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 autumn and winter programming and events will continue to be offered to one ‘bubble’ 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
Cletus looks at the tenacity of animal life aboard the Intrinsic in 1869
The Silistria was launched by the Harley and Burchill shipyard in 1854. Ten years later, it began taking migrants to New Zealand.
Le Silistria a été lancé par le chantier naval Harley & Burchill en 1854. Dix ans plus tard, il a commencé à emmener des migrants en Nouvelle-Zélande.