Maritimes Tour 2016 – Day Twelve - Carpequet and Shippigan

We had breakfast at Auberge d'Anjou, where they offer 25% off for people who stay and have breakfast there. My wife had the egg and bacon breakfast and I had the omelette. They both were a great way to start the day.

Today we wanted to travel around the area East of Bathurst, using the coastline as much as possible.But first we went to the Bathurst Daly Point Reserve Park. Lots of little trails make this a tranquil park.

Then we stopped at a local distillery called Fils du Roy, which according to my wife had tasty items.Next we went to the Acadien Historical Village at Carpequet. This historical recreation site has buildings and  reinactors encompassing the period from the early 1700’s to the mid 1900’s, focusing on early French colonial life. It was very well done and the buildings were well separated. Several crops and gardens were growing as well. It also has a hotel which was in our short list for places to stay.

 We ate at "Le Table Acadien" and each shared a peasant’s beer and individually had the boiled salt pork. Afterwards we shared the bread pudding with brown sugar glaze. It was all delicious.

Next we drove to Shippigan, looked around, and drove back to the Auberge. They had a musical act that night, so we ate on the patio. We both had the pasta and I had a Cajun chicken gumbo as an appetizer. It was good.