Point of Interest
Fort de Nerpice or Fort Boishebert
Latitude: 45.370114
Longitude: -66.234226
In the summer of 1749, Pierre, Sieur de Boishebert was sent with a detachment of French soldiers to the mouth of the St John River to establish a settlement and re-establish a French fort. He fixed his headquarters ten miles up river, at the mouth of the Nerepis River, because the area of the Saint John harbour was in dispute with the British. At what is now called Woodman's Point, Boishebert built a small fort on the site of an earlier Native fort. It was known as Fort de Nerepice or Fort Boishebert. In 1751 Boishebert's replacement, Sieur de Gaspe kept his headquarters at Fort de Nerepice while building a fort at the mouth of the St John. Shortly after, because he did not have sufficient troops to adequately man both forts, de Gaspe was given permission to abandon Fort de Nerepice. A Historic Sites and Monuments Board plaque is located near the site.