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is a case in point (www.fundytrailparkway. in coff ee houses and theatres. Musicians
Special Events com). Über-fi t hikers can spend days thrive as well, which explains why, along
traversing this part of The Great Trail. But, with almost every imaginable form of
JANUARY – FEBRUARY thanks to an adjacent parkway, key portions modern music, you can hear hypnotic First
• FROSTIVAL, FREDERICTON
are accessible to children and the physically Nations drumbeats, British folk songs and
MARCH challenged, too. Cajun-style fi ddles in pubs and at concerts
• SUGAR BUSH, KINGS LANDING,
Equally important is the fact that or festivals province-wide.
PRINCE WILLIAM
nature in New Brunswick is always close at
JUNE
hand, even in urban areas. Visitors to Saint Quick Fact
• ST. MARY’S (SITANSISK) FIRST NATION
John can splash out in Rockwood Park, one
POWWOW, FREDERICTON BELIEVE IT OR NOT, THE FAMOUS “FLOWER-
of the largest municipal parks in the
JUNE – JULY country, or go wild by the seaside in the POT” ROCKS AT HOPEWELL CAPE WERE
• CAMPBELLTON SALMON FESTIVAL GIVEN THEIR NICKNAME BY ROBERT RIPLEY.
Irving Nature Park without leaving the city
JULY
limits. Fresh air afi cionados in Fredericton,
• CANADA’S IRISH FESTIVAL, MIRAMICHI
similarly, can stroll, bike and rollerblade MUST SEE, MUST DO
• LAMÈQUE INTERNATIONAL BAROQUE
MUSIC FESTIVAL on a riverfront path dubbed “The Green” Hopewell Cape’s tree-tufted islands always
• NEW BRUNSWICK HIGHLAND GAMES or get out on the water by boat. Moncton, look lovely, but their full beauty is only
FESTIVAL, FREDERICTON meanwhile, puts sand connoisseurs in revealed when the tide ebbs, transforming
• SHEDIAC LOBSTER FESTIVAL reach of both the delicate Bouctouche them into megaliths looming above the bare
AUGUST dunes and bustling Parlee Beach. ocean fl oor (www.thehopewellrocks.ca).
• AREA 506 FESTIVAL, SAINT JOHN
• CHOCOLATE FEST, ST. STEPHEN HERITAGE AND CULTURE For fl ower fans, Kingsbrae Garden is reason
• FESTIVAL ACADIEN DE CARAQUET Occupied by Indigenous Peoples for more enough to visit prim, trim St. Andrews by-
• MIRAMICHI FOLKSONG FESTIVAL than 3,000 years, New Brunswick inherited the-Sea. Created from several old estates,
SEPTEMBER two other cultures from its early French the 11-ha (27-acre) property has over 20
• ATLANTIC INTERNATIONAL BALLOON and English settlers. Indoor/outdoor themed zones (www.kingsbraegarden.com).
FIESTA, SUSSEX venues such as Metepenagiag Heritage
• HARVEST JAZZ & BLUES FESTIVAL, Park, Village Historique Acadien and Kouchibouguac National Park has an array
FREDERICTON
Kings Landing Historical Settlement— of ecosystems and recreational options.
celebrating Mi’kmaq, Acadians and Loyalists You can swim, bike, boat, fi sh, or explore
www.tourismnewbrunswick.ca/Do/
FestivalsAndEvents.aspx respectively—help establish the historical lagoons and dunes on a guided walk
context, as does the engaging New (www.parkscanada.gc.ca/kouchibouguac).
Brunswick Museum in Saint John. Local
second biggest whirlpool. These sites are, culture here, however, is a living entity that At Fredericton’s Beaverbrook Art Gallery,
quite literally, phenomenal. Yet what survives outside museum-like settings. A-listers like Gainsborough, Dali and
makes the outdoors truly “great” is that it Eclectic artisans, many of them concentra- Reynolds share wall space with Canada’s
has something for everyone. The Fundy ted around Fredericton, put a contemporary own Group of Seven. Programs for art
Trail—known for its precipitous cliff s, spin on age-old crafts. Poets and playwrights lovers are available (www.beaverbrook
aromatic evergreens and sublime views— uphold a rich literary tradition, performing artgallery.org).
The Saint John City Market is overfl owing
BEAVERBROOK ART GALLERY, FREDERICTON • DESTINATION CANADA
with incredible edibles. Opened in 1876,
the block-long building was constructed
by shipbuilders, so its ceiling resembles
an inverted hull (www.sjcitymarket.ca).
Kings Landing Historical Settlement, a
recreated Loyalist village, features 70-plus
restored structures, among them antique-
fi lled homes, working farms and picture-
perfect churches (www.kingslanding.
nb.ca).
SCENIC DRIVES
Saint John to Fredericton: Follow Route
102, criss-crossing the St. John River on
small open-deck cable ferries with stops
for photo ops on the pastoral Kingston
Peninsula and in the pretty village of
Gagetown.
