“Sometimes it’s the journey that teaches you a lot about your destination.” – Drake
Our travels today took us further west along the Acadian Coast. We stopped to visit small harbors to look at the boats, we watched the wild surf and took pictures of a few lighthouses. Everyone knows we love to beach comb...it's one of my favorite pastimes. We've found sea glass, shells, arrow heads, shark teeth, lucky stones, sponges and lobster buoys, but today we found the ultimate treasure...LOBSTERS! At one of the beaches we stopped at we spotted people picking things up on the beach, so I asked them what they were looking for. They told me lobsters wash ashore during strong storms and they were there picking them up. I wish we had a place to cook them, because we found four in just a few minutes.
The Acadian Coast - Richibucto Head Lighthouse built in 1865.
On the beach near Saint Camile
The Acadian Coast runs along the northeastern coast of New Brunswick. The area is primarily french speaking and red, white and blue flags fly on most homes and businesses. It's the flag of Acadia, a colony of New France that settled on the North American coast during the 17th and 18th centuries. The descendants of these colonies wear their history proudly, continuing to showcase their French roots, language and culture; and they're a welcoming, friendly people.
History Lesson: Much of what is now New Brunswick and Nova Scotia was once Acadia, a French-speaking colony in North America which was defeated by the English in the 1750s. Great Britain demanded Acadia pledge allegiance; the Acadians refused out of fear they would be forced to attack the Nouvelle France colony on behalf of the English and claimed neutrality. The English retaliated with mass deportations, known as le grand dérangement de 1755 (The Great Expulsion of 1755). Some Acadians settled as far away as Louisiana, some returned to France and a few, displaced from points in southern New Brunswick, settled in what is now the Acadian peninsula.
From the Acadian Coast we headed south to Fredericton, the capital of New Brunswick. It's a beautiful little city on the St. John River full of culture, history, biking trails, fishing and kayaking and wonderful restaurants.
The Legislative Assembly Building the seat of government since 1882.
Our route today from Bouctouche to Fredricton
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