The Great Saint John Fire of 1877 : the rise, destruction and recovery of Canada's leading port city / Mark Allan Greene. Halifax : Formac Publishing Company Limited, 2022. 112 pages : illustrations (some colour) ; 27 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - FC2497.4 G74 2022 - Open Shelf
The story of the rise of city of Saint John, the disastrous Great Fire of 1877, and the city’s quick recovery and rebuilding. By 1851, Saint John had grown to be the third largest city in British North America. Home to thriving shipbuilding and lumber-exporting industries it was a vibrant port city and had the world’s fourth-largest accumulation of vessels. An economic depression in the 1870s was hard on the city, but nothing prepared residents for the disaster on June 20, 1877. A sudden enormous fire swept through the busy centre of Saint John over nine hours. It destroyed almost half the city and left 13,000 residents homeless and livelihoods destroyed. But the rebuild was swift, with fire prevention at the forefront of design and construction. By 1881, Saint John was reborn, stronger and more beautiful than ever. This book, incorporating a collection of more than 120 archival images, tells the story in words and pictures of the rise, destruction and rebuilding of the city. Includes bibliographical references (page 111).
Fires — New Brunswick — Saint John — History — 19th century
Saint John (N.B.) — History — 19th century
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Raymond, William Odber, 1853-1923
The River St. John : its Physical Features, Legends and History from 1604-1784 / by Reverend William O. Raymond. Sackville, NB : Tribune Press, 1943. 286 pages : 20 illustrations, maps ; 26 cm.
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History of the Saint John River Valley area in modern New Brunswick and Maine.
Saint John River Valley (Me. and N.B.) — History
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Task Force on Low Income Housing
Nova Scotia and New Brunswick : An Institutional Analysis / by the Task Force on Low Income Housing. Central Mortgage and Housing Corporation, 1971. 90 pages : illustrations, maps ; 28 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - HD7305 T37 L69 1971
Paper examines low income housing during the 1970s in Nova Scotia and New Brunswick urban centers Halifax and Saint John respectively, as well as rural areas in decline.
Low-income housing — Halifax (N.S.)
Low-income housing — Saint John (N.B.)
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Gravestone inscriptions from the Anglican cemetery, Topsail St. John's : Newfoundland and Labrador Genealogical Society, 1985. 28 pages : illustrations; 28 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - V/F V.325 #16 - Vertical File
Includes index.
Newfoundland and Labrador Genealogical Society.
Registers of births, etc. — Newfoundland — Topsail
Inscriptions — Newfoundland — Topsail
Saint John the Evangelist Anglican Church Cemetery (Topsail, Nfld.)
Topsail (Nfld.) — Genealogy.
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Some burial records of the Loyalist Burial Ground, Saint John, N.B / Graeme F. Somerville. Fredericton N.B. : G.F. Somerville, 1985. 75 pages : 22 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - V/F V.303 #9 - Vertical File
Registers of births, etc. — New Brunswick — Saint John
Inscriptions — New Brunswick — Saint John
Saint John (N.B.) — Genealogy.
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The Daily Telegraph St. John, N.B. 1873-1910.
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Issued also in a weekly, later semi-weekly, edition
Music of the eye : architectural drawings of Canada's first city, 1822-1914 / Gary K. Hughes. Saint John, N.B. : New Brunswick Museum and the Royal Architectural Institute of Canada, 1992. xii, 136 pages : illustrations, maps, ports. ; 27 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - NA2700 N533 N893
New Brunswick Museum
Royal Architectural Institute of Canada.
Architectural drawing — 19th century — New Brunswick — Saint John — Exhibitions
Architectural drawing — 20th century — New Brunswick — Saint John — Exhibitions
Architects — New Brunswick — Biography
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Judgment of His Honor Justice Ritchie, in the case of the captors of the American steamer Chesapeake St. John- N.B. : 1864. 15 pages ; 20 cm.
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Trials (Piracy) — New Brunswick — Saint John.
