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The history of New Brunswick covers the period from the arrival of the Paleo-Indians thousands of years ago to the present day. Prior to European colonization, the lands encompassing present-day New Brunswick were inhabited for millennia by the several First Nations groups, most notably the Maliseet, Mi'kmaq, and the Passamaquoddy.
In 1992, it started distributing surf reports via fax and pagers, before moving on to internet-based services. [12] [14] [16] In 1995 Surfline became an online service, offering live video streams of surf breaks in addition to written surf reports. [6] [17] The first live camera feed was created in 1996 at Huntington Beach.
The first surfing contest at Mavericks, later known as the Titans of Mavericks, [3] was held in 1999 and occurred ten times, with the final contest taking place in 2016. Each year, 24 big wave surfers were invited to compete in the one-day event, which was only held if wave conditions were favorable during the competition season.
New Brunswick [a] is one of the thirteen provinces and territories of Canada.It is one of the three Maritime provinces and one of the four Atlantic provinces.It is bordered by Quebec to the north, Nova Scotia to the east, the Gulf of Saint Lawrence to the northeast, the Bay of Fundy to the southeast, and the U.S. state of Maine to the west.
Every few weekends, there are what are known as Special Events. These are often recreations of specific events in New Brunswick's history. They normally correspond to a particular date, or time of the year. For example, around and on July the 1st, the Confederation Debate features Charles Fisher and William Needham as portrayed by actors ...
There are 63 National Historic Sites designated in New Brunswick, as of 2018, eight of which are administered by Parks Canada (identified below by the beaver icon ). [1] [2] The first National Historic Sites to be designated in New Brunswick were Fort Beauséjour – Fort Cumberland and Fort Gaspareaux in 1920. However, the first historical ...
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On June 30, 2008, a truck carrying 12 million bees overturned near Saint-Léonard. This accident was the first of its kind in New Brunswick. [3] On 1 January 2023, Saint-Léonard amalgamated with the village of Sainte-Anne-de-Madawaska and parts of four local service districts to form the new town of Vallée-des-Rivières.