Sunday means a trip to the Hopewell Rocks in this colourized postcard circa 1900

The Victory Loans Gun in December 1959, Hopewell Cape, NB. The original Bennett monument is in the the background. It is a cairn with the same plaque that sits at Bennett’s grave-site in Mickleham, England.

Winter Scene Near Hillsborough, New Brunswick. This was a post card. The stamp on the postcard was cancelled in 1924.

Oil well #7, at the oil fields in Weldon. 1910. The Stoney Creek oil fields started producing crude oil and gas in 1909. In 1923, the production of crude oil in Albert County was 308,984 gallons, and 619,673 thousand feet of gas. By 1925, sixty-six wells had been bored in the Stoney Creek oil fields.

This photo is of the Meredith White under construction in Alma in 1918. The Meredith and its sister ship the Vincent (seen behind the Meredith) were built for C.T. White & Son Ltd. The ‘White Ships’ were skippered by Captain Trites, Captain Brown, and Captain Merriam. After they were launched they were loaded at Apple River, N.S. and sailed to South Africa.

Hillsborough Pound Hill, early 1940’s with Lambert Lake in the foreground. If you’re driving by today, our new sign is right where the second telephone pole is, going up the hill on the left.

Construction of railroad bridge in 1880 for the Salisbury - Albert Railway to cross over the Shepody River from Albert to Harvey. The Hon. Gaius Turner wanted to build an extension of the railway from Albert to Harvey because of the need to bring supplies to his shipyard in Harvey. In 1880 he received a $9,000 grant from the government to begin construction of the three mile extension from Albert to Harvey.

The three masted barque named the “Revolving Light” being built in 1875 at the Turner Shipyard at Harvey Bank, Albert County. It was the first ship to be built at the Turner Shipyard owned by the Hon. Gaius Turner. For 27 years, the “Revolving Light” sailed the Atlantic between ports-of-call.

The Old Bank Museum in Riverside-Albert has the distinction of having served two prestigious institutions, first The Bank of New Brunswick and, after bank amalgamation in 1939, the Bank of Nova Scotia. It was moved by one horse and a few men in 1928. It’s original location in Riverside by the wharf and next to a large hotel made it convenient for arriving and departing merchants and mariners. After the decline of local shipping industry it was moved to Albert.

New Brunswick’s largest bank robbery happened in 1984 at this bank. On the 11th of July two culprits held up the bank, but were were quickly caught and convicted. The money ($177,000) was never recovered.

Albert County is home to the world famous Hopewell Rocks. Now a Provincial Park, it was a meeting place long before that for the people of Albert County. Many church picnics, club meetings and family reunions have were spent at The Rocks! Shown in this early postcard is Elephant Rock, which sadly collapsed March 14, 2016.

There is nothing more iconic than the Albert County Courthouse, truly a masterpiece in Canadian Architecture. This is perhaps the earliest photo of the courthouse taken shorty after it was built.

The court house was built in 1904.  The original court house was built along with the jail in 1845; however, it burned down in 1903.  This court house is built on the same foundation as the original, except that it is almost twice the size.  This court house was built for $4495.

It is always difficult to pick the first of three hundred and sixty-six pictures (2020 is a leap year!), so we decided to go with the one thing found only in Albert County and nowhere else in the world. Albertite.