This is a quick Park & Grab which is very close to where the Walker family farm was in the early 1800s. A B Walker, who was the first Black Lawyer in Canada, grew up here. His story has been brought to light as a location in the Black History Stories of the Kingston Peninsula Adventure Lab, which is a segment of the Atlantic Canada's Hidden Histories ( ACHH) Geotour.
This story is a perfect example of why CRAG is excited to be part of ACHH. As I ( FriendlyForager) am writing this, I am excited to have just received a copy of a book about A B Walker entitled "Abraham Beverley Walker Lawyer, Lecturer, Activist" by Peter Little who is a member of the Board of Directors of the New Brunswick Black History Society. In the last statement on the back cover of his book Peter writes " Abraham was a devout Christian and his message bears a striking resemblance to that of Dr. Martin Luther King ,Jr. who followed in his footsteps fifty years later."
How can it be that very few New Brunswickers know this story?