This grindstone likely comes from the Thibodeau mill in Shepody, which was established in 1700 using flour mill equipment purchased from a Boston Merchant.

In Hillsborough, the low lying marshlands below where the Salem & Hillsborough railway museum is now located, became a "lake" of sea water from the storm. The only Hillsborough parish casualty of the Saxby Gale was Miss Bray, shown here in a tintype, who drowned while driving in a horse and carriage attempting to cross this “lake”.

The Walling Map of 1862 is a topographical map of the counties of Albert and Westmorland. It was designed by American cartographer Henry Francis Walling and offers an abundance of detailed information for genealogists, as it is one of the first official maps that shows Albert County separate from Westmorland County.

The mess kit seen here is a common example of those manufactured in the United States during World War I. In the field and in combat situations, soldiers were given packages of food rations.

A powder horn was a container for gunpowder, and was generally created from cow, ox, or buffalo horn. This horn was used to carry gunpowder for flintlock and percussion cap muskets and rifles by soldiers and hunters in New Brunswick during the 18th and 19th century.

The first patent for a hand-cranked ice cream freezer was by Nancy M. Johnson in 1843. The machine had a moveable crank with a centre paddle that churned the mixture, similar to the one seen here. This method, however, required a lot of patience and muscle to use, as well as a lot of ice and rock salt.

While he is now remembered for the circumstances of his years in office, Bennett was key in the development of several important Canadian organizations today, such as the Canadian Radio Broadcasting Corporation and the Bank of Canada. Though they were eventually disbanded, this plate was given to Bennett in 1939 by one such of these projects, The Bennett Young Canada Club.