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.
In-person research visits are by appointment only.
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
William J. MacKenzie
William John McKenzie was born on July 15, 1861 at South Side West Bay, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia. He was the third child of Robert McKenzie and Flora MacRae. According to an anonymous biographer, William “grew to be of great stature, a man of 6’3’’ tall and of unusual...
Rally Day at Saint David’s Presbyterian Church, Saint John
Polly Ervin: First Laywoman President
Polly Ervin was born in Lunenburg County, Nova Scotia. She married Rod Ervin in Halifax and they eventually moved to Moncton in 1956. Polly was active in the UCW, serving as UCW president for her local church from 1964-1965 and 1982-1983. She was president of...
Summer Fun: Camp Ta Wa Si, 1949
Patching Up The Old
Herman E. Campbell (1898-1987) was born in Portapique, Nova Scotia on 14 June 1898. He was educated in Colchester County schools; Dalhousie University; and Pine Hall Divinity Hall. On June 8, 1924, he became the last person ordained by the Presbyterian Synod of Nova...
Youth Choir at Port Hawkesbury (Cape Breton), 1945
South Shore United Church
Tryon-Hampton Pastoral Charge is located in Prince Edward Island. In 1968, the United Church pastoral charges of Hampton and Tryon were amalgamated to form the Tryon-Hampton Pastoral Charge of the United Church of Canada. The congregation at Crapaud began to worship...
Bon Appétit!
Different clothes, same great experience: Youth at Conference, 1945
Let's take a trip back in time to 1945 when young people from all over the Maritimes gathered for the Maritime Young People's Conference which took place during the annual Maritime Conference. The assistant secretary of the Young People's Union described the...
Tabusintac Church, 1924