Andrew MacLean’s popular long form Atlantic Canadian history column, Backyard History, appears once a week in more than a dozen newspapers and is read widely across the Maritimes.
He is also the host of the Backyard History Podcast, and has a television show in the works with Cultivation Productions and Bell Fibe.
He puts the story into history, digging deep into forgotten and obscure moments in Maritimes history and fashioning them into fascinating tales.
Mixing academic research with the human touch Maritimers are known for, MacLean’s Backyard History has been featured by media outlets across Canada.
A prolific world traveler, he has backpacked through 37 countries across five continents, while his varied career in Canada has taken him everywhere from land surveying to managing federal and provincial election campaigns.
Inspired by his grandfather’s stories about local lore on New Brunswick’s north shore, MacLean began digging deep into forgotten and obscure moments in Maritimes history and fashioning them into fascinating stories.
The first print run of his first book 'Backyard History: Forgotten Stories of Atlantic Canada's Past' sold out in only ten days.
