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 The Kennebecasis starting to
gather steam by Bwana_Brown, 1 more photos
As Wikipedia says: "The river's source is in the foothills of Albert County...it runs southwest through the community of Penobsquis; several tributaries join the river in the town of Sussex several kilometres further west. Between Sussex and the river's junction with the Saint John River..., the Kennebecasis River runs through a well-defined river valley which has become one of the primary land transportation routes in the southern part of the province, hosting the Route 1 expressway and the CN railway line to the port of Saint John. The upper 2/3 of the Kennebecasis River passes through pastoral rural countryside consisting of Acadian mixed forest and various agricultural areas, notably the dairy farms around Sussex. Southwest of Sussex, the river becomes increasingly larger as it passes the communities of Norton and Hampton, before it empties into a delta-like area called the 'Hampton Marsh'. West of Hampton, the Kennebecasis flows in a broad fjord-like glacial valley which defines the southern side of the Kingston Peninsula."
Although the river may look placid here, during the annual spring snowmelt it can quickly overflow its banks and spread out across the flat valley floor. The second photo shows a valley scene between Sussex and Apohaqui - the flat and fertile farmlands with the tame river flowing in the distance by the distant row of bushy trees along its banks. To the right and centre is one of its many 'oxbow' arms curving back into the field. This former course of the river was left high and almost dry after one of the flooding events that resulted in the river actually changing its course. It does make for fertile land though! Leave a Comment
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 Typical Holstein dairy farm
just outside Sussex by Bwana_Brown, 1 more photos
The 2nd photo shows me savouring some of this countryside in August, 1974 after I had finished my first two years in Zambia and was home for a month. It took going away to Africa to make me sit up and take notice of what had been surrounding me for the past 20-odd years! Once I had 'touched base', I returned to Zambia for one final year, including the start of a very happy marriage! Leave a Comment
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 View past Sussex Corner toward
Parlee Brook valley by Bwana_Brown, 2 more photos
This view taken from Church Avenue, on top of one of the valley walls bordering Sussex, shows the typical surrounding landscape. In this case, the view is east toward Sussex Corner and up the smaller Parlee Brook valley which eventually feeds into the Kennebecasis River. There are some nicely sized hills out that way and the 2nd photo shows a long ago view from one of them, a rocky outcropping known as 'The Bluff'. The Boy Scout camp I went you as a youth was located just below it and, as youngsters are prone to do, I sometimes biked out here with my friends where we would wade in the brook while catching Lamprey eels with our hands (a quick grab behind the toothy mouth was the trick!). The 3rd photo is a more up-to-date view of me and some of my former classmates atop the Bluff, taken in June, 2007 on the 40th anniversary celebrations of our high school graduation.
Today this area is popular for the Poley Mountain ski resort, only a 15 minute drive from town. It has a quad chair lift and various grades of slopes, plenty of equipment for rental and a nice lodge featuring a stone fireplace and serving food and alcoholic drinks. Leave a Comment Directions: Drive through Sussex to Sussex Corner and keep right at the divide, then a quick left onto the highway to Waterford.
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As its population grew with the coming of the railway, Sussex was incorporated in 1895 and shortly thereafter became a town in 1904. Obviously, this had been seen coming because this majestic 'Dominion Building' was inaugurated in 1883 to house various government offices required to look after the needs of the population. During my time in Sussex, it was primarily the Post Office but has now been appropriated as the Town Hall, and not a bad looking one if I say so myself!
