New Brunswick

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New Brunswick

• Spem Reduxit Hope Restored

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A Quick Peak

• Population 757, 100
• Population Density 10.60/km²
• Population 65 3 146
• Population Growth between 1996-2001 -1.2
• Ethnic Groups Mi kmaq, Maliseet, Acadians,
  Descendants of United Empire Loyalists, Irish,
  Danish
• Only Bilingual Province in Canada
• Area Land 72 908km² Water 71 450km²
• Shoreline 2 269km Coastline 2 306km
• Largest Cities Saint-John, Moncton, Fredericton

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• Main Industries Mining, Fishing, Forestry,
  Manufacturing Services
• GDP
• Total 23 727 billion (8th)
• Per Capita 31, 552 (12th)
• Employment Growth
• 0.1 increase in Employment/Rate

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• of National Parks 2
• of Provincial Parks 9
• of Tourists per Year 5 013 Canadian Tourists
  In 2004
• Peaked in 2002 and is now decreasing

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Climate (Continental)

• Summer notably dry but wet in growing season
• Shore 20ºC- 22 ºC (ocean breezes drop temp.)
• Inland 25ºC
• Winter (temp. changes each day) snowiest of 3
  maritime provinces
• North -12.2ºC
• South 7.5ºC
• Interior 1200mm of rain/yr

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Climate Graph For Fredericton
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Landforms

• Landforms
• South hills slopping to the tidal marshes on the
  Bay of Fundy
• East/Central rolling hills cut by river valleys
• North highlands are an extension of Appalachian
  Mountains
• Highest point Mount Carleton at 820m

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The Saint- John River

• Discovered on June 4, 1604 and named after John
  the Baptist
• Maliseet had called it Wolstaq
• Was a refuge for Maliseet, Acadians and Loyalists
• Major center of culture and commerce
• 637km from N. Maine to Saint John Harbour
• Was Great Atlantic Salmon River

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The City of Saint John
 
 
 

• 1524 SJ Harbour first entered
• Portland Point was first French Settlement and
  later fortified
• 1758 occupied by French
• 1775 destroyed by American Revolutionaries.
  Replaced with Port Howe
• 1783 UEL settled area
• 1785 Saint John established
• 1800s Irish arrive fleeing famine
• 1877 fire destroyed city
• 1889-1966 recovered and grew
• Became Provinces center for manufacturing and
  transportation

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Vegetation

• Indian Pipe, False Lily-of-the-valley, Moccasin
  Flower, Painted Trillium, Rose Twisted-stalk,
  Star Flower, Wintergreen, Yellow Clintonia,
  Yellow Lady Slipper, Wood Sorrel

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Wildlife

• Animals moose, snowshoe hares, beavers, black
  bears, whitetail deer's, blue whales, puffins,
  seals and sharks
• Birds and Insects partridges, herring gulls,
  red-winged black birds, mallards, eastern
  bluebirds, flower spiders, and many butterflies
• The wildlife found in New Brunswick and in
  Ontario are fairly similar including most birds,
  insects, and farm animals.

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What New Brunswick Offers

• A Historical and Natural Place for Adventure and
  Relaxation
• FUN FOR THE WHOLE FAMILY!!

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Where Can I Go?

• Hampton Museum Kings Landing Fundy
  National Park Kauchibougac National Park
  Piping Plower and Seals Kellys Beach
  Cap-St-Louis Hopewell Rocks Beaubears Island
  National Historic Site Atlas Park John Fisher
  Memorial Museum/Carter House Boishbert
  Hartland Bridge Mactaguac Provincial Park The
  Beaverbrook Art Gallery Magnetic Hill Les
  Jardins de la République Village Historique
  Acadienne La Pays de la Sanguine La Dune de
  Boubouche New Brunswick Museum Fortress St
  John St John Riversing Falls Imperial Theatre
  St-Andrews-by-the-Sea Cape Enrage Crystal
  Palace Cape Jouriman Nationale Wildlife
  Preserve Sackville Waterfowl Park Mt Carleton
  Herring Cove Provincial Park New River Beach
  Provincial Park
• AND MORE!

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Kings Landing Historical Settlement

• A Place to Experience History First Hand
• Travel Through Time (100Years)
• An Immersion in the 19th Century
• Culture
• Fun for Everyone

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Fundy National Park
 
 

• Near Alma, NB
• Plenty of Trails, Tour the Bay and Water Falls,
  Golf Courses, Heated Salt Water Swimming Pool
• A Place for the Adventurer in all of US!

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Hampton

• Come Discover a Culturally and Historically Rich
  Area
• Museums, Historical Buildings and Homes, New
  Brunswicks Most Fertile Marsh, Courthouse, St.
  Pauls Church

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Documentation of Sites

• www.wikipedia.com
• www.canada.adventures-guide.com/New
  Brunswick/naturetours.html
• www.hampton.new-brunswick.net/
• www.photosofnb.blogspot.com/
• www.new-brunswick.net/new-brunswick/sitemap.html
• www.geocities.com/rainforestlands/1194/wildflowist
  .html
• www.kingslanding.nbca./
• www.canadatourism.com/ctx/applen/ca/statsfigures.d
  o?pathtemplatedata/ctx/statsANDfigures/data/en_ca
  /tourism_fact_figures/year_2004haschildrenfalse
  
• www.canadaonline.about.com/gi/dynamic
• www.atlantic-webl.ns.ec.gc.ca/climatecentre/defaul
  t.asp?
• www.greatcanadianrivers.com/rivers/john/john-home.
  html
• www.new-brunswick.net/saint-john/history.html
• www.newbrunswick.worldweb.com/photos/flowersandtre
  es/
• www.google.ca