Melissa Lavigne has done a lot of kayaking on the St. John River, but on a recent paddle, she came across something new: a headstone and grave marker for two long-dead Fredericton men.
Melissa Lavigne wasn’t expecting to find ‘a lot of death’ while out for a paddle in Fredericton
Shane Fowler · CBC News
· Posted: Aug 01, 2026 5:00 AM EDT | Last Updated: 1 hour ago
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Melissa Lavigne came across a partially submerged headstone stuck against rocks along the St. John River. (Shane Fowler/CBC News)
Melissa Lavigne has done a lot of kayaking on the St. John River in Fredericton.
But recently, as she explored the shoreline on the city’s south side, she came across a couple of grave discoveries, one with a possible link to a passenger on the Mayflower.
Lavigne found a headstone and a grave marker for two different men, buried 67 years apart in different cemeteries, kilometres away from each other.
“It’s very weird,” Lavigne said. “I hope this river isn’t trying to tell me something.”
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