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later expanding to form Wescak, Prée des Richards, Prée des Bourgs. 

 Tintemarre, La Coup, Le Lac, Baie Terte, Portage. It was included in 

 La Valliêre's Seigniory of 1676 and ravaged, no doubt, by Church in 1696 

 and 1704. In 1750 Fort Beauséjour was built; it was taken in 1755 by 

 the English and re-named Cumberland, and the Acadians were expelled. 

 After 1760 it was re-settled as Cumberland Township by disbanded 

 soldiers and New Englanders. (Hist. Sites, 278, 280, 315, and in general 

 works). 



Beaver Dam, — Y. Native settlement, formed about 1830 by expansion from 

 Maryland. (Loc. inf.) 



Beaver Harbour, — C. Originally settled as a part of Pennfield. 



Becaguimec, — Cn. Settled above its mouth after 1820 by an expansion of 

 native settlers from the St. John. 



Beersville, — Kt. Small settlement, formed in 1902 at small coal mines; in 

 1903 some Belgian miners were brought here by a company, but soon 

 returned to their homes. (Newspapers). 



Belair, — Kt. Former temporary Acadian refugee settlement on the north 

 side Cocagne River, one mile above the present church, mentioned in 

 documents of the time, (Loc. inf.; Hist. Sites, 291). 



Belledune, — G. and R. Early Irish and Scotch immigrants. The Irish came 

 chiefly from the Miramichi after the great fire of 1825, and were joined 

 from time to time by others from Tipperary, Ireland, and settled 

 chiefly at Little Belledune and thence to Jacquet River. The Scotch, 

 led by Hugh Chalmers, came, in 1832 and later, from Ayrshire and 

 settled at Belledune, expanding thence along the coast to Belledune 

 River. (Loc. inf.; Cooney, 200; Johnston, N. A., II, 4, and Report, 85). 



Belleview, — C. Town laid out, in 1783, at Beaver Harbour for the Loyalists 

 of Pennfield, but soon abandoned. 



Belliveau, — W. Acadian repatriation settlement, founded in 1768 or 1769 

 by Pierre Belliveau and others on the salt marshes occupied by Acadians 

 (as Pierre-à-Michel) before the expulsion; has grown and expanded 

 much. (Hist. Sites, 282; Gaudet, N.B. Magazine, II, 34; L'Evangéline, 

 Sept. 24— Oct. 29, 1891; March 10, 1892; Le Moniteur Acadien, Feb. 19— 

 26, 1892). 



Bend, — W. Former name for the village which has since grown into the 

 city of Moncton. 



Benton, — Cn. Earlier Rankine's Mills. Modern mill village at the falls of 

 Eel River; first settled after 1816 by expansion from the St. John, and 

 developed rapidly after the building of the railroad. (Loc. inf.; Baird's 

 Seventy Years, 179). 



Beresford,— G. Parish est. 1814. Settled first by Acadians in 1797 at Petit 

 Rocher, and later by their expansion, and by Scotch immigrants as 

 noted under the respective settlements. 



Berry's Mills,— W. Small mill village, formed about 1812, by immigrants 

 from the United States. (Loc. inf.). 



Big Cove, — Kt. The Micmac reserve at Richibucto. 



