CAMPBELLTON
RESTIGOUCHE COUNTY
NEW BRUNSWICK

In 1861, Campbellton had a great fire which destroyed the city. People had to, courageously, rebuilt their little village. It was, inhabited by about 400 people, then, of mixed culture: Scotish, Irish, French, Acadian french, and maybe even a few Jersey Island natives.

The whole parish of Addintong which also covered Atholville, Tide Head, Long Island, Flatlands, and the Robinsonville area, was composed of 640 males, 481 females for a total of 1121 people.
It was also divided by religion, there were 722 Presbytarians, 100 Episcopalians, 14 Methodists, 14 Baptists and 271 Roman Catholics.

Trying to imagine the lifestyle back then, the way of thinking, dressing, eating, teaching, just the normal way of living for these people, can be a hard thing to do for most of us as we always somehow end up thinking with the mentality of today, with what we have today, with what we know today so it is really hard to go back in time. I find the few pictures we have of those eras are almost the only "real" proof that all these people existed back then. Sure we have names and dates in church records, we have the Provincial Archives with all their records, we have stories written by historians but I have always believed in the old saying "A picture is worth a thousand words".

Well with that thought in mind, let me talk to you for a year at least in the time it will take for you to look at these old pictures of the area.

One of the oldest pictures I've found of Campbellton	Campbellton in 1869
Not sure what year possibly early 1900's	Early Campbellton
A view of Campbellton from the top of Sugarloaf Mountain around 1930	City arial view
Our Lady's of Snows church before the 1910 fire	Chapel on the Hill
One of the most gorgeous pictures I've seen of the olden days	Panoramic view
These are mostly pictures of the Campbellton area which need to be identified	Old NB pictures
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