Missaguash - Baie Verte Portage / Pre-contact Indian Portage National Historic Event
Baie-Verte, New Brunswick
Image of the original plaque
© Parks Canada / Parcs Canada, 1937
Address :
Highway 970, Baie-Verte, New Brunswick
Recognition Statute:
Historic Sites and Monuments Act (R.S.C., 1985, c. H-4)
Designation Date:
1936-05-28
Other Name(s):
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Missaguash - Baie Verte Portage / Pre-contact Indian Portage
(Designation Name)
Importance:
Important route from Gulf of St. Lawrence to the Bay of Fundy
Plaque(s)
Plaque Removed: cut stone cairn Highway 970, Baie Verte, New Brunswick
This route from the Gulf of St. Lawrence to the Bay of Fundy was the chief means of communication between Quebec, Isle Royale, and Chignecto.
The portage connected the Baie Verte and Missaguash rivers.
A.D. 1937.