Records With Access Point "Dorchester"
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W. Albert Hickman fonds
Fonds - [ca.1880]-[ca.1903]
P13
William Albert Hickman (22 Dec 1878, New Brunswick – 10 Sep 1957) was a Canadian designer and manufacturer of innovative fast boats. He is best known as the inventor of the Hickman Sea Sled.
Born in Dorchester, New Brunswick, Hickman grew up in Pictou, Nova Scotia, as part of a wealthy shipbuilding family. He earned a degree in marine engineering from Harvard University in 1899. He was named a Commissioner of New Brunswick and was situated in London, England to encourage immigration to NB through lectures and demonstrations using lantern slides. A lecturer for the Government, a Fellow of the Royal Colonial Institute and a successful novelist.[1]
He was highly intelligent but, openly, did not suffer fools gladly and was forever irritating his contemporaries in the marine business. This probably contributed to the low coverage of his ideas in the boating press.[2
William Albert was remembered in the wills of both is paternal grandparents - Joseph left him $3000 and Ruth Hickman l...
Stone house at Dorchester
Item - 1899
P13\50
This stone building is the Chandler House or Rocklyn house, located in Dorchester. It was built by Edward Baron Chandler in 1832. Edward Baron Chandler was a Father of Confederation, and at one time the Lieutenant Governor of New Brunswick. Local lore claims Chandler arrived in Dorchester in 1814, a poor attorney, his wife and belongings upon one horse, but 18 years later he was able to build this elegant home. Some believe he found pots of Acadian gold on the land. For the past four years the building has been undergoing restoration to become a country Inn.