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Lord Beaverbrook's Legacy
The Beaverbrook Art Gallery, the Lord Beaverbrook Hotel, Lord Beaverbrook School, even the Lord Beaverbrook Hockey Rink - visitors to Fredericton and central New Brunswick are often struck by the frequency with which this noble name adorns the area's institutions and buildings. Lord Beaverbrook was a highly successful businessman, born William Maxwell Aitken (known as "Max"), who grew up near the community of Newcastle, New Brunswick. After making his fortune in Canada, Aitken moved to England, where both his newspaper business and his political ambitions quickly prospered. His prominence earned him his peerage ("baron" or "lord") in 1917. In the war-time government of Winston Churchill, Lord Beaverbrook distinguished himself in organizing aircraft and war supply production. Before his death in 1964, he wrote several books about his political experiences. Among Lord Beaverbrook's legacies is the Beaverbrook Art Gallery in Fredericton, a gift to the people of New Brunswick from one of its most illustrious native sons. |
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| During the "Golden Age of Sail," Saint John, New Brunswick became the third largest shipbuilding centre in the world, famous for producing some the best wooden ships in marine history. But none was more legendary than the full-rigged clipper ship, Marco Polo, built in the Marsh Creek, Saint John shipyard of James Smith. |
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| The longest covered bridge in the world, spanning the Saint John River at Hartland, New Brunswick, north of the town of Woodstock, now has lights and a pedestrian walkway, but in most other respects, it looks much as it did when it was built over a century ago. |
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| During the "Golden Age of Sail," Saint John, New Brunswick became the third largest shipbuilding centre in the world, famous for producing some the best wooden ships in marine history. But none was more legendary than the full-rigged clipper ship, Marco Polo, built in the Marsh Creek, Saint John shipyard of James Smith. |
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| The longest covered bridge in the world, spanning the Saint John River at Hartland, New Brunswick, north of the town of Woodstock, now has lights and a pedestrian walkway, but in most other respects, it looks much as it did when it was built over a century ago. |
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| Anglers in New Brunswick have several landscape options, but the fish of choice? Salmon. |
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| Paddlers visiting New Brunswick have many options across the province to practice their craft. |
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| Throughout New Brunswick, hikers and bikers have many opportunities to access trails. |
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Oyster Bed Formation
Tiny oyster larvae - about 300 microns in length - attach themselves to clean, hard surfaces by ejecting a cement-like adhesive from their foot glands. |
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