Hey welcome to watchingmojo.com. I'm your host Layla today we'll continue our travel series with the look at the covered
capital of Canada: New Brunswick.
New Brunswick is one of the Canada’s maritime
and one of the first four provinces to be entered into the country's confederation. The provincial
is over 750,000. New Brunswick is located entirely within the
Appalachian mountain range. The
in this atlantic province is typically continental.
Depending on the location in relation to the
, the summer sees
of 68 degrees and hotter with
inland temperatures being closer to 77 degrees. Winter temperatures
in the same way.
The province's three main
are all located to the south of the province. Although the provincial
is Fredericton, the
city is Saint John. This city is the home of Canada’s largest
refinery and is quickly becoming an important
center for the east coast.
The university of New Brunswick is located in Fredericton.
in New Brunswick are mainly of
origin and therefore every year the festival acadien de Caraquet
showcases their culture.
,
, actors, dancers,
and others join together to
display Acadian talent. The tintamarre or noisy parade
is held on Acadian national day. More than 20,000 people take to the streets of Caraquet to express their acadian
pride,
.
New Brunswick is home to the only remaining
staffed in the Maritimes and closes to ninety lighthouses in total. Lighthouses
dotting the coast of the bay of Fundy are called
. Some of the province's lighthouses have been
into Bed and Breakfasts and many are open to
. At one point, New Brunswick had more than 100 lighthouses. Well today, there are
fewer than fifty working ones.
The bay of Fundy has the highest
tide in the world with a
of over 50 feet and in this unusual
tidal range has helped to form the Hopewell
. These rocks formations caused by tidal erosion are located in the Rocks Provincial Park and their base is covered in water
.
The New Brunswick
of Shediac calls itself the
lobster capital of the world and
hosts a festival each year to promote its ties to
fishing.
New Brunswick has some of best
whale watching on Canada’s
coast. Waters of the bay of Fundy are filled with nutrients which draw more than twelve species of
. Tourists can be sure that these intelligent creatures are protected and
revered