Hatfield Point, New Brunswick

European settlement began in 1783 with the arrival of Captain Thomas Spragg, a United Empire Loyalist militia officer from Hempstead, Long Island.

The early-to-mid 1800s saw the rise of riverboats on the Saint John River system, which became the chief means of transportation in southern New Brunswick.

The boiler of the SS Springfield, a riverboat that burnt down while at anchor off the point, is still visible from the community wharf, emerging from the water in a shallow part of the bay.

Though a very small community, Hatfield Point and its people have been the subjects of several oral and informal histories, including works by Marsha Boyd, Thomas Shanklin, Calin Coburn and Elizabeth Drake McDonald.

He was a member of the Sons of the Pioneers and a prolific songwriter, with Cool Water and Tumbling Tumbleweeds his best-known works.