Lower Montague

Lower Montague is a beautiful rural community, located to the east of the Town of Montague in the municipality of Three Rivers. The community of Lower Montague was incorporated in 1974.

The first inhabitants of the Island and the area now called Lower Montague were the First Nations Mi’kmaq people who came to the Island seasonally and established summer camps. They called the island Abegweit or “resting on the wave”. They mostly harvested the richness of forest, field and sea.

The community of Lower Montague has a rich history of settlement, agriculture and community development spanning as far back as the early 1700’s. The Lower Montague community has remained much the same in the 21st century but continued to expand both west and south. The Lower Montague community now runs from the Valleyfield Dam to the west and south to Albion.

To retain the historical significance of the area of Wightman’s point, a section of land lying next to the Wightman cemetery was leased from the provincial government and made into a day park called Saint Andrews Park. It is a popular place to observe the St. Mary’s Bay watershed, Boughton Island, Georgetown, seals, seabirds and the rich ecosystem of the area.

Lower Montague has retained its peaceful rural agricultural and fishing heritage, with many of the modern services and amenities visitors and locals alike benefit from.