Wednesday, June 12, 2024 (Day 37)

Miramichi, New Brunswick / 8:32 a.m. / 23 degrees to Grand Falls, New Brunswick / 8:00 p.m. / 17 degrees for a total of 538.9 km of driving.

Heading out from Miramichi today and will travel around the loop heading towards Bathurst and then Campbellton and the re-evaluate next steps.

Some nice beaches near Shippagan.  Aquarium New Brunswick is a big tourist attraction for those that may be interested.  We decided after picking up two (2) small bags of local fresh cheese curd at Les Blancs D’Arcadie to go and check out the area around the beaches and enjoy our snack.  Nice small portion bags at $3.00 each.  One was regular and one was flavoured bar-b-que (good slight spice not overwhelming).

We passed the entrance to “Village Historique Acadien”, it is a chance to travel back 200 years to the time of New Brunswick Acadie (bilingual).  It appears to be similar to Upper Canada Village (1 hour outside Ottawa).  

Once we made our way to the beach, we had a great view of the Gulf of St. Lawrence near Maisonnette.

The area we are travelling around is L’Acadie and primarily French.  I stopped at the Visitor Information Centre in Shippigan and not everything is available in English as their main tourists come in from Quebec.

Stopped at the Grand-Anse Lighthouse, as well as a beautiful Acadian church not far away.  There is also the Pokeshaw Rock, a nesting ground for hundreds of seabirds.

Enjoyed our drive along the various communities.  As we approach Campbellton, we see the signs for the bridge to Quebec.  Makes us realize home is not that far away.

We have decided since the weather is nice that we will continue our travels to Grand Falls for the evening.  The evening ended with a rainbow.

Beach

Grand-Anse Lighthouse

Acadian Church

Pokeshaw Rock

Campbellton

Rainbow




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