<p> Heritage Fair Project Ideas</p><p>Famous People from N. B.:  (poet) Bliss Carmen  (poet) Charles  (business) K. C. Irving  (business) Ganong  (inventor steam whistle) Fulton  (philanthropist) Aida Flemming  (business) William Maxwell Aitken – Lord Beaverbrook  (artists) Molly & Bruno Bobak  (photographer) Freeman Patterson  (artist) Peter Powning  (author/photographer) Beth Powning  (artist/philanthropist) Gov. Gen. Hermenegilde Chiasson  (author) Antoine Maillet (“La Sagouine”)  (business) Tom Culligan (Second Cup franchise)  (author) John Peters Humphrey  (business) Louis B. Mayer (founder of MGM Studios)  (business) Harrison & Wallace McCain (McCain Foods)  (author) David Adams Richards  (actor) Donald Sutherland  (poet) Fred Cogswell</p><p>Famous Politicians of New Brunswick:  Andrew Bonar Law  Frank McKenna  Romeo Leblanc  Richard Hatfield  Louis Robichaud  Alan Graham  Shawn Graham  Claudette Bradshaw  Bernard Lord  Graydon Nicholas (current Lt. Gov of N.B., Member of the Maliseet Nation)</p><p>Famous Athletes from New Brunswick:  Willie O’Ree (first Black player in the NHL)  Rheal Cormier (major league baseball pitcher)  Gordie Drillon (Hall of Fame, hockey)  Yvon Durelle (boxer)  Danny Grant (hockey)  Emile Goguen (wrestler)  Matt Stairs (baseball) Musicians from New Brunswick:  (soprano, singer) Measha Brueggergosman  (singer) Chris Cummings  (singer) Julian Austin  (singer) Joan Kennedy  (singer) Tom Conners  (musician) Don Messer  (musician) Ned Landry  (musician) Ivan Hicks  (musician) Winston Crawford </p><p>General Project Ideas to Make Your Own:  Inventions  Create your own Heritage Minute of a famous person from NB  Create your own Heritage Minute of a famous event in NB  Languages  National Parks – Keeper Project – Which museums and National Parks need to be kept? Why?  Take a Museum Tour  Genealogy – research your family history/crest/tartan  Comedy and comedians – storytelling and culture  Interview a grandparent or great-grandparent and compare their way of life with your own  Document the stories of a loved one who is or was a veteran  Create a brochure or PowerPoint to attract tourists to your community  How have family farms changed in the past 50 yrs? Interview local farmers.</p>