The Friends of Beaubears Island are currently monitoring the COVID-19 pandemic and are consulting with Parks Canada and our partners in government to determine how best to proceed. Our projected opening date will be June 15, although this may be subject to change in order to best comply with government recommendations.
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
Listen to Ken talk about photosynthesis in the latest episode of: THE LIVING ISLAND
May 26th, 4:00 pm
We recently received this 1895 painting of Beaubears Island and Wilson's Point (seen from Millerton) as a donation to our collection - courtesy of Bill & Donna Sweezey.
May 25th, 4:00 pm
I dont think that view would be available from Millerton..It would be somewhere north of the train bridge,around Batemans or so.