Archives – About Us
The Bermuda-Nova Scotia Regional Council and Fundy St. Lawrence Dawning Waters Regional Council Archives is mandated to collect, preserve, and provide access to the records of the Maritime, Gaspé, and Bermuda regions of the The United Church of Canada. We also have pre-1925 records of the Presbyterian, Methodist, and Congregational congregations in the Maritimes and Gaspé which joined The United Church of Canada in 1925.
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The Bermuda-Nova Scotia Regional Council and Fundy St. Lawrence Dawning Waters Regional Council Archives
Archivist: Sarah Wallace
21 Wright Street Sackville, NB E4L 4P8
Email: swallace@united-church.ca
Telephone: 1-800-268-3781 ext. 6159
Fax: 506-536-2900
Hours: Wednesdays-Fridays, 9:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m.
In-person research visits are by appointment only.
Contact Us
The Bermuda-Nova Scotia Regional Council and Fundy St. Lawrence Dawning Waters Regional Council Archives
Archivist: Sarah Wallace
21 Wright Street Sackville, NB E4L 4P8
Email: swallace@united-church.ca
Telephone: 1-800-268-3781 ext. 6159
Fax: 506-536-2900
Hours: Wednesdays-Fridays, 9:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m.
In-person research visits are by appointment only.
Resources
Browse Our Holdings
Our holdings include records from:
- The congregations of Bermuda-Nova Scotia Regional Council and Fundy St. Lawrence Dawning Waters Regional Council
- The Regional Councils Office and the former Maritime Conference
- Pine Hall Divinity Hall (now part of Atlantic School of Theology)
- Church camps
- Individuals who have ministered within the churches or held leadership positions within the two regions.
Check out the links below to see listings of our records. New records listings are periodically added to the website so stay tuned!
Congregational Union of New Brunswick and Nova Scotia records
News & Updates
When a kid is named after their minister
I am not a minister but I can imagine baptizing a child named after you must feel rather nice. Rev. A.M. DesBrisay must have thought so as he actually wrote "DesBrisay" in larger letters and then underlined it in the register when he recorded the baptism of James...
Picnic Season
It's at this time of year where people begin brave the bugs and unpredictable weather to dine in the fresh air. This was very much the case 100 years ago too. Here are highlights of some of the picnic related records we hold here at the Archives: This photograph was...
June 26, 1887
I usually schedule posts to appear on the website on Tuesdays but I came across a letter from a Rev. John Cameron dated Monday, June 26, 1887 so obviously I had to post it today instead. Rev. John Cameron was born in East River, Nova Scotia on September 21, 1817. He...
Kentville Table Top Tennis Players, 1943
The following photograph is from the United Church of St. Paul & St. Stephen in Kentville, Nova Scotia (now part of Orchard Valley United Church). I couldn't find any further information other than that it is a table top tennis group from 1943. Does anyone...
Happy Easter From the Archives
The following are Easter bulletins from Central Methodist/United Church in Moncton, N.B. between 1901 and 1947:
Archives Recipe Club-The 1889 Edition
Does anyone have some old potatoes to use up? Perhaps there is a half bag of raisins sitting in the pantry? Or do you want to impress some guests with a vanilla sponge? If so, the Presbyterian Witness newspaper of October 26, 1889 has you covered! This was a newspaper...
To one horse, saddle, bridle and oats
It’s always interesting to stumble across records documenting the very beginning of a church, whether it be a new congregation or construction started on a building. If you are doing some light reading through Methodist Conference minutes from the 1800s, chances are...
Happy New Year from the Archives!
This calendar from Woodlawn Methodist Church in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia might be kind of outdated but I'm sure the wishes for a happy new year would have been echoed back in the early 1900s too!
Merry Christmas from the Archives!
Archives: Wesleyan Sewing Circle, St. Andrew’s, N.B.
I can't even sew on a button but I do admire those who can sew! On February 2, 1860, the Wesleyan Sewing Society was established at the Methodist Church in St. Andrew's, New Brunswick. The purpose for establishing this Society was to furnish, repair, and paint the...