Mary Biggar Peck

Born in Montreal of New Brunswick ancestry, research historian Mary Biggar Peck is a graduate of McGill and Carleton universities. She has worked in Ontario, Quebec, and New Brunswick, where she now lives in a house beside the sea on Deer Island. Her articles appear in Antique Showcase, the Canadian Collector and Horizon Canada. Her publications include "From War to Winterlude - 150 Years on the Rideau Canal" and "The Bitter With the Sweet - New Brunswick 1604-1984", published during New...See more

Born in Montreal of New Brunswick ancestry, research historian Mary Biggar Peck is a graduate of McGill and Carleton universities. She has worked in Ontario, Quebec, and New Brunswick, where she now lives in a house beside the sea on Deer Island. Her articles appear in Antique Showcase, the Canadian Collector and Horizon Canada. Her publications include "From War to Winterlude - 150 Years on the Rideau Canal" and "The Bitter With the Sweet - New Brunswick 1604-1984", published during New Brunswick's Bi-centennial Year. Her interest in photographs as a vital source of social history began in 1977 and 1978 when she presented a series of Atlantic Television programs based on historic photographs. Lieutenant-Governor of New Brunswick, the Honourable George F.G. Stanley, O.C., has had a long and distinguished career. He taught at a number of Canadian universities, retiring in 1975 from his post as Davidson Professor and Director of Canadian Studies at Mount Allison University, New Brunswick, to devote his time to writing and to various public and charitable organizations. Dr. Stanley served overseas during the Second World War and is now Honorary Colonel of the Royal New Brunswick Regiment. Author of many books on Canadian history, Dr. Stanley has received numerous honours, including Officer of the Order of Canada. See less