New Brunswick Traveler

This episode features an interview with Faye Gorham, the market manager of the Brundage Point River Centre Market, set to open on May 23rd. Faye, affectionately known as the 'Pickle Lady' for her popular homemade pickles, discusses the market's vendor policies, unique offerings, and community engagement. She emphasizes her commitment to ensuring vendors make a profit by limiting duplicates of product types. The market features a variety of goods, from gluten-free baked goods and fresh produce to handmade pottery and Avon products. Faye also shares insights into her history with the market,

Thursdays

Brundage Point Market

Saturdays

Kingston Farmers Market

Boyce Farmers Market

Moncton Market

Sundays

Queen Square Farmers Market

Other New Brunswick Markets

My session today is with David Smith – The First Nation Storyteller living in Saint John.  David shared his journey of becoming a storyteller two years ago, leaving his previous job. The aim was to bring an indigenous flavor to Saint John, an area he felt lacked such activity and visibility. He shared his unique perspective, having grown up off-reserve and later realizing the differences in his worldview. He shared that his storytelling had been well-received and had led to unexpected opportunities, including referrals and invitations from companies. He expressed surprise at the level of support he received and noted the potential for networking.

First Nations Storytellers website

Uptown Burger Week information

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This episode deals with the history of leprosy in New Brunswick and the government’s policy of forcing the “lepers”  as young as eight to segregate on Sheldrake Island without adequate accommodation or support.  Basically, deals with the types of decisions that communities and governments make when pressured by fear, ignorance, or hidden agendas.  The episode also highlights the efforts of the Acadian community to not allow the names of the 15 individuals that died on the island to be forgotten.

Video and Lesson plans - https://loststories.ca/sheldrake/

https://www.canadashistory.ca/explore/arts-culture-society/the-lepers-of-tracadie

https://leprosyhistory.org/geographical_region/site/canada

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leprosy_Act_1906

The theme of this podcast is “out of the ashes”.  In the case of a murder in 1935 in the Moncton area, the ashes revealed evidence that resulted in two brothers being convicted of murder and hanging, along with their mother being charged with kidnapping – the first in New Brunswick to be charged with that.  In the second fire, rising out of the ashes of the Covered Bridge Potato Chip factory in Hartland is a continuation of a great product with the promise of a new facility being built right on the same site.

Covered Bridge Potato Chips

Maritime Murder by Steve Vernon

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This episode is an interview with Joe Morin about his experiences with fishing in southern New Brunswick. Suggestions on where to go, what to fish for and how enjoyable the activity is. Makes me want to get my kayak out of the basement and get it on the water!

The province of New Brunswick has some great 4-lane highways and good by-roads, but this was not always the case.  The preoccupation with railway construction took much of the government’s focus in the early part of the 20th century.  It was only with a strong push from the Boards of Trade of Saint John and Fredericton that road construction finally began sufficiently in 1917 and beyond. 

The Impact of the Automobile on the Government of New Brunswick  written by Charles Joseph Allain

Was the First Car Invented in Canada  written by Andrew McClean

Early Motoring in New Brunswick  written by Ruby Cusack

St. Andrews by the Sea was one of the places that the

Some other place … than here by Ronald Rees

Old New Brunswick  by David Sullivan

In the Wake of Loyalists: Retracing their path across the Bay of Fundy by Robert A. Liftig, EdD

Irish Canadian Cultural Association of New Brunswick

The Exodus of the Loyalists from Penobscot to Passamaquoddy by Wilbur H Seibert

Loyalist Saint Andrews

Talking with Jenna Fitch from Kings Landing. They are having an event there called Maple, the First Taste of Spring.  Jenna will share about this event and some background of Kings Landing.

Jenna:  Our Maple Event has been going on for about 40 years. Visitors can come and get a glimpse into what life in the sugarbush was like in the 1900s.

The history of maple dates back many years. introduced by indigenous people in the area and then, shown to settlers as this amazing product that you can use. Very sweet, very nourishing and very energizing. We have a couple of houses open where we talk about life in the winter in the 19th century. And then we have demonstration of how they would boil that sap down to then make maple syrup and then eventually the maple candy, which is usually everybody's favorite.

