resumption of breeding activity in the province.
www.amnh.org /nationalcenter/youngnaturalistawards/2004/jessica1.html   (1327 words)

  
 Ruby M Cusack - New Brunswick Museum - Genealogical Material
In 1987, some genealogical records were transferred to the Saint John Regional Library from the library and archives of the New Brunswick Museum.
The majority of the museums archival and library holdings have been entered into the database, and for more archival collections, there are finding aids.
The museum is one of the few archival institutions that has records in electronic format.
www.rubycusack.com /issue13.html   (573 words)

  
 The New Brunswick Museum   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-12)
In New Brunswick, the Peregrine Falcon has been observed throughout the province, but is most frequently seen along the lower Saint John River valley, the Fundy coast and Grand Manan.
In New Brunswick Peregrine migration peaks during the first two weeks of May and the first two weeks of October, with birds moving largely along coastal areas and large river valleys.
New Brunswick nesters return to the province during the latter part of March or early April.
www.gov.nb.ca /0130/english/stories01.html   (1433 words)

  
 The New Brunswick Museum   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-12)
The Harlequin Duck, Histrionicus histrionicus, is now a rare winter resident in New Brunswick, although one historical account suggests that it was a common wintering sea duck in the Bay of Fundy during the last century.
New Brunswick Harlequin are also occasionally observed during migration and winter in Passamaquody and Maces Bays and off Point Lepreau.
New Brunswick has protected the Harlequin Duck since 1987 with a ban on all waterfowl hunting on The Wolves.
gnb.ca /0130/english/stories09.html   (1118 words)

  
 Central New Brunswick Woodsmen Museum History   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-12)
Museums help articulate a community's identity and reflect that identity ourselves and to the visitor.
The Central New Brunswick Woodmen's Museum is an education experience and helps to portray our local history.
The Central New Brunswick Woodmen's Museum is located on Route# 8 half way between Fredericton and Miramichi City on the Miramichi River Route Trail.
www.woodsmenmuseum.com /History.htm   (440 words)

  
 See Saint John - Canada’s First Museum
The New Brunswick Museum is the oldest continuing museum in Canada.
During the Depression and the wartime years, the museum suffered from lack of operating funds but due to the intense interest of the staff and a very active Board, the collections and the programmes of the museum grew considerably.
As of 1942, the collections, building and properties of the museum officially became the property of the people of New Brunswick and is a Provincial Institution.
www.seesaintjohn.com /f_canadafirst.htm   (600 words)

  
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Our museums are reflections of our cultural diversity and bridge the gap between the past and the present.
Museums and galleries are a vital part of the legacy we leave to our children, connecting them to the heritage and history of their country," said Minister Bradshaw.
This program was established in the early 1970s to increase public access to Canadian museum collections and to help Canadian museums better manage and preserve their resources.
www.pch.gc.ca /newsroom/news_e.cfm?Action=Display&code=1NR131E   (264 words)

  
 The New Brunswick Museum   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-12)
The New Brunswick Museum is the official repository for natural science specimens collected in New Brunswick.
New Brunswick Museum staff, clients and researchers may be provided with additional access for special projects through a password system.
Furthermore, the New Brunswick Museum may use and develop any idea, concept, or technique that is posted for any purpose.
website.nbm-mnb.ca /copytright.htm   (1300 words)

  
 [ruv.net] Freelance Designer : : Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-12)
Saint John, 2001 population 69,661 (metropolitan population 122,678) is the largest city in the province of New Brunswick and the oldest incorporated city in Canada.
The city also hosts a large New Brunswick Community College campus in the East End.
Besides being the location of several historical forts, Saint John is the current location of HMCS Brunswicker, which is a Naval Reserves unit.
www.ruv.net /Saint_John__New_Brunswick__Canada.1642.0.html   (2114 words)

  
 Canadian Genealogy and History Links - New Brunswick
Acadian Museum - University of Moncton Acadian historical and cultural museum on the University of Moncton campus.
Grantbook Database This searchable database consists of records of land settlement in New Brunswick in the period 1765-1800.
Hickie Genealogy by Ruth Murgatroyd Hickey(ie) genealogy from Restigouche County in northern New Brunswick.
www.islandnet.com /~jveinot/cghl/new-brunswick.html   (1759 words)

