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TOUR 1: CITY HALL / UPRIVER TOUR

This tour takes you on a circlular route from City Hall upriver to the Old Government House grounds, then winds its way through downtown's west plat residential neighborhood, terminating back into the commercial core and the Historic Garrison District. We begin the tour at Phoneix Square in the presence of the City Hall fountain's "Freddy the Little Nude Dude," the cherub characterization of Fredericton who dates from 1885. It is fitting that the square is named for the mythological phonenix as much of early downtown Fredericton was destroyed by fire and rose from the ashes.

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TOUR 2: LEGISLATURE / DOWNRIVER TOUR

This tour begins at the Provincial Legislature and will meander through the residential east town plat, go "up the gill" to the University of New Brunswick, then return down to the Green and back upriver to the Cathedral only a short block away. Standing in Parliament Square before the Legislature, one can imagine the visage this imposing structure showed to the 19th century visitor from the river and likewise the view of the river from this vantage. Alas, those days have all but passed with the end of riverboat travel in 1940s. Still, stand for a moment and survey the Square and you receive a case study in the interplay of form and function in the design and execution of the various buildings.

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