Posts in Category: New Brunswick
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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 […]
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Grand Manan Island – Eight Reasons to Visit
It took me far longer than it should have to finally visit Grand Manan island, the largest of New Brunswick’s Fundy Isles. What Alison and I found there was an off the beaten path destination that has something to offer for almost everyone. Here in no particular order other than the first are eight reasons […]
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Grand Manan Museum – A Small Town Treasure
This is my third post from the wonderful island of Grand Manan, one of New Brunswick’s Fundy Isles. In the first post I went sea kayaking in the fog and loved it. In the second, Alison and I went whale watching with Sea Watch and although we didn’t spot any whales, saw more than enough […]