Backyard History

Isolated islanders find a unique way to let Canadians know a storm cut them off from the mainland.

As Babe Ruth's life fell apart, he headed into the woods of the Maritimes in a secret and mysterious effort to get better...

The story of a little horse named Princess Louise who was rescued by Canadian soldiers during the Second World War and brought home to New Brunswick (against all the rules!)

This story appears in the book 'Backyard History: Forgotten Stories From Atlantic Canada's Past Volume Two' 

Juliana Horatia Ewing, a Victorian British author in Fredericton, formed an unlikely friendship with Welastekokewiyik master canoe builder Peter Polches, challenging societal norms; her transformative experiences led to a notable confrontation defending Indigenous people at a prestigious New Year's Party in 1869.

Backyard History's Christmas Special for 2023!

The dramatic rise and fall of Fredericton's curious detox centre, which involved patients taking a gold-based medicine to cure alcoholism!

https://backyardhistory.ca/the-long-reads/f/the-dr-leslie-e-keeley-gold-cure-institute-for-drunkards

As explosions rang out in Halifax in 1945, ordinary Haligonians raced toward the central ammunition storage depot to stop the flames before the city blew up … again!

backyardhistory.ca/f/the-second-halifax-explosion

Two young men volunteer to for a mysterious secret mission in Russia. One of them will not make it home alive.

https://backyardhistory.ca/f/canadas-forgotten-siberian-expedition-ollie-winslows-odyssey

One of the Maritimes’ most popular ghost stories is the tale of a cursed, eternally burning sailing ship haunting the waters off of the Northern coast of New Brunswick.

https://backyardhistory.ca/f/the-ghostly-fire-ship-of-the-baie-des-chaleurs

Leon Trotsky missed the beginning of the Russian Revolution because he was in -of all places- Amherst, Nova Scotia.

https://backyardhistory.ca/f/trotskys-maritimes-revolutionary-roadblock