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Road Trip Fredericton to Kings Landing – 1800s Loyalist Settlement

Fredericton Kings Landing
35
km
0h42
drive
Summer
season

The Itinerary

35 km west of Fredericton, along the magnificent Saint John River valley, two complementary attractions bring New Brunswick's Loyalist history to life: Mactaquac Park and Kings Landing Historical Settlement.

Mactaquac Provincial Park, created when the hydroelectric dam was built in 1968 (96 km reservoir), offers 525 campsites, 18-hole golf, marina, beaches, trails and even a winter fat-bike trail — New Brunswick's largest provincial park. The Mactaquac Generating Station produces 12% of the province's electricity.

Kings Landing Historical Settlement, 15 minutes further, is a 120-hectare living museum with 70 authentic relocated buildings (school, forge, sawmill, farm, tavern, Sir Howard Douglas Loyalist manor). Over 100 costumed interpreters recreate daily life from British Loyalist arrival (after the 1783 American Revolution) through the 1900s. The "Visiting Cousins" program lets children spend a week in costume as 1820 children.

Points of Interest

  • ✦
    Kings Landing Settlement
    70 19th-c. buildings, 100 costumed interpreters.
  • ✦
    Mactaquac Provincial Park
    NB's largest provincial park, camping, golf, beaches.
  • ✦
    Mactaquac Dam
    Hydroelectric station, 12% of NB's power.
  • ✦
    Visiting Cousins
    Children's program, live a week in 1820.
Practical info
  • Departure Fredericton
  • Destination Kings Landing
  • Distance 35 km
  • Duration 0h42
  • Category Short (< 100 km)
  • Best season Summer
Themes
history loyalist living-museum Family education park dam river

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