Tuesday, 6 June 2017

Edmundston to Fredericton

 
We entered New Brunswick on Sunday and camped at a de la Republique Provincial Park just west of Edmundston - super nice park! Monday we cycled to Edmundston along a section of the Trans Canada trail- beautiful ride ! Edmundston is a small pulp and paper town situated at the junction of the Saint John and the Madawaska rivers. The 19th century population here got caught up in a British-American border dispute so they decided to become impartial and called their area the Republic of Madawaska. Edmundston was named the capital of said Republic.
The people we met were very friendly and thankfully also bilingual. 😊
Madawaska River
 
Pedestrian Bridge in town
 
St John the Baptist church 1887 
 
Monday afternoon we drove to Grand Falls.
The Falls and gorge were quite something !
There is a legend about a Maliseet maiden  who sacrificed her own life when she lured an Iroquois war party of 300 to their death over the waterfall. 
 
View from campsite
 
Tuesday morning en route to Fredericton we stopped in Hartland to see the world's longest covered bridge built in 1901 -1282 feet!!
It cost approx $30,000 to build and was tolled for 5 years at 3 cents per person.
 
 New Brunswick Legislative Building (1882)
 
Had a really fun lunch with our friend Claudette who is visiting her family near Fredericton
 
Christ Church Cathedral (1853)
 
Fredericton City Hall - the oldest city hall still in use in the Maritimes -1876
 
Big Red Chair experience 😀🇨🇦
 
On to Saint John, NB

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  1. Unknown6 June 2017 at 17:14

    Whew!that's a lot of mileage! 😱What terrific historic buildings they have and they're so well maintained. I love that you did the Big Red Chair - you just gotta do it! There's something super compelling about them. 👍😁

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  2. Waldodoescanada7 June 2017 at 03:30

    Love the red chairs! Great idea for the 150th!🇨🇦

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  3. Greg and Rosemarie Weber7 June 2017 at 07:21

    Love all the information! Great pics! big red chair the grandppy of your chairs??

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    1. Waldodoescanada7 June 2017 at 09:55

      We don't have any but have been finding them everywhere because of the Red Chair Experience Program -it started in NFLD about 3 years ago- pretty cute and fun!
      https.ca/en/pn-np/on/1000/activ/experiences/chaiserouge-redchair

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  4. Unknown10 June 2017 at 12:23

    love that adirondack styled chair lol.. like mom and dad's oldies that we had till they wore out... love big old wooden chairs like that!! love you 2 sitting in it especially ;) LOL!! good pix again!!

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  5. Waldodoescanada10 June 2017 at 12:31

    The chairs are fun! Part of the Red Chair Experience the National Parks are doing :-)

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  6. Unknown16 June 2017 at 12:03

    Hi Mary Lou, Larry and I lived in Fredericton for a number of years. We got married there on Aug. 14, 1982... coming up to 35 years ago. Our 3 kids were born in the Maritimes...Elizabeth in Fredericton, Gregory in Halifax when Larry was studying for his Masters degree, the Stephen was born in New Glasgow, Nova Scotia. We definitely LOVE the Maritimes! Continue to enjoy your trip!!!

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  7. Waldodoescanada17 June 2017 at 02:38

    It is so lovely here- you must look forward to every trip back Lorraine!

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