| Miramichi, New Brunswick is the Celtic capital of New | | | | passengers remaining an additional 96 died. Two other |
| Brunswick. Recently a group of towns incorporated | | | | ships were also quarantined there. The dead were |
| together to form this new one with an unusual name, | | | | buried on the island. |
| which means "Happy Retreat" in Micmac. | | | | Another story tells the tale of Sister Marie Inconnu, a |
| Go down to Water Street in Miramichi, formerly | | | | well-loved and trusted member of the Arcadian |
| Chatham, and you might be able to see a tall ship | | | | community at French Fort Cove. She was entrusted |
| come into the harbor. It might be a replica of the | | | | with the treasure of the widows and orphans, while |
| Jeanie Johnston from Tralee, Ireland, one of the | | | | the camp was under attack from the British. The |
| coffin ships, which carried the Irish immigrants here in | | | | widows had died and so she was the only one who |
| the late 1840s and 50s. The ship comes in under | | | | knew where the treasure was hidden. One day she |
| motor power, rather than sail. On the wharf are | | | | was accosted by two men mad with leprosy, who |
| exhibits about Irish immigration in the Miramichi area. | | | | wanted the treasure so that they could leave |
| Take a tour around the lower part of the town and | | | | Miramichi. After beating her, one drew his sword and |
| visit St. Michael’s Minor Basilica. | | | | beheaded her. They threw the head into the river |
| Some stories about the area. In 1847 the ship | | | | and left the body to rot on the bridge. No one has |
| Looshtauck arrived from Ireland, originally destined | | | | yet found the treasure and it is rumored that Sister |
| for Quebec. 146 of the passengers had died from | | | | Marie, the headless nun, haunts the area watching |
| typhus at sea and the living ones were quarantined | | | | over the lost treasure. |
| on Middle Island in the Miramichi River. Of the 316 | | | | |