The Spirits of the River package was developed by the Central NB Woodmen's Museum, Beaubears Island Historic Site,
and Metepenagiag Heritage Park. Each site offers a very different experience, although the three are linked by common themes
and history.
Guests on the Beaubears Island Spirits of the River Tour meet at the Beaubears Island Interpretive
Centre and are taken on a boat ride back in time to the spring of 1757, where they meet Marie Jacqueline Bellefontaine, who
has just endured a long, hard winter at Wilson's Point. She will tell her life story, including tales of the Deportation
and the horrors she and her fellow Acadians endured during the hard winter preceeding.
Beaubears Island offers
their Spirits of the River tour Sundays and Mondays at 6pm, starting July 11. Reservations are required, please contact 622-8526
or email
info@beaubearsisland.ca.
The Central NB Woodmen's Museum Spirits of the River experience draws on the memory of Emily Allain,
Boiestown's long-time telephone operator. Emily knew all of the news as soon as it happened, and now she's sharing
it with the public!
The Emily Allain Spirits of the River experience is offered on the following dates:
Sunday,
July 25: 3 - 5 pm
Friday, August 6: 3 - 5 pm
Friday, August 13: 3 - 5 pm
Wednesday, August 18: 3 - 5 pm
Thursday, August 26: 5 - 7 pm
Monday, August 30: 5 - 7 pm
Tuesday, August 31: 5 - 7 pm
For
more information on this experience, call 1-506-369-7214.
Metepenagiag Heritage Park offers a third Spirits of
the River experience. Let a guide take you back through 3,000 years of history and tradition. For more information on Metepenagiag's
Spirits of the River experience, call 1-506-836-6118.
