QUICK FACTS:
New Brunswick entered Canadian Confederation on July 1, 1867. It was
one of the four original provinces. New Brunswick is sometimes known as
The Loyalist Province. New Brunswick is a bilingual province (English and
French).
New Brunswick has an area of 73,440 sq. km. and is the eighth largest province
in Canada. It is 370 km. long and 305 km. wide. It's highest point is Mount
Carleton at 2,690 ft. It has a total shoreline of 2,270 km.
The most important river in New Brunswick is the St. John River, which flows
through the province into the Bay of Fundy. The high tides of the Bay
of Fundy rise into the river causing the phenomenon known as the Reversing
Falls, which is located in the city of Saint John. The largest lake
in the province is Grand Lake which is only 7 ft. above sea level even though
it is more than 70 km. from the sea.
The average annual temperature is 39 degrees F. The lowest recorded temperature
is -53 F and the highest recorded is 102 F. Average yearly precipitation
is around 40 in.
Forests cover almost 90 per cent of the total area of New Brunswick. Wildlife
is diverse. Deer, moose, bear, beaver, muskrat, mink, fox, squirrel, chipmunk
and rabbit are plentiful. Blue heron, gulls, tern, cormorant puffin help
make up the bird life and trout, pike, bass and salmon can be found in the
rivers, streams and surrounding waters.
The population of New Brunswick according to a 1991 census is 723,900 inhabitants.
About 1 and a half million nonresidents visit New Brunswick annually. Among
the most popular tourist spots are The
Reversing Falls in Saint John and Magnetic
Hill in Moncton. New Brunswick has two national parks - Fundy
and Kouchibouguac.
There are an abundance of provincial and private parks for Camping throughout
the province. Fredericton is the capital of New Brunswick.
