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	New Brunswick (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		New Brunswick topography is characterized by northern uplands rising to 820 m and mountainous in appearance, gently rolling hills in the centre and east, sharp hills on the southern coast sloping down to tidal marshes and a lowland plain in the southeast.
		New Brunswick's climate tends to be continental, though tempered by proximity to the ocean.
		New Brunswick's initial European settlers were Acadians who, with the use of dikes, farmed the marshlands of the Chignecto Isthmus and part of the northern shore of the Bay of Fundy.
	www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com /PrinterFriendly.cfm?ArticleId=A0005695 (9474 words)

	[ruv.net] Freelance Designer : : Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada
		Saint John, 2001 population 69,661 (metropolitan population 122,678) is the largest city in the province of New Brunswick and the oldest incorporated city in Canada.
		The Irish potato famine of the mid-1800s saw Saint John's largest and most influential immigrant influx occur, with the government forced to construct a quarantine station and hospital on Partridge Island at the mouth of the harbour to handle the new arrivals.
		Saint John remains the industrial powerhouse of New Brunswick and the Maritimes and currently hosts the greatest concentration of industry on the Atlantic coast north of New York City.
	www.ruv.net /Saint.1642.0.html (2114 words)

	Saint Croix Island, Maine -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The island is significant as the site of an early attempt at (Click link for more info and facts about French colonization of the Americas) French colonization of the Americas.
		The island was called Muttoneguis by the (Click link for more info and facts about Passamaquoddy) Passamaquoddy Nation who had used or lived on the island for numerous centuries before European discovery.
		The island was neutral territory in the (A war (1812-1814) between the United States and England which was trying to interfere with American trade with France) War of 1812, leading it to be sometimes called Neutral Island.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/S/Sa/Saint_Croix_Island,_Maine.htm (504 words)

	Boston.com / Travel / New England / Maine / One island, two nations
		But the short-lived settlement on the 6.5-acre island in the Saint Croix River is considered by the National Park Service to be the beginning of the lasting French presence in North America.
		Saint Croix Island International Historic Site, so designated in 1984 because of its significance to the United States and Canada, lies near the boundary between the two countries in Washington County, Maine.
		While the public is invited to view the island from the mainland on both sides of the border, trips to the island itself are not encouraged.
	www.boston.com /travel/newengland/maine/articles/2003/10/12/one_island_two_nations (580 words)

	Saint John New Brunswick Time Date
		New Brunswick's first horseless carriage consists of three wheels drawn by a crank, with an operational lever on each side of the driver's seat.
		June 30, 1866 New Brunswick's provincial elections are tallied in favour of Confederation; in the Legislature, the "Confederation Resolution" is passed by a vote of 30 - 8, requesting Lt-Gov. Gordon to appoint a delegation to arrange the union of British North America.
		In New Brunswick celebrations are “respectful and kindly… in a spirit eminently conciliatory to political opponents”.
	new-brunswick.net /Saint_John/timedate.html (9324 words)

	ANPR - Association of National Park Rangers - Workshop Session, Proper Stewardship of the Dead at Saint Croix Island: ...
		Saint Croix Island, which lies on the Canadian border, was settled in 1604 by members of a French expedition led by Pierre Dugua, who had been granted oversight of Acadia (New France) by King Henry IV of France.
		Prior to the fieldwork, two VIP tours were conducted of Saint Croix Island to explain the method and extent of the excavations at the French cemetery.
		Mount Desert Island Hospital in Bar Harbor donated use of a new state-of-the-art CT scanner and the expertise of a skilled radiologist to scan some of the remains prior to the reburial.
	www.anpr.org /stcroix.htm (2440 words)

	St. Croix Island heritage Center S. 2485
		Saint Croix Island is the site of the first French attempt in 1604 to colonize the territory they called Acadia and is the location of one of the earliest European settlements in North America.
		Saint Croix Island ISH is significant to the people of the United States, Canada and France.
		The Province of New Brunswick is developing a reconstructed settlement on the river shore directly opposite the island.
	www.nps.gov /legal/testimony/106th/stcroix5.htm (872 words)

	Tides Institute - Bibliography
		Fredericton, New Brunswick: Provincial Archives of New Brunswick, 1971.
		Geology of the Passamaquoddy Bay Region, Charlotte County, New Brunswick.
		Beloved Island: Franklin & Eleanor and the Legacy of Campobello.
	www.tidesinstitute.org /tides/bibliography.html (2874 words)

	Saint Andrews, New Brunswick (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Saint Croix Island - site of Sieur de Monts and Samuel de Champlains' 1604 settlement - is a must for sightseers.
		Ministers Island and the estate of railway magnate Sir William Van Horne can be reached, at low tide, by driving across the ocean floor on your guided tour.
		New Brunswick's Day Adventure Program provides visitors convenient access to the unique attractions in every part of the province.
	st-andrews.new-brunswick.net (820 words)

