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Visitor and Event Guide 2021
Contents
FESTIVALS AND EVENTS................................... 2
PLEASE NOTE - Details in this guide were compiled in March 2021.
Please check dates and other details before using the information provided,
as they may have changed due to circumstances beyond our control.
ART AND SCULPTURE.......................................18
Welcome
Bordertown Festival................................................. 2 Art Walk......................................................................18
Sackville Music Festival........................................... 3 Stroll Through a Poem..........................................18
Festival by the Marsh............................................... 3 Fog Forest Gallery...................................................19
Tantramarsh Blues Society.................................... 3
Farmers’ Market......................................................... 4
Owens Art Gallery...................................................20
Harold Geddes, George Stanley, Fowl Play...21
Deputy Mayor Ron Aiken Welcomes You
The Music Barn........................................................... 4 Struts Gallery & Faucet Media Arts Centre...22 Welcome to Sackville and to our amazing cultural
Performers’ Theatre Company............................. 5 Colville House...........................................................22 and natural attractions. Sackville is a place with
Live Bait Theatre........................................................ 5 Handmade Crafts and More!..............................23 small Town friendliness and charm, but with
SappyFest.................................................................... 6 The Craft Gallery......................................................24
Sackville Street Chalk Festival.............................. 6 Sackville Arts Wall...................................................24
big town amenities. We have many things for
Canada Day Celebrations...................................... 7 Past, Present and Future Walking Tour..........25 you to experience here at the Centre of the
New Brunswick Day................................................. 7 OUR HISTORY........................................................26 Maritime Provinces, and you can also make us
Old Fashioned Friday Night Cruise.................... 7 Boultenhouse Heritage Centre..........................27 your basecamp to explore many world-class
Beech Hill Park Challenge....................... 8 and 41 Campbell Carriage Factory Museum...............28
experiences within a two-hour drive - including
Sackville Fall Fair....................................................... 8 Memorial Park..........................................................29
Playwright’s Atlantic Resource Centre............. 8 Historic Properties..................................................29
beaches with the warmest waters north of
Winterfest.................................................................... 9 Historic Walking Tours..........................................29 Virginia, two National Parks, and four major
Concerts in the Park................................................. 9 Geneology, Cemeteries, Acadian Monument......30 cities. We hope you will enjoy Sackville,
Movies in the Park.................................................... 9 Fort Beauséjour - Fort Cumberland.................31 a New Kind of Small Town!
Performing Arts Series..........................................10 SACKVILLE MAP............................................ 32-33 RON AIKEN
DEPUTY MAYOR
Mount Allison Music Recitals..............................10 MOUNT ALLISON UNIVERSITY MAP.. 34-35
Sackville Festival of Early Music.........................10 Mount Allison University............................... 36-37
Sackville Film Society............................................10 PARKS........................................................................38
Vogue Cinema..........................................................10
Levee on the Lake ..................................................11
The Great Trail and other trails..........................38
BMX & Skateboard Park........................................38 President’s Welcome
Welcome Student Corn Boil...............................11 Sackville Waterfowl Park......................................39
Mount Allison is one of the things that makes
FESTIVAL & EVENTS CALENDAR............ 12-13 Silver Lake..................................................................40
OTHER ATTRACTIONS.......................................14 Tantramar Wetlands Centre...............................40 Sackville special — and Sackville is one of the
Downtown Sackville..............................................14 Beech Hill Park and Disc Golf Course..............41 reasons Mount Allison stands out in the crowd.
Anderson’s Greenhouse.......................................15 Bill Johnstone Memorial Park.............................42
Fort Folly First Nation............................................15 Tennis, Golf and Pickleball..................................42
This vibrant and engaging community is a great
Sackville Community Garden.............................15 Cross Country Skiing and Winter Fun.............43 place to call home — whether for a day, a year,
Dykes...........................................................................16 RESTAURANTS/NIGHT LIFE.................... 44-45 or a lifetime. The Town and the University offer
Tantramar Marshes and Covered Bridge.......16 ACCOMMODATIONS.................................. 48-49 up an ever-changing array of cultural, sporting,
Sackville Sports Wall of Fame.............................16 TWO HOUR RADIUS MAP......................... 51-52
and community activities to spark your creativity,
Trueman Blueberry Farm.....................................17 WORSHIP SERVICES...........................................54
Tantramar Veteran’s Memorial Civic Centre........ 17 VISITOR CENTRE, GUIDED TOURS.............55 kindle your curiosity, and captivate your
Gemini Observatory...............................................17 MERCHANTS OF SACKVILLE................... 56-58 imagination. There’s so much to choose from,
LOCAL REGION MAP..........................................60 you’ll wish you could stay longer!
Welcome, bienvenue, pjila’si — we look forward
to seeing you around.
DR. JEAN-PAUL BOUDREAU
PRESIDENT AND VICE-CHANCELLOR
MOUNT ALLISON UNIVERSITY
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Festivals & Events
Festivals & Events
Festival by the Marsh
FEATURING:
• OUTDOOR PERFORMANCES OF SHAKESPEARE’S
“A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM” AND
“A BANISHMENT OF POETS” BY SUE ROSE
• WORKSHOPS FOR YOUNG PEOPLE
• CONCERTS AND MORE!
August
9-15
Photo from 2012 production by Sue Rose
Tel: (506) 940-2248 > www.festivalbythemarsh.ca
> www.tbsblues.com
Tantramarsh Blues Society
A NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATION DEDICATED TO BRINGING
YOU WORLD-CLASS BLUES IN AN INTIMATE SETTING.
David Myles performed in 2018
Peter Karp performed in 2018
Bordertown Festival of the Arts
SPONSORED BY THE TOWN OF SACKVILLE, BORDERTOWN
IS A 5 DAY FESTIVAL THAT BRINGS THE VERY BEST IN
MUSIC, ART AND LOCAL HOSPITALITY.
Dates to be
announced
> www.sackville.com/bordertown
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Sackville Farmers’ Market
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HELD EVERY SATURDAY MORNING FROM 9 – 12, IN THE SUMMER AT
BILL JOHNSTONE PARK. BUSTLING WITH MUSIC, ENERGY, FRESH BAKED
GOODS, ETHNIC FOOD, PRODUCE, ARTS, CRAFTS AND MORE.
(506) 536-7378 > www.sackvillefarmersmarket.ca
The Performers’ Theatre Company
SACKVILLE’S COMMUNITY THEATRE SINCE 2007
CALENDAR OF PRODUCTIONS FOR 2021
• JUNE 2-5 & 10-13 – “MURDERED TO DEATH”
BY PETER GORDON (COMEDY/MURDER MYSTERY)
• AUGUST 11-15 – “A BANISHMENT OF POETS”
BY SUE ROSE (OUTDOOR FAMILY-FRIENDLY ROMP)
• NOVEMBER 4-6 & 10-14 – “THE BOOK OF DARKNESS AND LIGHT”
(GHOST STORIES IN THE OLD STYLE)
Tickets: (506) 536-1264
Email: performerstheatresackville@gmail.com > www.performerstheatre.com
The Spinner Brothers Performed in 2019
Live Bait Theatre
LIVE BAIT IS A PROFESSIONAL THEATRE COMPANY COMMITTED TO
The Music Barn PUTTING ON THE BEST PLAYS AND CONCERTS IN THE MARITIMES.
VISIT THEIR WEBSITE FOR SCHEDULE DETAILS.
THE MUSIC BARN IS A POPULAR VENUE FOR WEDDINGS AND MUSIC,
FEATURING BLUEGRASS, FOLK AND COUNTRY. THE OLD BARN WAS A
Tel. (506) 536-3031 CORNERSTONE FOR A FAMILY FARM FORM MANY GENERATIONS. > www.livebaittheatre.com Fall 2021
(evenings and weekends) LIVE BAIT’S NEW WORKS FESTIVAL SUMMER 2021 “Scape”
Tel. (902) 634-3353 (weekdays) > www.freewebs.com/themusicbarn by Mark Blagrave
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July
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Sappyfest
A SUMMER HIGHLIGHT – BRINGING TOGETHER AN ECLECTIC MIX
OF MUSIC, VISUAL ARTS. FOR INFORMATION AND UPDATES VISIT
> www.sackville.com
WWW.SAPPYFEST.COM
> www.sappyfest.com
Canada Day Celebrations
COME CELEBRATE OUR NATION’S BIRTHDAY WITH US!
JULY 1ST IS ALWAYS AN EXCITING DAY IN SACKVILLE;
WITH LIVE MUSIC, CHILDREN’S ACTIVITIES, THE
CANADA DAY FUN RUN AND OTHER ACTIVITIES TAKING
PLACE THROUGHOUT THE TOWN.
Tantramar Heritage
Trust Canada Day
Strawberry Social
COME CELEBRATE CANADA DAY ON JULY 1 FROM
2 PM TO 4 PM WITH STRAWBERRIES, CREAM AND
HOMEMADE BISCUITS (BY DONATION).
