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A local heritage conservation group has successfully acquired the roughly one-acre lot in Cap Bimet, off of Route 133, near Shediac.
Historic cemetery has more than 60 unmarked graves, group says
Rhythm Rathi · CBC News
· Posted: May 13, 2026 5:55 AM EDT | Last Updated: 31 minutes ago
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Stella Boudreau says her ancestors are among those buried on the historic burial site in Cap Bimet. (Rhythm Rathi/CBC)
A piece of land near Shediac that was a cemetery in the late 1700s and is believed to have dozens of unmarked graves has been bought by a local heritage group.
The committee created by La Société Historique de la Mer Rouge Inc. to press for preservation of the site in Cap Bimet raised almost $200,000 for the purchase.
Stella Boudreau, the head of the committee, said people buried on the site, about one acre off Route 133, include ancestors of many families in the area. Some are Acadian and some Mi’kmaw families.
“We felt that it was important, you know, to keep the memory of them being buried there,” Boudreau said.
“I have some ancestors here,
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