New Brunswick A Day in the Bay For this week's post I made a .gif showing how the water level in the Bay of Fundy [https://danbscott.ghost.io/the-red-rocks-of-st-martins/] changes with the tides [https://danbscott.ghost.io/the-waves-shape-the-shore-and-the-shore-shapes-the-waves/] over the course of a day. The data came from the Fisheries and Oceans Canada tide
New Brunswick The Last Long Weekend of Summer 2016 Long weekends are a good time [https://danbscott.ghost.io/nb-day-2015/] to get out and explore. This past weekend, I managed to get out biking, hiking, and kayaking (a different activity each day!) in places I hadn't been before. I went biking on Saturday along a section of
New Brunswick The Red Rocks of St. Martin's This weekend, I went on a short sea kayaking tour in the Bay of Fundy. Red Rock Adventure [http://www.redrockadventure.ca/] in St. Martin's, New Brunswick, offers sea kayaking tours and other outdoor adventures. It's a great spot to get out on the water as
New Brunswick Portobello Creek Quite a bit closer to home than what I've been writing about recently, this post is about some kayaking I did last weekend. I went out to French Lake and Portobello [https://www.ec.gc.ca/ap-pa/default.asp?lang=En&n=456038C4-1] Creek [https://www.ec.
Water Wolastoq This post is a collection of a few links related to the Saint John River. First of all, Canoe Kayak New Brunswick [http://www.canoekayaknb.com/], which I'm pleased to be involved with, has a great new website. Take a look! A related thing of interest is this
Statistics Ice-Out Dates in Oromocto Lake I just got back from vacation, which is why I haven't had a post for a while. I plan to write some posts about my trip, but first I wanted to share this, since it is well-suited for this time of year. In a paper titled "Influence
New Brunswick NB Budget 2016: In Context Well, the NB provincial budget was released today [http://www2.gnb.ca/content/gnb/en/departments/finance/budget/2016-2017/budget.html] . As I did last year [https://danbscott.ghost.io/nb-budget-2015-by-the-numbers/], I wanted to show the actual numbers in a way that makes sense, with minimal commentary. Sources * This CTV
Map Mapping Hyla Park Hyla Park [https://www.google.com/maps/place/Hyla+Park+Nature+Preserve/@45.9498813,-66.609771,17z/data=!4m6!1m3!3m2!1s0x0:0xbabc09a76601ce20!2sHyla+Park+Nature+Preserve!3m1!1s0x0:0xbabc09a76601ce20] is a little-known park in Fredericton. I had the idea that more people might use it if there was a
New Brunswick Southwest Miramichi Last weekend, I went up to Doaktown and Boistown for part of a day, to see some things along the Southwest Miramichi River [https://danbscott.ghost.io/map-of-new-brunswick-watersheds/]. The places I went were: 1. Doaktown old train bridge 2. Priceville suspension bridge 3. Atlantic Salmon Museum 4. Central NB Woodsmen&
New Brunswick Rebuild Fort Nashwaak This post is about Fort Nashwaak [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Nashwaak], and an idea (I can't call it a plan, as I'm not in a position to make it happen, but if anyone who is reads this, feel free to run with it) to
New Brunswick NB Day 2015 Last weekend was New Brunswick Day. To celebrate, I enjoyed some outdoor activities around the province that I decided to share in this post. Oromocto River I went kayaking on the Oromocto River with some friends last weekend. One of my friends rented a kayak from Eco-Logical Adventures [http://ecologicaladventures.
New Brunswick 3 Neat Infographics I recently came across a website called Visual Capitalist [http://www.visualcapitalist.com] that has a lot of interesting infographics on economics and related topics. This post shares three of them, but there are a lot more to check out on their website. Visual Capitalist is based in Vancouver, so
New Brunswick Art: Masterworks and l'Experience de la Riviere Nahanni This weekend, I went to a couple of art galleries in Fredericton to see their current exhibits. The Beaverbrook Art Gallery [http://beaverbrookartgallery.org/en/] was presenting the "Masterworks" from their permanent collection and Gallery 78 [http://www.gallery78.com/gallery.htm] was presenting "L'Expérience
New Brunswick NB Budget 2015 - By the numbers This is not a political blog, and I have no intention of making it one. However, I believe that it's important for all citizens of this province to be aware of our fiscal situation. I hope this post can serve as a useful summary of what is in
Re-Published Economic Development Ideas for NB For this week's post, I wanted to share some ideas about economic development in New Brunswick. Most of them are things I've discussed on Facebook before, and I doubt any of these ideas are original—I just think they're worth promoting. Four Ideas Immigration
New Brunswick Shogomoc Recently I went on a hike (with my family) along Shogomoc Stream, about 45 minutes outside of Fredericton. It's a pretty cool spot, so I thought I'd share it on my blog. Shogomoc Stream [https://goo.gl/maps/UNs2R] offers a couple of good reasons to
New Brunswick Eqpahak Island Eqpahak Island is an island in the Saint John River near Fredericton [https://maps.google.ca/?ll=45.976924,-66.762714&spn=0.025171,0.055189&t=h&z=14] . Recently I went kayaking there. For the most part, paddling on the Saint John River is not
Blog Info An Important New Brunswick Blog I'm happy to announce that The Drafting Table [https://danbscott.ghost.io/welcome/] has been added to the index at the New Brunswick Bloggers Hub [http://nbblogers.blogspot.ca/]. Why not click over there and check out the other blogs listed? <img src="http://1.bp.
New Brunswick An Itinerary for Visiting the Maritimes When I travel, I like getting Lonely Planet guidebooks to look at beforehand. Finding out what the writers recommend provides a starting point when I'm planning what I want to see and do. Of course, I never follow their recommendations 100% since I want to make the experience
New Brunswick Where People Live in New Brunswick A while ago I came across this map [http://whackdata.tumblr.com/post/69019510879/mapping-new-brunswick-with-only-buildings] that I wanted to share. The guy who made it used freely-available (Yay for open data!) geo-referenced data for every building in New Brunswick. As he points out, even though only buildings are shown, the
New Brunswick Timing of River Ice Formation and Break-Up in New Brunswick Half a dozen years ago, I did a summer work term for Hydro-Com Technologies [http://www.rvanderson.com/index.php/fredericton-nb]. I had a good experience there and learned a lot. One project I was involved in while I was there was an analysis in trends in rivers in New
New Brunswick Map of New Brunswick Watersheds In the introduction to Timothy Frink's book on New Brunswick history (which I reviewed earlier) [https://danbscott.ghost.io/a-quick-overview-of-new-brunswick-history/], I read that there were very few roads at the beginning of European settlement because it was so easy to get around the province by canoe. He claimed
Re-Published The Long March of the NB 104th This note was originally posted on Facebook for Remembrance Day 2012. It is about a story from Canadian military history that I find quite inspiring. These soldiers started their march 101 years ago this week. The 104th Regiment As I understand it, most of the regular forces on the Canadian
New Brunswick A Quick Overview of New Brunswick History Last weekend I read the book New Brunswick: A Short History by Timothy Frink. It's a very quick read, but I still found it informative. Recently I was complaining with some friends about how history is taught in our schools and this book just drove home the point