> www.tantramarheritage.ca
August
2nd
New Brunswick Day
LIVE MUSIC, CHILDREN’S ACTIVITIES, AND A
FREE COMMUNITY BARBEQUE ARE JUST A FEW
THINGS YOU CAN EXPECT ON NEW BRUNSWICK
DAY IN SACKVILLE!
> www.sackville.com
Old Fashioned Friday Date
Sackville Street Chalk Festival Night Cruise TBD
UNIQUE TO ATLANTIC CANADA, THIS COVID FRIENDLY TWO-DAY EVENT
WILL INCLUDE SEVERAL ARTISTS CREATING ARTWORKS DIRECTLY ON
BRIDGE STREET, INCLUDING PROFESSIONALS AND ARTISTS NEW TO August ROLL IN ON YOUR SWEET CLASSIC RIDE, OR ADMIRE
SOME BEAUTIES FROM THE PAST, RIGHT ON MAIN
27-28
STREET CHALK. THE FESTIVAL ALSO INCLUDES ART WORKSHOPS, CHALK
ACTIVITIES FOR EVERYONE AND PLENTY OF LIVE MUSIC. STREET. LIVE MUSIC, KIDS’ ACTIVITIES, CHARITY BBQ
AND PLENTY OF NOSTALGIA.
> www.sackville.com/sackvillechalk
> www.sackville.com
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Beech Hill Park Challenge
A REVAMPED BHP CHALLENGE WILL PUT YOUR BODY TO THE TEST! THIS NEW 5 KM OR July Winterfest February
10 KM VIRTUAL TRAIL RUN WILL TAKE YOU THROUGH THE WOODED WILDERNESS OF
SACKVILLE ON THE CROOKED TREE TRAIL SYSTEM. PERFECT FOR RACERS OF ALL SHAPES,
13 to 18 THE PERFECT WAY TO CELEBRATE THE OUTDOORS IN THE HEART OF WINTER, THIS 2022
POPULAR 3 DAY EVENT FEATURES AN OUTDOOR DANCE PARTY, SLEDDING, HORSE AND
SIZES AND FITNESS LEVELS! DON’T FORGET ABOUT THE CHILDREN’S MINI-CHALLENGE WAGON RIDES, FIREWORKS AND A WHOLE LOT MORE!
ON THE OGDEN LOOP TRAIL! GREAT PRIZES TO BE WON! > www.sackville.com > www.sackville.com
Thursday evenings from
July 8th - September 2nd, 6:30pm Concerts in the Park
EVERY THURSDAY EVENING DURING THE SUMMER MONTHS, WEATHER
> www.sackville.com PERMITTING, THE TOWN OFFERS A FREE CONCERT SERIES IN BILL
JOHNSTONE MEMORIAL PARK. DROP BY THE PARK AND ENJOY OUR
TALENTED LOCAL MUSICIANS!
20th Annual Fall Fair
THE BIGGEST EVENT OF THE YEAR, SACKVILLE FALL FAIR CELEBRATES ALL THE
TOWN HAS TO OFFER! THE HINCHEY’S MIDWAY, OUR ANNUAL PARADE, THE
Sept ANYTHING THAT FLOATS RACE AND THE ANNUAL SHOW N’ SHINE ARE JUST
A FEW OF THE FAVOURITE EVENTS TO TAKE PLACE DURING THE WEEKEND.
23-26 OUR FIREWORKS SHOW IS SECOND-TO-NONE AND WITH FREE OUTDOOR
CONCERTS ALL WEEKEND, THERE IS SOMETHING FOR EVERYONE AT THE
> www.sackville.com/fallfair SACKVILLE FALL FAIR
Movies in the Park July 9, August 6 & 27
Start Time 9:00pm
May BILL JOHNSTONE MEMORIAL PARK IS HOME TO OUR FREE SUMMER
> www.sackville.com
19th IN THEIR OWN WORDS MOVIE SERIES. GENRES AND TITLES VARY, SO VISIT
WWW.SACKVILLE.COM FOR DETAILS.
Livestream Reading 7 pm
Playwrights Atlantic Resource
Centre (PARC)
ASSISTS IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF ATLANTIC
CANADIAN PLAYS AND PLAYWRIGHTS. TEN
PLAYWRIGHTS GATHER IN MAY FOR THE ANNUAL
PARC RETREAT. JOIN US FOR A SNEAK PEAK AS
THEY READ FROM THEIR WORKS.
More information: > www.playwrightsatlantic.ca
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www.leveeonthelake.com
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Performing Arts Series Levee on the Lake 19 - 22
PRESENTING SOME OF CANADA’S MOST CELEBRATED PERFORMERS IN THE
AREAS OF CLASSICAL MUSIC, DANCE, FOLK, WORLD MUSIC AND JAZZ.
> www.mta.ca/performingarts LILAS FAWCETT PARK AND OTHER VENUES IN MIDDLE SACKVILLE, NB
LEVEE ON THE LAKE IS BACK FOR A SECOND YEAR OF FOLK,
TRADITIONAL, COUNTRY, BLUEGRASS AND OLD TIME MUSIC IN THE
Sackville Festival of Early Music HEART OF HISTORIC MIDDLE SACKVILLE. ALL CULTURAL AND HERITAGE
EVENTS ARE AROUND SILVER LAKE WITH THE MAIN STAGE LEVEE
THE 2021 EDITION OF THE SACKVILLE FESTIVAL OF EARLY MUSIC HAPPENING SATURDAY AFTERNOON (OR SUNDAY WITH INCLEMENT
WILL AGAIN ENLIVEN OUR COMMUNITY WITH A PROGRAM OF WEATHER). THIS FEATURE EVENT IS FIVE HOURS OF CONTINUOUS
MUSIC AND DANCE FORM THE RENAISSANCE AND BAROQUE PERIODS FREE MUSIC OUTSIDE FOR ALL AGES. SWIM, PADDLE OR SIT AT THE
PERFORMED BY MUSICIANS OF INTERNATIONAL RECOGNITION. BEACH SIDE STAGE FOR SUMMER SOUNDS OR JOIN US AT THE MANY
DAYTIME WORKSHOPS OR TICKETED EVENTS IN THE EVENING. THE
THIS YEAR’S FESTIVAL WILL FEATURE TWO EVENTS: AN leveeonthelake@gmail.com FOUR DAY FESTIVAL HAS SOMETHING FOR CHILDREN, FAMILIES OR ALL
INTERNATIONALLY ACCLAIMED ENSEMBLE AS WELL AS QUÉBEC- AGES INTERESTED IN TRADITIONAL CULTURE, EAST COAST MUSIC AND
BASED ENSEMBLE PALLADE MUSICA WITH TANYA LAPERRIÈRE > www.leveeonthelake.com BEAUTIFUL HISTORIC SACKVILLE.
(VIOLIN), ESTEBAN LA ROTTA (LUTE), ELINOR FREY (CELLO), AND
MÉLISANDE MCNABNEY (HARPSICHORD), AND DANCE COMPANY
LES JARDINS CHORÉGRAPHIQUE. THEIR INTERDISCIPLINARY
PROGRAM ÉCOUTE COMME JE DANSE WILL MAKE YOUR BODY
MOVE, COMBINING RENAISSANCE AND BAROQUE MUSIC WITH
HISTORICALLY-INFORMED BAROQUE DANCE. LAROTTA AND
HIS ENSEMBLE WILL ALSO PRESENT OUTREACH MATERIALS TO
Sept THE YOUNG AND YOUNG AT HEART IN THE TANTRAMAR AND
CUMBERLAND COUNTIES.
17-19 FOR DETAILS ABOUT FESTIVAL DATES, ARTISTS, VENUES, TIMES
AND TICKET AVAILABILITY, PLEASE VISIT OUR WEBSITE.
> www.sackvilleearlymusic.com
Mount Allison University
Music Department Recitals
FACULTY, STUDENTS, AND GUESTS GIVE EVENING
AND SUNDAY AFTERNOON RECITALS IN BRUNTON
AUDITORIUM, WITH ENSEMBLE CONCERTS IN
CONVOCATION HALL AND THE UNIVERSITY CHAPEL.
PUBLIC LECTURES AND STUDENT MINI-CONCERTS ARE
ALSO HELD ON WEDNESDAY AFTERNOONS AT 4:00 PM.
> www.mta.ca/music The Vogue Cinema Welcome Mount Allison Student’s Corn Boil
Sept
Sackville Film Society
THE VOGUE, BUILT IN 1946, HAS A NEW SOUND SYSTEM EVERY YEAR THE SACKVILLE ROTARY CLUB, SACKVILLE FARMER’S
AND DIGITAL PROJECTOR CAPABLE OF PROJECTING IN
3D. THE VOGUE SHOWS POPULAR MOVIES AND IS ALSO
4th MARKET, AND TOWN OF SACKVILLE SERVE UP CORN ON THE COB AND
AMAZING LOCAL MUSIC AT BILL JOHNSTONE MEMORIAL PARK TO
EVERY THURSDAY EVENING AT 7:30PM FROM AVAILABLE FOR RENT FOR EVENTS.
