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adult/child 0-5yr/child 6-13yr/senior $43/5/28/33, car/bicycle $86/10)
sails between Saint
John and Digby, Nova Scotia, year-round. The three-hour crossing can save a lot of driv-
ing.
Arrive early or call ahead for vehicle reservations, as the ferry is very busy in July and
August. Even with a reservation, arrive an hour before departure. Walk-ons and cyclists
should be OK any time. There's a restaurant and a bar.
Fundy Isles ferries also serve the islands. Book ahead where possible and/or arrive
early.
BUS
routes in New Brunswick, with service to Nova Scotia, PEI and into Québec as far as
Rivière-du-Loup, where buses connect with
Orléans Express
(
888-999-3977;
www.orleansexpress.com
)
services to points west.
CAR & MOTORCYCLE
For drivers, the main access points into New Brunswick are Edmundston, Maine,
Houlton, Nova Scotia or PEI. If you're going to PEI, there's no charge to use the Confed-
eration Bridge eastbound from Cape Jourmain - you pay on the way back. Traffic is gen-
erally light, although crossing the Maine border usually means a delay at customs.
TRAIN
and Halifax ($219, 15½ hours, daily except Tuesday), with stops in Campbellton,
Miramichi and Moncton.
FREDERICTON
POP 50,600
This sleepy provincial capital does quaint very well. The St John River curves lazily
through Fredericton, past the stately government buildings on the waterfront and the uni-
versity on the hill. Its neatly mowed, tree-lined banks are dotted with fountains, walking
paths and playing fields. On warm weekends, 'The Green,' as it's known, looks like
something out of a watercolor painting - families strolling, kids kicking soccer balls,
couples picnicking.
On a flat, broad curve in the riverbank, the small downtown commercial district is a
neat grid of redbrick storefronts. Surrounding it are quiet residential streets lined with
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