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: 506-306-0383
Fax: 506-536-2900
Hours: Tuesdays to Thursdays, 8:00 a.m.-3:00 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
The Archives Needs Your Help PEI!
Can anyone identify the four churches below? They are all located on Prince Edward Island. If so, please reply in the comments or send Sarah an email. Thanks! Church #1 Church #2 ...
Fireside Club’s Annual Dinner, April 1913
Instead of a recipe this month but continuing on with the food theme, I thought I would share this lovely menu card for the annual dinner of the Fireside Club of St. David's Presbyterian Church (became part of the Church of Saint Andrew and Saint David in Saint John,...
Answers to Archival PEI Word Challenge
For those of you who took on the word challenge from last week, here are the answers as promised: Santa Claus -St-Nicholas What babies do - a girl's name-Howlan A garment-to wander-Cape Traverse A jacket-Cardigan A point of the compass-part of the verb to "be"-Northam...
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....