New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island Heritage Challenge 
New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island are beautiful and exciting provinces. By
completing this challenge you will learn about your province, your community and
your family and provincial heritage.
You will also be able to share your personal
Heritage with others.
To complete the challenge each age group should complete the following:
- Sparks & Brownies: 2 from each of Community & Province and 1 from each of
Family, Culture and Social
- Guides: 4 from each of Community & Province and 1 from each of Family, Culture
and Social
- Pathfinders: 6 from each of Community & Province and 1 from each of Family,
Culture and Social
- Rangers & Adults: 8 from each of Community & Province and 1 from each of
Family, Culture and Social
Community
- What is the name of your community? When was it founded and why was it
named so? Find out about the first people who lived in your community. How did
they get there and why did they stay?
- What was the main industry in your community 100 years ago? What is it now?
- Where were the members of your unit born? Were they born in Canada or
move to Canada from another country? When did their families move to New
Brunswick/PEI? How is life different in the two (2) countries?
- Interview a senior. Find out what is was like when they were young. What was
shopping like for their parents? What was school like?
- How has shopping changed in the past 100 years?
- Visit a heritage home in your area. Study the architecture of different homes in
your immediate area. What is similar and different? Which do you prefer?
- Visit a museum, antique store, heritage site, cemetery or historical society to
learn more about your heritage and community.
- How has your community changed in the past 50 to 100 years? A senior citizen
can help with this.
- When did Girl Guides start in your community? What was Guiding like when it
started?
- How was day to day life different 100 years ago? Would you have liked to
have lived back then?
- Visit the Girl Guide archives at New Brunswick Guide House in Saint John or
the PEI Area office in Charlottetown.
Family
- What was school like in your grandparents (or great grandparents) day? How is
school different in your community today? Where was the first school? Have you
ever visited a one room schoolhouse?
- Were you born in your community? Has your family always lived here? If not
find on a map or globe where they came from.
- Make a family tree showing four (4) generations including you. You may choose
to do this for either your mothers’, fathers’ or both sides of you family. Ask an
older relative about their childhood and what they did for fun.
- Does your family have an heirloom or tradition that has been passed down
through the generations? Share this with your unit.
Province
- Make a list of provincial place names that are of native origin and their
translated meaning.
- When did your province join confederation? Who was the first premier?
- Learn the symbols of your provincial flag and what they stand for. When was it
adopted? Who designed it?
- What is the official provincial flower, tree and bird.
- New Brunswick is only officially bilingual province in Canada? Why is it only
French and English and not another language?
- Find about a person who has made a difference in the people and their lives in
New Brunswick or Prince Edward Island.
- Name some famous people from New Brunswick or PEI. What are they known
for? They could be an inventor, author, sports figure, actor, musician etc.
- Learn to sing the New Brunswick grace and the “Land of New Brunswick” or
“The Island Hymm” or another song about your province.
- Make a collage of pictures of scenic places, people, or things that are truly
unique to your province.
- What is your favourite place in the province to visit?
- Culture
- Learn about another culture in your province. (Acadian, Micmac, Maliseet).
Share some interesting facts about them.
- Are there any Native Canadian Reserves in your area? Find out the name of the
reserve and something special about their culture. What are some of the things
we use today that came from their culture?
- Read or listen to a native legend, or a story from your community’s past.
- Learn something new from a Native Canadian Culture, Acadian Culture or
English Culture which you did not know before. Participate in a ceremony, or visit
a heritage display about this culture.
- What are some of the remedies or medicines we use today that came from
either the early settlers and/or the Micmac & Maliseet?
Social
- What is a pie,
basket or tea social? What was their purpose? Have one with
another unit or your family.
- Learn how to make bread, butter, jam or pickles.
- Learn about heritage crafts and try one. Rug hooking/weaving, knitting, tatting,
crochet, paper quilling, embroidery or quilting or candle making braiding.
- What games did children play 75 years ago? Play one (Fox and Geese, hop
scotch, marbles
etc.)
Crests are $ 2.50 each and available from the Provincial Office.