Early Atlantic Newspapers
Printers, editors, and everyday readers – discover how early newspapers spread news, stirred debate, and recorded the lives of Atlantic Canadians.
Halifax Gazette. NS. Canada’s first newspaper, 1752. Read the full story…
Nova Scotia Chronicle and Weekly Advertiser. NS. Anthony Henry, 1769
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The Halifax Journal. NS. John Howe, 1781.
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Shelburne’s early newspapers. NS. 1783 – 1789. Read the full story…
The Royal St. John’s Gazette and Nova-Scotia Intelligencer. NB. John Ryan, 1784. Read the full story…
The Royal Gazette and New Brunswick Advertiser. NB. Christopher Sower, 1785. Read the full story…
PEI’s first printers – James Robertson and William Alexander Rind. Read the full story…
The Royal Gazette and Newfoundland Advertiser. Nfld. John Ryan, 1810. Read the full story…
The Acadian Recorder. NS. Anthony Henry, 1813. Read the full story…
Newfoundland Mercantile Journal. Nfld. Alexander Haire and Robert Lee, 1815. Read the full story…
The Colonial Patriot. NS. Jotham Blanchard, 1827. Read the full story…
The Novascotian. NS. Joseph Howe, 1828.
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The Yarmouth Herald. NS. Alexander Lawson, 1833. Read the full story …
The Morning News. NB. George Fenety, 1839.
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The Mayflower and the Olive Branch. NS. Sarah and Mary Herbert, 1844 and 1851. Read the full story…
The Casket. NS. John Boyd, 1851.
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The development of wood pulp. NS.
Charles Fenerty, c1844. Read the full story story…
Tramp Printers. The story of itinerant typesetters. Read the full story…
The family ties that shaped early printing in Atlantic Canada. Read the full story…