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Albert County
The Beautiful Bay of Fundy
A southeastern New Brunswick county on Chignecto Bay, an inlet of the Bay of Fundy. The first settlers in the area were Acadians, the descendants of the French settlers who reached Nova Scotia in 1604. Though the Acadiens fiercely defended their neutrality in the wars between Britain and France, in 1755 the British landed in modern-day Nova Scotia and New Brunswick and came to view the French-speaking Acadiens as a potential fifth column. In an event the Acadiens have known ever since as Le Grand Dérangement, the British burned all the Acadien settlements, and rounded up the Acadiens and expelled them from the territory. In the centuries that followed new settlers came to Albert County, and during Canada's Industrial Revolution they established an important shipbuilding industry. In the 20th and 21st Century the region has remained largely rural, with an economy that has shifted to tourism, as people travel from far and wide to see the breathtaking Hopewell Rocks, and see the iconic tides of the Bay of Fundy.
This project is a partnership with Fundy Tourism.
Present-day Albert County occupies part of Siknikt, one of the seven districts of Mi’kma’ki, the homeland and territory of the Mi’kmaq. The Mi’kmaq, along with the Wolastoqiyik and the Peskotomuhkati peoples, signed the “Treaties of Peace and Friendship” with the British Crown beginning in 1726. It is important to remember that these treaties recognized Mi’kmaq and Wolastoqiyik title to the land and established the terms of an ongoing relationship between nations.
Walking Tours
The Village of Riverside-Albert
Communities Coming Together
The Village of Alma
The Growth of Salmon River
The Village of Hillsborough
Conflict and Change in Albert County
A Tenacious Community
The Acadians of Albert County
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Albert County
Then and Now Photos
Holy Ghost Catholic Church
Albert County Museum Collection 982.16
ca.1910
A postcard of the Holy Ghost Catholic Church in Riverside-Albert. The photograph on the postcard was likely taken around 1910.
Herring Cove Wharf
ca. 1910s
A grainy photo looking towards the wharf across the beach at Herring Cove in what is now Fundy National Park.
"Read Books!"
Archives New Brunswick P93-AL-20
1940
This photograph of Silver Jubilee Lodge and Library was taken in 1940. You can just make out the part of the sign in the window that says "Read books."
The Square in Hopewell Cape
1940s
A photograph of the square in Hopewell Cape in the 1940s showing Ed Pye’s Store, the County Tax Office, and the Records Office.
Opening Fundy Park
Provincial Archives New Brunswick.Al-140
1950
A crowd of people assemble outside this two storey stone building which serves as the Fundy National Park Headquarters. This photo was taken on June 1st when the park opened for limited use before its grand opening in late July
Remembrance Day
1966
A small child approaches the Hillsborough cenotaph during the first Remembrance Day Ceremony to be held at that location in 1966.
Schoolhouse
1973
A shot looking directly at the front of the Waterside School.
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Museums
Albert County Museum & RB Bennet Centre
Nova Scotia Highlanders Museum
