Backyard History

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Backyard History is an Atlantic Canadian history project that is published in 12 regional newspapers,{{Cite web|url=https://tj.news/author/andrew-maclean-backyard-history/|title=Andrew MacLean, Backyard History | Telegraph-Journal}} a television show,{{Cite web|url=https://tv1.bell.ca/fibetv1/shows/backyard-history|title=Backyard History | Fibe TV1|website=tv1.bell.ca}} a podcast and has published three non-fiction books of local history.{{Cite book|url=https://books.friesenpress.com/store/title/119734000360756971/Andrew-MacLean-Forgotten-Stories-From-Atlantic-Canada's-Past|title=Forgotten Stories From Atlantic Canada's Past at the FriesenPress Bookstore|date=Nov 27, 2023|isbn=978-1-0391-8674-3 |via=books.friesenpress.com |last1=MacLean |first1=Andrew |publisher=FriesenPress }}{{Cite web|url=https://www1.gnb.ca/0003/Pages/en/nb_aut-e.asp?CODE=JM|title=New Brunswick Author Portal|first=Canada|last=Government of New Brunswick|date=Sep 10, 2014|website=www1.gnb.ca}}{{cite web | url=https://unbeknownstalumni.libsyn.com/47-andrew-maclean-on-travel-atlantic-canada-history-and-why-storytelling-matters | title=UNBeknownst: #47: Andrew MacLean on travel, Atlantic Canada history and why storytelling matters }} Regional tourism has also relied on its write-ups.{{cite web | url=https://www.discoversaintjohn.com/discovering-history-saint-john-towns-bay | title=Discovering History in Saint John & the Towns by the Bay | Discover Saint John }}

The primary author of the series is the historian Andrew Maclean,{{cite web | url=https://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/article/foraging-for-fiddleheads-a-springtime-tradition-in-the-maritimes-is-in-full-swing/ | title=Foraging for fiddleheads: A springtime tradition in the Maritimes is in full swing | date=17 May 2025 }}{{Cite web|url=https://backyardhistory.ca/author|title=Backyard History|first=Backyard|last=History|website=Backyard History}} and one of the first stories he researched was of "Old Ned", the sea serpent periodically seen in Lake Utopia until its bombardment during World War II training.{{Cite web|url=https://ca.news.yahoo.com/backyard-history-author-carries-tradition-135819267.html|title=Backyard History author carries on tradition of storytelling|date=Apr 3, 2025|website=Yahoo News}}