SEPTEMBER TO APRIL, CURRENT AND CLASSICAL > www.sackville.com WELCOME OUR NEW AND RETURNING MOUNT ALLISON STUDENTS.
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MOVIES ARE SCREENED AT THE VOGUE CINEMA. > www.voguecinema.ca 11
Festival & Events Calendar
August 2 > New Brunswick Day Celebrations presented by the Town of Sackville
April > www.sackville.com
Every Saturday in April, 9 a.m. – 12 p.m. at 45 Main St.
August 5, 12, 19, 26 > 6:30 p.m. > Concerts in the Park at Bill Johnstone Memorial Park
Sackville Farmers’ Market > www.sackvillefarmersmarket.ca
> www.sackville.com
August 8 > Heritage Field Day, Campbell Carriage Factory Museum > tantramarheritage.ca
May August 9 – 15 > Festival by the Marsh with outdoor Shakespeare and more
Every Saturday in May, 9 a.m. – 12 p.m. > www.festivalbythemarsh,ca
Sackville Farmers’ Market at Bill Johnstone Memorial Park > www.sackvillefarmersmarket.ca
August 11 – 15 > The Performers’ Theatre Company presents “A Banishment of Poets by Sue
May 19 > 7:30 pm, In Their Own Words new play readings > www.playwrightsatlantic.ca Rose (Outdoor family-friendly romp) > www.performerstheatre.com
August 19 – 22 > Levee on the Lake > Lilas Fawcett Park and other venues in Middle Sackville
June > www.leveeeonthelake.com
Every Saturday in June, 9 a.m. – 12 p.m. August 6, 27 > 9 p.m. > Movies in the Park at Bill Johnstone Memorial Park > www.sackville.com
Sackville Farmers’ Market at Bill Johnstone Memorial Park > www.sackvillefarmersmarket.ca August 27 – 28 > Sackville Street Chalk Festival > www.sackville.com
June 2-5 and 10-13 > The Performers’ Theatre Company presents > “Murdered to Death” by
Peter Gordon (Comedy/murder mystery) > www.performerstheatre.com
September
Every Saturday in September, 9 a.m. – 12 p.m.
July Sackville Farmers’ Market at Bill Johnstone Memorial Park > www.sackvillefarmersmarket.ca
Every Saturday in July, 9 a.m. – 12 p.m. September 2 > 6:30 p.m. > Concerts in the Park at Bill Johnstone Memorial Park
Sackville Farmers’ Market at Bill Johnstone Memorial Park > www.sackville.com
July 1 > Canada Day Celebrations presented by the Town of Sackville > www.sackville.com September 4 > Welcome Mount Allison Student’s Corn Boil > www.sackville.com
July 1 > 2 p.m. – 4 p.m. > Canada Day Strawberry Social presented by the September 17 – 19 > Sackville Festival of Early Music > www.sackvilleearlymusic.com
Tantramar Heritage Trust www.tantramarheritage.ca
September 23 – 26 > 20th Annual Fall Fair presented by the Town of Sackville
July 14 – 17 > New Works Festival presented by Live Bait Theatre > www.livebaittheatre.com > www.sackville.com/fallfair
July 8, 15, 22, 29 > 6:30 p.m. > Concerts in the Park at Bill Johnstone Memorial Park
> www.sackville.com October
July 9 > 9 p.m. > Movies in the Park at Bill Johnstone Memorial Park > www.sackville.com
Every Saturday in October, 9 a.m. – 12 p.m.
July 13 – 18 > Beech Hill Park Challenge presented by the Town of Sackville > www.sackville.com Sackville Farmers’ Market at Bill Johnstone Memorial Park > www.sackvillefarmersmarket.ca
TBA > Old Fashioned Friday Night Cruise > www.sackville.com
November
August Every Saturday in November, 9 a.m. – 12 p.m.
Every Saturday in August, 9 a.m. – 12 p.m. Sackville Farmers’ Market at Bill Johnstone Memorial Park > www.sackvillefarmersmarket.ca
Sackville Farmers’ Market at Bill Johnstone Memorial Park > www.sackvillefarmersmarket.ca November 4 – 6 and 10 – 14 > Performers’ Theatre Company presents > “The Book of
Darkness and Light” (Ghost stories in the old style) > www.performerstheatre.com
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Other Attractions
Other Attractions
19 School Lane > (506) 536-3094
Anderson’s Greenhouse
LOCATED IN MIDDLE SACKVILLE SINCE 1986, ANDERSON’S TAKES PRIDE IN GROWING
PLANTS WITH BIOLOGICAL INSECT CONTROL, AND WITHOUT FUNGICIDES.
> www.fortfolly.ca
Fort Folly First Nation
Dorcherster LOCATED 10 MINUTES FROM SACKVILLE AND BORDERS THE VILLAGE OF
DORCHESTER. FORT FOLLY HAS A MEDICINE TRAIL THAT STRETCHES
THROUGHOUT THE FIRST NATION, A LOBSTER POUND OPEN FROM MAY
- JULY AND SEPTEMBER - DECEMBER. HOME OF THE FORT FOLLY HABITAT
SALMON RECOVERY AND GITPU GAS AND CONVENIENCE
Downtown Sackville
VISIT OUR HISTORIC DOWNTOWN, WITH GALLERIES, BOUTIQUE SHOPPING AND
MORE, AND FIND OUT WHAT MAKES US A NEW KIND OF SMALL TOWN.
> www.sackville.com Sackville Community Garden
A GRASS-ROOTS INITIATIVE PROVIDING LOCALS WITH A COMMUNAL
GARDEN TO GROW ORGANICALLY PRODUCED FOODS AND FLOWERS.
42 CHARLES STREET
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Other Attractions
Other Attractions
ttrueman@eastlink.ca Tel: (506) 364-7458 > www.truemanblueberryfarms.com
Dykes/Marshes
THE DYKES ON THE TANTRAMAR MARSH WERE ORIGINALLY BUILT BY
ACADIAN SETTLERS IN THE 1600S TO DRAIN THE MARSH TO USE AS Trueman Blueberry Farm
FARMLAND. BEAUTIFUL VISTAS AND WILDLIFE SIGHTINGS AWAIT YOU. RETAIL STORE AND BAKERY WITH A 6 ACRE SUNFLOWER MAZE WITH OVER 250,000 SUNFLOWERS. ALSO
A PICNIC AND PLAY AREA, AN OBSERVATION HIVE, U-PICK RASPBERRIES, U-PICK WILD AND CULTIVATED
> www.sackville.com BLUEBERRIES AND U-PICK PUMPKINS AND HAY RIDE ON SITE. LOCATED IN AULAC NEAR FORT BEAUSEJOUR.
Sackville Sports Wall of Fame
THE TOWN OF SACKVILLE HAS A LONG HISTORY OF PRODUCING COMPETITIVE ATHLETES AND TEAMS, ALONG WITH
THE SUPPORT OF MANY GREAT COACHES AND MANAGERS. THE SACKVILLE SPORTS WALL OF FAME RECOGNIZES THOSE
WHO HAVE LEFT A LASTING LEGACY ON SACKVILLE’S RICH SPORTING HISTORY THROUGH A BI-ANNUAL INDUCTION
CEREMONY AND PERMANENT DISPLAY AT THE TANTRAMAR VETERAN’S MEMORIAL CIVIC CENTRE.
THE NEXT INDUCTION WILL TAKE PLACE IN JUNE 2022. 182 Main Street • Tel: (506) 364-4955 Tantramar Veterans Memorial Civic Centre
SACKVILLE’S PREMIERE RECREATIONAL FACILITY OPEN YEAR-ROUND,
> www.sackville.com > www.sackville.ca IDEAL FOR BANQUETS, MEETINGS CONCERTS AND OTHER EVENTS.
Tantramar Marshes and Covered Bridge
THE TANTRAMAR MARSH IS A TIDAL SALTMARSH AROUND THE BAY OF
FUNDY ON THE ISTHMUS OF CHIGNECTO. THE MARSHES ARE AN IMPORTANT
STOPOVER FOR MIGRATING WATERFOWL SUCH AS SEMI-PALMATED
SANDPIPERS AND CANADA GEESE. NOW A NATIONAL WILDLIFE AREA THE
MARSHES ARE THE SITE OF TWO BIRD SANCTUARIES.
> www.sackville.ca
Gemini Observatory Tel: (506) 364-2530
LOCATED ON THE MOUNT ALLISON UNIVERSITY CAMPUS, THE OBSERVATORY Email: gemini@mta.ca
IS OPEN TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC AND COMMUNITY GROUPS. VISIT THE
WEBSITE TO VIEW SCHEDULES OR ARRANGE GROUP VISITS.
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Arts & Sculpture
ORIGINAL ARTWORKS BY REGIONAL AND NATIONALLY
Art & Sculpture
FOREST
RECOGNIZED ARTISTS AND ARTISANS. SOLO AND THEMED
EXHIBITIONS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. FULL SERVICE
GALLERY
CUSTOM FRAMING, INSTALLATIONS AND SECURE SHIPPING.
DROP IN … IT WILL BE TIME WELL SPENT.
