Fort Beauséjour National Historic Site

Fort Beauséjour is a national park about 60km (37mi) south-east of Moncton where Nova Scotia and New Brunswick meet. From the earthworks which are all that is left of the fort there is a fine view over the Cumberland Basin and Chignecto Bay. The fertile fen below the fort was farmed by French settlers as early as the 18th C.

The French settled here in the second half of the 17th C, calling the land around "Beau Bassin", but it passed to the Scots and English under the Treaty of Utrecht in 1713. The frontier between British Novia Scotia (New Scotland) and French Acadia ran then, as it does today, along the narrow land-bridge between New Brunswick and Nova Scotia.

The British built Fort Lawrence on their side and the French built Fort Beauséjour on theirs. Fort Beauséjour was captured in 1755 by the British who then proceeded to drive out or deport the French-speaking Acadians who lived there.

Since 1926 Fort Beauséjour has been a protected national historic monument.

The information center at Fort Beauséjour recounts this place's turbulent history using various exhibitions and other visual aids.