Nashwaaksis is a neighbourhood and former village in the city of Fredericton, New Brunswick; it is located on the north bank of the Saint John River and at the mouth of the Nashwaaksis Stream, which should not be confused with the larger Nashwaak River nearby.
The Nashwaaksis area was first used for seasonal farming by the Mi'kmaq and Maliseet peoples.
The first European contact was by the French in the late 17th Century, who granted the land to Joseph de Villebon.
[1] After de Villebon's death in 1700 and a devastating flood, the fort was abandoned.
[2] Nashwaaksis was settled in the 1760s following the Seven Years' War and developed into a riverfront community opposite what would become the provincial capital at Point Ste-Anne.