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New Brunswick - Part I Arrive Maritime Provinces New Brunswick Population: 729,498 / Capital: Fredericton / Largest of Maritime Province New Brunswick is the point of origin of our Maritime trip. The Loyalist and the Acadians have each played a powerful role in developing the unique culture of Canada's only bilingual province. In 2004, New Brunswick celebrated its 400th anniversary of the first French settlement in North America, which occurred on St. Croix Island in 1604. Thus began the great Acadian adventure. As we travel throughout the Maritime Provinces, we will be hearing the Acadian Story - triumph Over Tragedy. With the Gulf of St. Lawrence and Fundy and Chaleur Bays lapping its shores on three sides, New Brunswick has literally been shaped by the sea. The rich heritage is still evident today. Lighthouses still send protective beams from harbor side hilltops: 19th Century clapboard houses with widow's walks stand as seentinels from a bygone era; and sandy beaches invite leisurely strolls along the surf. The Bay of Fundy tides, said to be the highest, have been known to reach 48 feet, the height ofa four-story building. An interesting tale explains this anomaly. According to a Mi'kmaq legend, a giant whale, angered by the god Glooscap, slammed its powerful tail into the was, causing the tremendous ebb and flow. Although the bay's tidal fluctuations are attibutable to science rather than lore, they do create some amazing phenomena such as the 'flowerpots' at Hopewell Rocks or the Reversing Falls in Saint John. You can get a true feel for the Acadian way of life near the coastl town of Caraquet, the 18th century Capital de l'Acadie, where the annual Blessing of the Fleet is a treasured link to the past. Caught in a power struggle between France and Great Britain, French-speaking Acadians unwilling to swear allegiance to the British crown were deported in 1755; the event immortalized by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's narrative poem "Evangeline".
General Information: Visitor Information Centers: St. Stephen Provincial Visitor Information Centre Woodstock Provincial Visitor Information Centre Campbellton Provincial Visitor Information Centre River Valley Provincial Visitor Information Centre Saint-Jacques Provincial Visitor Information Centre St. Stephen Provincial Visitor Information Centre Cape Jourimain Provincial Visitor Information Centre Municipal Visitor Centers Listed
Fredericton, NB (2 Days) Population: 47,500
One of North America's oldest settlements, Fredericton straddles the Saint John River. The area was inhabited by Maliseet Indians thousands of years before European settlement. Named St. Anne's Point by its French fur-trading founders, the settlement was burned in 1760 by the British in their struggle with the French for control of the continent. Loyalist fleeing the American Revolution revived the settlement in 1783 and renamed it Frederick's Town for the second son of King George III. New Brunswick became a province in 1784 and Gov. Thomas Carlton made Fredericton the provincial capital in 1785. Today the city is known for its beauty, architecture, heritage and culture.
Route Border to Fredericton, NB: Highway 95 to Woodstock; Highway 103 to Hartland (12 miles) Longest Covered Bridge in the World Highway 105 to Woodstock (12 miles) Highway 2 to Fredericton, NB Tour King's Landing (En route) Info: City Hall (506-460-2129), 397 Queen Street 8:00am to 4:15pm
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Saint John, NB (2 Days) Route Fredericton, NB to Saint John, NB: Highway 2 to Oromocto (20 miles) Highway 7 Highway 1 (62 miles) to Saint John.
Saint John, at the mouth of the Saint John River on the Bay of Fundy,is one of the most active seaports on the Atlantic Coast. Its deep-water oil terminals handle some of the world's largest ships.
Saint John, also called Fundy City, is considered Atlantic Canada's most colorful city. The Bay of Fundy's most startling phenomena are in the heart of the Saint John Geological Eco-Zone. The highest tides in the world can b seen at work at the world-famous Reversing Falls. Some of the oldest visible rock on earth is on the city's main street. Remnants of lava flows and fossils are scattered near parks and campgrounds.
When Samuel de Champlain enered the estuary of the Saint John River on June 24, 1604, he named the river in honor of the saint whose feast day it was. After the American Revolutionary War, several thousand United Empire Loyalist, those intrepid settlers from the Rhirtee Colonies who remained loyal to Britain, founded the city of Saint John virtually overnight in 1783. In 1785 it became the first incorporated city in Canada.
