Geography of Fredericton
Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada, the provincial capital and the seat of York County. Fredericton is on the St. John River, about 60 miles (97 km) northwest of the city of St. John. It is served by rail and air, and by river craft to the Bay of Fundy. Fredericton has sawmills and woodworking plants, tanneries, and factories producing food items and other consumer goods. The University of New Brunswick is here.
Fredericton was settled in 1783, on the site of an abandoned French village, by United Empire Loyalists who had left the United States after the Revolutionary War. It was laid out and made the provincial capital in 1785. Fredericton was incorporated as a city in 1848. Because Sir Charles G. D. Roberts, Bliss Carman, and Francis Joseph Sherman lived here, Fredericton is called “the Poets' Corner of Canada.”
Population: 47,560.