	Heritage Week Feature #1 / The Many Stories of Saint Croix Island (04/02/02) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		This historic settlement was established on a small island in the mouth of the river St. Croix, near present-day Bayside, N. Much has been said and written recently about Saint Croix Island.
		The year 2004 marks the 400th anniversary of Saint Croix Island, site of Pierre Dugua and Samuel de Champlain's first attempt at settlement in North America, which led to the establishment of the permanent colonies of Acadie and New France.
		After the winter of 1604, Saint Croix was revisited many times by the inhabitants of Port Royal, who noted that the gardens were still producing wheat and vegetables and the buildings they had left behind were still standing several years later.
	www.gnb.ca /cnb/news/cs/2004e0109cs.htm (751 words)

	Saint Croix Island International Historic Site - Official Home Page
		Saint Croix Island is a 6.5-acre island in the Saint Croix River, which divides the United States and Canada near Calais, Maine, and Saint Stephen, New Brunswick.
		The events of 1604-1605 on and around this island went on to have a lasting effect on the course of history.
		For this reason, Saint Croix Island is an important historical landmark for both the United States and Canada.
	www.nps.gov /sacr/home.htm (151 words)

	Maps of St. Croix, Canadian-American Center
		After exploration of the Bay of Fundy, a settlement was established on Saint Croix Island.
		The freezing of the Saint Croix River left the site vulnerable to attack, while a shortage of fresh food led to an outbreak of scurvy and the death of thirty-five men, nearly half of De Monts’ company.
		The habitation built at Port-Royal was a defensive structure that accommodated the colonists, their supplies, and workshops; it was the forerunner of similar trading posts built by the French elsewhere on the continent during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries.
	www.umaine.edu /canam/ham/champlain.htm (1023 words)

	CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Archdiocese of Quebec
		The Jesuits were entrusted with the mission of the Illinois (1690) and other Indians of that region; the Récollets, with the Royal Island (Cape Breton), and the Seminary of Quebec with Acadia and the mission of the Tamarois on the left shore of the Mississippi, which it kept until after the Conquest.
		All the new prelates were consecrated by him on his return: McDonell (1820), McEachern and Lartigue (1821), Provencher (1822).
		The foundation of the Quebec Sisters of Charity (1849) and of the Good Shepherd (1850), the reorganization of ecclesiastical conferences the publication of a new catechism and the approval of Butler's for English-speaking Catholics are the chief acts of Bishop Turgeon's administration.
	www.newadvent.org /cathen/12593c.htm (4002 words)

	Saint Croix Island International Historic Site - Maine Recreation Area
		Preceding Jamestown (1607) and Plymouth (1620), Pierre Dugua's outpost was one of the earliest European settlements on the North Atlantic coast of North America.
		From St. Croix Island, Samuel Champlain explored and charted the coast of Norembegue (Norumbega), including the Bay of Fundy and the Atlantic coast as far south as Cape Cod.
		The valuable insights gained from both the St. Croix settlement and further exploration formed the foundation for a more successful settlement at Port Royal, and an enduring French presence in North American continuing to the present day.
	www.recreation-areas.com /area/2913 (290 words)

	Fermes Bourgeois Farms (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		In 1604 Saint Croix Island, in southwestern New Brunswick, was discovered and settled by the French explorer Samuel de Champlain and Pierre Dugua, le Sieur de Mons.
		The island was the first French settlement in North America.
		Rich in history and culture, the Beauséjour region of south eastern New Brunswick is known for its charm and peaceful living.
	www.fermebourgeoisfarms.ca /en/product.html (720 words)

	Quoddy Loop--Calais, Red Beach, Robbinston & Meddybemps, Maine, U.S.A.
		In 1613, in an effort to rid the area of non-English settlers, the remains of the original St. Croix Island settlement were burned by Capt. Samuel Argail of Virginia.
		Two centuries later, St. Croix Island was used during the War of 1812 as neutral ground for meetings between warring British and American officials.
		On the New Brunswick side of the river, the Canadian Federal Biological Station buildings can be seen next to the shore.
	www.quoddyloop.com /ca.shtml (2982 words)

	New Brunswick Historic Sites & Interpretive Centres: Historic Sites & Interpretive Centres in New Brunswick, Atlantic ...
		The island is located in the centre of the city, but is only accessible by boat.
		It serves to stock the rivers of New Brunswick with salmon and trout and maintain levels for conservation purposes.
		New Brunswick's newest attraction includes a slow speed auto-parkway, a pedestrian/bicycle trail, footpaths to beaches and river estuaries and an interpretive centre at Big Salmon River.
	www.newbrunswick.worldweb.com /SightsAttractions/HistoricSitesInterpretiveCentres/index.html (1243 words)

	Government of New Brunswick - About New Brunswick - History
		When Samuel de Champlain and other Europeans began to visit New Brunswick in the earlv 1600s, they were met by Maliseets and Micmacs.
		So many landed in Saint John that by 1785 they were able to incorporate Canada's first city.
		Scots and Irish, pushed out of their homes by political pressure and potato famines, arrived in the early 1800s, and in the 1870s a few hundred Danes settled in Victoria County where their distinctive community survives to this day.
	www.gnb.ca /cnb/nb/history-e.asp (247 words)

