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Heritage Places

New Brunswick's Designated Provincial Historic Sites are recognized under the Historic Sites Protection Act as a significant part of New Brunswick's history. These cultural spaces range from archaeological sites and earthworks to buildings of every style and type. Together, they reflect our colourful past and help us to define who we are as a people.


Bentley Street Archaeological Site, Saint John

Built: 2002 b.c.  Designated: 1998

This important anthropological site has definite associations with approximately 4000 years of aboriginal history and the ancestors of our Maliseet people.



Mud Lake Stream Anthropological Site, Forest City, North Lake Parish

Built: 2002 b.c.  Designated: 1998

This is the site of the first discovered undisturbed deposit related to the Susquahanna culture in Maritime Canada as well as the oldest radio-carbon dated human history site in New Brunswick (circa 4000 years old).
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Cow Point Site, Grand Lake

Built: 1700 b.c.  Designated: 2000

The Maliseet People regard this 3700 year old cemetery as a sacred place for prayer, fasting and meditation. A healing place, a power place and a sacred place, the burials site offers a spiritual and physical connection to their ancestors.



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You can nominate a site or structure for designation as a Provincial Historic Site. For more information, please visit the Heritage Branch web site: http://www.gnb.ca/heritage

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