"a host of valuable articles on the Atlantic area . . .
a veritable renaissance in Maritime regional history"
- J.M.S. Careless, University of Toronto

"a total rewriting of Atlantic Canadian history"
- G.S. Kealey, University of New Brunswick

"a tremendous incentive to historical studies in Atlantic Canada . . .
a first-rate historical journal"
- W.G. Godfrey, Mount Allison University

"one of the most exciting historical periodicals in the country"
- Carl Berger, The Writing of Canadian History

"some of the finest articles being written today in Canadian history"
- D.A. Muise, A Reader's Guide to Canadian History