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Grand Bay-Westfield, New Brunswick
Grand Bay-Westfield is a town in New Brunswick, Canada, on the west bank of the Saint John River (New Brunswick), Saint John River immediately north of the boundary between Kings County, New Brunswick, Kings County and Saint John County, New Brunswick, Saint John County. Name The town's hyphenated name is the product of a series of amalgamations since 1966. The Westfield Parish, New Brunswick, Parish, and later the village, of Westfield was named in honour of either Westfield, Massachusetts, or Westfield, New Jersey, by the Loyalist (American Revolution), Loyalists. The name may also simply be in reference to its location in the western corner of Kings County, New Brunswick. While the name Grand Bay (or as it appears on Robert Monckton, Monckton's 1758 map, ''Grand Baye'') was used for the Grand Bay (New Brunswick), body of water by the Acadians and Loyalists, the name only became associated with the settlement at the edge of Westfield Parish around 1869. History Wolastoqe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New Brunswick
New Brunswick is a Provinces and Territories of Canada, province of Canada, bordering Quebec to the north, Nova Scotia to the east, the Gulf of Saint Lawrence to the northeast, the Bay of Fundy to the southeast, and the U.S. state of Maine to the west. It is part of Eastern Canada and is one of the three Maritime Canada, Maritime provinces and one of the four Atlantic Canada, Atlantic provinces. The province is about 83% forested and its northern half is occupied by the Appalachians. The province's climate is continental climate, continental with snowy winters and temperate summers. New Brunswick has a surface area of and 775,610 inhabitants (2021 census). Atypically for Canada, only about half of the population lives in urban areas - predominantly in Moncton, Saint John, New Brunswick, Saint John and Fredericton. In 1969, New Brunswick passed the New Brunswick Official Languages Act (1969), Official Languages Act which began recognizing French as an official language, along ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wolastoqiyik
The Wolastoqiyik, (, also known as the Maliseet or Malecite () are an Algonquian-speaking First Nation of the Wabanaki Confederacy. They are the Indigenous people of the Wolastoq ( Saint John River) valley and its tributaries. Their territory extends across the current borders of New Brunswick and Quebec in Canada, and parts of Maine in the United States. The Houlton Band of Maliseet Indians, based on the Meduxnekeag River in the Maine portion of their historical homeland, are—since 19 July 1776—the first foreign treaty allies with the United States of America. They are a federally recognized tribe of Wolastoqey people. Today Wolastoqey people have also migrated to other parts of the world. The Wolastoqiyik have occupied areas of forest, river and coastal areas within their 20,000,000-acre, 200-mile-wide, and 600-mile-long homeland in the Saint John River watershed. Name The people call themselves ''Wəlastəkwewiyik'' and ''Wolastoqiyik. ''Wəlastəkw'' means "brigh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Samuel De Champlain
Samuel de Champlain (; 13 August 1574#Fichier]For a detailed analysis of his baptismal record, see #Ritch, RitchThe baptism act does not contain information about the age of Samuel, neither his birth date nor his place of birth. – 25 December 1635) was a French explorer, navigator, cartographer, draftsman, soldier, geographer, ethnologist, diplomat, and chronicler. He made between 21 and 29 trips across the Atlantic Ocean, and founded Quebec City, and New France, on 3 July 1608. An important figure in history of Canada, Canadian history, Champlain created the first accurate coastal map during his explorations and founded various colonial settlements. Born into a family of sailors, Champlain began exploring North America in 1603, under the guidance of his uncle, François Gravé Du Pont.#Davignon, d'Avignon (2008) After 1603, Champlain's life and career consolidated into the path he would follow for the rest of his life. From 1604 to 1607, he participated in the exploration an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Iroquois