> www.fogforestgallery.com > 14 Bridge Street > 506-536-9000
Heron’s Watch - this sculpture by Christian Toth,
featuring ducks Willie and Gracie and Aaron the
Heron, was installed in 2016 on the corner of Snow Angel’s Blanket Owl Jar Storm Brewing
Bridge and Weldon Streets. mezzotint by woodfired pottery acrylic painting by Greg Dow
Kath Kornelsen Rutherford by Ghita Levin
DUE TO COVID’S EFFECT ON OUR OPERATIONS,
FOG FOREST GALLERY IS OPEN ONLY ON
Stroll Through a Poem THURSDAY AND FRIDAY FROM 10 AM - 5 PM
OR BY APPOINTMENT.
THE POEM IS THE LATE DOUGLAS LOCHHEAD’S HIGH MARSH
ROAD, THE 31 VERSES PLACED ON UTILITY POLES COVER THE
MONTH OF SEPTEMBER. THE POETIC WALK BEGINS AT THE FOR MORE INFORMATION ON UPCOMING
CORNER OF MAIN AND BRIDGE STREETS. EXHIBITIONS OR TO ARRANGE AN
APPOINTMENT PLEASE EMAIL ME AT:
> www.sackville.com
janet@fogforestgallery.ca
or call 506-878-0691
SACKVILLE ARTS WALK – A 1.5 HOUR
OUR WEBSITE IS ALWAYS OPEN.
WALKING TOUR OF CULTURAL
THANK YOU FOR YOUR UNDERSTANDING.
HIGHLIGHTS IN DOWNTOWN SACKVILLE.
Full Bloom
FOR MORE INFORMATION PLEASE
CONTACT (506) 364-4967.
acrylic by Alexandrya Eaton
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Art & Sculpture
Art & Sculpture
Tel: (506) 364-2574 • 61 York Street
CANADA’S FIRST UNIVERSITY ART GALLERY, THE OWENS ART GALLERY HOUSES AN
IMPORTANT COLLECTION OF OVER 4,000 WORKS. IT PRESENTS A DYNAMIC PROGRAM
OF CONTEMPORARY AND HISTORICAL EXHIBITIONS, ARTIST TALKS, AND COMMUNITY
PROGRAMMING. FREE ADMISSION BY APPOINTMENT.
BAIT: COUZYN VAN HEUVELEN, 7 JUNE TO 6 JULY 2021
> www.mta.ca/owens Hours: Monday to Friday, 10 am to 5 pm Saturday and Sunday, 1 to 5 pm
Fowl Play
SCULPTURE BY PETER MANCHESTER INSTALLED IN
BILL JOHNSTONE MEMORIAL PARK IN 2013.
Harold Geddes Memorial
A FITTING MEMORIAL CREATED BY SCULPTOR KIP
JONES TO A BELOVED MAN WHO BECAME THE TOWN’S
VOLUNTEER CARETAKER. LOCATED ON BRIDGE ST.
NEAR MAIN ST.
Statue of George Stanley
BY CHRISTIAN TOTH, LOCATED BESIDE THE
SACKVILLE POST OFFICE.
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Handmade Crafts & More
Art & Sculpture
Art & Sculpture
ARTS CENTRE IS A NON-PROFIT ARTIST-RUN CENTRE
Struts Gallery & PRESENTING CONTEMPORARY ART AND ACTIVITIES THAT
PROMOTE THE WORK OF REGIONAL, NATIONAL AND
Faucet Media Arts Centre INTERNATIONAL CONTEMPORARY ARTISTS.
> www.strutsgallery.ca Tel: (506) 536-1211 • 7 Lorne Street
24 York Street (506) 536-1272
Blooms Flower Shop
FEATURING KAELI COOK POTTERY, DONNA RAWLINGS SHARPE CARDS, AS
WELL AS THEIR OWN TERRARIUMS AND BEES WAX CANDLES.
> www.bloomsshop.ca
Tidewater Books and Browsery
OFFERING MARITIME-MADE FINE CRAFT AND GIFTS, UNIQUE GREETING
CARDS, MOLESKINE JOURNALS, ART SUPPLIES AND MORE.
> www.tidewaterbooks.ca 13 Bridge Street (506) 536-0404
5 Stephens Drive (506) 939-3555
Cattail Ridge Family Market
76 York Street • Closed until 2022 SUPPORTING LOCAL FLAVOURS AND TALENTS. LOCAL MEATS, PRODUCE
AND GROCERIES AS WELL AS QUALITY MARITIME AND CANADIAN PET
FOOD LINES AND BIRD FEED.
Colville House
COLVILLE HOUSE, ON THE MOUNT ALLISON UNIVERSITY CAMPUS, WAS THE HOME OF RENOWNED CANADIAN > www.cattail-ridge-family-market.business.site/
ARTIST ALEX COLVILLE AND IT IS NOW OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. VISITORS WILL BE PROVIDED WITH ANNOTATED
MAPS TO THE SITES OF COLVILLE’S WORKS ON CAMPUS AND IN SACKVILLE AND THE LOCAL AREA.
22 > www.mta.ca/owens/colville_house Tel: (506) 364-2574 23Art & Sculpture
Art & Sculpture
Sackville Past, Present and Future Walking Tour
> www.sackville.com/explore
THE TOWN OF SACKVILLE MARKED THE CANADA 150+ CELEBRATIONS BY ESTABLISHING A GUIDED WALKING TOUR OF
DOWTOWNN SACKVILLE. THE TOUR IS GIVEN ON SPECIAL OCCASSIONS AND CAN BE BOOKED BY CONTACTING US AT
VISITOR@SACKVILLE.COM OR 364-4967.
Sackville Craft Gallery SOME OF THE STOPS ON THE TOUR INCLUDE
ARTISAN-RUN GIFT SHOP FEATURING HIGH
MARITIME ARTS AND FINE CRAFTS. A life-size bronze statue of Colonel George Stanley
OPEN JUNE 1 TO DECEMBER 31 > (506) 536-4163 > 34 Mallard Drive (designer of the Canadian Maple Leaf Flag)
in front of the Sackville Post Office
8 Main Street
Sackville Memorial Hospital A permanent display
Tel: (506) 364-4246 Auxiliary Gift Shop The addition of a half pipe to our
Canada 150 Skateboard Park
commemorating Canada 150 at the
Boultenhouse Heritage Centre
LOCALLY OPERATED BY AUX MEMBERS OFFERING CLOTHING,
ACCESSORIES, JEWELERY INCLUDING CANADIAN MADE, GIFT WARE
AND SOMETHING FOR EVERYONE.
Sackville Arts Wall WITH A NEW DISPLAY INSTALLED IN 2017, THE SACKVILLE ARTS WALL HAS RECOGNIZED
THE ARTISTIC EXCELLENCE AND PERSONAL DEDICATION TO THE CULTURAL ENRICHMENT
OF OUR COMMUNITY SINCE 2008. INDUCTION CEREMONIES TAKE PLACE BI-ANNUALLY,
> www.sackville.ca WITH THE NEXT EVENT PLANNED FOR THE FALL OF 2021, AND THE DISPLAY CAN BE Relocation and reconstruction An interpretive bronze panel at the
FOUND ON MAIN STREET OVERLOOKING THE SACKVILLE WATERFOWL PARK.
of the Sackville Arts Wall Sackville Cemetery to guide visitors
to George Stanley’s grave site
A new weather shelter in Memorial Park
24 25Our History
Our History
Boultenhouse
> www.heritage.tantramar.com
Heritage Centre
THE BOULTENHOUSE HERITAGE CENTRE IS
NEW BRUNSWICK’S ONLY SHIPWRIGHT’S
RESIDENCE NOW OPEN AS A MUSEUM.
THE CENTRE CONTAINS THREE HISTORIC
HOUSES: THE GREEK REVIVAL STYLE
MANSION (1842) BUILT BY CHRISTOPHER
BOULTENHOUSE; BULMER HOUSE DATING
TO 1792; AND THE 1855 OCTAGONAL HOME
OF CAPT. GEORGE ANDERSON A NOTED
MASTER MARINER AND SHIPBUILDER. THE
HERITAGE CENTRE CONTAINS NUMEROUS
EXHIBITS TELLING THE STORY OF THE
SACKVILLE AREA, FROM THE TOWN’S
CONCEPTION IN 1762 TO THE GLORIES OF
ITS SEAFARING DAYS, ITS PRE-INDUSTRIAL
PAST, AND ASPECTS OF ITS DOMESTIC LIFE
2012 was Sackville’s 250th birthday IN THREE GRAND HISTORIC BUILDINGS.
THE SEED WAS PLANTED IN 1759 WHEN GOVERNOR LAWRENCE FIRST PUT SACKVILLE’S
NAME ON A MAP. THEN IN 1762 LAND LOTS WERE ASSIGNED TO 20 FAMILIES FROM
NEW ENGLAND, AND THE TOWN OF SACKVILLE WAS OFFICIALLY BORN. SACKVILLE IS
THE FIRST TOWN IN WHAT BECAME THE PROVINCE OF NEW BRUNSWICK.
