Download or read book The Road to Canada written by William Edgar Campbell and published by Fredericton : Goose Lane Editions : New Brunswick Military Heritage Project. This book was released on 2005 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since the last Ice Age, the only safe route into Canada's interior during the winter started at the Bay of Fundy and followed the main rivers north to the St. Lawrence River through what is now New Brunswick. Aboriginal people used this route as a major highway in all seasons and the great imperial powers followed their lead. The Grand Communications Route, as it was then called, was the only conduit for people, information and goods passing back and forth between the interior settlements and the wider world and became the backbone of empire for both England and France in their centuries of warfare over this territory. It was Joseph Robineau de Villebon, a commandant in Acadie, who first made strategic use of the route in time of war because he understood its importance in the struggle for North America. A strategic link between the Atlantic colonies and Quebec, the French made extensive use of the route to communicate and move troops between the northern settlements and Fort Beauséjour, Louisbourg, and Port-Royal. The British put great effort into maintaining and fortifying the route, building major coastal forts at Saint John to guard its entrance and erecting garrisons and blockhouses all along the way to the St Lawrence, first as a defence against the French and then to ward off the Americans. The route also played a key role in the American Revolution as well as the Aroostook War of 1839 that saw bodies of troops lining each side of the border extending from St. Andrews (NB) and Calais (ME) to Madawaska. In 1842, the Grand Communications Route and the Webster-Ashburton Treaty determined the location of the Canada--US border. It is still in use today: the Trans-Canada Highway and Route 7 follow its path. As well as telling the story of the Grand Communications Route from the earliest human habitation of the area, The Road to Canada describes the historic sites, forts, blockhouses and other historic remains that can still be visited today, including Martello Tower (Saint John), the Fort Hughes blockhouse (Oromocto), the Fort Fairfield blockhouse (Fort Fairfield, ME), Le Fortin du Petit-Sault (Edmundston), the Fort Kent blockhouse (Fort Kent, ME) and Fort Ingall (Cabano, QC). The Road to Canada is volume 5 in the New Brunswick Military Heritage Series.

Download or read book An Historical Guide to New Brunswick written by John Clarence Webster and published by [Fredericton? N.B.] : New Brunswick Tourist Association. This book was released on 1928 with total page 116 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Report of the Commissioner of National Parks written by Canada. Dept. of the Interior. Dominion Parks Branch and published by . This book was released on 1918 with total page 496 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book History of New Brunswick written by James Hannay and published by St. John, N. B. : J. A. Bowes. This book was released on 1909 with total page 498 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Annual Report written by Historic Landmarks Association of Canada and published by . This book was released on 1915 with total page 696 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Report of the Annual Meeting written by Canadian Historical Association and published by . This book was released on 1922 with total page 444 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Includes list of affiliated sociaties and organizations.

Download or read book Official Report of Debates House of Commons written by Canada. Parliament. House of Commons and published by . This book was released on 1928 with total page 1446 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Forts of New France in Northeast America 1600 1763 written by René Chartrand and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2013-03-20 with total page 66 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'New France' consisted of the area colonized and ruled by France in North America. This title takes a look at the lengthy chain of forts built by the French to guard the frontier in the American northeast, including Sorel, Chambly, St Jean, Carillon (Ticonderoga), Duquesne (Pittsburgh, PA), and Vincennes. These forts were of two types: the major stone forts, and other forts made of wood and earth, all of which varied widely in style from Vauban-type elements to cabins surrounded by a stockade. Some forts, such as Chambly, looked more like medieval castles in their earliest incarnations. René Chartrand examines the different types of forts built by the French, describing the strategic vision that led to their construction, their impact upon the British colonies and the Indian nations of the interior, and the French military technology that went into their construction.

Download or read book Annual Departmental Reports written by Canada. Dominion Bureau of Statistics and published by . This book was released on 1928 with total page 1242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The History of New Brunswick and the Other Maritime Provinces written by John Murdoch Harper and published by Saint John, N.B. : J. & A. McMillan. This book was released on 1876 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book National Parks of Canada written by Canada. National Parks Branch and published by . This book was released on 1928 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Dominion of Canada written by Karl Baedeker (Firm) and published by . This book was released on 1922 with total page 588 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Collections of the New Brunswick Historical Society written by and published by . This book was released on 1894 with total page 1474 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Official Reports of the Debates of the House of Commons of the Dominion of Canada written by Canada. Parliament. House of Commons and published by . This book was released on 1928 with total page 1446 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Canada Home written by Thomas E. Blom and published by UBC Press. This book was released on 2011-11-01 with total page 464 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Aged 26 and newly married, Juliana Ewing left England in 1867, bound for Fredericton, New Brunswick, where her husband had been posted to the army garrison. A famed children's writer and skilful artist, Juliana used her talents in chronicling for her family in Yorkshire her day-to-day experiences in the maritime city from Confederation to the withdrawal of British troops in 1869. In 101 letters, reproduced almost in their entirety, Juliana recreates the 'high colonial' society of mid-nineteenth-century Fredericton. Her letters unconsciously also reveal herself -- her courage, intelligence, gaity and, above all, her loving nature. Witty, perceptive, and dramatic, her letters reflect her ability as a prose writer of unusual sensibility.

Download or read book First Supplementary Catalogue of the Library of the Royal Colonial Institute written by Royal Colonial Institute (Great Britain). Library and published by London : The Institute. This book was released on 1901 with total page 1084 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Seeing Canada written by John Thomson Faris and published by Philadelphia : J. B. Lippincott. This book was released on 1924 with total page 418 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: