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2026-10-08

Beginning with the export of masts to France, timber and wooden ships to Great Britain, staves and boards to the…

2026-10-08

Fort Beauséjour, built by order of Marquis de la Jonquière, Governor of Canada, in 1750-1. Taken by Lt. Col. Robert…

2026-10-08

In 1645 D'Aulnay de Charnisay built a small wooden fort near here before seizing and destroying fort La Tour on…

2026-10-08

Built by French troops in 1751 to prevent the English from penetrating the Chignecto Isthmus, Fort Gaspareaux served particularly as…

2026-10-08

Late in 1777 Major Gilfred Studholme hurriedly fortified this ridge overlooking the mouth of the Saint John River. Throughout the…

2026-10-08

Built in 1659 by Thomas Temple during the English possession of Acadia, as a trading post. Ceded to France in…

2026-10-08

In 1631 Charles de Saint-Étienne de La Tour built a fort here, one of the earliest centres of the French…

2026-10-08

Erected in 1692, at the junction of the St. John and Nashwaak Rivers, by Governor Villebon. The French directed many…

2026-10-08

In the late 17th century a fortified Wolastoq’kew (Maliseet) village was strategically located here near the confluence of the Nerepis…

2026-10-08

The increase of population consequent upon the large influx of Loyalists in 1783 and 1784 convinced the British Government of…