You’re in New Brunswick: pull up a chair next to the locals at a clambake on a beach; take a turn round the dance floor to fiddle music at a kitchen party on the Isles of Acadie; tour Victorian mansions built by timber barons in Miramichi. Relive the 19th-century life of British Loyalists at Kings Landing Historical Settlement near Fredericton; gaze at the world’s largest Salvador Dali at the Beaverbrook Art Gallery in Fredericton.
The world’s highest tides rise and fall a record-breaking 50 ft in some parts of the Bay of Fundy, one of the marine wonders of the world. Boats bobbing in its waters can be stranded just a few hours later on the ocean floor. During low tide, scavenge the floors of the giant flowerpot formations at Hopewell Rocks; kayak around their peaks when the massive tides rush back in.
Where the Bay of Fundy tides meets the Saint John River, the river flows two different directions in one day; surf this tidal-bore phenomenon on a thrilling jet-boat ride. Or take a coastal drive along the eastern seaboard, stopping at picturesque villages for a feast of fresh-caught lobster or fricot, traditional Acadian chicken stew.
You can smell the salty air and the fragrant dulse infusing the bowl of chowder at a Grand Manan Island café. From the island, take a boat tour to see porpoises and “tuxedoed” puffins. Spot a dark glistening oval emerge with a loud puffing sound, and you’ve got a whale of a tale to tell.