The Iroquois ( ), also known as the Five Nations, and later as the Six Nations from 1722 onwards; alternatively referred to by the Endonym and exonym, endonym Haudenosaunee ( ; ) are an Iroquoian languages, Iroquoian-speaking Confederation#Indigenous confederations in North America, confederacy of Native Americans in the United States, Native Americans and First Nations in Canada, First Nations peoples in northeast North America. They were known by the French during the Colonial history of the United States, colonial years as the Iroquois League, and later as the Iroquois Confederacy, while the English simply called them the "Five Nations". Their country has been called wikt:Iroquoia, Iroquoia and Haudenosauneega in English, and '':fr:Iroquoisie, Iroquoisie'' in French. The peoples of the Iroquois included (from east to west) the Mohawk people, Mohawk, Oneida people, Oneida, Onondaga people, Onondaga, Cayuga people, Cayuga, and Seneca people, Seneca. After 1722, the Iroquoian-sp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joseph Robineau De Villebon
Joseph Robineau (or Robinau) de Villebon (; 22 August 1655 – 5 July 1700), a governor of Acadia, was born in New France and received much of his education and military experience in France. Robinau de Villebon's importance in history occurred after his return to New France about 1681 and his deployment to Acadia in about 1685 to assist governor François-Marie Perrot and, subsequently, governor Louis-Alexandre des Friches de Meneval. It is known he was in France when William Phips captured Port Royal, Acadia in the spring of 1690. Phips took prisoners including de Meneval to Boston. Joseph Robineau re-established French rule in Acadia and was made governor there, a position he held until his death. He built the capital at Fort Nashwaak and was able to maintain the New England-Acadia boundary in present-day Maine because of his military talents and his skill in dealing with the Wabanaki Confederacy. He was involved in the Raid on Oyster River. His most significant succes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Musquash Parish, New Brunswick
Musquash is a geographic parish in Saint John County, New Brunswick, Canada. For governance purposes, the parish is part of the incorporated rural community of Fundy Shores, which is a member of the Southwest Regional Service Commission. Prior to the 2023 governance reform, the parish formed the local service district of the parish of Musquash, which was a member of the Fundy Regional Service Commission (FRSC). Origin of name The Provincial Archives of New Brunswick gives it origin as "derived from the Maliseet word for muskrat" but does not mention that word or give a source. William F. Ganong has entries for Musquash Islands and Musquash Harbour, the former translated from the French ''I. aux Rats musquez'', island of muskrats, the latter uncertain, both possibly related to Maliseet words. Musquash is a synonym of muskrat, possibly borrowed from Massachusett. History Musquash was erected in 1877 from Lancaster Parish. Boundaries Musquash Parish is bounded: Remai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Portage
Portage or portaging ( CA: ; ) is the practice of carrying water craft or cargo over land, either around an obstacle in a river, or between two bodies of water. A path where items are regularly carried between bodies of water is also called a ''portage.'' The term comes from French, where means "to carry", as in "portable". In Canada, the term "carrying-place" was sometimes used. Early French explorers in New France and French Louisiana encountered many rapids and cascades. The Native Americans carried their canoes over land to avoid river obstacles. Over time, important portages were sometimes provided with canals with locks, and even portage railways. Primitive portaging generally involves carrying the vessel and its contents across the portage in multiple trips. Small canoes can be portaged by carrying them inverted over one's shoulders and the center strut may be designed in the style of a yoke to facilitate this. Historically, voyageurs often employed tump lines on t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nerepis River
The Nerepis River is a river approximately long in New Brunswick, Canada. "Na,li'pits" is Wolastoqiyik for "valley between hills" a name believed to be at least 11,000 years old by the local natives and evidenced by a fluted point discovered by archaeologists. First recorded in the early 1600s by French explorer Samuel de Champlain. A popular river for canoeists and anglers, it is a tributary of the Saint John River (New Brunswick), Saint John River. The river has been subjected to significant environmental stress over many years. The river meets the Saint John River at Westfield, part of the Town of Grand Bay-Westfield, where it feeds a fresh water marsh. Towards the headwaters, it passes through the communities of Nerepis, Blagdon, Bayard, Welsford (where a tributary, Douglas Creek, tumbles into the river over a waterfall), Fowlers Corners, Petersville, and New Jerusalem. The river also passes the 13th hole of the Welsford Golf Course. Most of the land it passes through i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Francis Ganong
