Links to New Brunswick cities, towns and communities, travel guides, and provincial and national parks can be found on the lower part of this page. You will also find other "bits" of information about New Brunswick, as well as links to categories of interest in NB. These are accommodations, arts & culture, things to do, products & services, seniors and facts.
New Brunswick (NB) is the largest of Canada's three Maritime provinces. It is one of the four original provinces of Canada that entered the confederation on July 1, 1867. New Brunswick is bounded on the north by Quebec's Gaspe Penninsula and Chaleur Bay; along the east coast by the Gulf of St Lawrence and Northumberland Strait, in the southeast corner Nova Scotia, in the south by the Bay of Fundy coast and in the west
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by the US state of Maine. More than 80% of the province is forested. New Brunswick is home to some of the most spectacular Natural Wonders in the Maritimes including the Bay of Fundy tides, the highest tides on earth and one of the Marine Wonders of the World. The provincial capital is Fredericton and Saint John is the most populous city. The rural primary economy is best know for forestry, mining, mixed farming and fishing. The urban areas have modern, service-based economies dominated by the health care, educational, retail, finance and insurance sectors.
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