Jackie Vautour
-
Jackie Vautour’s family discussing next steps after belongings boxed from N.B. parkThe granddaughter of a man who laid claim to land in New Brunswick's Kouchibouguac National Park says it is a frustrating time for her family.CanadaApr 12, 2023
-
Jackie Vautour’s family’s belongings boxed up from Kouchibouguac National ParkParks Canada says the personal belongings of the family of a man who laid claim to land in New Brunswick's Kouchibouguac National Park are being removed.CanadaApr 11, 2023
-
Deadline passes, but family of Jackie Vautour remains in Kouchibouguac National ParkFor more than 50 years, the Vautours have claimed they are Acadian-Metis and have the permission of Steven Augustine to remain on the property on New Brunswick's east coast.CanadaApr 1, 2022
![]()
-
Mi’kmaw chiefs reject Acadian-Métis as distinct group, oppose Vautour N.B. land claimMi'kmaw chiefs in New Brunswick are speaking out to oppose the land claim by the family of the late Jackie Vautour involving property within Kouchibouguac National Park.CanadaMar 25, 2022
![]()
-
Deadline looms in Vautour family battle to remain on land in N.B. national parkParks Canada is sticking to a March 31 deadline for the family to vacate the property and remove their belongings from the land on the east coast of New Brunswick.CanadaMar 21, 2022
![]()
-
Deadline looms in Vautour family battle to remain on land in N.B. national parkParks Canada is sticking to a March 31 deadline for the family to vacate the property and remove their belongings from the land on the east coast of New Brunswick.CanadaMar 19, 2022
![]()
-
Parks Canada tells family fighting expropriation to leave N.B. park by end of MarchJackie Vautour staged a 50-year battle against the government's expropriation of the land up to his death in February of last yearCanadaJan 25, 2022
![]()
-
Fight over land expropriated for national park in New Brunswick is heating up againParks Canada has written two letters since early April seeking to have Vautour's belongings removed from the property.CanadaMay 14, 2021
![]()
-
Family of Jackie Vautour to continue fight for land expropriated for national parkThe Vautour family say they are Metis-Acadian and the expropriated land is unceded Mi'kmaq territory that is the subject of an ongoing court challenge.CanadaApr 16, 2021
![]()
-
Jackie Vautour, advocate against Kouchibouguac land expropriation, has diedFor decades, Jackie Vautour had been in legal battles with the government, claiming Kouchibouguac is on traditional Indigenous land.CanadaFeb 8, 2021
![]()
