Discussion Forum of the Upper St.John River Valley website / Forum de discussion du site web de la Vallée Supérieure de la Rivière St-Jean

First Nations / Native Peoples
The first inhabitants of the valley: Maliseet nation

Acadia
Expelled from Acadie in 1755 many Acadians ended up in the upper St.John River valley

Canada -- St.Lawrence River valley
Along with Acadians, many francophones from the St.Lawrence River valley moved to the upper St.John valley.

Maine & Massachusetts
The earliest English-speakers who settled came around 1820, and continued to migrate to the valley throughout the 1800s. Many of them came from Maine and Massachusetts

Baie des Chaleurs
A number of families moved from the Baie des Chaleurs, including the Gaspé peninsula, to the upper St.John valley

Irish & Scotch
Often migrating via New Brunswick.

Lumberjacks
A great attraction of the valley was its stands of timber. Lumberjacks came from the Kennebec and Penobscot valleys, from the Baie des Chaleurs, and from other regions. A forum to discuss the network of lumbermen in the valley.

Loyalists
Although not many Loyalists settled in the Madawaska settlement, many settled a bit downriver in what is today Victoria County.

Others
A place to discuss any other groups who came to or left the valley