New Brunswick and the Navy - Four Hundred Years

From privateers to peacekeepers, from sailing ship battles to submarine espionage, New Brunswick's recorded naval history dates back to the first European incursions.
Bounded on three sides by the ocean and with a network of navigable rivers, the sea has dominated the province's history. The battles between the English and the French led to seaborne invasion and the expulsion of the Acadians. When the Americans and British plundered each other for patriotism and profit in the War of 1812, New Brunswick built its own navy to protect its shipping. In 1881, the new Dominion of Canada chose New Brunswick as its first naval base, and three decades later, MP George Foster initiated the parliamentary debate that led to the founding of the modern Canadian Navy.
This fact-filled volume tells the story of the province's unique contribution to Canada's storied naval history, culminating with a description of how, by the Naval Centennial year of 2010, the bulk of the modern Canadian fleet was designed and constructed in New Brunswick.

About the author

Marc Milner, a native of Sackville, NB, is a prolific author of Canadian military history. Co-director of the New Brunswick Military Heritage Project, he is also chair of the University of New Brunswick's history department, and former director of UNB's Brigadier Milton F. Gregg, VC, Centre for the Study of War and Society.

Summary

Co-published by the New Brunswick Military Heritage Project.

Product details

• Authors: Glenn Leonard, Marc Milner
• Publisher: Goose Lane Editions
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 22.10.2010
• EAN: 9780864926326
• ISBN: 978-0-86492-632-6
• No. of pages: 156
• Dimensions: 140 mm x 197 mm x 10 mm
• Weight: 194 g
• Illustrations: black 39 Illustrations
• Series: New Brunswick Military Heritag; New Brunswick Military Heritag; New Brunswick Military Heritage Series
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political administration