Celebrating Samuel de Champlain's arrival in Canada - Saint John NB 1904

by Art MacKay

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Celebrating Samuel de Champlain's arrival in Canada - Saint John NB 1904

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Art MacKay

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Mixed Media - Ink, Acrylic, Digital And More.

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Artwork based on a photo from the NB Provincial Archives

ABOUT THAT CELEBRATION - From the McCord Museum
For a wonderfully sunny week, June 20 to 27, 1904, the city of Saint John bubbled with
excitement and joy. The entire city was decked out in colourful streamers and flags, and
crowds of spectators flocked to the city centre to be part of the revelry marking the de
Monts and Champlain Tercentenary.
Among the highlights of the week were a regatta in the harbour, the arrival of three
international warships, New Brunswick Lieutenant Governor Jabez Bunting Snowball's
(1837-1907) levee at the Court House, baseball games, the Boys' Brigade exhibition at
Market Square, military and firemen's parades and the unveiling of a de Monts and
Champlain commemoration tablet in the local public library. The most popular event,
however, was the arrival of the Acadie in Market Slip on Friday, June 24. Cheering crowds
turned out to watch members of a local rowing club, costumed as Aboriginals, accompany
de Monts and his crew ashore for the string of festivities.

The Acadie was a Nova Scotia schooner refurbished for the occasion of the de Monts and
Champlain Tercentenary in 1904

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