We are now on the other side of the island, near Georgetown, in the Brudenell River Provincial Park Campground. In the early 1740's, French immigrant Jean-Pierre de Roma and his followers built dwellings, storehouses, wharves and bridges at Brudenell Point. Some of the settlers soon defected and field mice ruined the crops. In 1745, a group of New Englanders (remember, "new Englanders" of this period were any British settlers in North America) burned the settlement, causing de Roma and his family to flee to Quebec.
The town, now named Georgetown, re-established across the Brudenell River from the point, has become a primary harbor and deepwater port. The principal local industry is shipbuilding. A rock causeway links the Georgetown shore with Brudenell Island, a former 1750's Scottish cemetery.
The Brudenell Provincial Park RV campground is just about deserted. The woman at the office said about 40 RVs left this morning. It is the 1st of the month, the Monday of a three-day holiday, and school starts this week. We were the first of the new campers to arrive. There are now only 4 campers in this 95-site campground. We had quite a lot of rain last night and the mosquitos are out in full force. The first thing we had to do when we got to our site was get out the bug spray. Maybe I should add mosquitos to the list of why there are so few people here.
This is the view across the Brudenell River from the campground. You may be able to just make out the Brudenell Resort.
The island, and the causeway, is just across the road from our campsite. This afternoon Frederick and I hiked across to the island.
Once we got to the island we had to climb some stairs to the top where the cemetery is.
This monument is dated 1803 and has the Scottish name MacDougal on it.
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