  
 Exhibit Opens at New Brunswick Museum
The exhibit, which is on loan from the Harness Racing Museum & Hall of Fame in Goshen, New York, was previously visiting the Fredericton Sports Hall of Fame in New Brunswick.
It is sponsored by grants from: the Patricia S. Winder Fund; the CTW Foundation, Inc.; the Thomas W. and Florence T. Murphy Fund of the New York Community Trust, the Pennsylvania Horse Racing Association, the State of New York; and the Agriculture and New York State Horse Breeding Development Fund.
Her focus will be on the New Brunswick scenes they depicted, including those in the collection of the New Brunswick Museum.
www.standardbredcanada.ca /news/iss0405/nbexhibitopens0413.html   (292 words)

  
 Central New Brunswick Woodmens Museum Main Page
The Central New Brunswick Woodmen's museum is located in Boiestown.
Situated in the heartland of the lumbering industry, the 15 acres of exhibition provides an insight into the struggles and triumphs of the woodsmen and their families.
Boiestown is the geographical center of New Brunswick and is the perfect area to relax and enjoy a vacation.
www.woodsmenmuseum.com   (224 words)

  
 Albert County Museum
The collection of the Museum contains many important documents stored in the archives of the Museum as well as thousands of artifacts on display in the Museum.
The Museums collections are housed in several buildings that comprise an original Shiretown Village.
Some of the buildings in which the Museum is housed include: 1904 Court House, 1845 Goal(Jail), Community Hall, Library, and more.
www.albertcountymuseum.ca   (250 words)

  
 Government of New Brunswick - Culture and Sport Secreteriat
Museum depicts the struggles and triumphs of woodsmen and their families through exhibits in an interpretive centre which covers 15 acres of land.
Our museum displays 8 th Hussars artifacts and memorabilia both as a memorial and a means of education, to provide an appreciation of the life and experiences of soldiers.
Museum houses artefacts connected to the history of the area and relics from the old Bank of New Brunswick.
www.gnb.ca /0131/mus-e.asp   (5441 words)

  
 The City of Moncton   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-12)
The Moncton Museum's mission is to collect, conserve, study, exhibit and interpret historic and heritage material of Moncton and the surrounding area.
The Museum explores and showcases many facets of Moncton's history through a variety of mediums: its permanent collection, temporary and travelling exhibits, research library and educational programs.
Styled after the popular New England Meeting House, and one of Moncton's oldest standing buildings, the Free Meeting House was constructed in 1821 as a gathering place for all religious denominations without their own places of worship.
www.moncton.org /search/english/CITYHALL/citydepartments/museum/museum.htm   (1418 words)

  
 Ruby M Cusack - Online Database of the Archives and Research Library of the New Brunswick Museum
The archival collections of the New Brunswick Museum consist of business records, personal papers and ephemera relating to the economic, social, legal, military, religious and political aspects of life in New Brunswick, with a nineteenth century emphasis.
The library database has been accessible on the New Brunswick Museum website for several months, and a search can be done by author, title or subject.
By the way, these 2 databases are also available for searching at the Archives and Research Library of the New Brunswick Museum, 277 Douglas Ave, Saint John, where staff are available to provide assistance.
www.rubycusack.com /issue314.html   (784 words)

  
 Nomen.Oligo
Dr. Reynolds will be contacting personnel at the University of New Brunswick to verify whether or not copies may still be available, but possibly had been misplaced.
Dr. Reynolds will be contacting personnel at the University of New Brunswick to verify whether or not copies may still be may still be available, but possibly had been misplaced.
As of 22 October 2005, two new families, 70 new genera, 22 new subgenera, and 1,137 new species of oligochaetes are included in N.O.S.Q. Several new genera and approximately 50 new species have yet to be entered before we finalize this volume.
www.inhs.uiuc.edu /~mjwetzel/Nomen.Oligo.html   (576 words)

