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MC2946-D5
Reference number: MC2946-D5

Place : Fredericton
Date : 1842

What is now the City of Fredericton was originally a settlement where Micmac and Malecite farmed and raised livestock. The French began moving into the area in the late 17th century. In 1692, Frenchman Joseph de Villebon built a fort near the St. John River. The Acadian village of Pointe Sainte-Anne was also established at the time. It was the first real permanent settlement in the region.
The Loyalists arrived in 1783 and settled in several areas along the St. John River, including Fredericton. The Province of New Brunswick was founded the next year. Fredericton was subsequently named the capital of the new province.
This document is a lithograph of the City of Fredericton. We see a few people, animals, buildings, the St. John River, and the north and south sides of the city. This drawing was done by Henry Bartlett in 1842. Henry Bartlett, an English landscape artist born in 1809, created prints of New Brunswick scenes between 1836 and 1852. He died in 1854.

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