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Acadien, near Caraquet, is an outdoormuseum re-creating life in Acadian NewBrunswick from the end of the deportationsup to the mid 20th century. Le Pays de laSagouine, a well-known Acadian culturaltheme park, is in Bouctouche. Caraquet iswell-known for its celebrations on NationalAcadian Day, each Aug. 15. The Acadianshave their own flag; they have many uniquefoods and folk-music traditions. A distinctFrench-speaking community, known asthe Brayons, lives in the northwest aroundEdmundston.• www.iijcan.org/en/ca/laws/stat/sc-2003-c-11/latest/sc-2003-c-11.html• www.cbc.ca/acadian/feature_national_acadian_day.html and many other sources.• the British. New Brunswick had beenpart of the British colony of Nova Scotiauntil 1784. In that year, New Brunswickbecame a separate colony after thousandsof Americans who supported British rulein the United States fled the 13 Americancolonies. These refugees, called theLoyalists, settled mainly in Saint John,St. Andrews, Fredericton and along theSt. John River Valley. Today, Saint Johnannually observes Loyalist Day tocommemorate the landing of the Loyalists.Near Fredericton is Kings Landing HistoricalSettlement, an outdoor museum re-creatingLoyalist life in rural New Brunswick in the1800s. The first centre of English-languagehigher learning in New Brunswickwas King’s College, today known asthe University of New Brunswick, withcampuses in Fredericton and Saint John.New Brunswick also has Saint ThomasUniversity in Fredericton and MountAllison University in Sackville.• Irish and Scots: Many Irish refugees arrivedin Saint John and Miramichi, especially,in the mid-1800s. A substantial numberof Scots immigrated to New Brunswick.Miramichi and Fredericton hold festivalseach year in honour of the province’s Irishand Scottish heritages, respectively.10Orientation guide for newcomers to New Brunswick• Danes: several immigrant families madetheir way up the St. John River in the 1870sto establish what was at one time thelargest Danish community in Canada.It is today known as New Denmark.New Brunswick has many art galleriesaside from the Beaverbook Art Gallery.The province’s major museum, the NewBrunswick Museum, is in Saint John. TheUniversité de Moncton has an AcadianMuseum. The province also has a largecommunity of craftspeople, includingsome of the finest potters in the country.A symphony orchestra is based in Saint John,and a touring English theatre company isbased in Fredericton.There are many festivals to enjoy.Moncton has a comedy festival in the winter.Fredericton hosts a lively jazz festival in theSeptember. St. Andrews hosts a performingarts festival in the summer. For moreinformation about arts and culture inNew Brunswick:• 1-506-453-2909; fax, 1-506-453-6548• www.gnb.ca/0131/index-e.asp