Cap-Pelé, a coastal village located in southeastern New Brunswick, is known for its warm welcome. This Acadian village is without a doubt a pearl for tourists looking for adventure.
Cap-Pelé's Acadian wealth and heritage make it a picturesque fishing village. During the herring, scallop or lobster fishing season, more than 60 boats land these delicacies from the sea. Cap-Pelé's reputation lies in its "stock", prepared in about thirty smokehouses.
Throughout the year, discover a festive atmosphere in the heart of Acadia. Violins, songs, dances and bonfires are on the agenda. In summer, the village's sandy beaches are among the most beautiful in eastern Canada and offer the warmest waters north of Carolina. Plage de l'Aboiteau, a 2.5 km long 5-star beach, offers a variety of first-class services and has become a first-class tourist destination, with its 40 cabins for rent, its licensed beach center and its many activities.
The Village of Cap-Pelé is host to several celebrations and festivals presented during the summer season. Come visit us in the heart of Acadia! Cap-Pelé, a place to enrich oneself, a culture to discover, a place for one's vacation.
Acadian community in southeastern New Brunswick, Cap-Pelé looks like a typical fishing village on the Canadian east coast. Nevertheless, a very special feature makes the Village of Cap-Pelé unique in Canada. There are indeed, in the village and the region, about thirty smokehouses (the exact term is saurisserie but nobody uses it), that is to say factories for drying herring with smoke.
Founded around 1780, then incorporated into a municipality in 1969, the Village of Cap-Pelé currently has 2,266 inhabitants (2001 census). The economy is heavily dependent on fishing. The village's fishing fleet currently numbers around sixty boats, which fish for herring in spring, mackerel in early summer and from mid-August to mid-October, lobster, the king of shellfish. Scallops are also fished there. There are about thirty bucaničres (smoked herring drying plants) which produce 95% of the total production of smoked herring in Canada. In addition to the buccaneers, there are also three seafood and fish processing factories in the village.
Agriculture still occupies an important place in the economy of the village. There are several potato growers, market gardeners and a few greenhouses.
Tourism represents an important weight in the economy of the village. The latter has, for several years, focused on the Parc de l'Aboiteau project, which has amusement, accommodation and recreation sites.
The facilities and services to meet the needs of itinerant travelers as well as vacationers are not lacking at the Village of Cap-Pelé. The main asset of our community, however, is the unique joie de vivre of our population, which translates into a warm welcome.
Cap-Pelé, considered by many to be the heart of Acadia, has a rich Acadian heritage and offers a wide variety of cultural and recreational activities. Cap-Pelé, an ideal place to discover…
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