The Octagonal House
THE GEORGE ANDERSON OCTAGONAL HOUSE HOUSES HUNDREDS OF
> www.sackville.com HISTORIC DOCUMENTS AND FAMILY HISTORIES OF GREAT INTEREST TO
RESEARCHERS PURSUING GENEALOGIES OF TANTRAMAR AREA FAMILIES.
> (506) 536-2541 www.tamtramarheritage.ca
26 29 Queen Road 27Our History
Our History
Memorial Park
LOCATED ON THE CORNER OF WELDON ST. AND BRIDGE ST. THE PARK WAS
DEVELOPED BY THE WOMEN’S CIVIC COUNCIL OF SACKVILLE IN 1910 AND
Bridge Street, Downtown Sackville COMMEMORATES ALL THE BRANCHES OF OUR ARMED SERVICES.
> www.tantramarheritage.ca
Historic Properties
THE AREA IN AND AROUND SACKVILLE IS PARTICULARLY Upstairs at the Anderson
RICH IN HISTORY. VARIOUS FORMS OF HISTORICAL MARKERS Octagonal House
COMMEMORATE SIGNIFICANT BUILDINGS, PEOPLE AND EVENTS.
19 Church Street, Middle Sackville
Tel. (506) 536-3079 or (506) 536-2541
Open mid-June through August
Campbell Carriage
> www.tantramarheritage.ca
Factory Museum
DISCOVER AN ERA WHEN “HORSEPOWER”
REALLY MEANT POWERED BY HORSES,
WHEN HORSE-DRAWN VEHICLES RULED THE
ROADS, AND BUILDING THEM REQUIRED
TALENT AND CRAFTSMANSHIP. AT THE
HISTORIC CAMPBELL CARRIAGE FACTORY,
CANADA’S ONLY FULLY INTACT 19TH
CENTURY CARRIAGE FACTORY (RECOGNIZED
PROVINCIALLY AND NATIONALLY), YOU’LL
SEE HOW ALL OF THIS WAS ACHIEVED!
THE MUSEUM COMPLEX, OVERLOOKING
THE SCENIC TANTRAMAR MARSHES, ALSO
FEATURES AN ORIGINAL BLACKSMITH’S
SHOP AND NEWLY RENOVATED CARRIAGE
Historic Walking Tours
WAREHOUSE, AS WELL AS AN HISTORIC PICK UP HISTORIC SIGHTS AND SOUNDS OF
MONUMENT COMMEMORATING THE DOWNTOWN SACKVILLE AND A WALKING/
FOUNDING OF TINTAMARRE (1708), AN CYCLING TOUR OF HISTORICAL MIDDLE
ACADIAN VILLAGE ONCE SITUATED AT THIS SACKVILLE PAMPHLETS AT THE SACKVILLE
VERY LOCATION. VISITOR INFORMATION CENTRE 34 MALLARD DR.
Centennial Monument > www.sackville.com
A MONUMENT REMEMBERING SACKVILLE’S 34 Mallard Drive, Sackville
FOUNDING SETTLERS: MI’KMAQ, ACADIANS, Tel: (506) 364-4967
NEW ENGLAND PLANTERS, LOYALISTS AND visitor@sackville.com
YORKSHIRE SETTLERS.
Beside the Swan Pond, Main Street
28 29LOCATED AT THE HEAD OF THE BAY OF FUNDY ON THE BORDER
Geneology, Cemeteries and Monuments
BETWEEN NEW BRUNSWICK AND NOVA SCOTIA, THE FORT STANDS
AT A CROSSROADS OF NATURAL AND CULTURAL HISTORY.
Our History
Our History
Genealogy
RESEARCH YOUR ROOTS!
• SACKVILLE PUBLIC LIBRARY (506) 364-4915 – LOCATED AT 68 MAIN STREET.
• MOUNT ALLISON LIBRARY ARCHIVES
CALL (506) 364-2563 FOR HOURS OF OPERATION AND VISIT
> www.mta/library/archives/index.htm
• Boultenhouse Heritage Centre, 29 Queens Road (506) 536-2541.
• Keillor House Museum (506) 379-6633
Fort Beauséjour
> www.pc.gc.ca/beausejour
– Fort Cumberland
• TOUR THE RUINS OF THE 18TH-CENTURY
Acadian Monument STAR-SHAPED FORT WHERE THE FUTURE
OF ACADIE AND NORTH AMERICA ONCE
THE ACADIAN SETTLEMENT OF TINTAMARRE MONUMENT RECOGNIZES HUNG IN THE BALANCE.
THE SETTLEMENT OF ACADIANS IN THIS AREA AROUND 1708.
• EXPERIENCE RUSTIC 18TH CENTURY
EQUIPPED CAMPING WITHIN THE FORT
Behind Campbell Carriage Factory Museum WALLS (PLEASE CONTACT THE FORT FOR
19 Church Street, Middle Sackville MORE INFORMATION).
• THE SWEEPING PANORAMIC VIEWS
OF THE FAMOUS BAY OF FUNDY AND
SURROUNDING COUNTRYSIDE MAKES A
PERFECT VENUE FOR BIRD WATCHING,
PHOTOGRAPHY, MEDIATION OR A PICNIC.
For a complete list of Sackville’s
cemeteries phone (506) 364-4967 > (506) 364-5080
111 Fort Beauséjour Road, Aulac, NB
Sackville Cemeteries
SACKVILLE HAS SEVERAL CEMETERIES THAT TELL
INTERESTING STORIES ABOUT OUR PAST RESIDENTS.
> visitor@ sackville.com
30 31Map of Sackville
Middle Sackville
1 Bandstand, Park, Playground 13 The Music Barn
2 Boultenhouse Heritage Centre 14 Owens Art Gallery
3 Bus Depot 15 Colville House
4 Campbell Carriage Factory Museum 16 Sackville Public Library
5 Centennial Monument 17 Struts Gallery
6 Convocation Hall 18 Swan Pond/Ladies’ College Park
7 Curling Club 19 Town Hall/RCMP
8 Fog Forest Gallery 20 Via Rail Station
9 Golf Club 21 Veterans Memorial Civic Centre
10 Harness Shop 22 The Craft Gallery
11 Lorne St. Retention Pond Park 23 Memorial Park
32 12 Middle Sackville Historical Kiosk 33P5
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12 15
P6
16
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4 P3
32 34
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5 8 30 31
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CAMPUS TOURS CAMPUS BUILDINGS: 12 Wallace McCain Student Centre 16 Bennett House 24 Windsor Hall 37 Park St. Field
Wallace McCain Student 1 Convocation Hall Admissions/Registrar’s Office 17 Bigelow House 25 Jennings Dining Hall 38 Sackville Waterfowl Park
Centre, 2nd floor 2 Athletic Centre The Argosy (student newspaper) 18 Sir James Dunn Building 26 Harper Hall 39 Downtown Sackville
(506) 364-2257 Campus Tours Wu Centre
3 Ralph Pickard Bell Library 27 Campbell Hall
campusvisit@mta.ca CHMA (campus and community radio)
4 Crabtree Building 19 Chapel 28 Facilities Management PARKING:
Fitness Centre
5 Marjorie Young Bell Gracie’s Café 20 Centennial Hall Housing, Conferences, P1 King St. lot (24hr)
ADMISSIONS Conservatory of Music International Centre Financial Services and Event Services P2 Dunn lot
Brunton Auditorium Meighen Centre Human Resources 29 Gemini Observatory
Registrar’s Office P3 Hillcrest lot
6 Avard-Dixon Building Mount Allison Students’ Union (MASU) President’s and Vice-Presidents’ Offices 30 Colville House
Mount Allison University P4 Thornton & Edwards lot (24hr)
Ron Joyce Centre for Student Affairs Research Office
62 York St. 31 Anchorage House
The Pond (campus pub) University Advancement P5 Lansdowne lot (24hr)
Sackville N.B. E4L 1E2 Business Studies 32 Carriage House
Tweedie Hall Alumni, Marketing and P6 Convocation Hall lot
(506) 364-2269 7 Hart Hall
University Bookstore Communications, and 33 Hammond House P7 Rectory Lane lot
admissions@mta.ca 8 Barclay Building
Wellness Centre Development Offices President’s Residence
mta.ca/apply
9 Flemington Building 21 Bennett Building 34 Bermuda House
13 Thornton House
10 Owens Art Gallery 22 Purdy Crawford Centre for the Arts Hammond Studio
14 Edwards House
11 Gairdner Building 23 President’s Cottage/University Club 35 Ladies’ College Park
15 Hunton House
34 36 Alumni Field 35Mount Allison
> www.mta.ca
Mount Allison University is ranked The University has one of the most classroom, and meeting spaces for
the #1 undergraduate university in beautiful and well-maintained groups of all sizes from May until
Canada by Maclean’s magazine. With campuses in the country. Open September, as well as full-service dining
degrees in Arts, Science, Commerce, Houses are held twice a year (October and catering services and an ensuite-
Fine Arts, and Music, the University and March) and guided campus style residence with hotel amenities.
provides a flexible liberal arts and tours are available throughout the For bookings, call 506-364-2247 or
sciences education that prepares year (mta.ca/visit). Visitors are also e-mail reservations@mta.ca.
students for any career path. Mount welcome to experience Mount Allison Mount Allison also offers a host of
Allison prides itself on providing a on their own — walking across the summer camps for kids of all ages. With
high-quality academic experience, entire residential campus takes everything from day camps to overnight
combined with a variety of hands-on approximately 10 minutes. For a map experiences and athletics to academics,
learning opportunities in a close- of campus, visit mta.ca/map. there is a camp for everyone. For
knit community. Students come Conference facilities are available information on the summer programs,
from more than 50 countries around for corporate training, national and visit mta.ca/summer.
the world to make up a diverse, regional conferences, retreats, youth
creative, and talented student body of To discover more about Canada’s top
groups, and meetings. The University
approximately 2,200 students. undergraduate university, visit mta.ca.
