Must-see attractions in New Brunswick

  • Petis Témis Interprovincial Linear Park

    New Brunswick

    Edmundston is the eastern terminus of the Petis Témis Interprovincial Linear Park, a 134km cycling and hiking trail between Edmundston and Rivière-du-Loup…

  • Officers' Square

    New Brunswick

    Once the military parade ground, the Garrison District's Officers' Sq now hosts a full-uniform changing-of-the-guard ceremony in summertime. The…

  • Herring Cove Provincial Park

    New Brunswick

    On the southeastern side of the island, Herring Cove Provincial Park has 10km of walking trails and a rocky-sandy beach arching for 1.5km. A century ago,…

  • Cape Jourimain Nature Centre

    New Brunswick

    Set on the Northumberland Strait, this 675-hectare nature center has 13km of walking trails and a worthwhile interpretive center. A four-storey tower…

  • Barracks Square

    New Brunswick

    Once the home of 18th-century garrison guards, the Barracks are now home to New Brunswick College of Craft & Design. The open-air basement arches around…

  • New Brunswick Sports Hall of Fame

    New Brunswick

    Housed in the 19th-century customs office, this museum and gallery celebrates the province's star teams and athletic achievements. Learn about local…

  • Kouchibouguac National Park

    New Brunswick

    Beaches, lagoons and offshore sand dunes extend for 25km here, inviting strolling, bird-watching and clam-digging. The park encompasses hectares of forest…

  • Fredericton Region Museum

    New Brunswick

    What this museum lacks in gloss, it makes up for in care and some serious creativity. Housed in the 19th-century officers' quarters on the western side of…

  • Government House

    New Brunswick

    This magnificent sandstone palace was erected for the British governor in 1826. The representative of the queen moved out in 1893 after the province…

  • Shepody Bay Shorebird Reserve

    New Brunswick

    From mid-July to mid-August hundreds of thousands of shorebirds, primarily sandpipers, gather here to fuel up before their southern migration. Mary's…

  • Olivier Soapery

    New Brunswick

    If you're a market-goer, you've likely already seen Olivier Soap around New Brunswick. In their old-fashioned soap factory, you can sit on a wooden bench…

  • Kingsbrae Garden

    New Brunswick

    Extensive, multihued Kingsbrae Garden is considered one of the most beautiful horticultural displays in Canada. Check out the wollemi pine, one of the…

  • Loyalist House

    Saint John

    Dating from 1810, this Georgian-style Loyalist House was maintained with minimal changes for five generations until the family moved out in 1959. As one…

  • Thomas Williams House

    New Brunswick

    Williams arrived in Canada from England in 1864 when he was just 18. He went on to become the treasurer of the Canadian Railway. Built in 1883, the house…

  • Doak House

    New Brunswick

    The town’s founding family lived in this home in a bit of a time warp from 1820 to the 1970s, with original furniture dating back 200 years. Hour-long…

  • St Andrews Blockhouse

    New Brunswick

    Built in 1812 by town folk anticipating an attack by the USA, this wooden blockhouse was run by local militia. Restored and set up to look like 1812…

  • Saint John Jewish Historical Museum

    Saint John

    With various artifacts and photographs, this modest museum traces the history and culture of Saint John's Jewish community, whose members included Louis B…

  • Acadian Museum

    New Brunswick

    Follow the engaging, bilingual exhibits along the story of the Acadians from when the first French pioneers arrived in 1524, through their expulsion by…

  • Seal Cove

    New Brunswick

    For a century, smoked herring was king on Grand Manan. A thousand men and women worked splitting, stringing and drying fish in 300 smokehouses up and down…

  • Mulholland Park Lighthouse

    New Brunswick

    A favorite spot for seal-watching, the diminutive Mulholland Lighthouse was built in 1884 to guide ships through Lubec Narrows. Next door the Marine…

  • Grand Manan Art Gallery

    New Brunswick

    Housed in what looks like a 1970s church, this lovely, nonprofit local gallery showcases local and regional artists, as well as well-known historic and…

  • Sheriff Andrews House

    New Brunswick

    Built for Elisha Andrews, one of the first high sherrifs in the county, this 1820 neoclassical house has been restored to his middle-class home in the…

  • Hartland Bridge

    New Brunswick

    The tiny country hamlet of Hartland is home to the granddaddy of New Brunswick's many wooden covered bridges. The photogenic and still-functioning 390m…

  • Atlantic Salmon Museum

    New Brunswick

    Learn about historic Doaktown's storied fishing history and check out river life in the aquarium plus wonderful artworks and anthropological gems at this…

  • Kent Museum

    New Brunswick

    Built in 1880 and originally a convent, the Kent Museum houses a stunning Gothic alter. Be toured through exhibits on student life and Acadian history by…

  • Loyalist Burial Ground

    Saint John

    This pretty cemetery, with sturdy trees offering plenty of shade, a fountain and fading tombstones from as early as 1783, is just off Kings Sq, in a park…

  • New Brunswick Aquarium & Marine Centre

    New Brunswick

    This understandably popular aquarium gives you the chance to get up close to life under the Atlantic. Touch blue lobsters in the touch tank and watch the…

  • Historical Museum of Tracadie

    New Brunswick

    Unmasking a little-known but tragically gripping story, the Historical Museum of Tracadie focuses on the leprosy colony based here from 1849 to as late as…

  • New Brunswick Legislative Building

    New Brunswick

    Following a fire that destroyed the original Provincial Hall, the impressive stone Legislative Building opened its doors to New Brunswick's Provincial…

  • Christ Church Cathedral

    New Brunswick

    Built in 1853, this cathedral is a fine early example of 19th-century Gothic Revival style and has exquisite stained glass. It was modeled after St Mary's…

  • Tilley House

    New Brunswick

    You can wander through the birth place of Samuel Leonard Tilley, who was New Brunswick's Father of Confederation, a Premier (1861–65) and Lieutenant…

  • Steeves House Museum

    New Brunswick

    Stop in Hillsborough at the seriously overflowing childhood home of William Henry Steeves. One of the province’s fathers of Confederation, Steeves' grand…

  • Point Daly Reserve

    New Brunswick

    Stop in at the interpretive center before heading out on one of this nature reserves' nine marked trails, all courtesy of a former mining company. Just…

  • Casino New Brunswick

    New Brunswick

    The province's first full-service casino, this 24,000-sq-ft gambling palace brings a touch of Vegas to Moncton. It packs in crowds with its 500 slot…

  • Fire Fighters Museum

    Saint John

    Across from Kings Square and housed in the 1840s volunteer fire station, this small museum has an engine from 1852 and another from the 1950s. Photos,…

  • Old Sow Whirlpool

    New Brunswick

    From the shores of the pretty, community-run 16-hectare Deer Island Point Park, Old Sow, the world's second-largest natural tidal whirlpool, is seen…

  • Wild Salmon Nature Centre

    New Brunswick

    This handsome lodge resembles a salmon camp used a century ago. It has displays devoted to the life and trials of the endangered wild Atlantic salmon,…

  • New Brunswick Internment Camp Museum

    New Brunswick

    This small museum run by volunteers gives you a glimpse into the lives of prisoners held in the Maritime's only wartime internment camp, 14km west of here…

  • Whale & Seabird Research Station

    New Brunswick

    Protecting North Atlantic right whales, disentangling harbor porpoises from herring weir and deciphering the mysteries of pelagic seabirds are just some…

  • Old Loyalist Burial Ground

    New Brunswick

    This Loyalist cemetery, dating back to 1784, is an history lesson of its own, revealing large families and kids who died tragically young. The Loyalists…