Edmundston is a city in northern New Brunswick.

Understand

The city of Edmundston is roughly 95% francophone, the highest proportion in New Brunswick. Unlike the rest of the Maritimes, the majority of francophones in Edmundston aren't descended from the Acadians but rather from French-Canadians that came up from Lower Canada (modern day Quebec), and are commonly known as Brayons. The Brayons think of themselves as neither Acadian nor Quebecois and their accent (l'accent brayon) is fairly distinct from the Quebecois and Acadian accents.

Get in

Edmundston is on Trans-Canada Highway 2 between Fredericton and the Quebec border. It is across the river from, and has an international border crossing with, Madawaska, Maine.

See

• 1 New Brunswick Botanical Garden (Jardin Botanique du Nouveau-Brunswick), 15 Main St, ☏ +1 506 737-4444, info@jardinnbgarden.com. May-Jun and Sep: 9AM-5PM daily; Jul-Aug: 9AM-8PM daily. A number of themed gardens including annuals, perennials, rhododendrons, an alpine garden and a rose garden. Adults $14, seniors 65+ and students $12, children 5-17 $7, children under 5 free, families (2 adults plus 2 children) $30.. (updated Oct 2015)

Buy

There are the usual big box stores in this town.

Go next

Routes through Edmundston

Rivière-du-Loup ← Saint-Louis-du-Ha! Ha! ← Becomes ←

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→ Grand Falls → Woodstock