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Stories of Hampton and the Kennebecasis River |
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Hampton’s Bridge |  |
Before Hampton’s current bridge built in 1891 the last of 5, a ferry was how a Stage Coach would cross, you can still see the other bridges wooden supports on the sand island.
Hampton’s Match FactoryThe Flewwelling Match Factor started in 1862, supplying splints to NS, PEI and NFLD. The rock pile is the remains of the dock the factory used for loading their crates.
The matches were built with pine logs, they were made into combs and dipped into sulphur and phosphorous. The Factory was sold in 1918.
The Famous Brides HouseThere is a river front yellow house on St Andrew St called the Brides House It was built over 100 years ago as a wedding present by two brothers. Your skipper will be sure to regale you with the rest of the story. Big Boats in HamptonBoats were built in Hampton in the early 1800s and big steamers like the “Clifton” and paddle boats like the “Hampton” traveled this river in the later 1800s and early 1900s.
Until roads were established the Kennebecasis River proved to be the main highway by boat and by sleigh.
Stories of the PickwauketPickwauket Mountain is not so gentle in it slope or in its history as Frost Mountain. Earth quake tremors have been felt four times on the peak and indeed through parts of southern New Brunswick during the past. The first occurrence was February 1855 a tremble caused a slide of rocks and trees to come from the top of the Pickwauket. It trembled again in 1884, 1904 and the last time was 1982.
The Famous Indian Tale of Glooscap and the PickwauketGlooscap was said by the Mi'kmaq to be great in size and in powers, and to have created natural features. In carrying out his feats, he often had to overcome his evil twin brother who wanted rivers to be crooked and mountains ranges to be impassable. With a fishing pole bigger than any pine tree that’s around now he often sat on the point of Kennebecasis Island and angled for Salmon in the harbor. While fishing on the point of Barlow’s Bluff he caught a horse mackerel weighing six ton and he ended up dislocating its neck and threw it in the Kennebecasis. That fish is known as Long Island. Glooscap sauntered around this area from P.E.I and N.S. to including Hampton New Brunswick and created the Pickwauket.
The Maliseet Story of Ossekeag Creek “Ossekeag” coming from an Indian word meaning “marshy brook”
The predominant tribe in the region known today as Hampton was that of the Maliseet Indian. This tribe is known to have had various encampments in what they called Ossekeag, a marshy brook, along the Kennebecasis River.
Man from nothing Glooscap, the first human, was created out of a bolt of lightening in the sand and remains a figure that appears in many of the Mi’kmaw legends. These legends are stories that are passed down from generation to generation and tell of the Mi’kmaw culture. Glooscap’s wondrous powers are impressive throughout a number of the Mi’kmaw legends. As demonstrated in many legends, Glooscap even had the power to shape the environment around him. |
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