History

This Week in New Brunswick History

Here’s “This Week in New Brunswick History” for the current week (around March 22–28):

📜 March 22

  • 1827 – Alexander “Boss” Gibson was born. He became a major lumber and railway industrialist and helped develop Marysville into a model mill town.

📜 March 23

  • 1867 – The British North America Act received Royal Assent, paving the way for New Brunswick to join Confederation later that year.

📜 March 24

  • 1905 – Louis Robichaud, future premier and architect of major social reforms (Equal Opportunity program), was born in Sainte-Anne-de-Kent.

📜 March 25

  • 1842 – The Webster–Ashburton Treaty boundaries (affecting New Brunswick and Maine) continued to shape settlement and governance after earlier disputes like the Aroostook conflict.

📜 March 26

  • 1875 – The Common Schools Act tensions were still influencing politics and religion in the province during this period, especially among Catholic communities.

📜 March 27

  • 1912 – New Brunswickers followed closely as the Sinking of the RMS Titanic inquiries and news spread (many Atlantic Canadians had connections to passengers and crew).

📜 March 28

  • 1968 – Expansion of francophone education and institutions accelerated during the era of Premier Louis Robichaud, shaping modern bilingual New Brunswick.