Province of New Brunswick Transportation

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Short ferry rides in southern New Brunswick

by Bwana_Brown

A number of small ferries in southern NB provide free passage, mostly on various mainland river crossings but also to off-shore islands. My 2006 bike trip to the Fundy islands started in the small village of Letete, where we caught the "Deer Island Princess II", with a capacity of 20 cars. Duties are shared with the "John E. Rigby", a 17 car ferry, for 16 hours per day, with ferries leaving every half-hour (one from each side). The actual crossing is only 5-km (3 miles), taking about 20 minutes to weave between various small islands that separate Passamaquaddy Bay from the much larger Bay of Fundy. It was beautiful weather, so most passengers got out of their vehicles to take-in the amazing scenery, including a whale-watching schooner out of St. Andrews, NB.The 2nd photo shows another provincial ferry, the smaller 'Lady Whitehead' (capacity 8 cars, 45 passengers) operated by Coastal...

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All sorts of roads for biking

by Bwana_Brown

I don't really do a lot of biking, maybe two days a week on my cheap old bike from the local grocery store! I normally go only 18 km total distance, but it does involve a very long climb up out of the Saint John River valley when I am headed home. That exercise really helps both my legs and my wind for the annual bicycle trips that my buddy Russ and I have taken in the last 5 years. We pack everything we need for 3-days into relatively small back packs and away we go! Of course it helps that we stay in lodgings instead of trying to carry our own camping gear! This photo was taken near the end of our three days on Grand Manan Island, just outside the ticket office with the ferry to the mainland waiting in the background to the right.All the main and most of the secondary roads in the province are paved and they have good unpaved shoulders if you need to get off the main part of the road...

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Take a ferry cruise

by Bwana_Brown

Grand Manan Island, off the southwest coast of NB, can be reached only by air or by a ferry service from Black's Harbour on the mainland coast. Because it is the largest of NB's islands and has a fair-sized population, it has been provided ferry service since 1884. This is a view of the largest ferry 'Grand Manan V', as it leaves the island. This 3800 gross ton, 75 metre ferry can carry 300 passengers and 64 automobiles/semi-trailers. She was built in Holland in 1990 and, during the summer months, the older and smaller 'Grand Manan IV' is used to help with the extra tourist traffic. We had a beautiful sunny morning for our 1 hour 40 minute crossing and we spent the time on deck observing the surroundings (2nd photo). On that 1995 trip with my wife and her sister, we were lucky to get a free whale-watching experience, because we managed to spot some spouts during the crossing - out came...

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Smoothly and quietly by Canoe

by Bwana_Brown

New Brunswick is criss-crossed by lakes, rivers and streams - not to mention its coastal areas! As a result, you can very quickly escape to wilderness whenever you feel like it! In my younger days, I used to take the odd weekend canoe trip in the Magaguadavic Lake (pronounced Mack-a-davic) area near Harvey and about a 40-minute drive from Fredericton. I personally enjoy canoeing above all other forms of water transport. My wood/canvas canoe is so light that a single person can easily handle it and it only takes a few inches of water for it to make its way through swamps, reeds and various other impediments! It is also quite amazing how much freight one of these things will carry! Here my buddy and I have our tent, sleeping mats and bags, ground sheet, food and (just in front of my feet) our full-sized ice cooler full of perishables as well as a plentiful supply of beer cans! We set out...

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Crossing into or from the US

by PA2AKgirl

I had only crossed into Canada at larger more popular borders before this trip--the 2 places we crossed on the Maine/New Brunswick border were so much nice than my previous experiences. No long wait, no horrible hassling, no rude people. They did their job, they did it well, but they didn't hassle. If possible, I definitely recommend choosing smaller borders to cross over rather than the larger, touristy ones. Granted, Canada is a huge country and the border isn't hard to cross compared to other places, but it's more enjoyable to have an easy time with the whole process. We crossed over from St. Stephen, NB (Canada's chocolate town) into Maine. The only slightly embarassing thing that happened is the lady, after checking our IDs and seeing we were from different states that aren't close to being neighbors, asked how we knew each other. I was traveling with VT member ClarkRB. He said...

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Driving around in my automobile...

by kazander

We drove up to Canada from New Jersey. Although we made lots of stops along the way, it was still quite a long trip! Well worth it though, it's really the only way I could see us getting around to all of the places we wanted to go. If you can't drive your own car here, I would highly recommend renting one. It seems the best way to make the most out of your time here

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Car is by far the best road to freedom

by richiecdisc

New Brunswick is a huge Province with great distances between attractions but there is so much to see in between, you would miss a lot using mass transportation. You don't need a SUV either, the old Civic did just fine and was big enough to lug around all our camping gear. And it's not a gas guzzler either, something to think about with the prices of Canadian gasoline. ;)

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Longest covered bridge

by bkathryn

This long covered bridge was in Hartland, New Brunswick. We were there in March 1991.

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Distance Chart

by Canuck5

Looking for a Distance Chart for getting TO and AROUND New Brunswick ? Go to....http://www.gnb.ca/0113/distance/distance-chart-e.aspThe distances are given in kilometers and miles.

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  4. Shediac Transportation
  5. Grand Manan Transportation
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