36 provides access to teaching, 37Parks
Parks
BMX and skateboard park
A FUN PLACE FOR YOUNG PEOPLE TO COME AND RIDE, AND TAKE
> www.sackville.com /visit
Sackville Waterfowl Park
ADVANTAGE OF OUR GRAFFITI WALL, ON DUFFERIN ST.
> www.sackville.com /visit
Celebrated 30
Years in 2019
DISCOVER A WETLAND WORLD BENEATH
YOUR FEET! FOCUS YOUR CAMERA ON THE
ANTICS OF FUZZY DUCKLINGS DABBLING IN
THE SHALLOWS. WINNER OF ENVIRONMENT
CANADA’S NATIONAL AWARD FOR
ENVIRONMENTAL ACHIEVEMENT. GUIDED
TOURS AVAILABLE.
34 Mallard Drive, Tel. (506) 364-4967
Located within the UNESCO
Fundy Biosphere Reserve
Guided Tours Available
The Great Trail and Other Trails FROM MID MAY TO LATE AUGUST – 1.5 HOUR TOUR WITH
INTERPRETATION OF BIRDS, PLANTS AND HISTORICAL SETTLEMENT.
SACKVILLE HAS AN INCREDIBLE VARIETY OF TRAILS FOR HIKING, RUNNING, BIKING AND BINOCULARS ARE PROVIDED. $6 PER PERSON, $12 PER FAMILY.
WINTER ACTIVITIES. THE GREAT TRAIL (TRANSCANADA TRAIL) RUNS RIGHT THROUGH
TOWN AND THE SACKVILLE WATERFOWL PARK!
> (506) 364-4967 Call to reserve.
38 > www.sackville.com/parks 39Parks
Parks
9 Morice Drive, Middle Sackville
Lillas Fawcett Park on Silver Lake Beech Hill Park and Disc Golf Course
SWIMMING, BOATING, FISHING, KAYAKING AND MORE! SILVER LAKE HAS SOMETHING
FOR EVERYONE. LILLAS FAWCETT PARK FEATURES A SANDY FRESHWATER BEACH, HIGHWAY 2, EXIT 500 (WALKER ROAD) SACKVILLE’S HIDDEN GEM
LIFEGUARD SUPERVISION DURING THE MONTHS OF JULY AND AUGUST, A LARGE BOAT FEATURES AN 18-HOLE DISC GOLF COURSE, WOODED WALKING TRAILS,
LAUNCH AND DOCK, CHANGING STATION, NATURAL PLAYGROUND AND WASHROOMS. PICNIC AREAS, A WIDE-OPEN FIELD AND A BEAUTIFUL PANORAMIC VIEW
OF SACKVILLE. DURING THE WINTER MONTHS; ENJOY SNOWSHOEING,
> www.sackville.com/parks CROSS COUNTRY SKIING, SLEDDING AND MORE!
The Sackville area boasts lake, rivers and coastal canoeing and kayaking opportunities. Telephone Highway 2, Exit 500 (Walker Road) > www.sackville.com/parks
(506) 364-4967 or 1-800-249-2020 for more information.
Beech Hill Park Challenge
Tantramar Wetlands Centre
A REVAMPED BHP CHALLENGE WILL PUT YOUR BODY TO THE TEST! THIS NEW 5 KM
OR 10 KM VIRTUAL TRAIL RUN WILL TAKE YOU THROUGH THE WOODED WILDERNESS
OF SACKVILLE ON THE CROOKED TREE TRAIL SYSTEM. PERFECT FOR RACERS OF ALL
ESTABLISHED IN 1997 TO PROMOTE WETLAND CONSERVATION THROUGH SHAPES, SIZES AND FITNESS LEVELS! DON’T FORGET ABOUT THE CHILDREN’S MINI-
EFFECTIVE PUBLIC EDUCATION. THE WETLANDS STAFF HAS ALL THE CHALLENGE ON THE OGDEN LOOP TRAIL! GREAT PRIZES TO BE WON!
EQUIPMENT NECESSARY TO HELP YOU EXPERIENCE THE WONDERS WITHIN, July
INCLUDING CHEST WADERS, BINOCULARS, CANOES AND GAMES FOR THE KIDS.
> www.sackville.ca 13 to 18
> www.weted.com 223 Main St. Tel. (506) 364-4257
40 41Parks
Parks
Bill Johnstone Memorial Park
Ogden Loop and Crooked Tree Trails
SITUATED RIGHT IN THE HEART OF DOWNTOWN
SACKVILLE, THE PARK FEATURES AN ACTIVITY CENTRE,
SPLASH PAD, PLAYGROUND, BANDSTAND AND A BEAUTIFUL
Public Tennis and Pickle Ball Courts HIGHWAY 2, EXIT 500 (WALKER ROAD) TAKE EXIT 500 AND TAKE A LEFT IF HEADING NORTH OR
A RIGHT IF TRAVELLING SOUTH. WITH SEVERAL KILOMETERS OF WOODED TRAILS, YOU WILL NOT
PUBLIC TENNIS COURTS MAY BE RESERVED BY
KINETIC FOUNTAIN. THE PARK IS HOME TO THE SACKVILLE BE DISAPPOINTED! TRY A HIKE DURING THE WARMER MONTHS OR GRAB YOUR SNOWSHOES OR
CONTACTING THE TANTRAMAR VETERANS MEMORIAL
FARMER’S MARKET DURING THE SUMMER MONTHS AND SKIES OVER THE WINTER MONTHS AND ENJOY THE BEAUTY OF THE SACKVILLE WILDLIFE.
CIVIC CENTRE (506) 364-4955. MOUNT ALLISON COURTS
MANY OF THE TOWN’S MORE POPULAR EVENTS.
ARE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC AT SCHEDULED TIMES.
CALL (506) 364-2408 OR (506) 364-2401. visitor@sackville.com or (506) 364-4967 > www.sackville.com/parks
Outdoor Winter Fun
SNOWMOBILING
The Sackville Snowdrifters Snowmobile Club maintains 160 km of trails in the
area, with access to accommodations, food, fuel and neighboring trail systems.
> www.snowdrifters.ca
SNOWSHOEING & CROSS-COUNTRY SKIING SACKVILLE CURLING CLUB
Woodland ski trails at Beech Hill Park cover 1.8, Celebrating its 125th anniversary.
3.0 and 5.0 km routes. Ample parking, easy access the Club caters to all ages and
to trails, and trail markers make this an easy but levels of competition.
delightful winter outing.
> www.tantramaroutdoorclub.org > www.sackvillecurlingclub.com
Sackville Golf and Country Club
ONE OF THE OLDEST COURSES IN NEW BRUNSWICK, THE SACKVILLE GOLF
COURSE IS VERY PLAYABLE. FEATURES OF THE COURSE INCLUDE: NINE HOLES,
GREEN FEE, WALK-ONS WELCOME. CLUB RENTALS, POWER CARTS AVAILABLE.
WINTERFEST
LICENSED CLUB HOUSE HAS A SNACK COUNTER. February 2022 – The perfect way to celebrate the outdoors in the heart of winter,
this popular 3-day event features an outdoor dance party, sledding, horse and
> www.sackvillegolf.nb.ca 42 Fairfield Road Tel. (506) 536-3437 wagon rides, fireworks and a whole lot more!
42 > www.sackville.com 43Restaurants and Nightlife
Aida’s Café Nabi Sushi Knuckles Truffles Pi By Crow The Snack Shop The Ice Cream Coop
10 Bridge St. 3 Bridge St. 26 York St. 45A Main St. 28A York St. 64 Main St.
Tel. (506) 536-2078 Tel. (506) 939-3331 Tel. (506) 536-4861 Tel. (506) 939-2922 Tel. (506) 536-0200 www.facebook.com/
icecreamcoop
Specializing in Coffee, Japanese cuisine. Specialize in hand-made In house prepared meals and Eat in or take out from their
Macarons, and Breakfast. Belgium Chocolate. Now handpies sourcing organic many options menu. Pizza, The Pond - Campus Pub
Ducky’s Bar
offering a menu of Soups, ingredients, local produce, donair’s, garlic fingers, Mount Allison University.
