HicksPosts: Fredericton's "Culture Corner"

If you’re ever in Fredericton, NB,

you may want to explore its “culture corner.”

(I’m calling it the “culture corner”,

but I don’t think there’s an official name.)

There beside the bank of the Saint John River,

near the southeast end of Queen Street,

you’ll find at least four great stops:

Christ Church Cathedral (above), the cathedral church

of the Anglican Diocese of Fredericton.

Opened in 1853, it’s a Gothic Revival building

(no revivals there lately, I’m guessing)

modeled after St. Mary’s Church

in Snettisham, Norfolk, UK.

New Brunswick Legislative Building (below),
opened in 1882,

a fine Victorian structure now under renovation.

Beaverbrook Art Gallery, established by New Brunswick’s own

Max Aitken, who became Lord Beaverbrook,

a British press lord.

I really like this place, with lots of paintings

by Canadian Cornelius Krieghoff,

and Salvador Dali’s Santiago el Grande (below).

If you like art galleries,

this may require several hours.

The Playhouse, another gift from Beaverbrook in 1964.

This 700-seat venue is home to Theatre New Brunswick

and a myriad of other entertainments.

Don’t miss the “culture corner”

if you’ve got an hour or two to experience

New Brunswick’s City of Stately Elms.

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