The New Brunswick region
New Brunswick is one of Canada's three Maritime provinces, and the only constitutionally bilingual province (French and English) in the country.
Its capital is Fredericton. The provincial Department of Finance estimates that the province's population in 2006 was 749,168, of which a majority is
English-speaking, but a large minority (35%, chiefly of Acadian origin) is French-speaking.
The province's name comes from the archaic English name of Braunschweig, a city in northern Germany.
New Brunswick is bounded on the north by Quebec's Gaspé Peninsula and Chaleur Bay. Along the east coast, the Gulf of Saint Lawrence and Northumberland
Strait are found. In the south-east corner of the province, the narrow Isthmus of Chignecto connects New Brunswick to the Nova Scotia peninsula.
The south of the province is bounded by the Bay of Fundy. On the west, the province borders the American state of Maine. The province differs from its
neighbours physiographically, climatologically and ethnoculturally. The major river systems in the province include the St. John River, Petitcodiac
River, Miramichi River, St. Croix River, Kennebecasis River and the Restigouche River. New Brunswick lies entirely within the Appalachian Mountain range.
The eastern and central part of the province consists of the New Brunswick Lowland. The Caledonia Highlands and St. Croix Highlands extend along the
Bay of Fundy coast, reaching elevations of 300 metres. The northwestern part of the province is comprised of the remote and more rugged Miramichi
Highlands, as well as the Chaleur Uplands and the Notre Dame Mountains with a maximum elevation at Mount Carleton of 820 metres. The total
land and water area is 72, 908 kms², 80% of which is forested. The major urban centres lie in the south of the province.
The province has a number of other outstanding tourist attractions. These include the New Brunswick Museum, Kouchibouguac National Park,
Mactaquac Provincial Park, the Beaverbrook Art Gallery, King's Landing Historical Settlement, Village Historique Acadien, Les Jardins de
la Republique, La Dune de Bouctouche, Saint John Reversing Falls, Magnetic Hill Zoo, Crystal Palace, Cape Jourimain National Wildlife Preserve,
Sackville Waterfowl Park, Bay of Fundy and the 41 km Fundy Hiking Trail...............
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