Place Fort La Tour is located on Harbour Passage on the Bay of Fundy in Saint John, New Brunswick. It commemorates 5700+ years of changing ceremonial, commercial, and industrial uses of this special place. The site of treachery, intrigue, and a memorable battle in early Acadian times, Place Fort La Tour provides today’s visitors with experiences and structures that are evocative of these stories and a current day meeting place, much like it has always been.
Land Acknowledgement: Place Fort La Tour / Menaquesk is situated on the traditional and unceded territory of the Wolastoqiyik/Maliseet. The Wolastoqiyik/Maliseet along with their Indigenous neighbours, the Mi’Kmaq/Mi’kmaw and Passamaquoddy/Peskotomuhkati signed Peace and Friendship Treaties with the British Crown in the 1700s that protected their rights to lands and resources.
Place Fort La Tour is committed to truth and reconciliation and is based on o foundational respect for Indigenous culture and heritage and a desire to engage in meaningful relationships.
Overlooking the magnificent Bay of Fundy, Place Fort La Tour has long been a strategic area for gathering, trade, celebration, and sustenance, beginning with members of the Wabanaki Confederacy and their ancestors more than 4000 years ago when they used it as a ceremonial location.
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