Bill Hamilton’s Tantramar Flashback
Tantramar Flashback takes an informative and entertaining look at the history and people of the Tantramar region.
A collection of the most recent columns may be found on the Sackville Tribune-Post web site.
Latest column, April 27, 2005
Memories of A Dorchester Traveller Part Five
Memories of a Dorchester Traveller: Part Five In 1887 Alexander Blackembarked on a trip involving travel by schooner, steamer,and rail from Dorchester New Brunswick to the Florida panhandle. This extended holiday included a visit with his brother James P. Black and family in Holt Florida. Highlights included: the Blackwater National Forest, and the 1888 Tropical Exhibition in Jacksonville, Florida. He arrived home on April 20, 1888 after an absence of six months and twenty days.
Additional Publications by William B. "Bill" Hamilton
Books may be ordered directly from the publishers as indicated below or alternatively from:
1546 Barrington StreetPO Box 272
Halifax NS B3J 257 4 Bridge Street
Sackville NB E4L 4N5
Place Names of Atlantic Canada (1996)
ISBN 0-8020-7570-3
University of Toronto Press Inc.5201 Dufferin Street
Toronto ON M3H 5T8
e-mail utpbooks@utpress.utoronto.ca
At The Crossroads: A History of Sackville New Brunswick (2003)
ISBN 1-894031-86-5
This book is out of print as of November 1, 2006. A revised edition will be forthcoming in early 2007.
Gaspereau Press47 Church Street
Kentville NS B4N 257
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