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Jack in port : sailortowns of eastern Canada / Judith Fingard. Toronto : University of Toronto Press, 1982. 292 pages, [12] pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - HD8039 S42 F497
Merchant mariners — Nova Scotia — Halifax — History — 19th century
Merchant mariners — New Brunswick — Saint John — History — 19th century
Merchant mariners — Quebec (Province) — Québec — History
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Canada. Surveys and Mapping Branch
Musquash New Brunswick / produced by the Surveys and Mapping Branch, Department of Energy, Mines, and Resources. 1st ed. Ottawa : Department of Energy, Mines, and Resources, 1952. 1 map : col. ; 26 x 40 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - O/S G3432 M87 C36 1952 W - Map
Canada. Surveys and Mapping Branch
Loch Lomond New Brunswick / produced by the Surveys and Mapping Branch, Department of Energy, Mines, and Resources. 1st ed. Ottawa : Department of Energy, Mines, and Resources, 1956. 1 map on 2 sheets : col. ; 56 x 80 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - O/S G3432 L63 C36 1956 - Map
Canada. Surveys and Mapping Branch
Cape Spencer Simonds Parish - St. John County, Nova Scotia / produced by the Surveys and Mapping Branch, Department of Energy, Mines, and Resources. 1st ed. Ottawa : Department of Energy, Mines, and Resources, 1956. 1 map : col. ; 56 x 40 cm.
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The boy from Port Hood : the autobiography of John Francis Lofty MacMillan / byLofty MacMillan ; with Emery Hyslop & Peter McGahan. Fredricton, N.B. : New Ireland Press, 1996. 193 pages
Nova Scotia Archives Library - FC2497.26 M33 A3 1996 - Open Shelf
Saint John (N.B.) — Biography.
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Early Loyalist Saint John : the origin of New Brunswick politics, 1783-1786 / D.G. Bell. Fredericton, N.B. : New Ireland Press, 1983. x, 261 pages : illustrations, 1 map
Nova Scotia Archives Library - F5299 S143 B433 - Open Shelf
United Empire loyalists — New Brunswick
Saint John (N.B.) — History
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A chronicle of Irish emigration to Saint John, New Brunswick, 1847 / J. Elizabeth Cushing, Teresa Casey, Monica Robertson. Saint John, N.B. : New Brunswick Museum, 1979. 77 pages : maps.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - F5271 IR4 C557 - Open Shelf
Casey, Teresa
Robertson, Monica.
Irish in New Brunswick
Ireland — Emigration and immigration
Saint John, N.B.
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The St. John River valley / photographs by Wayne Barrett and Anne MacKay ; introduction by George MacBeath. Toronto : Oxford University Press, 1981. 7 pages, 80 pages of plates : chiefly colour illustrations ; 23 x 2
Nova Scotia Archives Library - F5261 B274 S775 - Open Shelf
Saint John River Valley (Me. and N.B.) — Description and travel — Views.
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Loyalist settlements, 1783-1789 : the land Toronto : Ministry of Citizenship and Culture, 1985. 1 portfolio ([3] pages, [17] pages of plates) :
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - O/S F5069.1 L923 - Oversize
On portfolio: Maps and sketches, 1783-1800. Prepared by Archives of Ontario. Companion works: Loyalist settlements, 1783-1789, new evidence of Canadian Loyalist claims; and, United Empire Loyalists, enquiry into the losses and services in consequence of their loyalty (microfiche.
Archives of Ontario
Ontario. Ministry of Citizenship and Culture.
Land settlement — Ontario — Maps
Land settlement — Saint John River Valley (Me. and N.B.) — Maps
Land settlement — New Brunswick — Maps
United Empire loyalists — History
Ontario — Historical geography —
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A narrative and structural history of Carleton Martello Tower / by R.H. McDonald. Ottawa : National Historic Sites Service, Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development, 1978. ix, 269 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - F5015 C21 #233 - Open Shelf
Parks Canada. National Historic Parks and Sites Branch.
Historic buildings — New Brunswick — Saint John
Towers — New Brunswick — Saint John
Fortification — New Brunswick — Saint John.
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