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modations and fishing outfitters. Restaurants are few and far between - plan to pack in
your own supplies.
O'Donnell's Cottages &
Expeditions
MOTEL, COTTAGES $$$
( 800-563-8724, 506-365-7636;
www.odonnellscottages.com
;
439 Storeytown Rd, Doaktown;
cottages from $129)
Cozy log cabins on the riverbank. Offers a variety of outdoor activit-
ies.
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Salmon Museum in Doaktown, the center of most valley activity.
NORTHEASTERN NEW BRUNSWICK
The North Shore, as it is known to New Brunswickers, is the heartland of Acadian cul-
ture in the province. The region was settled 250 years ago by French farmers and fishers,
starting from scratch again after the upheaval of the Expulsion, frequently intermarrying
with the original Mi'kmaq inhabitants. The coastal road north from Miramichi, around
the Acadian Peninsula and along Chaleurs Bay to Campbellton passes through small
fishing settlements and peaceful ocean vistas. At Sugarloaf Provincial Park, the Ap-
palachian Mountain Range comes down to the edge of the sea. Behind it, stretching hun-
dreds of kilometers into the interior of the province, is a vast, trackless wilderness of
rivers and dense forest, rarely explored.
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Tracadie-Sheila
Unmasking a little-known but gripping story, the
Historical Museum of Tracadie
(Rue du
Couvent; adult/child $3/free; 9am-5pm Mon-Fri, noon-5pm Sat & Sun)
focuses on the leprosy
colony based here from 1868 to as late as 1965. The nearby cemetery has the graves of
60 victims of Hansen's Disease (leprosy).
WORTH A TRIP
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