[2] Around 1830, the sale of alcohol and bad weather affecting the crops made life difficult for the Mi'kmaq.

In July of that year, at a general meeting of the region's Mi'kmaq presided over by Gauvreau, those present elected Peter Bernard as chief.

In June 1838, Chief Bernard, armed with a letter from Gauvreau, talked to Edward Barron Chandler about ways to stop the sale of alcohol.

The 64 acres, purchased on July 15, 1840 for 50 pounds, had been owned since 1820 by Amasa and Sally Weldon, who had bought them from Joseph Frederick Wallet Desbarres.

[3] The chapel was built in 1842, making it the oldest Catholic place of worship used by Micmacs in New Brunswick.

[5] According to an article by P. William Bourque, the church was built by the government to avoid Mi'kmaq solidarity with the Acadians.

[2] Robert Léger of the Memramcook Valley Historical Society developed the chapel restoration project in the 1980s.

[1] A ceremony presided over by Lieutenant-Governor Gilbert Finn and attended by 300 people took place on July 23, and a commemorative plaque was installed.

[1] The "Burial Place of the Ancestors" project was then initiated by the Fort Folly First Nation, with the aim of creating a historical park.

Several objects are displayed in the chapel, including traditional Mi'kmaq costumes, dream catchers and a statue of Kateri Tekakwitha.

[2] The white cross at the back of the cemetery commemorates Henriette Bernard, known as Mercure, daughter of the Chief of Beaumont, who drowned while saving her friend René Belliveau.