Beaubears Island is an island at the confluence of the Northwest Miramichi and Southwest Miramichi Rivers near Miramichi, New Brunswick. The island is most famous for being the site of an Acadian refugee camp during the French and Indian War. The camp was under the command of leader of the Acadian resistance to the expulsion, Charles Deschamps de Boishébert et de Raffetot.
Beaubears Island
Marquis de Boishébert - Charles Deschamps de Boishébert et de Raffetot (1753)
Camp d'Espérance Memorial at Wilson's Point (IR Walker 2007)
Miramichi ( ) is the largest city in northern New Brunswick, Canada. It is situated at the mouth of the Miramichi River where it enters Miramichi Bay. The Miramichi Valley is the second longest valley in New Brunswick, after the Saint John River Valley.
Ritchie Wharf on the Newcastle waterfront in the City of Miramichi
Rankin House, former home of Miramichi lumber baron Alexander Rankin at Douglastown
Centennial Bridge
Beaverbrook House, formerly the Old Manse Library, and earlier the boyhood home of Max Aitken, Lord Beaverbrook, in Newcastle