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The Marco Polo - Queen of the Seas
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.
When the massive, 56.11 metre oak-and-softwood ship was launched in 1851, she slid too far and became stuck in the mud, until a combination of high tides and teams of oxen finally freed her 2 weeks later. The accident warped her keel, making her bow and stern slightly lower than her centre. But the odd disfigurement of the clipper was eventually credited with making her the "Fastest Ship in the World." The Marco Polo was the first ship to circumnavigate the globe in less than 6 months, and throughout her 32 years on the high seas, she broke many long-distance records. Her sinking, off the shore of Prince Edward Island, in 1883, inspired the young Lucy Maud Montgomery to write the prize-winning essay that launched the career of the famous Anne of Green Gables author. |
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| 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. |
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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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| 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. |
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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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