Public Lecture: “Firebreak: How the Maine-New Brunswick Border Defined the 1825 Miramichi Fire”

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“Firebreak: How the Maine-New Brunswick Border Defined the 1825 Miramichi Fire“

with Dr. Alan MacEachern

March 25th, 12 – 1:30pm EST, Zoom

Hosted by the Canadian-American Center at the University of Maine

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About the Lecture

On 7 October 1825, the Miramichi region of New Brunswick experienced one of the largest forest fires in recorded history while, next door, Maine suffered the most extensive fire in its history. The fires burned in the same environmental and climatic conditions, of course – and may well have been connected. Alan MacEachern will describe reconstructing the fire’s history, and discuss how the international border served as a cultural firebreak, dispersing the blaze and diminishing its renown in both the United States and Canada.

About the Speaker

Alan MacEachern teaches History at the University of Western Ontario. He has written extensively on Canadian environmental history, most recently The Miramichi Fire: A History (McGill-Queen’s University Press, 2020). He and Ed MacDonald will publish The Summer Trade: A History of Tourism on Prince Edward Island later this year. His favorite project is his next project. 

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Mark McLaughlin

I am an Assistant Professor of History and Canadian Studies, a cross-appointment with the Department of History and the Canadian-American Center at the University of Maine in Orono. I have research interests in the history of forestry, resource management and science, modern environmentalism, and government comics in Canada.

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