Beaubears Island

Beaubears Island

Beaubears Island is an island at the confluence of the Northwest Miramichi and Southwest Miramichi Rivers near Miramichi, New Brunswick. It is home to two Canadian National Historic Sites. Boishébert National Historic Site of Canada and Beaubears Island Shipbuilding National Historic Site of Canada, J. Leonard O'Brien Memorial. Both sites are administered by Parks Canada in collaboration with the Friends of Beaubears Island. The sites retain 200-year-old Eastern White Pines; thus the parks are significant from the perspectives of both human and natural history. [ Boishébert and Beaubears Island Shipbuilding National Historic Sites of Canada, J. Leonard O'Brien Memorial, http://www.pc.gc.ca/lhn-nhs/nb/boishebert/index_E.asp]

Boishébert National Historic Site of Canada

Beaubears (Boishébert) Island and nearby Wilson's Point (a.k.a. Beaubears Point or the Enclosure) together form Boishébert National Historic Site of Canada. Under the leadership of Charles Deschamps de Boishébert et de Raffetot, many Acadians found refuge here from 1756 to 1760. Prior to Acadian settlement in the region, the Mi'kmaq people camped on the island.

Beaubears Island Shipbuilding National Historic Site of Canada, J. Leonard O'Brien Memorial

Beaubears Island Shipbuilding National Historic Site of Canada, also known as J. Leonard O'Brien Memorial, is the only known, undisturbed archaeological site associated with the national significance of the 19th century wooden shipbuilding industry in New Brunswick. In accordance with O'Brien's wishes, the island was willed to Parks Canada and remains an integral part of Canadian history as a whole.

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External link

*http://www.beaubearsisland.ca/


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