You don’t have to take it from us…
Our local historians have it all covered, from the ice age beginning to the rhubarb pie recipe end. If you have questions about, or would like to purchase any of our wonderful publications, contact us and we’ll ship them to wherever you are. Close enough for a beautiful drive? You can buy them at our museum, or across the road at Coburn’s Country Store.
On the Ridge in the Mactaquac Country
$20.00
Written by Evelyn Gordon and Harry Grant.
From the foreword: "A bit of social history which attempts to trace the story of Keswick Ridge from its origins in the good earth and in the hearts of the people who came to settle, and remained, in their descendants, to build this flourishing and friendly rural community."
The Vanished Village - Jewett’s Mills, N.B.
1804-1967
$15.00
Written by Evelyn Gordon and Harry Grant and reprinted with added photos in 2007 by the Historical Society.
A Taste of Keswick: A collection of recipes and more, reprinted from The Keswick Exchange
$15.00
Sheila Moore and Anne Hunt, Editors.
The Keswick Exchange was a community newspaper published from May 1981 to June 1998. A regular feature of the news magazine was the "What's Cooking?" column. Contributors often included "food for thought" along with their recipes. Stories from the Exchange about local food producers have been included along with the recipes.
Bear Island:
More Than An Island
$20.00
Written by Patty Gunter Trail
In an excerpt from the book's introduction, Patty Gunter Trail writes, "as we grow older, many of us search for our roots, trying more perfectly to identify how we became the people we are. That partly explains why I began researching the history of Bear Island. With the construction of the Mactaquac Dam and the subsequent flooding of the islands and large pieces of the mainland in Bear Island, I felt that it was important to retain the stories of life in this rural community before they were forgotten forever".
Scotch Lake…
And a Wee Bit of Irish
$20.00
Written by Barb Allen
The settlement of Scotch Lake began with the arrival of 6 families from the south of Scotland. Originally, the community consisted of 13 lots which have been followed from their conception, in 1819, up to the present day. The book is a depiction of the struggles these brave settlers had to face and the many obstacles they had to overcome. Included are many stories we hope will bring the people to life for you and be remembered long after you have read the book.
Century Homes of Keswick Ridge
$15.00
Printed by the Keswick Ridge Seniors and donated to the Historical Society, this book details the history of many of the region's surviving homes built in the 1800s, and talks about some homes that unfortunately no longer exist, and others relocated during the construction of the Mactaquac Dam.
This book also discusses land grant lots, and includes a table of land grant lot numbers that pinpoints on which lot each house stands.
Looking Back at Macnaquac:
A Community History
$20.00
Compiled by Ruth Timmins, Jean Cunningham, Bessie Howland, and Velma Murch
Originally published in 1992, this book was reprinted by the Keswick Ridge Historical Society in 2014.
Fond Memories
$10.00
Written by Estelle Haines & Aggie Rose Reddin in 2007. Printed with permission of the authors.
This is a lovely book of Estelle Haines' memories of summers spent at Mactaquac in the 20’s and 30’s. It contains photos and genealogy of the Haines, Jewett, and Donaldson families.