Photo: Fredericton Tourism

Fredericton, New Brunswick – The capital of New Brunswick, the city of Fredericton, offers residents, businesses and visitors free wireless internet. Fredericton has created Fred-eZone, a not-for-profit, community-wide free Wi-Fi network that allows users with Wi-Fi enabled laptops or PDA’s free internet access throughout much of the city. The system, which covers 30 sq miles was set up to help attract and retain knowledge-based businesses, computer-savvy residents and young entrepreneurs. The city contracts to supply pre-determined amounts of bandwidth to government institutions and businesses, and it’s the surplus that they don’t use that becomes available to operate the free Wi-Fi network. City Webcam.

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Atlantic Canada’s largest vacation learning program ‘edVentures ‘ is at the New Brunswick College of Craft & Design That’s located in one of Canada’s National Historic Sites – in the city’s Historic Garrison District. During July and August there are more than 130 one, two and five-day workshops. Subjects range from pottery and silver-smithing to fashion design and performing arts. Twitter 

Where: The city of Fredericton (pop 85,000) offers outdoor-lovers 85 km of trails, and it straddles the St. John River, making canoeing and kayaking easily accessible activitiesThe city is just 37 km from Kings Landing Historical Settlement, and is the gateway for world-famous fly fishing for salmon on the Miramichi River.