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William Brewster (c. 1566/67 – 10 April 1644) was an English official and Mayflower passenger in 1620. He became senior elder and the leader of Plymouth Colony , by virtue of his education and existing stature with those immigrating from the Netherlands , being a Brownist (or Puritan Separatist ).
Bay Ferries operates the ferry service across the Bay of Fundy between Saint John, New Brunswick, and Digby, Nova Scotia, using the vessel MV Fundy Rose.. This ferry service is a continuation of steamship service dating to the 19th century, expanded upon by the Dominion Atlantic Railway in the early 20th century and subsequently the Canadian Pacific (CP).
Port-Royal National Historic Site is a National Historic Site [1] [2] located on the north bank of the Annapolis Basin in Granville Ferry, Nova Scotia, Canada.The site is the location of the Habitation at Port-Royal, [3] which was the centre of activity for the New France colony of Port Royal in Acadia from 1605 to 1613, when it was destroyed by English forces from the Colony of Virginia.
Saint John features multiple museums such as the Hatheway Labour Exhibit Centre, [153] the New Brunswick Black History Society's Black History Heritage Centre located in the Brunswick Square mall, [154] [155] the Carleton Martello Tower, Fort Howe, the Loyalist House, the Saint John Jewish Historical Museum, [156] the Saint John Firefighters ...
However, thousands of Irish were living in New Brunswick prior to these events, mainly in Saint John. After the partitioning of the British colony of Nova Scotia in 1784 New Brunswick was originally named New Ireland with the capital to be in Saint John. [21] By 1850, the Irish Catholic community constituted Saint John's largest ethnic group.
William E. Brewster (1858–1945), American banker, merchant, and politician from Maine; William N. Brewster (1864–1917), American Protestant Christian missionary to China; William R. Brewster (1828–1869), American Civil War general; Willie Brewster (died 1965), whose murder was the first time in the history of Alabama that a white man was ...
New Brunswick: Saint John, Dalhousie, St. Andrews, Charlo Ontario: Ottawa Alberta: Edmonton: Official opening of World Universities Games, to celebrate the 400th anniversary of Sir Humphrey Gilbert taking possession of Newfoundland, centennial of the settlement of the United Empire Loyalists in Nova Scotia and New Brunswick 6/30 – 7/6
William Denny and Brothers built Princess Helene in 1930 at Dumbarton, Scotland. [2] She was custom designed for CPR’s Bay of Fundy service connecting the CPR's eastern mainline railway terminus at Saint John, New Brunswick with the port of Digby, Nova Scotia , which was served by a CPR subsidiary, the Dominion Atlantic Railway .