Relaxing drone footage - Kings Landing in the fall - Saint John River Historic Settlement - Public Engagement Session

Celebrating 50 years - 1974-2024 https://kingslanding.nb.ca/ 🎉 We Want to Hear From You! 🎉Nous voulons vous entendre! 🎉 Join us for an engaging public session as we dive into the Kings Landing Visitor Experience Strategy! Share your ideas on how to enhance visitor experiences—what works, what could be better, and your new suggestions! 📅 Date: January 28, 2025 🕕 Time: 6:00 PM - 7:30 PM (Presentation starts at 6:00 PM) 📍 Location: Delta Hotel, Fredericton, NB This is your chance to shape the future of Kings Landing! Everyone’s voice matters—come share yours. Light Snacks & Refreshments provided. See you there! Note: A Survey will be released for further input from the public after the Public Engagement Session takes place.

Inside the St. Mark's Anglican Church located at King's Landing shown below....

See below the similar design of three panel stained glass at St. Paul's Anglican Church in Sackville New Brunswick... circa 1850s

More here on the St. Mark's Anglican Church:

The St. Mark's Anglican Church at Kings Landing, New Brunswick [ Facebook ]

 

St. Mark's Anglican Church at Kings Landing New Brunswick December 2024

More here:  Kings Landing, New Brunswick | Prince William NB | Facebook

More here:  There's No Time Like the Present to Discover the Past | Kings Landing | New Brunswick

Supper at Christmastime in the King's Head Inn - Kings Landing, New Brunswick December 2024

Public Engagement Session this month:

Kings Landing Public Engagement Session / Séance d'engagement public | Facebook

 We Want to Hear From You! Nous voulons vous entendre! 

Join us for an engaging public session as we dive into the Kings Landing Visitor Experience Strategy! Share your ideas on how to enhance visitor experiences—what works, what could be better, and your new suggestions!

 Date: January 28, 2025
 Time: 6:00 PM - 7:30 PM (Presentation starts at 6:00 PM)
 Location: Delta Hotel, Fredericton, NB

This is your chance to shape the future of Kings Landing! Everyone’s voice matters—come share yours.
Light Snacks & Refreshments provided. See you there!

Note: A Survey will be released for further input from the public after the Public Engagement Session takes place.

A tour of Kings Landing | Rogers tv

Kings Landing ... see their map here:  2024-Map-File-Online.pdf

Riverside Presbyterian Church move - Kings Landing, Prince William, New Brunswick

Kings Landing Site Map here:  2024-Map-File-Online.pdf

September 8, 2024

The Riverside Presbyterian Church was dedicated on September 23, 1928 after the United Church of Canada absorbed Presbyterian churches, leaving those who did not wish to stay to build a new church close to their former one, utilizing a similar simplicity and character⛪ Later in the 20th century, with a declining congregation who wished for the church to be preserved, the building was donated to Kings Landing. In 2000, this marked the second move for the church, which moved to the other side of the road during the flooding of the Mactaquac Headpond in the 1960s. Trucking the church over nine kilometres, 19 sets of hydro and telephone lines had to be removed. The move and new foundation were funded entirely by donations. An article from CBC on May 16, 2000 reads: "Motorists on the Trans Canada Highway ran into a different kind of obstruction Tuesday morning, west of Fredericton. The Eastbound lane of the T-C-H was taken up by the Prince William Presbyterian Church. It was slowly making its way from Prince William to the King's Landing Historical Settlement. It took several months to co-ordinate the move, from arranging power line crews to remove, and reconnect, overhead wires, to allow the steeple to pass. There were some delays, complicated by Canadian Forces convoys, returning to Valcartier Quebec, from an exercise at CFB Gagetown. But, by noon Tuesday, the church was at the site, ready to be lifted onto its new foundation." .... L'église presbytérienne Riverside a été consacrée le 23 septembre 1928 après que l'Église Unie du Canada ait absorbé les églises presbytériennes, obligeant ceux qui ne souhaitaient pas rester à construire une nouvelle église près de leur ancienne, utilisant une simplicité et un caractère similaires ⛪ Plus tard au 20e siècle, avec une congrégation en déclin qui souhaitait que l'église soit préservée, le bâtiment a été donné à Kings Landing. En 2000, il s'agissait du deuxième déménagement de l'église, qui a été déplacée de l'autre côté de la route lors de l'inondation du bassin d'amont de Mactaquac dans les années 1960. L'église a été transportée par camion sur neuf kilomètres, ce qui a nécessité le retrait de 19 lignes électriques et téléphoniques. Le déménagement et la nouvelle fondation ont été entièrement financés par des dons. Un article de la CBC du 16 mai 2000 indique : « Les automobilistes sur la Transcanadienne ont rencontré un autre type d'obstacle mardi matin, à l'ouest de Fredericton. La voie en direction est de la Transcanadienne était occupée par l'église presbytérienne Prince William. Elle se dirigeait lentement de Prince William vers le village historique de King's Landing. Il a fallu plusieurs mois pour coordonner le déplacement, depuis l'organisation des équipes de pose de lignes électriques pour retirer et reconnecter les câbles aériens, afin de permettre le passage du clocher. Il y a eu quelques retards, aggravés par les convois des Forces canadiennes qui revenaient à Valcartier (Québec) après un exercice à la BFC Gagetown. Mais, mardi à midi, l'église était sur le site, prête à être soulevée sur ses nouvelles fondations. »

Photographed December 2024 at Kings Landing, New Brunswick, Canada after an early afternoon supper on a warm sunny day at their Christmastime event at the "Kings Head Inn" 

-- Saint Mark Anglican Church building is one of 70 historic buildings on 300 acres at the site on Saint John River, New Brunswick [ celebrating 50 years 1974-2024 ] 

King’s Landing - New Brunswick's Open Air Museum with A Window to the Past | Photo Journeys

more here:  HistoricPlaces.ca - HistoricPlaces.ca

and here:  Kings Landing Historical Settlement

"Heritage Value

Kings Landing Historical Settlement is designated a Provincial Historic Site for its preservation of the history of the settlers along the Saint John River.

Kings Landing Historical Settlement was created as part of the Mactaquac Hydroelectric Dam project which was undertaken as a federal-provincial project which began in 1965. Because the dam would flood the mid St. John River Valley from Mactaquac to Upper Woodstock, potentially destroying settlements begun by Loyalist refugees, their descendants, and 19th century immigrants, the historically and architecturally significant buildings from these early settlements were moved to what is now Kings Landing. Kings Landing Historical Settlement is a living history museum consisting of 37 historic buildings, 34 of which have been restored and 3 of which have been rehabilitated, as well as 28 reconstructed buildings, which are all set in a settlement pattern on a 53 hectare site along the St. John River. Two more buildings which would have been destroyed by construction in Fredericton were subsequently moved to Kings Landing. The architectural history of rural central New Brunswick from 1790s to the early 1920s is well documented and preserved. The settlement portrays the evolution of rural life in the St. John River Valley from the Loyalists, the Scottish and Irish immigrants and the late Victorians.

Kings Landing Historical Settlement also has value as a historic interpretation centre. The buildings, as well as the collection of furniture, decorative arts and pre-industrial technology, represent a way of life for the early settlers in a rural community. The re-enactment of the relationship between homes and the land in an agrarian society, the relationship between farm buildings and farm houses and the social spiritual life of the communities are interpretations of what was probably rural life from the 1790s to the early 1920.

Source: Department of Wellness, Culture and Sport, Heritage Branch, Site File:Vol.I-18500-D,2"