| Name | Tribe(s) | Location | Notes | Links |
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| Naurakamig (Rockameka) |
Androscoggin Abenaki | Livermore, Jay & Canton area ME | Ancient Village, Jesuit Mission est. 1698 | |
| Amitgonpontook | Androscoggin Abenaki | Auburn ME | Ancient Village | History |
| Anmesokkanti (Ameseconti) |
Abenaki ? | Sandy River near Farmington ME | Jesuit Mission est. 1694 by Father Râle. They came from somewhere else shortly before the mission was established and relocated in PQ shortly after. | |
| Narantsouak (Norridgewock) |
Kennebec Abenaki | Kennebec River by the mouth of the Sandy River ME | Jesuit Mission est. 1646 down river and moved here abt. 1694 | |
| Pegouaki (Pigwacket) |
Saco Abenaki | Fryeburg ME & Conway NH | Ancient Village, Jesuit Mission est. 1696 | |
| Penecook | Penecook | Concord NH | Ancient Village a fortification probably existed at Sugar Ball Bluff |
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| Wataunick | Penecook | Nashua NH | Ancient Village Simon Willard had Trading Post here c1653 |
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| Souhegan | Penecook | Amherst NH | Ancient Village | |
| Naticook | Penecook | Merrimack area | location of Passaconaway's "farm" | |
| Namaskik (Amoskeag) |
Penecook | Manchester NH | important fishing grounds | |
| ? | Penecook | Allenstown NH | main village for Suncook region | |
| Aquedahia? | Penecook | Lochmere NH | important fishing grounds | |
| ? | Penecook/Abenaki | west bank Ossipee Lake perhaps another site on northeast side which is now under water |
Ancient Village(s) | |
| Ordanakis | Abenaki? | Lyme NH | Ancient Village | |
| ? | Penecook/Abenaki? | Greenland NH | Ancient Village | |
| ? | Penecook | Franklin NH | Ancient Village | |
| Chenayok | Penecook | Moultonboro NH | Ancient Village | |
| ? | Penecook | The Weirs region NH | important fishing grounds | |
| Squakheag | Sokoki? | Hinsdale NH | Ancient Village | |
| ? | Penecook | Wolfeboro NH | Ancient Village | |
| ? | Penecook | Nottingham NH | Ancient Village | |
| ? | Penecook? | Swanzey NH | Ancient Village | |
| ? | Penecook | Alton Bay NH | Ancient Village | |
| ? | Penecook? | Newbury NH | Ancient Village | |
| Pemigewasset | Abenaki/Penecook? | Plymouth NH | clearly a population here but possibly no permanent village site | |
| Wamesit | Penecook? | Chelmsford MA area | Ancient Village & one of John Eliot's praying towns | |
| Pentucket | Penecook? | Haverhill MA | Ancient Village | |
| Wamesit | Penecook | Lowell MA Pawtucket Falls |
Ancient Village | |
| Koes (Cowass) |
Loups (Abenaki, Penecook, or Phillip's War refugees from southern New England?) | Newbury VT area | Ancient Village. Jesuit Mission est. 1675 | |
| Missisquoi | Abenaki | Swanton VT area | Ancient village & modern community | |
| ? | Abenaki | Vernon VT | artifacts suggest agriculture | |
| ? | Abenaki | Bellows Falls VT | artifacts suggest agriculture | |
| ? | Abenaki | Cochester VT | artifacts suggest agriculture | |
| ? | Abenaki | Isle La Mott VT | artifacts suggest agriculture | |
| ? | Abenaki | Orwell VT | artifacts suggest agriculture | |
| Lake George NY | Abenaki | Adirondack Mountains | a community of Abenaki families settled here by the late 1800's | |
| Sillery PQ | Algonquin & Montagnais, Abenaki from Maine aft. 1677 |
about four miles from Quebec, between the river and the hills. | Founded by Noel Brulart in 1637. | |
| Saint-Francois-de-Sales PQ | Abenaki from Maine | at the falls of the Chaudiere River | moved to the St.Francis River | |
| Anasagunticook Odanak (Saint-Francois-du-Lac PQ) |
Abenaki & others | on the St. Francois River about ten leagues from Three Rivers and across the river from Pierreville |
"they removed to Canada ... and there, amalgamating with other New England Algonkian refugees, notably Scatticook and probably Mohican and Wampanoag, formed the band and tribe known thenceforth as the St. Francis Abenaki" - A Canadian Abenaki Reserve today |
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| Ill Montesson PQ | Abenaki ? | "Original location of Ameseconti after leaving Maine and before settling at Becancour." - The Ameseconti were refugees living on the Sandy River (modern Farmington ME) and possibly of Penecook or Mahican origins |
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| Wolinak (Becancour PQ) |
Abenaki | south bank St. Lawrence, opposite Three Rivers, with ferry connection | A Canadian Abenaki Reserve today | Families Many French, MicMac, and Maliseet migrated here during the period of the 'cleansing of Acadia' by the English. |
| Durham PQ | Abenaki | on the St. Francis River near L'Avenir | granted in 1805 to Abenaki from Odanak, abandoned by 1840's | Families |
| Atsigan | Abenaki | Levy/Levis PQ | ancient village | |
| Sartigan | Abenaki | St-George de Beauce PQ | ancient village | |
| Skikoteekw | Abenaki | St-Frederique de Beauce PQ | ancient village | |
| Colereine PQ | Abenaki | Little Lake St. Francis Reserve PQ | returned to government | |
| Mashteuiatsh PQ | Abenaki & others | Reserve on Lac Saint-Jean | formerly Pointe-Bleue est. abt. 1856 |
