Fort Beauséjour was a significant five-pointed star-shaped fort situated on the Isthmus of Chignecto, a strip of land connecting present-day New Brunswick and Nova Scotia. The location was of strategic…
Tonge’s Island
Located on a triangular section of land within the Tantramar Marsh near Sackville, Tonge’s Island National Historic Site of Canada is an important Acadian settlement consisting of a low hill…
Village of Memramcook
Memramcook, also spelled Memramcouke or Memramkouke, is a village situated in Westmorland County in southeastern New Brunswick. The community is primarily composed of Acadian people who speak the Chiac dialect…
Town of Caraquet
Situated on the shore of Chaleur Bay on the Acadian Peninsula, the name Caraquet is derived from the Mi’kmaq term for meeting of two rivers. The Caraquet River and Rivière…
Fort Gaspareaux
Fort Gaspareaux (later Fort Monckton) was a French fort at the head of Baie Verte near the mouth of the Gaspareaux River and just southeast of the modern village of…
Sackville
The picturesque Town of Sackville nestled on the edge of the expansive and fertile Tantramar Marshes is one of New Brunswick’s oldest communities. The Town has a European settlement history…
History of New Brunswick
New Brunswick, one of Canada’s three Maritime provinces along with Prince Edward Island and Nova Scotia, holds the distinction of being the only constitutionally bilingual (English-French) province. The primary cities…