Tappan Adney (artist, writer, and consultant on Maliseet culture) is most remembered for his part in the preservation of the art of birch bark canoes. This skill he learned over a lifetime of travelling and living in Woodstock. Born 13…
Fort Beauséjour
Fort Beauséjour was a large five-star fort on the Isthmus of Chignecto, a neck of land connecting present-day New Brunswick with Nova Scotia. The site was strategically important in Acadia, a French colony that included parts of what is now…
Graydon Nicholas
Graydon Nicholas, lawyer, lecturer, judge, Lieutenant-Governor of New Brunswick was born at Tobique in 1946. Of Maliseet descent, Graydon Nicholas made significant strides in the fields of law and public service. He was the first Aboriginal person to obtain a…
Meductic Indian Village / Fort Meductic
Meductic is a small village located along the Saint John River approximately 33 kilometers southeast of Woodstock. Meductic Indian Village / Fort Meductic was designated a national historic site of Canada in 1924 because the fortified village of Meductic was the principal settlement of the Maliseet First…