Bagtown Brewing Company 4 Bridge St.
Salads and Sandwiches. ethically raised meats. subs, oven baked subs, and Tel. (506) 364-2226
45B Main St. Tel. (506) 536-1344
pazarottis!
Tel. (902) 221-4034 Marshlands Inn Royal Canadian Legion Tim Horton’s
Wide selection of draught.
55 Bridge St. Sackville Branch Song’s Chopsticks 217 Main St.
Growler fill-up available at the Weekly and daily specials.
Tel. (506) 536-0170 15 Lorne St. International Restaurant Tel. (506) 536-1076
brewery location. Goya’s Pizza or 1-800-561-1266 Tel. (506) 364-9900 12 Bridge St. Uncle Larry’s Bar
Black Duck Café 96 Main St. Tel: (506) 536-1450
Fine dining, elegant setting, Lounge and events with full 96 Main St.
19 Bridge St. Tel. (506) 536-5000
veranda room. bar, pool tables and more. Also Subway Tel. (506) 536-2837
Tel. (506) 536-8084 Open 7 days a week, high catering, bingo and monthly 211 Main St. (Irving)
McDonalds
Espresso & other drinks, Lunch quality pizza, donairs, subs lunches. Tel. (506) 364-8882
222 Main St.
special from scratch, Organic & and Lebanese food with fast
Tel. (506) 364-1997
Fair Trade. service.
Mel’s Tea Room
Burger King Gracie’s
17 Bridge St.
217 Main St. Café at Mount Allison Student
Tel. (506) 536-1251
Tel. 536-1100 Centre, 62 York St.
Historic Diner. Home-style
Cackling Goose Market Holan Kitchen
burgers and fries, breakfast,
Gluten-Free Bakery Café & 170 Main St. SUPPORT YOUR LOCAL SACKVILLE LEGION! THE LEGION HAS
sandwiches, shakes.
Specialty Foods Tel. (506) 536-2211 BEEN AN INTEGRAL PART OF THE SACKVILLE COMMUNITY
Napul’è Restaurant SINCE 1932. IT OFFERS A WARM ATMOSPHERE WHERE YOU
38 York St. Chinese, Thai and Canadian.
6 Bridge St. CAN ENJOY BINGO, POOL, CARDS, MUSIC AND A MONTHLY
Tel. (506) 536-2303 Jack’s Pizza Tel. (506) 364-8111 BREAKFAST AND LUNCHEON.
Daily lunch specials, organic
espresso, smoothies. Always
170 Main St.
Tel. (506) 536-8000 Neapolitan in the heart of the The Royal Canadian Legion
gluten-free & vegetarian. Pizza, donairs.
Maritimes.
Branch 26 Tel > (506) 364-9900
Enjoy our two spacious patios. Painted Pony Bar and Grill
Licensed Café. Joey’s Pizza and Pasta 26 Bridge St.
16 York St. Tel. (506) 939-7779
Cranewood on Main Tel. (506) 536-4040
113 Main St. A great social venue, pub &
Tel. (506) 939-3133 Joey’s is a family tradition of restaurant located in the heart
Italian pizza and pasta since of Sackville. Great food &
Specialty bakery offering 1954. And a welcoming smile, drinks at a reasonable price.
primarily organic whole grain generous mugs of grog and
breads, local preserves, Patterson’s Family Restaurant Live Bait Theatre performing at the Legion. Contact us regarding bookings for weddings and private parties.
fantastic food welcomes you at
cookies & other treats. Open 16 Mallard Dr.
the Split Crow Pub.
for lunch 7 days a week! Tel. (506) 364-0822
Home cooked meals, licensed.
44 45Craft Beer & Soda
BAGTOWN
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Brewing C EST.2016
Sa
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Grab beer to go in Growlers,
Grunters & Cans
or
FOG FOREST GALLERY
Serigraph: Robert Rutherford. Oil painting: Kerri Weller
Enjoy a pint or a flight of samplers
One of Atlantic Canada’s finest small
in our Beer Garden!
galleries. Exhibitions feature many of
Atlantic Canada’s finest artists and
45B Main Street tel: 902-221-4034
craftspeople. Paintings, hand-made art
bagtownbrewing@gmail.com prints, ceramics, jewellery, sculpture and
photography are displayed in a tasteful
and friendly environment. We also offer
full-service custom framing. Just give
14 Bridge Street
us a call and drop in when you’re in 536-9000
the neighbourhood. www.fogforestgallery.ca
TIDEWATER BOOKS
& Browsery
Your local independent bookseller
Carefully curated books to provide the
very best in today’s literature, including
Canlit, mysteries, politics, cooking and
gardening, children’s books, and more!
We also offer Maritime-made fine craft
and gifts, unique greeting cards,
journals, and wonderful children’s toys.
Drop in and share our love of reading!
13 Bridge Street • 536-0404
“One of 35 Charming Canadian www.tidewaterbooks.ca
Bookstores You Need to Visit.” Read independent – Think
BUZZFEED CANADA independent – Buy independent
46 47Accommodations
Hotel/Motels Country Inn
Mount Allison University
Conference Facilities &
Coastal Inn Sackville Marshlands Inn Accommodations
15 Wright Street 55 Bridge Street www.mta.ca/conference/hotelmta.html
Tel. (506) 536-0000 or 1-888-704-7444 Tel. (506) 536-0170 or 1-800-561-1266
The campus offers conference facilities
www.coastalinns.com www.marshlands.nb.ca and accommodations for small and large
Featuring fifty modern, air conditioned rooms Sackville’s famous heritage Country Inn offers groups. Available from May through August.
with full bath/shower, flat screen TV and 20 guest rooms furnished with period antiques, For information or reservations please call
compli¬mentary “Coastal Plus” breakfast. comfortable parlors for reading and gardens to (506) 364-2247.
stroll in. Specializing in business meetings, small
Guest laundry, kitchenettes, meeting/banquet
conferences and romance packages. Relax,
room facilities, free high speed internet access, CALL OR CLICK TO RESERVE YOUR ROOM | 506-364-2247 | MTA.CA/STAY
Replenish and Retire at Marshlands Inn.
exercise room, and business center. Wheelchair
Off season rates available. CAA discount.
accessible.
Sackville (Tantramar) Motel
4 Robson Avenue
Tel. (506) 536-1327 or 1-800-399-1327
GUEST ACCOMMODATIONS
www.tantramarmotel.com
WE HAVE A "SUITE" DEAL FOR YOU!
A family-operated motel featuring 20 air
conditioned units, guest laundry, colour cable PREMIUM ENSUITE ROOMS STARTING
AT ONLY $48.50/NIGHT
TV, full bath & shower. Located with a scenic
view of the Tantramar Marshes. Mount Allison complies with public health guidelines, availability for the 2021 summer season may be limited due to COVID-19.
Senior discounts. COMPLIMENTARY PARKING | WIRELESS INTERNET | FITNESS CENTRE
48 49Two Hours Traffic So much to see within a two hour drive.
> www.sackville.com/explore
Stay in Sackville and
Tour the Maritimes!
2 HOUR RADIUS
MIRAMICHI
KOUCHIBOUGUAC
NATIONAL PARK
BOUCTOUCHE
Destination Southeast represents the
area from Kouchibouguac National Park to CAVENDISH
Sackville. Visit their website for attractions
and events near Sackville. www.dsenb.ca
CHARLOTTETOWN
SHEDIAC
MONCTON
FREDERICTON
SACKVILLE
CAPE BRETON
HOPEWELL ROCKS
AMHERST
FUNDY
NATIONAL PARK
PARRSBORO
TRURO
SAINT JOHN
HALIFAX
50 51Corner Drug Store
106 Main Street
Sackville, NB E4L 4A7
Phone: (506) 536-2255 Fax: (506) 536-2285
www.thecornerdrugstore.ca
Open:
Monday – Friday: 9am-7pm
Saturday: 9am-5pm
Sundays and holidays: 12pm-5pm
Whether y
ou’re
hitting the
road
to explore
this
beautiful p
rovince
or sitting d
own for
a classic bu
rger
and shake,
Mel’s
Tearoom is
the spot.
For your take-away or dine in needs
give us a call at 506-536-1251
17 BRIDGE STREET • SACKVILLE NB
52 53Worship Service Sackville Visitor Information Centre
> www.sackville.com/explore
Kingdom Hall of Jehovah’s Witnesses Upper Sackville United Church 34 Mallard Drive Contact us or visit
71 King Street 148 Pondshore Road Sundays 9 am www.sackville.com/explore
Tel. (506) 364-4967, 1-800-249-2020
Tel. 536-0803 Sundays 10 am Tuesdays, On summer pause for July and August, for more details.
7:30 pm Bible Study church closed visitor@sackville.com
Hours of Operation
Main Street Baptist Church Saint Vincent’s Roman Catholic Church Open May 20 - December 31
20 Main Street Tel. 536-2464 Sundays 10:45 am 63 Charlotte Street Tel. 536-3020 Sundays 9 am May and June 9 am to 5 pm
and 6 pm Nursery care available Please note - Visitor Centre open dates and July and August 9 am to 6 pm
St. Andrews Presbyterian Church hours are subject to change, please phone or
Salem Baptist Church 36 Bridge Street Tel. 536-1952 Sundays 11 am Please check back for fall hours
email ahead to confirm opening times.
