Things to do in Western Fundy Shore
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Carman's Diner
Home cooking is served up at this 1960s throwback with counter stools and jukeboxes (that sometimes work) at the tables.
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Eastern Outdoors
This St Andrews-based outfitter offers sea-kayak trips ranging from two-hour sunset paddles ($39) to multiday camping expeditions ($99 per day).
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Clam Digger
Cars park three-deep outside this teeny red-and-white seafood shack, a summertime tradition in these parts. Order your clam platter or juicy, dripping cheeseburger, and claim one of the red-painted picnic tables. Don't forget an ice-cream cone! It's in Chamcook, about 9 km north of St Andrews.
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Chocolate Museum
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Atlantic Salmon Interpretive Centre
This handsome lodge has an in-stream aquarium, offers guided tours and shows displays devoted to the life and trials of the endangered wild Atlantic salmon, once so plentiful in provincial rivers and bays.
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Twin Meadows Walking Trail
The 800m Twin Meadows Walking Trail, a boardwalk and footpath through fields and woodlands, begins opposite 165 Joe's Point Rd beyond the blockhouse.
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Sweet Harvest Market
Cheerful counter staff create wholesome soups, salads, sandwiches and sweets that are way beyond average standard, and chowder that is truly outstanding. The coffee's good, too.
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Sunbury Shores Arts & Nature Centre
This nonprofit educational and cultural center offers courses in painting, weaving, pottery and other crafts for a day, weekend or week, as well as natural science seminars. Various changing exhibits run through summer.
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St Andrews Blockhouse
The restored wooden Blockhouse Historic Site is the only one left of several that were built here for protection in the war of 1812. If the tide is out, there's a path that extends from the blockhouse out across the tidal flats.
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Shiretown Pub
On the ground floor of the delightfully creaky Kennedy Inn, this old-school English pub draws a mixed-age crowd of partiers. Early afternoons mean sipping New Brunswick–brewed Picaroon's bitter on the porch, while late nights bring live music and raucous karaoke.
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Sheriff Andrew House
This 1820 neoclassical home has been restored to look like a middle-class home in the 1800s, attended by costumed guides.
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Rossmount Inn Restaurant
The Swiss chef-owner makes wonderful use of local bounty in this warm, art-filled dining room. The ever-changing menu might include foraged goose tongue greens and wild mushrooms, periwinkles (a small shellfish) and New Brunswick lobster, each playing a part in complex, exquisite dishes. Imagine, say, lobster with nasturtium flower dumplings and vanilla bisque, or foie gras with cocoa nibs and bee balm–poached peach. Reservations crucial.
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Red Herring Pub
A fun, slightly divey downtown bar with pool tables, live music and frosty Canadian beers.
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Quoddy Link Marine
Serious whale-watchers should hop aboard this catamaran, staffed by trained marine biologists.
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Minister's Island
This picturesque tidal island was once used as a summer retreat by William Cornelius Van Horne, builder of the Canadian Pacific Railway and one of Canada's wealthiest men. Covenhoven, his splendid 50-room Edwardian cottage, is now open to visitors – check out the towerlike stone bathhouse, the tidal swimming pool and the chateau-like barn. The island can be visited at low tide, when you can drive (or walk, or bike) on the hard-packed sea floor. A few hours later it's 3m under water. Be careful! During high tide, a ferry departs from Bar Rd. To get to Minister's Island from downtown St Andrews, follow 127 north for about 1km and then turn right on Bar Rd.
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Kingsbrae Garden
Extensive, multihued Kingsbrae Garden is considered one of the best horticultural displays in Canada. Check out the wollemi pine, one of the world's oldest and rarest trees.
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Jolly Breeze
Antique-style tall ship that sails around Passamaquoddy Bay looking for seals and whales.
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Huntsman Aquarium
Part of the independent not-for-profit Huntsman Marine Science Research Centre, this popular aquarium was in temporary digs during the time of research while a newer, bigger aquatic center was being built. The aquarium features most specimens that are found in local waters, including seals (feedings at 11am and 4pm) and sharks. Kids love the touch pool. The research center also offers week-long summer field courses for amateur enthusiasts (both students and adults).
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Garden Cafe
At Kingsbrae Garden, the terrace cafe serves high tea and sandwiches and salads for lunch with a glass of wine or local ale.
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Gables
Seafood and views of the ocean through a row of tall windows dominate this comfortable place. To enter, head down the alley onto a gardenlike patio on the water's edge.
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