Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
Discover the history of picturesque
St Andrews by-the-Sea
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)
.
Dip your canoe paddle in the
Chiputneticook Lakes
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)
.
Breathe in the fresh sea air and unwind on peaceful, isolated
Grand Manan Is-
land
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)
.
Stretch out on the sandy beach or splash in the lagoon at
Kouchibouguac Na-
tional Park
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)
.
Live history at
King's Landing Historical Settlement
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)
and
Acadian
Historic Village
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)
.
Taste the delicacies at weekly farmers markets in
Fredericton
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) and
Moncton
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)
.
History
What is now New Brunswick was originally the land of the Mi'kmaq and, in the western
and southern areas, the Maliseet Aboriginals. Many places still bear their aboriginal
names, although the Aboriginal people (who today number around 17,000) are now con-
centrated on small pockets of land.
Following in the wake of explorer Samuel de Champlain, French colonists arrived in
the 1600s. The Acadians, as they came to be known, farmed the area around the Bay of
Fundy. In 1755 they were expelled by the English, many returning to settle along the Bay
of Chaleur. In the years following, the outbreak of the American Revolution brought an
influx of British Loyalists from Boston and New York seeking refuge in the wilds of
New Brunswick. These refugees settled the valleys of the Saint John and St Croix Rivers,
established the city of Saint John and bolstered the garrison town at Fredericton.
Through the 1800s, lumbering and shipbuilding boomed, and by the start of the 20th
century, other industries, including fishing, had developed. That era of prosperity ended
with the Great Depression. Today, pulp and paper, oil refining and potato farming are the
major industries.
NEW BRUNSWICK FAST FACTS
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Population: 751,000
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Area: 73,400 sq km
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Capital: Fredericton
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