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| Panawamske (Indian Island) |
Penobscot | Penobscot River at Old Town ME | a very ancient and modern day village. Jesuit Mission est. 1694. | |
| Olemon ME | Penobscot | 12 miles above Indian Island | ||
| Long Island, Lincoln ME | Penobscot | 36 miles above Indian Island | ||
| Other ME locations | Penobscot | Stockton, Piscataquis, Passadumkeag, Mattawamkeag, Kingman | ||
| Pentagouet | Wabanaki | Castin ME | ancient village | |
| Pleasant Point ME | Passamaquoddy | Ancient location & modern day Reservation | ||
| Indian Township ME | Passamaquoddy | Ancient location & modern day Reservation | ||
| Aroostook County ME | Maliseet & Mi'kmaq | Ancient hunting territory & modern day communities at Calais & Houlton |
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| Viger | Maliseet | Isle-Verte PQ | ||
| E'kpohak | Maliseet | near Spring Hill on the St. Johns River | Ancient main village | |
| Wulamooktook (Oromoctu NB) |
Maliseet | along St. Johns River | modern day Reserve | |
| Bil-Ijk (Kingsclear NB) |
Maliseet | along St. Johns River | modern day Reserve | |
| Fredericton NB | Maliseet | along St. Johns River | modern day Reserve | |
| Meductic NB | Maliseet | along St. Johns River | modern day Reserve | |
| Tobique NB | Maliseet | along St. Johns River | modern day Reserve | |
| Edmundston NB | Maliseet | along St. Johns River | modern day Reserve | |
| Restigouche PQ | Mi'kmaq | Gaspe Penisular | modern day Reserve | |
| Maria PQ | Mi'kmaq | Gaspe Penisular | modern day Reserve | |
| Gaspe PQ | Mi'kmaq | Gaspe Penisular | modern day Reserve | |
| Eel River NB | Mi'kmaq | modern day Reserve | ||
| Pabineau NB | Mi'kmaq | modern day Reserve | ||
| Burnt Church NB | Mi'kmaq | modern day Reserve | ||
| Eel Ground NB | Mi'kmaq | modern day Reserve | ||
| Red Bank NB | Mi'kmaq | modern day Reserve | ||
| Big Cove NB | Mi'kmaq | modern day Reserve | ||
| Indian Island NB | Mi'kmaq | modern day Reserve | ||
| Buctouche NB | Mi'kmaq | modern day Reserve | ||
| Fort Folly NB | Mi'kmaq | modern day Reserve | ||
| Pointe-du-Lac PQ | Algonquin | near Trois-Rivieres | "Abenaki hunted south of St. Lawrence, Algonquin on north side" | |
| Tadoussac PQ | Algonquin | |||
| Lorette PQ | Huron | 1697 moved to the plateau above the rapids of Saint-Ambroise on the St. Charles River, near the Laurentian Mountains |
Called "Jeune or Indian Lorette," while their former home is known as "Ancienne Lorette." | |
| St-Michel de Belle Chasse PQ | Huron | Sioui family hunting territory | ||
| St. Maurice River PQ | Tetes de Boule | |||
| Ottawa & Gatineau Rivers of Ontario & Quebec | Ottawa | known as 'Our Grandfathers' to Penobscot | ||
| Mission of the Mountain PQ | Iroquois & Huron | "Le Fort de la Montagne" and sometimes "Le Fort des Sauvages." In 1696, the mission was moved to the other side of the mountain to be further away from the Rum traders. This was located at the Sault-au-Recollet on the Riviere-des-Prairies. Church: Notre-Dame de la Nouvelle-Lorette. The mission moved again in 1721, to the Lake of Two Mountains, to put further distance between the mission Indians and the Rum Traders. |
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| Lac-des-Deux-Montagnes PQ (Two Mountains) Oka |
Caughnawaga Mohawk, some Huron, Algonquin, Nipissing | widening of the Ottawa near its confluence with the St. Lawrence. | Granted in 1717 to the Seminary of Saint-Sulpice in Paris. Church: L'Annociation de la Bienheureuse Vierge Marie (1721-1850) |
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| Caughnawaga PQ | Mohawk | Mission of Saint Francois Xavier Established in 1667, the location was moved several time. From 1696 to 1715 the village was at Sault Saint Louis (St. Louis rapids). This mission was called "Oso" by the English. Since 1716 the Mission has been fixed at Caughnawaga. Many English captives were brought here and adopted into the tribe. Today, English names such as Tarbell, Rice, Williams, Jacobs, Hill, and Stacey are found here. |
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| St. Regis Canada Akwesasne |
Mohawk | mouth of the St. Regis River | Established 1752, abt. 1760 moved to the mouth of the River where the King gave them the land. | |
| Stockbridge MA | "Praying Indians" | |||
| Schaghticoke CT | Displaced southern NE Natives | Along CT/NY border, mid Housatonic River, above Ten Mile River, and below Kent CT. | modern day Reservation | |
| Sources: 01. Many Friends of Ne-Do-Ba 02. "New England Captives Carried to Canada" by Emma Lewis Coleman 03. "Penobscot Man" by Frank Speck 04. "The Wabanaki of Maine & the Maritimes" 05. "The Mi'kmaq; Resistance, Accommodation, and Cultural Survival" by Harold Prins 06. Rev. Vincent A. Lapomarda, S. J. of Holy Cross College 07. "A New Look at the Vermont Indians" by Daniel Beavin in Vermont History, Oct. 1963 08. "The Penecook Indians and the New England Frontier, circa 1604-1733" by David Stewart-Smith 09. "Historic Indian Trails Of New Hampshire" by Chester Price |
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