Moncton, New Brunswick

:For the parish, please see Moncton, New Brunswick (parish)

Attractions

The Moncton area has several major attractions:

~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~

• Champlain Place - The largest single story shopping mall in Atlantic Canada with over 150 stores and services, located in Dieppe. Major tenants include Sears, Wal Mart, Sobeys, Future Shop, Sports Chek, Toys R Us, Gap, Eddie Bauer and the Disney Store.
• Crystal Palace - An indoor amusement park adjacent to Champlain Place that also includes a hotel, restaurant, eight cinema multiplex and a Chapters bookstore.
• Tidal Bore - A phenomenon created by the extreme tides of the Bay of Fundy which actually reverses the downstream flow of the Petitcodiac River. A causeway built across the river to Riverview in the 1960s has significantly diminished the effects of the bore, although efforts are underway to have the causeway replaced by a bridge in order to restore the river flow.
• Magnetic Hill - An optical illusion created by local topography, is also the site of a major tourism development, including the nationally recognized Magnetic Hill Zoo and a water theme park called Magic Mountain. Magnetic Hill also features a major outdoor concert site. Pope John Paul II held a papal mass there in 1984. The Rolling Stones held a concert there on the 3rd of September,2005 before 85,000 fans.

Moncton is well situated as a tourism destination. There are two national parks (Fundy National Park and Kouchibouguac National Park) within a one hour drive of the city. The warm water beaches of the Northumberland Straight are only 15 minutes away in nearby Shediac and the Hopewell Rocksare only a half hour's drive down the Petitcodiac river valley. The Confederation Bridge to Prince Edward Island is only a one hour's drive east of the city. Other nearby attractions include the Cape Jourimain National Wildlife Preserve (at the base of the Confederation Bridge), La Dune de Bouctouche (ecotourism site, longest remaining unspoiled barrier dune system on the eastern seaboard), Cape Enrage (historic lighthouse, fossils and adventure tourism) and La Pays de la Sagouine (Acadian cultural theme park).

Related Topics:
Fundy National Park - Kouchibouguac National Park - Shediac - Confederation Bridge - Prince Edward Island

~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~