	Parks in St. Croix NEW BRUNSWICK Canada - Pagelite Search The Canadian Web Directory
		Croix Island is near Calais, Maine and St. Stephen, New Brunswick...
		The lower part of this boundary is the St. Croix River, a...
		Croix Island heritage Center S....shore of the Saint Croix River.
	search.pagelite.ca /canada/NEW%20BRUNSWICK/St.%20Croix/Parks%20in (614 words)

	The Fairmont Algonquin Resort, St. Andrews-by-the-Sea, St. Andrew's, New Brunswick, Canada Print Page (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Campobello Island, part of New Brunswick, was the site of the summer home of President Roosevelt.
		Saint Croix Island is an international historic site and viewing parks are located on both sides of the river.
		A museum devoted to the wonder of Chocolate and its place in the heritage of St. Stephen, New Brunswick, and Canada, recounts the story of brothers James and Gilbert Ganong, whose candy-making company built in the late 1800s continues today.
	www.catdirect.com /nb/FH/Fairmont_Algonquin_FHR17_Print.shtml (3001 words)

	Brandon University Library - December 2004 New Books
		Guidance document for testing the pathogenicity and toxicity of new microbial substances to aquatic and terrestrial organisms.
		The new Basel Capital Accord and the cyclical behaviour of bank capital / by Illing, Mark.
		The new Keynesian hybrid Phillips curve : an assessment of competing specifications for the United States / by Dupuis, David.
	www.brandonu.ca /Library/News/Dec2004/NBdec2004.html (7056 words)

	France-Canada 1604-2004
		, an island at the mouth of the St. Croix River in New Brunswick.
		Later, all of the land was declared a colony of France, and known thereafter as Acadie.
		The name of the database is “New France: New Horizons on French Soil in America” which is downloaded by Adobe SVG Viewer, along with Internet Explorer.
	www.genealogytoday.com /ca/connect/040610.html (620 words)

	Classic Hits Radio - Calais, Maine/St. Stephen, New Brunswick/Machias, Maine
		Saint John, New Brunswick is a smart location for an LNG terminal.
		Earlier this year, SSFD took possession of the chassis for the rescue truck and it is a work in progress, and the Flakeboard Company in St. Stephen purchased and donated a thermal imaging to the department.
		The epithet, "F-- Canad," was written in bright orange letters, large enough to be visible across the St. Croix River in St. Stephen, New Brunswick.
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	Attractions in St. Croix NEW BRUNSWICK Canada - Pagelite Search The Canadian Web Directory
		Coastal St. Andrews, New Brunswick, in the international Quoddy Loop within the western Bay of Fundy of Maine and New Brunswick.
		Attractions in the coastal and island communities of the western Bay of Fundy area of Maine and New Brunswick.
		A visit to these nearby New Brunswick towns will turn your trip “way down east” into a “two nation vacation.” Across the St. Croix River lies Calais...
	search.pagelite.ca /canada/NEW%20BRUNSWICK/St.%20Croix/Attractions%20in (602 words)

	Parks Canada - Saint Croix Island International Historic Site
		Welcome to Saint Croix Island, site of Pierre Dugua's first attempt at settlement in North America, which led to the establishment of the permanent colonies of Acadie and New France.
		De Mons named the island Saint Croix and it was there that he tried to establish year-round French settlement in North America, an event that symbolizes the founding of Acadie.
		We invite you to a journey of discovery; learn about the trials of the first settlement, its architecture and the experiences of the first harsh winter the French endured on Saint Croix Island.
	www.pc.gc.ca /lhn-nhs/nb/stcroix/index_e.asp (373 words)

	Saint Croix Island International Historic Site - Plan Your Visit - US-Parks.com
		During the winter, however, the panels and statues along the interpretive trail at the mainland site are covered to prevent damage.
		There are airports with air service at Bangor, Maine, or Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada.
		The only visitor access to the island is by privately owned boats.
	www.us-parks.com /saint_croix/plan_your_visit.html (245 words)

	Cultural Sites: Fundy Culture - Bay of Fundy: Experience a World of Contrasts in Charlotte County New Brunswick Canada ...
		The Charlotte County Museum is located in St. Stephen, New Brunswick, in the 1864 former home of prominent lumberman James Murchie.
		A beautiful example of neoclassical architecture, the Sheriff Andrews House with working beehive cooking fireplace, tells of the domestic life in the seaport town in the early nineteenth century.
		Andrews' Ross Memorial Museum is a treasure trove of fine 19th century New Brunswick furniture, paintings and objets d'art collected from around the worldall in one of the town's most beautiful historic houses.
	www.fundyculture.ca /sites.htm (667 words)

	Saint Croix Courier Vitals, 1906 New Brunswick
		GOULD - At Deer Island, Feb. 23rd, Captian Frank Gould, aged 77 years, 6 mos.
		RICHARDSON - At Deer Island, April 2nd, to the wife of Edward Richardson, a son.
		BUTLER - At Deer Island, Nov. 9th, Elizabeth A., relict of the late James Butler, aged 73 years, 5 months.
	www.rootsweb.com /~nbcharlo/misc1r.htm (3515 words)

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