"If there's so much wilderness, how come there's SO MUCH GOING ON?"
It's a question that comes up often. With so few people and so much wilderness, why ARE there so many festivals, activities and attractions? People here like to celebrate their history and culture, they like to show off the Natural Wonders in this region and they want everyone to be able to share their experience. Like slipping a kayak into a lake where muskrats frolic in Mount Carleton Provincial Park or hiking trails crossed by towering moose. Thrilling to the music of the bagpipes at The Gathering of the Scots or the strains of music at the Chaleur Bay International Chamber Music Festival. Biking like crazy down Sugarloaf Mountain. Cheering on cowboys at the Festival Western de Saint-Quentin, celebrating the season at the Kedgwick Fall Festival or honouring the woodsmen of the past at the Kedgwick Forestry Village and Museum. Well, you get the picture. People who live here, like to live large. They're eager to have you join them.