384 Travel Guide

The Ganong Chocolate Museum, located in St. Stephen, New Brunswick, a small town that calls itself Canada's "Chocolate Capital," opened in 1999 and was extensively renovated and expanded in 2009. It tells the legendary chocolate history of the Ganong company, one of Canada's oldest chocolate makers, which dates back to the 19th century. The museum features interactive exhibits, and visitors can watch workers handcrafting chocolate and shop for souvenirs in the store.

Spanning the St. John River at about 391 m, Hartland Bridge is the world's longest covered bridge. Built in 1901 and roofed in 1906 to protect its timber, it still carries traffic today and is a Canadian National Historic Site. Its wooden trusses and weathered planks tell a century of rural transport history, and it is the signature landmark of New Brunswick, the 'covered bridge capital'.

The Fundy Trail Parkway is a roughly 30 km paved coastal scenic road on the southeast coast of New Brunswick, linking the fishing village of St. Martins with the town of Alma. It offers many viewpoints, picnic areas, beach access and trails to waterfalls and suspension bridges, overlooking the dramatic shoreline of the Bay of Fundy with the world's highest tides.

The Bay of Fundy lies between the provinces of Nova Scotia and New Brunswick and is famous for having the greatest tidal range on Earth, reaching about 16 metres at Burntcoat Head. On the New Brunswick side you can experience Saint John's Reversing Falls, tidal bore rafting, and tide-carved features such as Hopewell Rocks, and paddle sea kayaks among the tidal caves.

Hopewell Rocks (also known as Flowerpot Rocks) in Hopewell Cape, New Brunswick, on the Bay of Fundy, are red sandstone 'flowerpot' columns carved by the tides at one of the shores with the greatest tidal range on Earth, topped with spruce trees. Visitors can walk on the ocean floor among the pillars at low tide or paddle kayaks around them at high tide, making it an iconic spot for witnessing the world's highest tides.

Fundy National Park sits on New Brunswick's Bay of Fundy, famed for the world's largest tidal range — daily tides here exceed 12 m, and at low tide vast intertidal flats stretch for kilometres. It is ideal for tide-watching, beachcombing (fossils and sea glass) and intertidal ecology. Forest, waterfalls and coastal cliffs intertwine; trails climb to overlooks of the rust-coloured bay, and in autumn and winter migrating whales can be spotted offshore.