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FREDERICTON , a See also:city and See also:port of entry of New See also:Brunswick, See also:Canada, See also:capital of the See also:province, situated on the St See also:John See also:river, 84 m. from its mouth, and on the See also:Canadian Pacific railway. It stands on a See also:plain bounded on one See also:side by the river, which is here t m. broad, and on the other by a range of hills which almost encircle the See also:town. It is regularly built with See also:long and straight streets, and contains the See also:parliament buildings, government_ See also:house, the See also:Anglican See also:cathedral, the provincial university and several other educational establishments. Fredericton is the See also:chief commercial centre in the interior of the province, and has also a large See also:trade in See also:lumber. Its See also:industries include canneries, tanneries and wooden See also:ware factories. The river is navigable for large steamers up to the city, and above it by vessels of lighter See also:draught. Two See also:bridges, passenger and railway, unite the city with the towns of St Marye's and See also:Gibson on the See also:east side of the river, at its junction with the Nashwaak. The city was founded in 1785 by See also:Sir See also:Guy See also:Carleton, and made the capital of the province, in spite of the See also:jealousy of St John, on See also:account of its See also:superior strategical position. Pop. (19o1) 7117.
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