Geodesic Dome in the New Brunswick Woods

03/18/24 • 11 min

I noticed that there's a lot in tourism literature today about a term called glamping, G L A M P I N G, which seems to be something about geodesic domes. My interest in doing this podcast is simply to find out more about that. Concept itself, how you got interested in it and just what you're doing out there in the forest. Well, glamping is like a nice medium between camping and luxury hotels. We found that many families will have one member of family that likes to either camp or rough it and enjoy the outdoors. As well, another member of the family would prefer to go to a luxury hotel and have. Things like flushing toilets glamping and the geodesic domes can provide both of those. So, our plan is to make vacations easy. We are trying to make an easy family friendly vacation that's in nature and provides luxury. We chose domes because they are popular. It also provides us with an easy shell, with a lot of interior space to be creative. We have a heat pump that also has air conditioning for summer, and we have a wood burning stove in there which keeps things nice and comfortable in colder weather. As well as those items. We have other luxuries in there. We have a hot shower. We have a sink in the washroom and a fully plumbed house style toilet. We have a kitchen which is fully stocked with pans, pots, cups, plates, knives, forks, glasses. There's a fridge freezer. And a cooktop., We're also going to be providing a grill, so people can cook outside. Being there in the woods boosts immune system. It's calming, it reduces stress stimulates creative thinking, lowers heart rate, lowers cholesterol, and has proven to reduce depression, but we took it a little step further as well. We've introduced grounding mats into our beds. Since about the 1950s, when shoes started to be made with rubber soles, we've lost that ground connection. So we did some research on that and found that there are many benefits to grounding or some people call it earthing. For example, some of these benefits are it reduces pain and inflammation. It can improve sleep, increase energy accelerate recovery and healing. And normalizes biological rhythms. To find out more about Forest Lane Domes and Experiences, go to their website, or call at (519) 216-9803.

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Kings Landing - First Taste of Maple

Talking with Jenna Fitch from Kings Landing. They are having an event there called Maple, the First Taste of Spring. Jenna will share about this event and some background of Kings Landing.

Jenna: Our Maple Event has been going on for about 40 years. Visitors can come and get a glimpse into what life in the sugarbush was like in the 1900s.

The history of maple dates back many years. introduced by indigenous people in the area and then, shown to settlers as this amazing product that you can use. Very sweet, very nourishing and very energizing. We have a couple of houses open where we talk about life in the winter in the 19th century. And then we have demonstration of how they would boil that sap down to then make maple syrup and then eventually the maple candy, which is usually everybody's favorite.

It is just a fun day for the family to get out, learn a little history and just mostly have some fun. Take a horse and wagon ride as well. And then we do have our pancake breakfast in support of the Luxor Shriners.

Mark: So, talk a little more then about King's Landing itself. I know that, when the dam was put in, there were a lot of homes that were going to be essentially destroyed when the water filled. And many of those homes, or some of them at least, were moved.

Jenna: Yes, it was the late 1960s. And as you mentioned, the dam construction project was sort of underway or the plans were in place and a committee came together there is a lot of history in this area that eventually would be underwater.

So, they wanted to save different buildings or houses that had some type of historical significance. About 70 of these historic buildings are on our site. Some early after we opened, some in the late 1960s, and others in the 1970s. Kings Landing is now alive as a 19th century village where people can come and visit the different homes and the characters inside. We also have the shops, including the Blacksmith, the Carpenter and the General Store, which is my favorite.

We have been operating for 50 years now. July 20th was our official opening date in 1974. We will be having a celebration in the summer as well, on July 20th, to mark that.

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The Loyalists and Irish arriving at St. Andrew by the Sea

St. Andrews by the Sea was one of the places that the Loyalists arrived at in 1783. Lesser known and talked about than Saint John, it was still an important port on the Bay of Fundy. And then later in the 1830s it was one of four arrival ports for the Irish emigrants. This podcast takes a brief look at the Loyalists that arrived there and the Irish that followed. The NB Traveler shares this not as a seasoned historian, but rather as one that is curious about the dynamics that formed the New Brunswick culture. If you have comments or would like to come on the NB Traveler podcast and share more insights about NB Loyalists and the Irish, just contact me. Below are links to sources that I have read for this podcast.

Some other place ... than here by Ronald Rees

Old New Brunswick by David Sullivan

In the Wake of Loyalists: Retracing their path across the Bay of Fundy by Robert A. Liftig, EdD

Irish Canadian Cultural Association of New Brunswick

The Exodus of the Loyalists from Penobscot to Passamaquoddy by Wilbur H Seibert

Loyalist Saint Andrews