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| Some British regiments, including the Royal West India Rangers, stopped here beside the Saint John River, New Brunswick, before settling nearby. The Rangers stayed the first winter here as they had arrived too late in the year to prepare homes for the cold season. |
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Ketchum's book included a photo, apparently of it's author, posing next to ruins of the fort. |
| Behind the former Presqu'Ile Military Post in Carleton County are ten gravestones in a small privately-owned graveyard. The gravestone of one our Royal West India Rangers was photographed here. | 
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This privately-owned graveyard has become a small forest surrounded by a plowed field. |
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Most names have no apparent connection with the Rangers. However one oft-repeated name, Nicholson, was the maiden name of Mrs. Margaret Walsh. Photo by Norm DeMerchant. |
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This is now privately owned farmland and homes and a "pull out" on Highway 105 near Presqu'Ile Stream. Thanks to Lezlie Carson and Bill Flynn for this photo of a marker placed beside the road. Perhaps some of the new federal money promised in early 2009 to fight the recession could be used to buy these properties and rebuild Fort Presqu'ile to provide employment, increase tourism and provide New Brunswickers with a visible reminder of an important part of their heritage. |
Sixty-Two New Brunswick Soldier-settlers and their families listed
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