It is just a fun day for the family to get out, learn a little history and just mostly have some fun. Take a horse and wagon ride as well. And then we do have our pancake breakfast in support of the Luxor Shriners.

Mark:  So, talk a little more then about King's Landing itself. I know that, when the dam was put in, there were a lot of homes that were going to be essentially destroyed when the water filled. And many of those homes, or some of them at least, were moved.

Jenna:  Yes, it was the late 1960s. And as you mentioned, the dam construction project was sort of underway or the plans were in place and a committee came together there is a lot of history in this area that eventually would be underwater.

So, they wanted to save different buildings or houses that had some type of historical significance. About 70 of these historic buildings are on our site. Some early after we opened, some in the late 1960s, and others in the 1970s. Kings Landing is now alive as a 19th century village where people can come and visit the different homes and the characters inside.  We also have the shops, including the Blacksmith, the Carpenter and the General Store, which is my favorite.

We have been operating for 50 years now. July 20th was our official opening date in 1974. We will be having a celebration in the summer as well, on July 20th, to mark that.

Kings Landing – The First Taste of Spring

Travelogue: In the Footsteps of Joni Mitchell

NB Poli Podcast

CanadaLand

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The authority on the waterfalls of New Brunswick is Nicholas Guitard, who is an avid nature photographer, canoeist, hiker and waterfalls hound.

The second tallest waterfall in the province is Fall Brook Falls, which is 108 feet high. This waterfall should not be confused with Falls Brook Falls, which is located near Edmonston.

The tallest waterfall in New Brunswick is 115 feet, but in the summertime it has very little water flow in it.  Compare this with Hickory Nut Falls in Chimney Rock State Park in North Carolina at 404 feet. Which is one of the highest waterfalls east of the Mississippi in the United States. I hiked up that trail along that falls a number of times when I lived there over 20 years ago.

If you're driving down Highway 2 from Quebec, the best waterfall to stop and see would be Grand Falls. One reason you can see it without having to hike a trail to get there. Secondly, it's the largest waterfall in New Brunswick. Not as tall as Fall Brook, but a lot wider.  At 75 feet in height, it is still quite a significant view, if you take the trail to the base of the gorge.

Guitard mentioned that Grand Falls is reported to be the largest waterfall east of Niagara Falls.  It is estimated the volume of the water that flows over Niagara Falls is over 3, 000 tons per second. Well, we don't have any waterfalls in New Brunswick that have that kind of volume, but we do have the Bay of Fundy that has the highest tides in the world twice a day. The volume of water that flows in and out of the bay in one tide change is over 160 billion tons.

A park ranger once mentioned to me that it would take one year and nine months of Niagara Falls water flow just to equal the amount of water that flows in and out of the Bay of Fundy in one tidal cycle. Now that is impressive. And will be dealt with in a future podcast.

If you're driving into the province from St. Stephen, you should stop and see Lepreau Falls. There's an observation deck that gives an excellent view of the falls. It's only about two miles off Highway 1, and located about halfway between St. Stephen and St. John. The waterfall is part of Stonehammer UNESCO Global Geopark, which is a large region in Southern New Brunswick with a geologic history going back 1 billion years.

The final group of waterfalls that I want to mention is along the Fundy Trail Parkway.  The parkway is 19 miles long and has over 22 miles of hiking and biking trails. It opens on May 19th and will close for the winter on October 29th. The operating hours are from 9 a. m. to either 5 or 8 p. m., depending on the time of season. There'll be a entrance fee to get into the Parkway, but it's well worth it.

The four waterfalls are:  Fuller Falls, Long Beach Brook Falls, McLeod Falls and Walton Glen Gorge Falls. The last two are in Walton Glen Gorge. The gorge has been compared to the Grand Canyon, but obviously much smaller. At over 300 feet deep and with vertical rock faces, it is an awe-inspiring scene.

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Hiking NB

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Fundy Trail Parkway

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