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stablished as Blanchard's Village c 1700, Hillsborough was the home of Acadian
farmers for sixty years. These people led the way in dyke building, keeping back salt water
floods from the lush green meadows of this beautiful valley. By 1763, the Acadians had
moved up the valley to The Bend (Moncton) and down the other bank. Here they took up
land grants in the Fox Creek area where they may still be found. German immigrants
arrived via Pennsylvania in 1767, a year after landing in Moncton, and took over the
empty fields. They resumed the dyking, reclaiming large tracts of land still farmed by
Hillsborough families today. The most prominent family was that of Heinrich and Rachel
Stief, (later the name became Steves and Steeves) who were the founders of a family
now counted in every country in the world, and amounting to over 150,000. We welcome
you to enjoy the many things to see and do in this area.