For 200 years, the wreck of the Machault, a 26-gun military sailing vessel charged with protecting merchant vessels from the British, has remained under water. At the Battle of Restigouche National Historic Site, it is now possible to admire the ship’s remains and to relive the last naval battle between France and Great Britain for possession of North American territory. It's an extraordinary journey that will take you all the way back to 1760! Pendant 200 ans, l’épave du Machault, voilier de 26 canons chargé de protéger des navires marchands contre les Britanniques, est restée sous l’eau. Il est aujourd’hui possible d’en admirer les vestiges et de revivre le tout dernier affrontement naval entre la France et la Grande-Bretagne pour la possession du territoire nord-américain au lieu historique national de la Bataille-de-la-Ristigouche. Un voyage extraordinaire qui vous entrainera en 1760! Source: Parks Canada Website (2022)

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Fighting at Restigouche: The men and vessels of 1760 at Chaleur Bay / Combattre à Ristigouche: Hommes et navires de 1760 dans la baie des Chaleurs Studies in Archaeology, Architecture, and History/Études en archéologie, architecture et histoire (Gilles Proulx, Parks Canada, 1999)

Legacy of the Machault : A Collection of 18th-century Artifacts / L'héritage du Machault Studies in Archaeology, Architecture, and History/Études en archéologie, architecture et histoire (Catherine Sullivan, Parcs Canada, 1986)

The Battle of the Restigouche / La bataille de Ristigouche Canadian Historic Sites: Occasional Papers in Archaeology and History No. 16 (Judith Beattie and Bernard Pothier, Parks Canada, 1977)

The Battle of the Restigouche / La bataille de la Ristigouche Studies in Archaeology, Architecture, and History/Études en archéologie, architecture et histoire (Judith Beattie and Bernard Pothier, Parks Canada, 1996)

The Battle of the Restigouche Maritime Museum of Canada Occasional Paper No. 10 (C.H. Little, ed., 1962)

The excavation of the Machault, an 18th-century French frigate / Le recouvrement du Machault, une frégate française du XVIII^e siècle Studies in Archaeology, Architecture, and History/Études en archéologie, architecture et histoire (Walter Zacharchuk and Peter J.A. Waddell, Parks Canada, 1984)

Tin-Glazed Earthenware from the Machault Research Bulletin No. 13 (George A. Long, Parks Canada, March 1973)

Weaponry from the Machault : an 18th-century French frigate / L'armement du Machault Studies in Archaeology, Architecture, and History/Études en archéologie, architecture et histoire (Douglas Bryce, Parcs Canada, 1984)

The following visual bibliography is just a sampling of the books which have been published for this park. ParksCanadaHistory.com does not endorse these, but are merely presenting them for informational purposes only. As most are copyrighted, we are only able to provide the covers, and not contents, of these publications.

The battle of the Restigouche: The last naval engagement between France and Britain for the possession of Canada C.H. Little 1962	Canadian Historic Sites: Occasional Papers in Archaeology and History No. 16 1977	Lieux historiques canadiens: cahiers d'archéologie et d'histoire no 16 1977
The excavation of the Machault, an 18th-century French frigate Walter Zacharchuk and Peter J.A. Waddell 1984	Le recouvrement du Machault, une frégate française du XVIIIe siècle Walter Zacharchuk and Peter J.A. Waddell 1984	Weaponry from the Machault: an 18th-century French frigate Douglas Bryce 1984	L'armement du Machault Douglas Bryce 1984
Legacy of the Machault: A Collection of 18th-century Artifacts Catherine Sullivan 1986	L'héritage du Machault : une collection d'artefacts du XVIIIe siècle Catherine Sullivan 1986	The Battle of the Restigouche Judith Beattie and Bernard Pothier 1996	La bataille de la Ristigouche Judith Beattie and Bernard Pothier 1996
Fighting at Restigouche: The men and vessels of 1760 at Chaleur Bay Gilles Proulx 1999	Combattre à Ristigouche: Hommes et navires de 1760 dans la baie des Chaleurs Gilles Proulx 1999