Hi. Welcome to WatchMojo.com. I’m your host Leila. Today we’ll continue our travel series with the look at the covered bridge capital of Canada, New Brunswick.
New Brunswick is one of Canada’s Maritime Provinces and one of the first four provinces to be entered into the countries confederation. A provincial population is over 750,000. New Brunswick is located entirely within the appellation mountain range.
The climate in this Atlantic province is typically continental depending on the location in relation to the coast. The summer seized temperatures of 68 degrees and hotter, with inland temperature being closer to 77 degrees. Winter temperatures vary in the same way.
The provinces, three main cities are all located to the south of the province. Although the provincial capital is Fredericton, the largest city is Saint John. This city is the home of Canada’s largest oil refinery and is quickly becoming an important energy center for the East coast.
The University of the New Brunswick is located in Fredericton. Francophones in New Brunswick are mainly of Acadian origin and therefore every year the Festival Acadian, the character show cases their culture. Singers, musicians, actors, dancers, writers and others joined together to display Acadian talent.
Tintamarre or “noisy parade” is held on a Canadian National Day. More than 20,000 people take to the streets of caracade to express their Acadian pride loudly. New Brunswick is home to the only remaining stuffed lighthouse in the Maritimes and close to 90 lighthouses in total.
Lighthouses dotting the coast of the Bay of Fundy are called “sea lights”. Some of the provinces lighthouses have been converted into the bed and breakfasts and many are open to tourists. At one point, New Brunswick had more than 100 lighthouses while today there are fewer than 50 working once.
The Bay of Fundy has the highest tides in the world with a rise of over 50 feet and this unusual tidal range has helped to form the Hopewell rocks. These rock formations caused by tidal erosion are located in the rocks provincial park and their based is covered in water twice a day.
The New Brunswick town of Shediac calls itself the lobster capital of the world and hosts a festival each year to promote its ties to lobster fishing. New Brunswick has some of the best whale-watching on Canada’s East coast. The waters of the Bay of Fundy are filled with nutrients which draw more than 12 species of whales.
Tourist can be sure that these intelligent creatures are protected and revered.
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