Bear River First Nation

It has a church, Saint Anne's, completed in 1836, and a school which serves toddlers and preschoolers.

[10] The community were known as canoe builders who used their craft for fishing and hunting porpoise, in the Annapolis Basin and Bay of Fundy.

Oil rendered from the porpoise was sold as a machine lubricant into the early part of the twentieth century.

[11][12][13] Each summer the Bear River First Nation Heritage & Cultural Centre offers authentic cultural immersion in the life and traditions of the Mi'kmaq, featuring hands-on craft-making workshops.

[14] The Bear River First Nation is composed of three parts as shown, of which the largest is regularly occupied:[15]