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NORTHUMBERLAND SHORE
New Brunswick's Northumberland Shore stretches from the Confederation Bridge to
Kouchibouguac National Park and is dotted with fishing villages and summer cottages.
Shediac, on all lobster-lovers' itineraries, is a popular resort town in a strip of summer
seaside and beach playgrounds. A good part of the population along this coast is French-
speaking, and Bouctouche is an Acadian stronghold. Further north, Kouchibouguac Na-
tional Park protects a large swath of scenic coastal ecosystems.
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Cape Jourimain
8am-7pm May-Oct)
sits in a 675- hectare national wildlife area that protects this
undeveloped shoreline and its migratory birds. Seventeen kilometers of trails wind
through salt marshes, dunes, woods and beach. A four-story lookout provides views of
the surroundings and Confederation Bridge.
There's a
visitors center
(Hwy 16;
8am-9pm May-Sep)
by the bridge.
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Shediac
Shediac, a self-proclaimed lobster capital, is a busy summer beach town and home of the
annual July lobster fest. The many white lights sprinkled around town all summer lend a
festive air. Don't fail to have your picture taken with the 'World's Largest Lobster' sculp-
ture - you can't miss it!
It seems on any hot weekend that half the province is flaked out on the sand at
Parlee
Beach
, turning the color of cooked lobster. South at Cap Pelé are vast stretches of more
sandy shorelines. Terrific
Aboiteau Beach
comprises over 5km of unsupervised sand,
while others have all amenities and lifeguards.
Shediac Bay Cruises
( 888-894-2002, 506-532-2175;
www.lobstertales.ca
; Pointe-du-
Chene wharf; adult/child $68/46)
takes passengers out on the water, pulls up lobster traps,
then shows you how to cook and eat 'em.
Shediac is ringed with shantytown-like RV campgrounds whose only appeal is their
proximity to Parlee Beach. More upscale lodgings are found at
Maison Tait
(
506-532-4233;
www.maisontaithouse.com
; 293 Main St; r incl breakfast from $189;
)
, a luxuri-
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