Rural Routes New Brunswick - Beaubears Island Shipbuilding National Historic Site of Canada

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50 ST PATRICKS DR
Miramichi, New Brunswick
E1N 5V0

New Brunswick Tourism Region : Mirimichi River Valley

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In 1758, Charles Deschamps de Boishébert et de Raffetot (1727-1797) established a refugee camp for 3,500 survivors of the expulsion of the Acadians here and on an adjoining point now called Wilson Point after New Jersey Loyalist John Wilson.
The Micmac called the island Quoomeneegook, 'pine island,' and Niktawak, 'at the river forks.' On a 1765 land grant the island is called Beobares Island and later Beauheberts Island.
When John and Alexander Fraser ran their shipyard here from 1826 to 1837, it was called Fraser's Island. From 1839 to 1849 it was Russell's Island when John Russell operated a shipyard here.
John Harley operated the shipyard from 1850 to 1857 and it was called Harley's Island and then it was Mitchell's Island because it was owned by Peter Mitchell.
Eventually the island became known as Beaubears Island, a corrupted version of Boishébert's name. Birthplace of John James Fraser (1829-1896), premier from 1878 to 1882.
With permission from 'New Brunswick Place Names' David E. Scott 2009

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Nearby:	Miramichi, 0km Hortons Creek, 1km Little Branch, 4km Bay du Vin, 3km Bay du Vin Beach, 4km Point aux Carr, 5km Fowlies Mill, 4km Victoria, 4km Auburnville, 5km Point Gardiner, 7km Bay du Vin Island Protected Natural Area, 9km Black River Bridge, 9km Napan Bay, 9km The Willows, 11km Oak Point (The Willows), 11km Gregan, 10km Hardwicke, 10km	Redmondville, 13km St. Margarets, 15km Barryville, 14km Glenelg, 15km New Jersey, 18km Lower Napan, 13km Burnt Church, 18km Wine River, 18km Eel River Bridge, 13km Saints Peter and Paul Church, 14km Bartibog Bridge, 15km MacDonald Farm, 15km Village-Saint-Laurent, 21km Laketon, 21km Winston, 18km MacDonald Farm Wildlife Management Area, 15km Portage Island National Wildlife Area, 18km	Girouard Shipwreck Site, 19km Manuels, 15km Lagacéville, 21km Esgenoôpetitj 14, 21km Loggieville, 15km Drisdelle Settlement, 22km Glenwood, 16km Black River Protected Natural Area, 20km Rivière-des-Caches, 22km Alnwick, 24km Lower Newcastle, 17km Robichaud Settlement, 24km Russellville, 18km Centre Napan, 17km Baie-Sainte-Anne, 17km Saint-Wilfred, 24km

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