Miramichi Bay

Miramichi Bay receives the waters of the Miramichi River before opening into the Gulf of St. Lawrence. Sandbars and islands lie across its shallow approaches, and Mi'kmaq communities have long used the river and its shores. After the Acadian deportations began in 1755, the French officer Charles Deschamps de Boishébert brought refugees to the Miramichi. In 1758 British forces entered the bay and destroyed settlements along the lower river, scattering people who had sought refuge there.