Fundraising Events
(Updated: 2025-10-17 20:43)
Just so you know, all profits from these events go directly to the support and maintenance of the Loyalist House Museum.
We are now closed for all fundraising events at the Loyalist House Museum. We will begin again in the spring of 2026. Thank you for your support!
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Special Events
(Updated: 2025-10-26 08:35)
Join us for our Speakers Series for 2025-26
All these public presentations are free
Number 1 was held on 25 October: The Revolution Comes to the St. John River/ Wolastoq.
Steve Fowler & Peter Gillies made the presentation on the 27th of August this past summer in Tilley Square. (Photo: H.E. Wright)
Members of DeLancey's Brigade, a Living History group based in Saint John, made a presentation on the August 1775 American privateer raid on the mouth of the St. John River, an early event in the Revolutionary War. This past August was the 250th Anniversary of this event.
The presentation was recorded and is on our YouTube Channel. When it is posted, we will include the link here.
Number 2
“Traders, Raiders or Invaders?: Understanding the early Anglo-Scots colony of Nova Scotia 1628-1632.”
The fleeting Scottish attempts at establishing the colony of Nova Scotia (covering modern-day NB and NS) are difficult to unravel. Documentation about the colonies is incredibly limited - it is an odd situation where we know more about what the Scottish raiders stole from the French at Fort La Tour in 1632, than how many Anglo-Scots settlers landed, where they came from or what professions they had! In this talk, we unpick the information available on the Anglo-Scottish settlements at Baleine and Charlesfort, whilst attempting to understand who these people were and what they may have looked like.
Speaker Warren Xander grew up in the South West of England, before moving to New Brunswick in early 2022 with his wife and daughter. His formal education is in materials science, and he spends his days supporting the design, development and deployment of small modular nuclear reactors (SMRs). He has had a lifetime interest in history, with a particular focus on the 17th century for the last 7 years. He is the founder and group leader of Nova Hollandia Reenactment, which seeks to bring the forgotten 17th-century history of Atlantic Canada to life.
Time: Saturday, 22 November 2025, Starting at 13:00 until 14:30 (1:00-2:30 PM), at Stone Church, 87 Carleton St., Saint John.
