User:JeffTsquared/Fort Nerepis

Fort Nerepis (also known as Fort Boishébert) is a National Historic Site located at modern day Wood Point, New Brunswick, Canada. Located at the confluence of the Saint John and Nerepis rivers the Fort may have had its oringins as a fortified aboriginal village. Joseph Robineau de Villebon noted this in a letter dated October 22, 1696, "Sr. de Neuvillette reported that he was continuing on his way down river and would, as he passed the fort of the Nerepis Indians.." . Earlier in October of 1696 French soldiers, upon being rescued by Indians, retreated to Fort Nerepis after being attacked by a small English fleet that had entered Saint John harbour.

In 1749, Charles Deschamps de Boishébert et de Raffetot rebuilt the fort after withdrawing from the mouth of the Saint John River under the terms of an agreement arranged on behalf of Edward Cornwallis by Edward How. The fort was subsequently abandon in 1751 by Sr. de Gaspe when the French reestablished their control and fortified the mouth of the Saint John river.