  
 Journal of Paleontology: Web access to the specimen catalog at the New Brunswick Museum
THE NEW Brunswick Museum catalog of paleontological specimens is now available to search on the World Wide Web.
The New Brunswick Museum science collection is significant as one of the oldest natural science collections in Canada.
Internet access to the New Brunswick Museum natural science collection is made possible by a grant from the New Brunswick Environmental Trust Fund.
newssearch.looksmart.com /p/articles/mi_qa3790/is_200211/ai_n9153377   (569 words)

  
 Great Drives -New Brunswick's Fundy Shore
From old Acadia to Grand Manan Island, the southern shore of New Brunswick offers quiet villages, great scenery and birding, parks, historic treasures, and the highest tides in the world.
Lying east of Maine and south of the province of Quebec, New Brunswick is the scene of many natural wonders, and is the home of the Acadians.
Restaurants, museums, and festivals reflect the Acadian history of the area and the present-day residents.
www.onroute.com /drives/drives_fundy.html   (1145 words)

  
 Agricultural Museum of NB
Agricultural Museum of NB Agricultural Museum of NB
You will find us in Downtown Sussex, the heart of New Brunswick, and the Dairy Center of the Maritimes.
Our museum is also home to many military artifacts pertaining to the 8th Hussars and Sussex's proud history as an important military training base.
www.agriculturalmuseumofnb.com   (282 words)

  
 New Brunswick Trans-Canada Highway Route
In New Brunswick, the Trans-Canada Highway (known here as the #2 Highway) runs 523 km though the province and passes through several cities and two-dozen towns, moving travellers from Nova Scotia (and PEI) to eastern Quebec.
Kings Landing Historic Settlement (a few minutes north of Fredericton at Exit 259), is a living history museum of early rural life in New Brunswick, showing the pioneer life of the Loyalists, who were refugees from the American Revolution.
The area north of Fredericton is known as "the Rhine of North America," and in Hartland, the river is crossed by the longest covered bridge in the world (covered bridges were invented in new Brunswick to prevent snow build-up on bridges).
www.transcanadahighway.com /newbrunswick   (260 words)

  
 CBC News: New Brunswick shark fossil shows signs of killer smile   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-12)
A toothy 409-million-year old fossil shark has been discovered in New Brunswick.
Paleontologist Randall Miller of the New Brunswick Museum in Saint John and his colleagues found the specimen in its original location, in northern New Brunswick near Campbellton.
The research was supported by the New Brunswick Museum and the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada.
www.cbc.ca /cgi-bin/templates/print.cgi?/2003/10/01/shark031001   (325 words)

  
 The Atlantic Salmon Museum
The Atlantic Salmon Museum (Miramichi Salmon Museum) is located on the banks of the Main South West Miramichi River in the Village of Doaktown.
The museum tells the story of the Atlantic salmon and the people that know this king of sport fish, and through its many interpretive displays shows the life and history of the Atlantic Salmon.
With support from all levels of government and many volunteers a small group finally was able to say their dream come to life.
www.atlanticsalmonmuseum.com   (368 words)

  
 New Brunswick Museum - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
New Brunswick Museum - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
This article about a Canadian building or structure is a stub.
This encyclopedia, history, geography and biography article about New Brunswick Museum contains research on
www.arikah.net /encyclopedia/New_Brunswick_Museum   (148 words)

  
 New Brunswick Canada Census Records Online Part 2
Sunbury County was was an original county of New Brunswick Province.
Westmorland County was was an original county of New Brunswick Province.
New Brunswick, Canada Census Finder is a tool designed to help you find sites which offer free census records online for New Brunswick, Canada.
www.censusfinder.com /new-brunswick-census-records2.htm   (925 words)

  
 New Brunswick Museum - Saint John - Reviews of New Brunswick Museum - TripAdvisor
New Brunswick: "driving," (no replies, 5:10 pm, Nov 28, 2005)
New Brunswick: "driving through," (no replies, 5:10 pm, Nov 28, 2005)
New Brunswick: "Concerts," (no replies, 8:59 pm, Nov 07, 2005)
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