A little further along Main Street, and on the other side of the tracks, a number of buildings still remain from the original 'heart' of downtown Sussex. The 2nd photo shows the original Bank of Nova Scotia building, which now serves as the offices of the local newspaper - the weekly Kings County Record. I like to see communities preserving their older buildings (by North American standards) whenever possible, to me they are much more impressive and permanent looking than today's designs of glass and steel! Leave a Comment Directions: Main Street, near the railway crossing
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 The War Memorial stands
on Broad Street by Bwana_Brown,
1 more photos
It is no surprise then that the usual war memorial to the sons of the town who sacrificed their lives in both World Wars is to be found on a small island in the middle of Broad Street, in front of the old railway station. In fact, part of the station is also dedicated as a Regimental Museum to a now-disbanded local detachment, the 8th Canadian Hussars (Princess Louise's) that was first established in April, 1848. This became an armoured regiment that fought in these wars and I was also a member of its Cadet Corps while in high school. Our main duties were manning the crosswalks on the streets in front of the high school. The former Hussars military base on the edge of town has now been taken over as the town expanded and includes the hospital, a new high school, several industries and lots of space left over for the annual Atlantic (hot-air) Balloon Fiesta! Leave a Comment
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 A rare Elm tree in
Sussex, on Pleasant
Avenue by Bwana_Brown
From Wikipedia: "Dutch elm disease is a fungal disease of elm trees which is spread by the elm bark beetle. Although believed to be originally native to Asia, it has been accidentally introduced into America and Europe, where it has devastated native populations of elms which had not had the opportunity to evolve resistance to the disease. The name Dutch elm disease refers to the first scientific discovery and study of the disease in the 1920s in the Netherlands; the disease is in no way particular of the Dutch Elm hybrid. Dutch elm disease was first noticed in Europe in 1910, and spread slowly, reaching Britain in 1927. This first strain was a relatively mild one (which) was isolated in Holland in 1921...and this discovery would lend the disease its name.
In 1967, a new, far more virulent strain arrived in Britain on a shipment of logs from North America, and this strain proved both highly contagious and lethal to all of the European native elms. By 1990-2000, very few mature elms were left in Britain or much of northern Europe....More than 25 million trees died in the UK.
Dutch elm disease reached Eastern Canada during WW2, and spread to Manitoba in 1975 and Saskatchewan in 1981. In Toronto, Ontario, as much as 80% of the elm trees have been lost to Dutch elm disease, and many more have fallen victim to the disease in Ottawa and Montreal and other cities during the 1970s and 1980s. Alberta and British Columbia are the only provinces that are currently free of Dutch elm disease."
It was during the 1970s that the Elm trees really began to die off in New Brunswick. Leave a Comment
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 Sussex Intercolonial Train
Station (1903) by Bwana_Brown, 1 more photos
This lovely old train station was built in 1903 as part of that Intercolonial network and eventually became an important part of the Canadian National Railway network. I remember the big steam locomotives hauling long lines of freight cars stopping here in the 1950s as they replenished the water in their boilers from a large water tower beside the tracks and they also took on more coal as necessary. The importance of Sussex as a railway stop diminished with the introduction of diesel engines by the 1960s and even more so later on as railways lost out to air travel. Today, the only trains running through Sussex carry potash from the nearby mines to the port of Saint John.
It was from this station that I took my life-altering train trip in 1972 to Moncton and then onward through Quebec to London, Ontario where I received my 2-week 'indoctrination' before heading off for Zambia, the first time I had ever left North America. Today, the station is used as the Sussex and Area Tourist information centre and has a very good ice-cream shop inside! Leave a Comment Directions: Cannot miss it on Broad Street, the centre of Sussex
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 Busy Broad Street, opposite
the railway tracks by Bwana_Brown, 1 more photos
The large brick building in the 2nd photo, opposite the island was formerly called 'The Strand' (the local movie theatre) during my growing-up days in Sussex. I remember enjoying many movies there but I only wish the price was still 30 cents!! Leave a Comment Directions: Broad Street, beside the railway tracks
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 Victorian mansion beside the
Town Hall by Bwana_Brown, 2 more photos
Even today, this nicely treed street with its 1860s-era (and later) mansions perched above the town has an air of elegance to it. The other photos show just a few other examples of some of the architecture you may experience if you take part in the 'Sussex Walking Tour' as outlined in their free tourist literature map. Leave a Comment Directions: Mostly on Church Avenue, turn right off Main Street onto the first street heading for the hills after you cross the railway tracks, while initially heading east (toward Sussex Corner)
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 by marcoparcoLeave a Comment Directions: ****Make sure to check precipation amounts before booking a rental. Go where they have the most snow. Remember the more snow, ussually the better trail conditions they have.
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