Posts in Category: New Brunswick
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St. Ignace GC – Hole-by-Hole
Two of my last hole-by-hole posts came from Kauri Cliffs and Cape Kidnappers, two New Zealand courses that are rated in the top 100 in the world. So you might ask yourself why I’m doing a hole-by-hole on St. Ignace, a course that doesn’t even show up on the Tourism New Brunswick list of the […]
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Minto Internment Camp Museum
Almost 99% of Canadian men and women who served either at home or abroad during WWII are now deceased. Memories of that worst of all worldwide conflagrations have faded and I am grateful for people like my friends at Liberation Tours for doing all they can to ensure that the sacrifices that were made for […]
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Covered Bridge GC – Hole by Hole
Alison and I recently completed a four day golfing tour of the mid Saint John Valley playing Aroostook Valley and Mactaquac, both great courses, but the star of the trip was undoubtedly Covered Bridge Golf Course in Hartland. While Aroostook Valley is notable for its location right on the United States border and Mactaquac as […]
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Beaverbrook Art Gallery – Some Highlights
I recently had the opportunity to visit the newly expanded Beaverbrook Art Gallery in Fredericton, New Brunswick and was blown away by what I saw and experienced. Here are just a few of the highlights from the works of art on display and my take on why they are worth seeing. History of the Beaverbrook […]
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Fox Creek Hole By Hole
Fox Creek Golf Course in Dieppe, New Brunswick first opened in 2005 and until 2021 was open to the public. In the latter year Fox Creek transitioned to become a completely private course, one of the very few in the Picture Province. I first played it a number of years ago in a charity scramble […]
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St Andrews By-the-Sea: A Walking Tour
St Andrews By-the-Sea has one of those names that just naturally attracts your attention like Niagara-on-the-Lake or St. Louis-du-Ha!Ha!. It evokes an idyllic location beside the sea (not ocean -no place is ever by-the-ocean) and in the case of St Andrews it is an accurate description. It is one of the most popular tourist towns […]
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Kingsbrae Garden – A Reason to Visit St. Andrews
In my last post I described how much Alison and I enjoyed playing golf at the Algonquin Golf Course in St. Andrews. As much as I love golf, I think I love to garden even more. I enjoy visiting great gardens to gather new ideas to put to work in my own. On this website […]
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Algonquin Golf Course – Hole by Hole
The Algonquin Golf Course, an adjunct to the Algonquin Resort in beautiful St. Andrews-by-the-Sea, New Brunswick is one of the most storied in Canada. It first opened in 1894, making it one of if not the oldest resort course in Canada. However its fame as a great golf course dates from the 1920’s when it […]
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Campobello – Franklin Roosevelt’s Second Home
Many years ago I watched a movie called Sunrise at Campobello which left an indelible impression on me. I had no idea that Franklin Delano Roosevelt, who I consider one of the greatest of American Presidents, had an intimate connection with Canada and in particular the island of Campobello, New Brunswick. I made of point […]