The St.John River Society  
 

The Latest on and about the St. John River
 

The St. John River Heritage Corridor

The St. John River Heritage Corridor is a proposed initiative of The St. John River Society and four tourism regions along the river. The focus of the initiative is to understand and highlight the rich natural and cultural heritage of our magnificent river so that this heritage can be shared with visitors and residents.

For futher reading:
"The St. John River Heritage Corridor Project Introduction"
Download document in PDF form

ATTEND PUBLIC MEETINGS

The St. John River Heritage Corridor will be holding a series of public information and “story collecting” sessions in communities along the river. If you have a story about the faces and places of the St. John River we would like to hear it. Please come out to any of the following locations:

Fredericton Charlotte Street Arts Centre
732 Charlotte St.
Wednesday October 14th 6:30pm

Perth Andover
11 School Street, Next to the Civic Center
Community room
Turn right into the pool building
Thursday October 15th 6:30 pm

Mactaquac
Mactaquac Lodge, main entrance
1265 route 105
Tuesday October 20th 6:30 pm

Edmundston Public Library
33, Irene St.
Monday October 26th 6:30 pm

Woodstock Connell House
128 Connell Street
Tuesday November 3rd 6:30pm

Florenceville Bristol Community Hall
318 Main Street, Florenceville
Thursday November 5th
6:30 pm

Saint John Saint John Public Library
1 Market Square
Thursday November 12th
6:00 pm

Grand Falls Grand Falls
Civic Centre
60 rue Ouellette
Thursday November 19th 6:30 pm

 
 

The St. John River is a Contest Finalist!

CBC Radio 2 revealed a blockbuster list of 65 Canadian singer-songwriters vying for the chance to immortalize Canadians favourite places in song in the GREAT CANADIAN SONG QUEST. It’s now up to Canadians to choose the artists and pick the spots to be forever commemorated in Canada’s songbook.

Voters have until Friday, October 23 at 12 a.m. to choose from a shortlist of the most popular places from each province and territory, and the artists they’d like to see create the song for those locations,. Once voting closes, the final 13 artists have four weeks to compose and record an original song, inspired by the most popular Canadian location from their province or territory.

Vote now and often at www.cbc.ca/radio2
GO ST. JOHN RIVER!!!!

 


Please recreate responsibly on the river. Be aware of weather and water conditions.