The provincial Department of Finance estimates that the province's population in 2006 was 749,168, the majority of which were English-speaking. However, about 35 percent of the population has Acadian roots, thus speaks French.

New Brunswick lies entirely within the Appalachian Mountain range. The   More...

Saint John is the largest city in the province of New Brunswick, located in the south of the province on the Bay of Fundy. Saint John is a city whose population is composed almost entirely of the descendants of Irish immigrants and British loyalists. Canada's oldest incorporated city, Saint John boasts a population of approximately 70,000 and routinely plays host to cruise ships and individual tourists from all over North America.

By car
From the US:
 •  I-95 to the Transcanada Route 2, through Fredericton to Moncton
 •  Route 9 (US) to Route 1 (Canada) through St. Stephen, Saint John and up to Moncton.
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JOSH HANSEN
HOPEWELL CAPE, NEW BRUNSWICK

A walk along the ocean floor is typically reserved for deep-sea divers and lobsters, not a group of German tourists and one wannabe travel writer. Yet here I am, sans air tank, snorkel, mask or flippers, caught within a flock of German shutterbugs who busily snap pictures of the surrounding chocolate coloured towers of dirt that make up a small section of New Brunswick’s coastline.

But as I slip through the scrum and over a patch of beached seaweed, two security guards stop me and   More...

JOSH HANSEN
MONCTON, NEW BRUNSWICK

Bogart’s Bar and Grill

Having only ever eaten duck once, I had no idea what kind of wine best compliments the taste of game bird served with a traditional a l’orange sauce. Wines 04, 10 and 42, according to my menu, are the preferred choices. Suggested wine pairings aren’t uncommon at most restaurants but for a Greek salad? That’s the standard at Bogart’s Bar and Grill; Moncton’s wine and dine capital. By the end of my meal, the dark, flavourful and moist duck had   More...