Point of Interest
Town of Burnt Church
Street Address: Burnt Church, New Brunswick
The Town of Burnt Church is named as a result of an event in the Seven Years War. Following the capture of Louisebourg by the British in July 1758, Colonel James Murray was sent to destroy Acadian settlements in the Miramichi region. On 17 September 1758, Murray reported spending two days in Miramichi Bay looking unsuccessfully for Acadians, but destroying anything he found. This included burning the first stone church built in New Brunswick.