Grand Falls

Grand Falls/Grand-Sault is a city of 5,200 people (2021) in the valley of the Saint John River in New Brunswick.

Understand


The town derives its name from a waterfall created by a series of rock ledges over which the river drops 23 m (75 ft).

Three main industries reside in Grand Falls: potato farming, potato processing and tourism. The town is also a local commercial centre for Victoria County, catering to the surrounding communities of Plaster Rock, Perth Andover, Blue Bell, and New Denmark.

History
The area is the traditional territory of the Maliseet First Nations (Indigenous) people. French settlement began in the late 1600s, and there is mention of. French fort there in 1693. In 1763, the region passed into British hands and its French population diminished due to the deportation of the Acadians. In 1783, the Loyalists settled in Acadia and the province of New Brunswick was created the next year. In 1785, the Acadians in Fredericton and nearby were evicted from their land and in June 1785, a group decided to establish the region of Grand Falls and the rest of Madawaska with the agreement of the Maliseet First Nations people.

In 1791, Thomas Carleton, then Governor of New Brunswick, built a fort at Grand Falls. The Madawaska region was then disputed between Quebec, New Brunswick and the United States. The War of 1812 showed that the area's roads were not safe and in 1875, the colonial government of New Brunswick decided to build a road from Woodstock to Grand Falls. The territorial differences culminated in the Aroostook War in 1838. The Webster–Ashburton Treaty in 1842, gave Grand Falls to the province of New Brunswick.

Get in
Grand Falls is 210 km northwest of Fredericton, and 65 km southeast of Edmundston, on Route 2 (Trans-Canada Highway).



By bus

 * Operates a route between Edmundston and Moncton including stops in Grand Falls, Perth-Andover, Florenceville, Woodstock, Fredericton, and Fredericton Airport.
 * Travel to Grand Falls from the following destinations involving same day transfers is as follows:
 * From Saint John with a transfer in Fredericton
 * From Bathurst, Campbellton, Halifax, Miramichi with a transfer in Moncton
 * From Charlottetown ) with transfers in Amherst and Moncton
 * From Antigonish, North Sydney, Sydney with transfers in Truro and Moncton

Do
Many activities are only open during the summer tourist season.


 * Grand Falls Golf Course
 * Kahoutek Ski Club, a cross-country ski club, with many kilometres of groomed trails adjacent to the Golf Club.
 * Kayaking, canoeing, boating in Saint John river
 * Regional Potato Festival. This event coincides with the end of June and beginning of July, during the Canada Day weekend. It includes a carnival, a Broadway block party, a bistro with live entertainment, the Miss Grand Falls Gala, fireworks and several other events.
 * Regional Potato Festival. This event coincides with the end of June and beginning of July, during the Canada Day weekend. It includes a carnival, a Broadway block party, a bistro with live entertainment, the Miss Grand Falls Gala, fireworks and several other events.