234 Main Street Tel. 536-0407 Sundays 9:45 am,
St. Ann’s Anglican Church and opening days.
11 am, 6 pm Wednesday 7 pm prayer meeting
Built in 1817 Westcock, • Book a guided tour of the Waterfowl Park,
Middle Sackville Baptist Church NB Sundays 9:30 am 8 am in July and August Historic Downtown Sackville, or Beech Hill Park
14 Church Street Tel. 536-2615
St. Pauls Anglican Church • Get detailed information on all there is to do in Important Numbers
Sundays at 10:30 am year-round, Emergency Services
125 Main Street Tel. 536-0897 Sundays 11 am Sackville from our friendly Travel Counsellors (fire/police/ambulance) 911
nursery care available.
New Life Community Church • Visit the popular Craft Gallery RCMP Sackville (non emergency)
Midgic Baptist Church
(United Pentecostal) 119 Crossman Road 533-5151
80 Goose Lake Road, Midgic, NB Tel. 536-3833 Sundays 11 am • See the wetlands interpretive display Sackville Memorial Hospital 364-4100
Mount Allison Chapel Sackville Visitor Information 364-4967
Wood Point Baptist Church • Have a picnic on our cedar deck. And maybe Sackville Town Hall 364-4930
63A York Street Tel. 364-2227 see some local entertainers or participate in
Wood Point, NB Tel. 536-0933 Sundays 10 am Mount Allison University 364-2269
Sackville United Church some activities for young people and families! NB Tourism 1-800-561-0123
110 Main Street Tel. 536-0498 Sundays 11 am Service New Brunswick 364-4076
July and August services at 10am
Locally owned and operated by Support Local Flavours and Local Talent
Offering Maritime made crafts, home decor and garden decor.
TONY & MARILYN CARHART Also available local grass fed beef, pet food, local produce (in season) and
local seasonal specialties such as Maple Products, Dulse, Honey, Crow's feet and berries.
11 WRIGHT STREET 5 Stephens Dr., Exit 506 939-3555
506-536-0679
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Merchants
ART SUPPLIES BAKERY BOUTIQUES/GIFT SHOPS/ Sackville Memorial Hospital GARDEN CENTRE HEALTH FOOD/SPECIALTY
GALLERIES Auxiliary Gift Shop FOODS
Mount Allison University Aida’s Café Anderson’s Green House
8 Main St. 364-4246
Bookstore 62 York St. 8 Bridge St. (506) 536-2078 be. Style Your LIfe Boutique 9 School Lane 536-3094 Aida’s Café
364-2225 113 Main St. 939-3133 Locally operated by members 8 Bridge St. (506) 536-2078
Specializing in Coffee, Macarons, Payzant’s Home Building Centre
offering clothing, accessories,
and Breakfast. Gourmet foods, lifestyle 19 Mallard Drive 536-2330 Specializing in Coffee, Macarons,
jewelery including Canadian made,
accessories including Smartwool, and Breakfast.
AUTOMOTIVE/MACHINERY Cackling Goose Market giftware and something
Hanky Panky, unique Canadian
38 York St. 536-2303 for everyone. Black Duck Café & Bistro
Ben’s Service Station jewellery and MUCH more. GENERAL MERCHANDISE 19 Bridge St. 536-8084
540-1301 Exclusively Gluten-Free Bakery Blooms 24 York St. 536-1272 The Great Canadian Dollar Store
Café. Breads, Cookies, Cakes, Espresso & other drinks, Lunch
Blairlyn Auto Clinic COMPUTERS/TELEPHONES 93 Main St. 536-2275
Treats & More. Baked Fresh daily. From traditional to contemporary special from scratch. Locally
157 Queens Rd. 536-3611 to out-of-the-ordinary. Blooms Downtown Digital A department store featuring sourced, Organic & Fair Trade.
Cranewood on Main
Community Machinery stretches the boundaries of a 87 Main St. 939-8300 everything priced from $1 to $20.
113 Main St. 939-3133 Cackling Goose Market
7 Fleet St. 899-4880 flower shop.
PC and Mac sales and service. Jean Coutu Pharmacy 38 York St. 536-2303
Specialty bakery offering primarily
D & B Towing/KD Glass Sackville The Craft Gallery 97 Main St. 536-0230
organic whole grain breads, local The Fix 961-4546 Your Source for Specialty &
Auto Clinic, 34 Lorne St. 536-0532 preserves, cookies & other treats. Artisan-run gift shop featuring high Locally-operated, full-service Organic Foods. Tea, Coffee, Herbs
East Main Esso Open for lunch 7 days a week! Maritime arts and fine crafts. Open pharmacy with digital photo station & Spices, International Foods,
222A Main St. 364-8994 May 20 to December 31. CONVENIENCE and film developing. Vitamins & Supplements. Gluten-
Knuckles Truffles 34 Mallard Drive 536-4163 Free Baked Goods.
F & L Auto Repairs 26 York St. 536-4861 East Main Esso Payzant’s Home Hardware &
462 King St. 536-9807 Dave Carey Leather 222A Main St. 364-8994 Building Centre 19 Mallard Drive Cattail Ridge Family Market
Cafe with handmade chocolates, 6 Squire St. 862-8952 536-4663 or 536-2330 5 Stephens Drive 939-3555
G. Estabrooks Auto Service ranging from classic to exotic Irving / Circle K
29 Moffat Ln. 536-1891 flavours using finest Belgian Dave’s Rock Emporium 211 Main St. 364-4383 Home, backyard and farmyard
chocolate. 15 Bridge St. 232-6895 goods.
Irving / Circle K Hirtles Variety HAIR CARE & AESTHETICS
211 Main St. 364-4383 Selling records, rocks, posters 328 Main St. 536-3013 Knuckles Truffles
and turntables. All of You Asthetics & Tanning 26 York St. 536-4861
K-D Glass BOOKS/COMIC BOOKS Ultramar Gas Bar 536-0044 Traditional chocolates with classic
34 Lorne St. 536-3002 COLLECTIBLES Nicole Burke Esthetics 4 Cattail Ridge 364-9013
Colours & Curls 536-1234 or exotic flavors, made of first
157 Bridge Street
Matt Reid Auto Glass Blind Forest Books quality Belgian chocolate.
536-5274 Creative Cut Hair Design 536-
174 Pond Shore Rd. 536-4141 28B York St. 536-2808
Jewellery by Sari LaBelle; CINEMA 3084
Rod Allen Co. Ltd. Quality used books & novelties. Vagheggi skin care products; Vogue Cinema Heavenly Hideaway HOME/HARDWARE/APPLIANCES
31 Bridge St. 536-1555 Natural Path products by certified
Mount Allison University 9 Bridge St. 536-0722 536-2309 Culligan Water
Sackville Auto & RV Ltd. Bookstore Herbalist; professional skin & body
Mane Attraction Hair Design 13 Lorne St. 872-0360
6 Cattail Ridge 364-0006 62 York St. 364-2225 care products.
536-2206 FRS Flooring Solutions
Mount Allison souvenirs and gifts. Fog Forest Gallery DENTAL
S Hall Tire, Muffler & 29 Bridge St. 536-2720
14 Bridge St. 536-9000 Head’s Up Barbering &
Auto Repair Sackville Denture Clinic
Tidewater Books and Hair Care 536-1965
64 Crescent St. 536-1668 131 Main St. 939-3111 Payzant’s Home Building Centre
Browsery Representing Canadian artists
Hedy’s Hair Care 536-1965 19 Mallard Drive
Tantramarsh Auto Supplies/ 13 Bridge St. 536-0404 and artisans. Sackville Smiles 536-2330
U.A.P. Auto Parts 6 Allison Ave. 536-3800 Love is in the Hair 536-2200
Books, greeting cards, journals. Mount Allison University
109 Bridge St. 536-2025 Glowing Embers
Your local independent bookseller. Bookstore Priemer Family Dentistry Salon 41 536-2572 165 Bridge St. 364-5375
Ultramar Gas Bar 62 York St. 364-2225 41 Bridge St. 536-2788
Vortex Games Shear Essentials 536-2268
4 Cattail Ridge 364-9013 Mapleleaf Homes
87 Main St. 939-8300 Mount Allison souvenirs and gifts. Steel Clippers 536-1481 6 Cattail Ridge Dr. 364-0006
BANKS X on York St. Sackville Harness Shop ENGINEERING
Scotiabank 10 York St. 364-5899 The Nest on Bridge 939-2011
39 Main St. 536-0642 Fishburn Sheridan
22 Bridge St. 536-2480 The Right Cut 536-1199
All things collectible, nostalgic Atlantic Inc
RBC Royal Bank and quirky. www.fsaeng.com Meraki Body Lounge
103 Main St. 536-1030 651-9159 536-1233
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