southack's

Updated: January 12, 2026

John river, so far as known, was that at the mouth of the Nerepis, at Woodman's Point, called by Villebon, in 1697, "Fort des Sauvages de Nerepisse." It was evidently merely a palisaded enclosure, and on Southack's map of that period is marked "Wooden Fort."

W. O. (William Odber) Raymond - Glimpses of the Past: History of the River St. John, A.D. 1604-1784