Framboise River Framboise River Framboise River is an estuarine river in Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia, Canada. The Framboise River (CAMVI) is an estuary that extends to the northwest from Seal Rocks and Framboise Cove on the coast to where Bagnells River (Bagnells Lake), Middle River Framboise and Northeast Framboise River converge. Strachans Brook and Mary Anns Brook enter the estuary from the south. The mouth of the river is at . The community of Framboise, Nova Scotia, lies to the southwest of the river. "Framboise" means raspberry in French, and probably was given as a descriptive name by the early settlers.
Magdelaine Laframboise mansion of La Framboise still stands next door to the church. It has been acquired, renovated and adapted for use as the Harbour View Inn. Magdelaine Laframboise Madeline La Framboise (1780–1846), born Marguerite-Magdelaine Marcot, was one of the most successful fur traders in the Northwest Territory of the United States, in the area of present-day western Michigan. Of mixed Odawa and French descent, she was fluent in the Odawa, French, English and Ojibwe languages, and partnered with her husband. After he was murdered, she managed the fur trade successfully for more than a decade. She retired from the trade, building