New Brunswick
Spem Reduxit: Hope Restored
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
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
# 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
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
Climate Graph For Fredericton
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
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
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 Province’s center for manufacturing and transportation
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
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.
What New Brunswick Offers
A Historical and Natural Place for Adventure
and Relaxation
FUN FOR THE WHOLE FAMILY!!
Where Can I Go?
Hampton Museum King’s Landing Fundy National Park
Kauchibougac National Park Piping Plower and Seals Kelly’s
Beach Cap-St-Louis Hopewell Rocks Beaubear’s 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!
King’s Landing Historical Settlement
A Place to Experience History First Hand
Travel Through Time (100Years)
An Immersion in the 19 th Century
Culture
Fun for Everyone
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!
Hampton
Come Discover a Culturally and Historically Rich
Area
Museums, Historical Buildings and Homes, New
Brunswick’s Most Fertile Marsh, Courthouse, St.
Paul’s Church
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.do?path=templatedata/ct
x/statsANDfigures/data/en_ca/tourism_fact_figures/year_2004&haschildren=
false
www.canadaonline.about.com/gi/dynamic
www.atlantic-webl.ns.ec.gc.ca/climatecentre/default.asp?
www.greatcanadianrivers.com/rivers/john/john-home.html
www.new-brunswick.net/saint-john/history.html
www.newbrunswick.worldweb.com/photos/flowersandtrees/
www.google.ca