Canada, Bear Island
Bear Island was inundated after the construction of the Mactaquac Dam. Displaced residents moved from the island to the adjacent shore of the Saint John River. Bear Island was founded by Revolutionary War Loyalists in 1787.
About this community
- River
- Saint John River
- Established
- 1787
- Inundated
- 1967 to 1968
- Population
- 150