Meductic Indian Village / Fort Meductic, Archaeological site and national historic site in Woodstock Parish, Canada

Meductic Indian Village, also known as Fort Meductic, is a national historic site and archaeological site in Woodstock Parish, New Brunswick, Canada. It once stood on a raised plateau at the point where the Eel River meets the Saint John River.

Meductic was the principal Wolastoqey (Maliseet) village from before the 17th century until the mid-18th, fortified against Mohawk attacks by a fort reported as the first in Acadia. Father Joseph Aubery re-established the mission in 1701, and Jean-Baptiste Loyard built the Saint Jean Baptiste chapel in 1717. The village was abandoned in 1767, its people moving to Eqpahak, though the site was still used as a camp until 1841.

The Maliseet people farmed this land, growing crops in soil enriched by spring floods each year. This practice shaped the way they organized their daily life along the river.

The remains of the settlement now lie underwater following the construction of the Mactaquac dam in the 1960s, so the site cannot be visited in person. Background information about it can be found through local heritage resources and ongoing research.

The chapel Saint Jean Baptiste, built in 1717 by priest Jean-Baptiste Loyard, had a bell given by King Louis XV. The entire site, chapel included, was flooded in 1968 when the Mactaquac dam was built, so no trace of the building remains above water.