1878 Original Antique Mitchell Map

Gaspé Peninsula

The Gaspé Peninsula, is a peninsula along the south shore of the St. Lawrence River that extends from the Matapedia Valley in Quebec, Canada, into the Gulf of St. Lawrence. It is separated from New Brunswick on its southern side by Chaleur Bay and the Restigouche River. The name Gaspé comes from the Mi'kmaq word gespe'g, meaning "end", referring to the end of the land..

Province of New Brunswick

1783, refugees loyal to the British Crown began to land at the mouth of the St. John River in what was then part of the Province of Nova Scotia . Discontentment with the Nova Scotia  government in Halifax led to the establishment of the areas north of the Bay of Fundy as the new Province of New Brunswick in 1784. In 1867 New Brunswick was one of the first provinces, along with Ontario, Québec and Nova Scotia, to join together to form the Dominion of Canada.