Moncton Hotels
Hotels in Moncton are often required for tourists who require short term accommodation. Some tourists may want to see the culture, history, tourist attractions and society of the city. Numerous tourists may want to visit the city to see the important railway history or the cultural areas of the city.
Hotels in Moncton are often required by tourists
who require short term accommodation in the famous Canadian city. Some tourists
may want to stay at cheap hotel or luxury hotel, or hotels that have a good reputation.
Some tourists may want hotels that have good prices and good access to culture
and to entertainment,. Some tourists may want to visit a hotel that has classic
or new design.
Moncton is a Canadian city located in Westmorland County, New
Brunswick. It is the second largest CMA in the Maritime Provinces, after Halifax
and the third largest in the Atlantic Provinces following Halifax and St. John's.
The Moncton CMA is one of the top ten fastest growing metropolitan areas in Canada and is also the fastest growing urban region east of Toronto. The CMA includes the neighbouring city of Dieppe and the town of Riverview, as well as adjacent areas of Westmorland and Albert counties.
The city is situated in southeastern New Brunswick, within the Petitcodiac River valley, and at the geographic centre of the Maritime Provinces. The community has gained the nickname Hub City because of its central location and also because Moncton has historically been the railway and land transportation hub for the Maritime Provinces.
Although the area was originally settled in 1733, Moncton is considered to have been officially founded in 1766 with the arrival of Pennsylvania Dutch immigrants from Philadelphia. Initially an agricultural settlement, Moncton did not become incorporated until 1855. Moncton was named after Lt. Col. Robert Monckton; the British officer who had captured the nearby Fort Beausejour a century earlier. A significant wooden shipbuilding industry had developed in the community by the mid 1800's allowing for incorporation but the shipbuilding economy collapsed in the 1860s. The city subsequently lost its charter in 1862 but regaining it in 1875 when the city's economy rebounded, mainly due to a growing railway industry. In 1871 the Intercolonial Railway of Canada chose Moncton to be their headquarters, and it remained a railroad town for well over a century until the closure of the Canadian National Railway locomotive shops in the late 1980s.
Moncton lies in southeastern New Brunswick, at the geographic centre of the Maritime Provinces. The city is located along the north bank of the Petitcodiac River at a point where the river bends acutely from a west–east to north–south flow.
Petitcodiac in the Mi'kmaq language has been translated as meaning "bends like a bow". The early Acadian settlers in the region named their community Le Coude which means the elbow. Subsequent immigrants changed the name of the settlement to The Bend of the Petitcodiac (or simply The Bend).
The Petitcodiac river valley at Moncton is broad and relatively flat, bounded by a long ridge to the north (Lutes Mountain) and by the rugged Caledonia Highlands to the south. Moncton lies at the original head of navigation on the river, however a causeway to Riverview (constructed in 1968) resulted in extensive sedimentation of the river channel downstream and rendered the Moncton area of the waterway unnavigable.
There are many natural attractions near Moncton. There are two major national parks (Fundy National Park and Kouchibouguac National Park) within a one-hour drive of the city. The warmest salt water beaches north of Virginia can be found on the Northumberland Strait, at Parlee Beach in the nearby town of Shediac. New Brunswick's signature natural attraction, the Hopewell Rocks, are only a half hour's drive down the Petitcodiac river valley. The Confederation Bridge to Prince Edward Island is an hour's drive east of the city.
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