Toggle navigation Government of New Brunswick. News Release. Some of the winter activities detailed on the Tourism New Brunswick website include: Hit the slopes. The province gets three to four metres of snow each year and is home to the largest vertical in the Maritimes. Fire up your snowmobile. With 8, kilometres of snowmobile trails, New Brunswick has a trail that is right for anyone.
Come in from the cold. Catch some events. Jolly Breeze is, with costumes and on-board activities, is especially popular with younger children. All are located around the main dock off Water Street. There are a lot more things to do in this pretty town: a replica of a blockhouse from the War of , the Huntsman Marine Science Center, Kingsbrae Garden and streets of lovely historic homes, some of which we floated across the bay from Maine by Loyalists during the American Revolution.
Ministers Island Historic Site accessible only at low tide by causeway, is a room summer home that once belonged to visionary railway builder Sir William Van Horne, who also built the landmark St Andrews hotel, The Algonquin. Though part of Canada, it has strong cross-border connections, including the historic Roosevelt summer estate that's the centerpiece of Roosevelt Campobello International Park.
The property's main structure is a room cottage, where the Roosevelts summered with their children from until Franklin and his parents had summered on Campobello since he was a child. Many of the furnishings are original to the family, and well-informed guides offer details about the rooms and the Roosevelts during their stays here. Visitors often remark on the servants' rooms, which are mixed with those of the family on the second floor, and are as large and well-furnished.
Even though they had both grown up in aristocratic families, this was something both Eleanor and Franklin felt strongly about. Along with the Roosevelt Cottage, there are several other summer homes on the extensive grounds overlooking the bay. In one of them, visitors can join the " Tea with Eleanor " program, enjoying tea and cookies while staff members relate lively and personal stories about the former First Lady and her many activities and initiatives.
Pick up the guide to wildflowers and plants in the park, or take a geological walking tour, a self-guided bog tour, or follow trails through the various ecosystems. Near the Roosevelt park, Herring Cove Provincial Park has camping, golf, hiking trails, and beaches, and at the northern tip of the island is East Quoddy Lighthouse.
Reversing Falls. The Bay of Fundy has such an extreme tidal range that sea level is four meters below the river at low tide, but four meters above the river at high tide. The tide rises so fast and so powerfully that it forces water back into the mouth of the St. John River, causing it to flow backward. As water rushes through the narrow gorge at the head of the harbor, it is forced over a ridge of rock, creating a waterfall that flows upstream.
As the tide recedes 12 hours later, the river resumes its natural flow, pushing water over the ridge to create a falls in the downstream direction. The best views are at Reversing Falls Bridge , where the river narrows through a deep gorge, and at the new Skywalk Saint John , at the end of the bridge. This rooftop observation platform extends more than eight meters beyond the edge of the cliff above the falls, and glass floor panels in the stainless-steel structure provide a clear view of the cliffs, falls, and whirlpools 30 meters below.
Video and interactive displays explain the falls and the geology of the cliffs enclosing them. Here, you'll discover that there's more to see and do at the Reversing Falls than watch the force of the tides at work.
The walls of the gorge are a good place to see where 1. These and other phenomena are explored at the Stonehammer Geopark, where you can also take a boat ride into the gorge or zipline above the rushing waters. Fredericton's Garrison District. A British garrison was stationed at this site alongside the wide St. John River from to Today, two blocks of heritage buildings and grassy lawns lie between Queen Street and the river, becoming the center of summer festivals, walking tours, and historical reenactments.
The Changing of the Guard , when guards in period costume perform a drill ceremony to the accompaniment of drums and bagpipes, takes place two or three times daily in July and August.
Children can don red uniforms of their own to take part in "A Day in a Soldier's Life" activities, or families can play croquet together on the lawns.
Along with the garrison's Guard House military office, prisoner cell block, and restored Barracks room, which you can visit, several museums are in the district. The Fredericton Region Museum focuses on area history its most famous resident is a giant frog , and the School Days Museum shows period classrooms, clothing, and artifacts, such as toys and lunchboxes. Just down the main street is New Brunswick's premier art museum, Beaverbrook Art Gallery , with its new wing opened in A highlight of the new wing is Salvador Dali's monumental painting, Santiago el Grande.
New Brunswick's premier botanical garden enjoys a climate tempered by the Bay of Fundy to grow more than 50, perennials in a series of themed gardens.
The floral displays are breathtaking, but beyond the gardens' beauty are the horticultural lessons it teaches about organic and sustainable practices, garden design, and how gardens fit into their landscapes and ecosystems. As you stroll through the gardens, you'll find a windmill, two beautifully detailed historic playhouses, a cedar maze, peacocks, ponds, an apple orchard, woodland trails, a garden for the senses, a heather garden, and formal terraces. An entire section for children features small playhouses, a castle to climb, rabbits, and an adjacent corral with alpacas and goats.
Works of contemporary sculptors are placed throughout the gardens, and a separate Sculpture Garden showcases dozens more in settings designed for each one. A tea room spreads onto a terrace overlooking the manicured lawns. Official site: www. Each Saturday morning, a steady stream of Fredericton residents head to Boyce Farmers Market, one of Canada's top 10 community markets, and it's worth some advance trip planning to join them here.