William Francis Ganong (19 February 1864 – 7 September 1941) was a Canadian botanist, historian and cartographer. His botany career was spent mainly as a professor at Smith College in Northampton, Massachusetts. In his private life he contributed to the historical and geographical understanding of his native New Brunswick. Early life and education William Francis Ganong was born on February 19, 1864, in Saint John, in what was previously Carleton, in pre-confederation New Brunswick, the eldest child of James Harvey Ganong and Susan E. Brittain, both of whom descended from United Empire Loyalists. He had six younger siblings, including Susan, Arthur, Edwin, and Kit. When he was nine years old, his family moved to St. Stephen where his father, along with his uncle, Gilbert Ganong, established the Ganong Brothers candy factory. It was expected that young William would enter the family business when he came of age, but early on, he showed an interest in the natural wo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maliseet-Passamaquoddy Language
Peskotomuhkati-Wolastoqey ( or Maliseet-Passamaquoddy ( ; ''skicinuwatuwewakon'' or ''skicinuwi-latuwewakon'') is an endangered Algonquian languages, Algonquian language spoken by the Wolastoqiyik, Wolastoqey and Passamaquoddy people, Passamaquoddy peoples along both sides of the border between Maine in the United States and New Brunswick, Canada. The language consists of two major dialects: Maliseet, which is mainly spoken in the Saint John River (Bay of Fundy), Saint John River Valley in New Brunswick; and Passamaquoddy, spoken mostly in the Saint Croix River (Maine – New Brunswick), St. Croix River Valley of eastern Maine. However, the two dialects differ only slightly, mainly in their phonology. The indigenous people widely spoke Maliseet-Passamaquoddy in these areas until around the post-World War II era when changes in the education system and increased marriage outside of the speech community caused a large decrease in the number of children who learned or regularly used t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peace And Friendship Treaties
The Peace and Friendship Treaties were a series of written documents (or, Treaty, treaties) that Kingdom of Great Britain, Britain signed bearing the Authority of Great Britain between 1725 and 1779 with various Miꞌkmaq, Mi’kmaq, Wolastoqiyik (Maliseet), Abenaki, Penobscot, and Passamaquoddy peoples (i.e., the Wabanaki Confederacy) living in parts of what are now the The Maritimes, Maritime and Gaspé, Quebec, Gaspé region in Canada and the northeastern United States. Primarily negotiated to reaffirm the peace after periods of war and to facilitate trade, these treaties remain in effect to this day. The Peace and Friendship Treaties include the Halifax Treaties. These are 11 treaties signed between 1760 and 1761 by the various bands of the Miꞌkmaq (as well as other Indigenous peoples)There were also Halifax Treaties signed with the Wolastoqiyik (Maliseet) and the Passamaquoddy. and the British in Halifax, Nova Scotia. These agreements ended the conflict that had persisted ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wabanaki Confederacy
The Wabanaki Confederacy (''Wabenaki, Wobanaki'', translated to "People of the Dawn" or "Easterner"; also: Wabanakia, "Dawnland") is a North American First Nations and Native American confederation of five principal Eastern Algonquian nations: the Abenaki, Mi'kmaq, Wolastoqiyik, Passamaquoddy (''Peskotomahkati'') and Penobscot. There were more tribes, along with many bands, that were once part of the Confederation. Native tribes such as the Nanrantsouak, Alemousiski, Pennacook, Sokoki, and Canibas, through massacres, tribal consolidation, and ethnic label shifting were absorbed into the five larger national identities. Members of the Wabanaki Confederacy, the Wabanakiyak, are located in and named for the area which they call Wabanaki ("Dawnland"), roughly the area that became the French colony of Acadia. The territory boundaries encompass present-day Maine, New Hampshire, and Vermont, in the United States, and New Brunswick, mainland Nova Scotia, Cape Breton Island, Pri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
