Boghead Glasgow brick found in Canada
— 24/04/2026Found by Barry Campbell on the south shore of English Bay near Kitslano, Vancouver, Canada. Boghead Fireclay Works, Bathgate, West Lothian. . . . .
Found in Nine Mile River, Hants County, Nova Scotia, Canada by Randall L Leighton.
2 examples were found on a campsite there. Their find situation suggests they may have been brought in from an unknown location simply to chock a vehicles wheels.
Unidentified maker but possibly Hurll
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Found by Barry Campbell on the south shore of English Bay near Kitslano, Vancouver, Canada. Boghead Fireclay Works, Bathgate, West Lothian. . . . .
This brick was found on a beach in Ottawa, Canada. (Finder wished to remain anonymous online). Garnqueen Fireclay Works, Glenboig, Lanarkshire Alternative brickworks include: Gartliston Fireclay Works, Glenboig, Lanarkshire. Building bricks at Garscadden Works, Drumchapel. .
Found by Jeannie Davis at an old tannery in Nova Scotia, Canada. Garnkirk Fireclay Works, Garnkirk, Lanarkshire. . . . . .
Found by Eddy Pellerin at the Chemin de la Réserve Faunique de Matane, St-René-de-Matane, Québec, Canada. Eddy believes the structure in which the brick was found was a ruined building of some sort. Gartcraig Fire Clay Works, By Millerston, Glasgow. . . . . . .
The following bricks were found by Heather Harris. Heather states – I am located in Prince Edward Island, Canada, and there is a beach site in our capital, Charlottetown, that is covered in bricks and other building debris. The location formerly housed a hospital, called Falconwood, which was built in the 1870s as an asylum. Sadly,…
Found in Gaspé, Québec, Canada by Josée Lemire. Morningside Fireclay Works, Wishaw, Lanarkshire. . . . .
Found by Lou Coletti. Lou states – Here is a photo of a brick I found, last spring at low water, at the old CPR shipyard in Nelson, British Columbia, Canada. The shipyard operated from the 1890s to about 1960s. Several sternwheelers for travel on Kootenay Lake were assembled there in the early days Gartcraig…
Found by Karen Haggetton on the Northumberland Strait near Cape John, Nova Scotia, Canada. Gartcraig Fire Clay Works, By Millerston, Glasgow. . . . .
Found by Laura Lea and Ian Wallingford while on vacation in St Martin, New Brunswick, Canada on the Bay of Fundy. Gartcraig Fire Clay Works, By Millerston, Glasgow. . . . .
Found by Danielle Gustafson in an old cottage on the shores of the Bay of Fundy in Parrsboro, Nova Scotia, Canada. The maker is unidentified. The brickmark would suggest Scottish origins but … There is the distinct possibility that this fire brick was manufactured in Scotland for an overseas customer and that the G &…
