History of Fredericton, York, New Brunswick, Canada

Journey back in time to Fredericton, York, New Brunswick, Canada

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• New Brunswick became a separate colony from Nova Scotia in 1784.
  
  
  
• The site of Fredericton was designated as provincial capital by Governor Guy Carleton on 22 February 1785.
  Located on the St. John River: York County: capital of New Brunswick: William Francis Ganong identified the Maliseet name for Fredericton as...Read MORE...
  
  
  
• 1827 - Church of St. Dunstan established at Fredericton
  
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• In 1829, the Old Arts Building was completed to house King's College (later to become the University of New Brunswick).
  
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• Fredericton was incorporated as a city in 1848
  
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• In 1848, Christ Church Cathedral (part of the Church of England) was built, allowing Fredericton to achieve city status.
  
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•  1854 - Cholera
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  We learn from Fredericton that the steamers Anna Augusta and John Waring left Saint John with a party of some 500 or 600 (principally...Read MORE...
  
  
  
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  Provincial Exhibition Palace, Fredericton, ( New Brunswick. ) 1864
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• 1873
  FREDERICTON, a city and port of entry of New Brunswick, capital of the province and of the co. of York, is beautifully situated on a point of land on ...Read MORE...
  
  
  
• 1880 - N.B. legislature in Fredericton destroyed by fire
  
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• 1895 - Fredericton
  Fred'ericton, a city and port of entry of New Brunswick, capital of the province, and of the county of York, is finely situated on the west side of...Read MORE...
  
  
  
• 1898 - Fredericton
  In 1898 Fredericton was a port of entry with 1 post office, numerous stores, 10 hotels, 4 sawmills, 2 planing mills, 2 shingle mills, 1 grist mill, 1 ...Read MORE...
  
  
  
• 1899 - Fredericton
  ...And now, gazing across the breezy waters, we catch sight of a few church -spires rising tall above the many elms surrounding them . Fredericton,...Read MORE...
  
  
  
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  Fredericton Provincial Exhibition Building
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  Old Government House, Fredericton, N.B.
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  Parliament Buildings, Fredericton, N.B. (1905)
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• 1916
  Fredericton, a city and port of entry of New Brunswick, capital of the province and of the co. of York, is finely situated on the W. side of the St....Read MORE...
  
  
  
•  1937 - Crude Counterfeit Quarters Passed
  FREDERICTON, N B Aug. 7 - Counterfeiters have been leading the Royal Canadian Mounted police a merry race with faked quarters here. The galling...Read MORE...
  
  
  
• Fredericton
  The strategic advantages of Fredericton — then known as St. Anne’s Point — were first developed in 1691 by then-governor of Acadia Joseph Robinau de...Read MORE...