Fire The Miramichi Reader

The Great Saint John Fire of 1877: The rise, destruction and recovery of Canada’s leading port city by Mark Allan Greene

November 21, 2022 by Heather McBriarty

What most of us don’t know is this: it was the single most devastating urban fire in the 19th century in North America, eclipsing the more famous fires in Boston and Chicago.

The Sound of Fire by Renée Belliveau

January 3, 2022October 8, 2021 by Ian Colford

A breathtaking, fast-paced work of historical fiction based on the tragic true story of the 1941 Mount Allison University residence fire.

The Miramichi Fire: A History by Alan MacEachern

December 2, 2020September 21, 2020 by James M. Fisher

The Miramichi Fire was the largest wildfire ever to occur within the British Empire, one of the largest in North American history, and the largest along the eastern seaboard.

Three Million Acres of Flame by Valerie Sherrard

December 31, 2019July 17, 2015 by James M. Fisher

Three Million Acres of Flame (2007, Dundurn Press) is a historical novel by Miramichi author Valerie Sherrard. It tells the story of young Skye Haverill and her family and friends against the backdrop of the Great Miramichi Fire of 1825, … Continue reading