Missaguash - Baie Verte Portage / Pre-contact Indian Portage National Historic Event

Baie-Verte, New Brunswick
Image of the original plaque for this event © Parks Canada / Parcs Canada, 1937
Image of the original plaque
© Parks Canada / Parcs Canada, 1937
View of the plaque and what it looks like after a number of years. © Parks Canada / Parcs Canada, 2010 (Jim Molnar)Image of the original plaque for this event © Parks Canada / Parcs Canada, 1937Location of plaque commemorating this transportation route © Parks Canada / Parcs Canada, 2010 (Jim Molnar)
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):
  • 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.