Kouchibouguac National Park
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Kouchibouguac National Park is a national park located on the east coast of New Brunswick in Kouchibouguac and was established in 1969 to preserve a section of the Canadian Maritime Plain region. The
Boardwalk over a salt marsh
A tablet discussing the park's opening inside the visitors center
Jackie Vautour
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John L. Vautour was a Canadian fisherman, born in Claire-Fontaine, New Brunswick, best known for his fight against the expropriation of 250 families in the early 1970s to create Kouchibouguac National
Kouchibouguac National Park
…rehabilitating the people by evicting them. The residents resisted this eviction, shutting down the park on several occasions. The most notable of these was Jackie Vautour, whose home was bulldozed in 1976, but who returned to squat there two years later, where he remained until his death on February 7, 2021. Vautour's…
Jackie Vautour with his wife Yvonne Vautour in 2008
Sign marking the property claimed by Jackie Vautour at Kouchibouguac National Park, 2010