Restoration of the city's waterfront has blended the area's historic flavor with such modern fixtures as a climate-controlled skywalk, linking the central business district with the waterfront. The Loyalist Trais, a 90-minute walking tour through downtown Saint John, retraces the footsteps of the city's Loyalist founders.
The Old City Market building is unique in that the interior of this 1876 building, modeled after an inverted ship's hull, reflects the city's shipbuilding heritage. The market, one of Canada's oldest, offers fresh seafood, vegetables, and fruits as well as a variety of crafts and collectibles.
The Reversing Falls is a unique phenomenon caused by the tremendous tide in the Bay of Fundy. The bay's tidal action is affected by the funnel shape of the bay and by the moon's phases.
At low tide, the St. John River, which runs for 450 miles through the province, empties into the bay through a narrow rocky gorge descending into the ocean at the bottom of the 449 foot wide gorge. This 36 foot descent causes a boiling series of rapids and whirlpools, The rising tide slows the river current toa stop and for 20 minutes, a rest period called low slack tide allows boats to navigate the Falls. Once the tide is higher than the river, the reversal of the current occurs and continues until high tide. The water rises up to 14 1/2 feet above sea level in the gorge.
Info: Market Square; Reversing Falls Visitor's Centre; Hwy 1 between exit 101 and 104
Note: Wednesday Tea with the Mayor - 2:00 to 3:30 at the Loyalist House on Union Street.
Bay of Fundy
Scenic Drive
Map Uptown Area North Market Wharf
Reversing Falls Martello Tower Fort Howe Lookout
Grannan's Restaurant Grannan's
Seafood 634-1555 Market Square, One Market Square. Seafood and steak in a
family/fine dining atmosphere. Reservations not always necessary.
Handicap accessible. Open daily. L $$, D $$ CAMP - page 1696 -> Rockwood Park, Crown Street 506-652-4050 (FT) -> Hardings Point Campground 506-763-2517
Route Saint John to Hopewell Cape: Highway 2 to Penobsquis ( 88 miles ), then Highway 114 to Hopewell Cape (53 miles). Hopewell Cape, NB (2 Days) The Hopewell Rocks Ocean Tidal Exploration Site is near the mouth of the Petitcodiac River on Hwy 114. This is where the Fundy Tides (the highest in the world) have gouged four-story sculptures from the cliffs. At low tide they look like flowerpots. At high tide they disappear, leaving tree-topped islands in their place. A new state-of-the-art interpretive center uses multimedia presentations to explain this and many of the other phenomenal features that make the Bay of Fundy one of the Marine Wonders of the World.
Fundy National Park
- Drive through en route
CAMP - page 1694 -> Ponderosa Pines Park 800-822-8800 506-734-3121
Moncton began as a settlement of Acadian farmers near the French Fort Beausejour. The British, under Lt. Col. Robert Monckton, captured the fort in 1755 and expelled the French. American Loyalist, Scots and Irish incorporated the town in 1855, naming it after Monckton. A clerical error accounts for its present spelling. Shipbuilding and railroads made Moncon the transportation hub of he Maritime Provinces.
Two natural phenomena, Magnetic Hill and the Tidal Bore are highlights among the attractions. The Tidal Bore runs up the Petitcodiac River twice daily causing a small tidal wave ranging in heifht from 8 to 18 inches. The incoming tide moves upstream against the regular flow of water, causing a single river-wide wave. After the bore, the almost empty Petitcodiac River basin rapidly fills with water and within an hour the bore has passed 28.3 million gallons of water and the water level will have risen more than 25 feet. A good place to observer the bore is at Bore Park, downtown at the corner of King and Main Street.
Magnetic Hill - Just of TCH #2 Tidal Bore Park - Petitcodiac River Schedule Moncton Market - 120 Westmorland St. Side Trips: The Roads that Hug the Strait (Also on the way to PEI)
CAMP Camper's City (FT)
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