The Friends of Beaubears Island remain vigilant during the COVID-19 pandemic. In compliance with existing guidelines, and wishing the safety of both our staff and our guests, all of our programming and events will be offered to one ‘Steady 15’ at a time.
Welcome to Beaubears Island
Visit our Interpretive Centre at 35 St. Patrick's Drive, Nelson-Miramichi
Meet our characters, from early French fur traders, to the Marquis Charles Deschamps de Boishebert, to the various shipbuilders who inhabited the island for over 100 years
Experience the multicultural history of the Miramichi
For more information on our tours and ferry services:
Discover a place where fortunes were made... and lives were lost.
The Latest News & Events
A full 26-foot voyageur canoe (Sipu) on tour in 2013. We hope to see it just as full, and back on the water, in 2022. #tbt
We'll be closed today and tomorrow for staff First Aid Training. We'll be back in the Centre on Saturday morning!
Our Climate Action Study Team is looking for some volunteers to join them as "citizen scientists" this summer. Study the island’s species up close, and help our team better understand how a warming climate will affect the Island. Contact us for more information, and to register as a volunteer.