The Acadian Peninsula is were we went for a day after our trip to Miramichi. It is located in the northeastern corner of New Brunswick. We left the Rodd Resort early in the morning, and set off for the peninsula. You might be asking, ”What does the Acadian name mean?” Well, here’s your answer; the Acadians are the descendants of the French who settled in Acadia during the 17th and 18th centuries, Acadia was located in what is now Eastern Canada’s Maritime Provinces (Nova Scotia, New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island), as well as parts of Quebec, and present-day Maine to the Kennebec River.The Acadian flag is pretty much the same as the French flag but there is a yellow star on the top left corner.

On the way to the Acadian Peninsula, we stopped at the MacDonald Farm, a provincial heritage site. It’s the farm of a Scottish settler who had thirteen kids back in the day. The stone house was built in the 1820s. It was a quaint little house with one bedroom for all the thirteen kids! Imagine sleeping there! See the image below.

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If you drive further north, you will get to Shippagan. We stopped at a place called Joe’s shack for lunch. We had burgers and poutine. If you don’t know what poutine is, it’s a Canadian delicacy, made of french fries with gravy and squeaky cheese curds. For dessert we had soft served ice cream. It was delicious! The French really know how cook. After, we visited the New Brunswick Aquarium. There are lots of different kinds of fish, jellyfish, starfish, and a few eels. It was cool to see all the different colored lobsters. The NB Aquarium has the largest collection of colored lobster in the world. I didn’t know there were any albino lobsters, or a two toned black and red ones. Did you know that a blue lobster is one out of two million, and an albino lobster is one out of one hundred million?

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It was a three hour drive back to Hampton so I took my ipad and downloaded some movies to watch. The visit to the Acadian Peninsula was a long drive, but it was worth it. It has lots of lighthouses, beautiful beaches, and camping sites that Canadians enjoy in the summer. We will definitely go back again because there still a lot of places to explore on the Acadian Peninsula. See you next time! Travel safe!

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