Our road trip through Drummondville to Edmundston and Grand Falls, New Brunswick

After our stay in Parc Omega, we stayed a night in Drummondville, Québec before heading to Edmundston, New Brunswick. This year we took a different route compared to our last visit to New Brunswick. We were able to see different parts of New Brunswick by taking the Fundy Coastal drive and entered through Edmundston, which is near the borders of Québec and Maine, USA.

Places we stayed...

In Drummondville, Québec we stayed at the Quality Suites in a newly renovated two queen bed suite. We highly recommend this hotel, if you choose to do a stopover here. We didn't do any activities in the area, just relaxed at the hotel before we headed to Edmundston. 

The two queen beds were separated by a door. The room with the bed further away from the door is close to a window that over looks the parking lot. This room has an office table and chair. The other bed area has a television, relaxing chair, table with two bar chairs, a kitchenette with a microwave, fridge, coffee maker, dinnerware, and cutlery. The bathroom has all the standard equipment such as a hair dryer and iron. At the reception area they have complimentary tea, hot chocolate, different types of coffee, and juice. The complimentary breakfast buffet has a good selection. They have an indoor pool and a fitness room. If you are planning to travel from Ontario through Québec to the Atlantic provinces, this hotel would be a good spot to relax.   

On our way into Edmundston we stayed at Days Inn. This hotel was a little dated, and the rooms were basic. The upstairs room we stayed at didn't have a microwave, but we were welcome to use the one at the breakfast area. There is a fridge and a coffee machine in the room. The beds were okay, and the bathroom had all the basic equipment. There were not many options for breakfast.

On our way back to Edmundston from Prince Edward Island, we stayed at Best Western Plus, which we prefer over the Days Inn. Although, Best Western Plus was a little crowded, we found the beds to be more comfortable. The room is equipped with a microwave, fridge, coffee machine. We used the self service laundry area in the hotel, and they only had one working washing machine and dryer which were a little old. The Best Western Plus breakfast is also complimentary and had more options.   

Places we visited...

Beside "de la République" provincial park we visited the botanical garden and the antique automobile museum.

We spent a couple of hours to explore the garden, and enjoy its serene space. We started our journey through their small indoor space dedicated to butterflies. 

The garden has a variety of flowering annuals, perennials, roses, culinary garden with medicinal plants and aromatics, alpine garden, shade garden, coniferous, and flowery brook. 

We enjoyed visiting and checking out the awesome woodcarving by Luc Cyr the resident artist, sculptor, and storyteller. He showed how he does the carvings using different tools, and made a pencil topper for all of us to have as a souvenir. 

We enjoyed sitting inside the gazebo and watching the geese. 

Passing the woodcarving artists gazebo, there is a celestial garden, which is a contemporary stone circle with 12 monoliths called the Khronos. 

There are lots of water features throughout the garden. The different colours and fragrances of the flowers felt rejuvenating. 

Cafe Flora has home-style food, which we can enjoy inside or in their patio that overlooks the garden.   

The antique automobile museum is an informative place for children and adults to learn the advances of the automobile industry. This museum was opened by the provincial government in 1976. 

The museum has one of the 2880 Bricklins built during the 15 months that New Brunswick's only car manufacturing plant was functioning. There are cars, two fire trucks, an International tractor, farm machinery, and a collection of model cars.  

We can see how the engines worked, and the simple beginning of motor vehicles. They had used materials like wood and shoelaces in the exterior of cars. 

We learned about different types of vehicles from the 1800s and 1900s. We saw the early road signs, and licence plates. It was amazing to see how far we have come, and the difference technology has made.   

During our drive from Edmundston to Miramichi, we went through Grand Falls. It has the largest waterfall in New Brunswick, and the roaring waters have created the gorge.

The changing waterfall during the spring freshet gets six million litres of water, which is 9/10ths of Niagara Falls fall every second. A few months later all the water is diverted to the power plant. There are a few different activities like zipline over the gorge, a museum, and more to do at the Grand Falls area. 

Read about what we did in Miramichi, New Brunswick in our upcoming post.

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