Archives – About Us
The Fundy St. Lawrence Dawning Waters Regional Council/Regional Council 15 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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Contact Us
Fundy St. Lawrence Dawning Waters Regional Council and Regional Council 15 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.
At this time we are not able to accommodate any in-person visits. Please call or email with any inquiries.
Resources
Browse Our Holdings
Our holdings include records from:
- The congregations of Fundy St. Lawrence Dawning Waters Regional Council and Regional Council 15
- 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!
News & Updates
An Archival PEI Word Challenge
I came across this word challenge while processing the records of a retired minister. He and his wife were actively involved in various youth groups in the Maritime Conference so this was probably used at a youth meeting. In most cases, there are two answers you need...
The last Methodist ordinand in the Maritimes
The other day I happened to come across a Bible which belonged to Rev. Mason Sheffield Linton. This Bible was presented to him on the occasion of his ordination as a Methodist minister into the New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island Methodist Conference on June 15,...
Archives Recipe of the Month-Christmas Edition
What would Christmas be without gingerbread? Thanks to the Mission Circle at First United Church in Truro in 1935, you have your choice of two fine gingerbread recipes. One recipe is called "My Best Gingerbread" but the other recipe throws some marshmallows into the...
United Memorial Young People’s Union
Let's go back in time to February 1945 at United Memorial Church (now part of Hope United Church) in Halifax. Judging by their newsletter, The Young People's Union, or U.M.Y.P.U. as they referred to themselves, was very active. The U.M.Y.P.U. didn't do so well in...
For the lovely basket of fruit and goodies…
St. James United Church in Petitcodiac, New Brunswick recently celebrated an anniversary. In honor of the occasion, here are some images from a record of gift baskets sent out to members of the community by the Junior Sunday School class for 1950-1953. It appears as...
1 Methodist Church, Stove & Lamps
At the risk of sounding a little (or a lot) dorky, I get so excited when I come across old property inventories for manses. Just thinking about all that now antique furniture puts stars in my eyes and it's interesting catching a little glimpse of everyday life from so...
Archives Recipe of the Month-The Apple Edition
Now that we are in the middle of apple season, it seemed appropriate to showcase some lovely apple recipes. These recipes are from a cookbook produced by the UCW Marie Roach Unit of Collingwood United Church (River Phillip Pastoral Charge). The cookbook isn't dated....
Happy Thanksgiving from the Archives
This is a photograph of the interior of St. Giles United Church during the Thanksgiving season, possibly in the 1970s. Looks like there was a lot of fall foliage that year to use for decorations! St. Giles United Church was located in Westfield, New Brunswick....
Missing church dinners…
Living in the midst of a pandemic means that many church activities, including the beloved church dinners, have had to be put on pause or dramatically altered. It's no substitute but in honour of those church dinners, here's a photograph from a congregational supper...
Rev. George Farquhar’s Letters from Russia
Rev. George Farquhar (1880-1975) was born in England and came to Nova Scotia as a child, growing up in Newport, Hants County. He attended Dalhousie University, and then later the Presbyterian College. He served as a missionary at Harrington Harbour and Labrador and...