Demand for timber grew to the point that the 1851 census for Albert County recorded 97 sawmills operating in the County. Accurate conversion and measurement was important for these mills, so lumber conversion charts, such as this one, and measuring sticks are common remnants of the once burgeoning lumber industry in Albert County.
Mystery Artefact 2021 - December
Artefact of the Week 2021 - 48. Clinching Tongs
Many tools were used to manage the foxes, with particular focus on the care of their furs. For example, these clinching tongs from 1923 would have been used to hold the fox for inspection of the fur and during deworming, and since wild foxes tend to eat whole prey animals, food for farm foxes often consisted of raw meat, livers, and tripe (stomach).
Artefact of the Week 2021 - 47. Arrowheads
Arrowheads such as these are shaped using a technique called flint snapping, which has been used to created tools as early as the neolithic era and more recently in flintlock firearms. Microscopic research into damage along the edges of found tools has shown that some of the stone tools that look like projectile points may have been hafted cutting tools, rather than for propelling into animals.
Thank you to those who attended Remembrance Day 2021
Artefact of the Week 2021 - 46. Irish Mail
David Christie Receives Lifetime Membership to Albert County Historical Society
Artefact of the Week 2021 - 45. British War Medal
This British war medal was awarded to all ranks of Canadian overseas military forces between 5 August 1914 and 11 November 1918. This particular one was awarded to Clifford Robinson Oulton from Bridgedale, New Brunswick, who in 1916 joined the 145th Battalion out of Moncton, at just 14 years old. Sadly, he would become one of hundreds of underage boys killed in the First World War.
Mystery Artefact 2021 - November
Artefact of the Week 2021 - 44. Tom Collins Doors
In 1906, a gruesome murder took place in Albert County, which would lead to the contentious hanging of a young man named Tom Collins. Tom Collins would be tried three times for the murder of Mary Ann McAuley, and is thought to be the first man in Canada ever to be tried for the same crime in three separate trials.
Remembrance Day 2021 - Sunrise Flag Lowering and Museum Open 1-4pm
The Albert County Historical Society & Museum are proud to announce a Heritage Talk that will be taking place on Saturday, August 21st from 2-4 pm in the Albert County Court House. This Heritage Talk will share the history of the Reid Brother Architects who were born and raised in Harvey, and their accomplishments.