Brunswick
New Brunswick is a province of Canada, bordering Quebec to the northwest, the Gulf of Saint Lawrence to the northeast, Nova Scotia to the east, the Bay of Fundy to the southeast, and the U.S.
state of Maine to the southwest. It is part of Eastern Canada and is one of the three Maritime provinces and one of the four Atlantic provinces. The province is about 83% forested and its northern half is occupied by the Appalachians. The province's climate is continental with snowy winters and temperate summers. The province has a surface area of 72,908 square kilometres (28,150 sq mi) and 775,610 inhabitants.
Getting to Brunswick
New Brunswick has road links with Quebec, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island, and Maine. Traffic from Maine passes via two major points; route 95 linking Woodstock and Houlton, and route 1, which links St. Stephen in New Brunswick and Calais in Maine. Route 95 is the larger of the two connections, however the scenery in the St. Stephen/Calais area is unquestionably more attractive.
Worth seeing
Fredericton, the province's capital, is a small but graceful city that hosts the province's Legislative Assembly, the Historic Garrison District, the Old Government House, and the surprisingly good Beaverbrook Gallery. The Kings Landing Historical Settlement offers an excellent view of daily life in the Maritimes in the 19th century.
Things to do
New Brunswick has several beautiful parks. Kouchibouguac National Park, on the shores of the Northumberland Strait, is home to much wildlife and glorious beaches. It is probably best known for its sand dunes, and shallow protected tidal pool beaches, which offer very warm swimming. Camping is available Roosevelt Campobello International Park was U.S president Franklin D.
Where to eat
New Brunswick offers a wide variety of restaurants ranging from seafood to Oriental to fast food to Acadian. One of the province's specialties is fiddleheads (fern fronds, served as a vegetable), which are found in the Saint John River Valley area. Poutine rapée, a boiled potato dumpling with a pork filling, is a dish served along the Acadian coast area.
Getting around Brunswick the local way
- Get inIt is, however, served by seasonal holiday charter flights to destinations including Greece, Italy, Portugal, Spain, and Cyprus.
- Get inTickets can be booked through regional tour operators or directly at the airport.
- Get inTour operator Flixbus offers low-cost (and often bumpy) trips to European metropolises.
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