Spread over two large market halls and the surrounding outdoor area are more than local farmers, food producers, and craftspeople from along the St. John River region and across New Brunswick. While locals chat with neighbors and shop for vegetables, meats, dairy products, and breads from several bakeries, tourists find wild blueberry jam; wood crafts; maple syrup; handmade soaps; hand-knit socks and mittens; stylish felted wool hats; pottery; jewelry; and ready-to-eat foods of all kinds, from local cheeses and warm pretzels to samosas and sizzling grilled sausages.
Stand in line for a sit-down breakfast in the market or grab a croissant and coffee and head for one of the picnic tables outside. Look here for bags of dulse, a traditional local seaweed snack. Prominent among the early settlers of Saint John were supporters of the British Crown, who arrived on two fleets of ships from Massachusetts , families escaping the American Revolution. These and subsequent Loyalists shaped the character of the city, as they did much of southern and central New Brunswick.
Perhaps even more influential in shaping the present appearance of the city's uptown commercial and residential district was the Great Fire of , which completely destroyed more than 21 entire streets. The buildings that rose from the ashes were all in the style of that period, leaving Saint John with some of Canada's best Victorian architecture.
Prince William Street is designated a National Historic Site of Canada for its rare concentration of distinguished buildings designed and decorated in the styles of one period. Farther up the hill are entire blocks of townhouses reminiscent of Boston's Back Bay and Beacon Hill, not surprising, since many of the architects who came to help with the rebuilding were from Boston.
You can explore these historic neighborhoods with downloadable maps and apps detailing the Loyalist Trail , the Victorian Stroll , and the Prince William Walk. One of the few buildings to escape the fire was St. Another spared was the City Market , Canada's oldest continuing farmers' market, completed just the year before. The block-long building houses local vendors, who display fresh produce, seafood, and other edibles, as well as crafts and art. Fine handcrafts and art are highly valued in Saint John, as you will notice from the number of galleries and studios you'll pass.
You can pick up a map of these from the visitors center at Market Square , which is filled with sidewalk cafes and inhabited by the colorful, larger-than-life people sculptured by John Hooper. Grand Manan Island. Accessible only by ferry from Blacks Harbour, the island of Grand Manan is a tiny fishing community near the mouth of the Bay of Fundy.
A road follows the sea along its kilometer length, with a few side roads leading the 10 kilometers to its precipitous western shore. Birders come to spot some of the more than species found here, including the Atlantic puffin, and the island is also a popular base for whale-watching and to spot other aquatic animals, including the Atlantic white-sided dolphin, harbor porpoise, and four species of seals.
Artists find inspiration in its rugged cliffs, lighthouses, and fishing villages, and you'll find a number of studios and galleries on the island. A unique combination of untraditional museum and historical village experience, Kings Landing brings the history of rural New Brunswick to life for all ages. Begin a visit with the series of lively, interactive exhibits that draw from the collection of more than 70, artifacts to lure visitors into the past.
Following various themes and including plenty of active experiences maybe try on period clothes or play a vintage musical instrument , the exhibits set the historical stage for a period that begins with the arrival of the Loyalists from the just-forming United States and ends with the technological advancements of the early 20th century.
Here, too, are free workshops where you can learn 19th-century skills and crafts, such as embroidery or rope-making, or perhaps make your own candles. Once you cross the bridge, you step into a country village of people going about their daily lives. Costumed interpreters may invite you to pitch in and help with household and kitchen tasks or tending gardens, and they always have time to explain what they are doing and how it relates to their lives and work.
Stroll through the village homes and farms, and catch a wagon ride to visit the printer, a blacksmith, and a working sawmill. US visitors may be surprised to learn as much about their own history as they do about Canada's.
This museum village represents the lives of a different group of New Brunswick's settlers, the Acadians, who arrived from France in the s and s. Their French-speaking descendants live in northeastern New Brunswick, along the coast north of Moncton and throughout the region known as the Acadian Peninsula.
Village Historique Acadien represents the lives of Acadians between and , told through 40 preserved and replicated homes, shops, and workshops. Costumed interpreters demonstrate the household, farm, and craftsmen's skills that were found in villages during those periods. You might arrive at a farmhouse kitchen in time for a few tips on early 19th-century cooking or to taste bread fresh from the oven. Elsewhere villagers are busy with seasonal tasks: drying fish, carding and spinning wool, cutting hay, forging tools and horse shoes.
You can sample Acadian dishes in the restaurant and even stay overnight in an authentic hotel replicating an actual one that was operating in in nearby Caraquet. Known especially for its seafood, especially oysters there's an oyster museum in town , Caraquet is a good base for exploring the Acadian Peninsula and beautiful Miscou Island.
Kouchibouguac National Park. Fine sands and warm waters that can reach 20 degrees Celsius make the beaches along the Northumberland Strait, north of Moncton, some of the finest on the Atlantic coast. Along with its long white sands and gentle surf, Parlee Beach Provincial Park has a campground and changing facilities, catering to the many families that visit in summer. The nearby Acadian community of Shediac is known as the lobster capital of the world , and displays its pride with a bus-sized lobster statue near the visitor information center.
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