These New Brunswick Facts Can be Used To Make a Unique Vacation For Your Family
The Bay of Fundy along the south shore has the highest tides in the World.
It is a well-known New Brunswick fact that the longest covered bridge in the World is located in Hartland New Brunswick. New Brunswick has the highest peak in the Maritimes at Mount Carleton. New Brunswick is the only officially bi-lingual province in Canada (French & English) Florenceville New Brunswick is the French fry capital of the World and home to McCain Foods. Fredericton is one of the top ten smartest cities in the World. Sussex is the Covered Bridge Capital of Atlantic Canada with eight of them within a ten-minute drive of Town Hall. Blacks Harbor is home to the World’s largest sardine Factory and the provinces largest aquaculture industry. Grand Manan Island is the world's largest supplier of dulse, an edible seaweed. St. Andrews New Brunswick is Canada’s Oldest Seaside Resort Town. Campobello Island has the summer home of Franklin D. Roosevelt and one of the most photographed lighthouses in the World called Head Harbor Light. Deer Island is home to the largest lobster pound in the World and the Old Sow whirlpool, the largest whirlpool in the western hemisphere. On Minister’s Island you can get a tour of the home of the famous railroad builder Sir William Van Horne. He bought the Island in 1890. This is a sweet New Brunswick fact: Ganong Brothers invented the first five-cent chocolate nut bar in North America. They also invented the chicken bone; this pink cinnamon covered chocolate hard candy Chicken Bone is extremely popular at Christmas time in the Maritimes and abroad. The Ganong Chocolate Factory is located in St.Stephen New Brunswick. Saint Croix Island can be viewed from Bayside near St.Andrews and this is where the first attempt at French settlement in North America occurred. Saint John New Brunswick has the City Market and it is the oldest market in North America. Saint John has what they call the Reversing Falls. This is a natural phenomena that is triggered by the highest tides in the world that overpower the mighty Saint John River and push it in reverse for a period of time each day. Moncton has the Magnetic Hill. This is an optical illusion that makes you think your vehicle is being pulled uphill by a magnet. Check out this New Brunswick Fact: The Lagoon at Kouchibouguac National Park can reach temperatures of 30 degrees. That is a very warm beach. Atlantic Canada’s largest public Aquarium is in Shippigan and it is called the New Brunswick Aquarium and Marine Center. The Miramichi area is world famous for Salmon fishing attracting people from all over the world. Bouctouche is home to La Dune de Bouctouche, one of the few remaining sand dunes in North America. The 2km boardwalk lets you experience all of it! Antonine Maillet, a famous playwright and author brings her story about a wash lady to life with very colorful characters on a little Island she calls Le Pays de la Sagouine in Bouctouche New Brunswick where she was born. The Bay of Chaleur has been designated as one of the most beautiful bays in the World. This is one sweet New Brunswick fact: Saint Quentin is the Atlantic Maple Capital.
Check out these New Brunswick facts regarding the world’s largest:Dorchester has the world’s largest Sandpiper statue. Nackawic has the world’s largest Axe. Plaster Rock has the world’s largest fiddlehead sculpture. Milleville is home to the world’s largest maple leaf statue. Campbellton is where you will see the world’s largest salmon statue. Shediac has the world’s largest lobster statue and it is the lobster capital of the entire world. Go Back To Travel New Brunswick Canada Home Page From New Brunswick Facts
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