Sackville

Sackville is on the saltwater Tantramar Marshes in southeastern New Brunswick. It is home to Mount Allison University, a liberal arts university.
Historically, the area was populated by the Mi’kmaq First Nation (Aboriginals). The French-speaking Acadian population settled in the area around 1670. Nearby Aulac (on the Nova Scotia border) was home to Fort Beauséjour, a French fortification defeated in 1755 and now largely in ruins.
Radio-Canada International, the country's former shortwave broadcaster, used Sackville as its transmitter site until it left the air in 2012; the saltwater marshes made an effective reflector at radio frequencies.

• The Trans-Canada Highway main route, NB 2, passes through Sackville and Aulac before crossing into Nova Scotia as Route 104
• NB 16, the road to the Confederation Bridge and Prince Edward Island, meets NB 2 in Aulac - some 10 km (6 miles) east of Sackville
• VIA Rail's Halifax-Montréal "Ocean" train stops in Sackville

• Sackville Cab

  phone: +1 506 364-8000
  address: 34 Lorne St

• Squires Courtesy Cab

  phone: +1 506 536-3118
  address: 27 Walker Rd

• Owens Art Gallery

  phone: +1 506 364-2574
  address: Mount Allison University, 61 York Street
  The oldest university art gallery in Canada.

• Sackville Waterfowl ParkA public boardwalk circles 22 ha (55 acres) of natural habitat for ducks, muskrats and over 150 species of birds.

• Sackville Farmers Market

  phone: +1 506 536-7378
  Small farmers, artisans and street restaurants; 30-50 local vendors.

• Black Duck Café

  phone: +1 506 536-8084
  address: 19 Bridge St.
  Local meeting place serving espresso, pastries and baked goods, seasonal soups, sandwiches and salads.

• Coy Wolf Bistro

  phone: +1 506 536-8084
  address: 19 Bridge St.
  Fresh oysters, food from local farms and courtyard garden (in season), wine list.

• Goya's Pizza

  phone: +1 506 536-5000 or +1 506 536-2222
  address: 96 Main St.
  Pizza, donairs and subs. Lebanese food, including chicken and beef shawarma, tabbouleh salad and hummus.

• Mel's Tea Room

  phone: +1 506 364-9250
  address: 17 Bridge St.
  Local 1945 diner serving burgers, home fries and comfort foods.

• Ducky's Pub

  phone: +1 506 536-1344
  address: 4 Bridge St.

• Painted Pony Bar and Grill

  phone: +1 506 939-7779
  address: 26 Bridge St

• Sassy's Pub

  phone: +1 506 536-2003
  address: 166 Main St

• Marshlands Inn

  phone: +1 506 536-0170
  address: 55 Bridge St.
  1854 B&B heritage inn on 8 acres with open restaurant for breakfast (about $8), lunch ($15-20), dinner ($20-33).

• In Aulac, Wi-Fi and e-mail are available at the provincial travel information office (near the NB 2/16 highway crossroads)
• In Sackville, wi-fi and public access computers are available at the Sackville Public Library, 66 Main St. (+1 506 364-4915, fax +1 506 364-4915, open Tu 1-5PM/6-8PM and W-Sa 10AM-noon/1-5PM)

Aulac

A tiny New Brunswick hamlet directly on the Nova Scotia border (10 km E of Sackville), Aulac occupied a strategic location in the final days of francophone Acadia. Peninsular Nova Scotia was under English control after 1710; New Brunswick remained Acadian until le grand dérangement - the forced Acadian exile of 1755. This made tiny Aulac the front line. Fort Beauséjour, a French fortress, was built in 1751 to counter the British Fort Lawrence directly across the border in Nova Scotia.
The ruins of Beauséjour are now a national historic site.
Tiny Aulac has a restaurant and an Irving truck stop. Before the motorway bypassed the hamlet in the 1990s, the Trans-Canada Highway (NB 2) passed directly through the village as Aulac Road.

• Fort Beauséjour - Fort Cumberland National Historic Site

  phone: +1 506 364-5080
  address: 111 Fort Beauséjour Rd, Aulac
  A French fortress, Fort Beauséjour was built 1751 to counter the British Fort Lawrence (near the site of the ruined Acadian village of Beaubassin) and control the Isthmus of Chignecto. The British defeated Fort Beauséjour in 1755, using it to house Acadians as prisoners (a group of 80 Acadian captives escaped on February 26, 1756) during a period of mass deportations known as le grand dérangement. Acadian refugees resettled as far afield as Louisiana. British forces occupied the fort until 1835; it was then abandoned. The ruins were only partially reconstructed, with a museum on-site.

• The Schnitzel Haus

  phone: +1 506 364-0888
  address: 153 Aulac Rd, Aulac
  Near the junction of NB highways 2 and 16. Serves German cuisine, reasonably well-known around the Atlantic provinces due to the relative lack of such cuisine in Atlantic cities.