Memramcook

Memramcook lies in a river valley near the head of the Bay of Fundy. Its Mi'kmaq name refers to the winding course of the river, and the Mi'kmaq had a village and burial ground at Beaumont, overlooking the Petitcodiac. Acadian families later settled along the river and built dykes to drain the marshes for farming.

After the Treaty of Utrecht in 1713, families from Port Royal moved into the valley, and by 1752 the settlement counted some 250 people. When British troops came for the Acadians in 1755, local Mi'kmaq and a missionary helped inhabitants hide in the woods. The community survived the deportation and became an important centre for Acadian families. A Catholic parish was established in 1781, and settlers from Memramcook helped found communities along the Northumberland coast later that decade.