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COME TO LIVE ACADIAN HOSPITALITY:
Greater Rogersville offers visitors a variety of events, historical sites to visit and places to stay and eat.
Visit the links above or visit us at the tourist center, located in part of the VIA Rail Station to inform you all that our beautiful region has to offer.
A QUIET PLACE TO RELAX:
In early 1990, the municipality has begun to improve the grounds between Route 126 and the railroad within the municipality. It was the installation of tables and picnic benches. |
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It was also a trail for walking a distance of three kilometers environtrois along Route 126. The park's name was chosen in a competition launched for youth in the community in 1997. Julio Roy, a student of the 6th grade, was the winner of the contest with this very original name. Since its completion in 1994, this trail is used for the daily walk to stretch his legs when traveling or to take a walk with his dog.
Located along Main Street, the park called "Parc Mille Pas" is easily accessible. Trails can stop at a local restaurant, get a treated at an ice cream or a delicious milk bar stan, visit the shops along, visit the National Monument Historic Site, or stop at the information center for visitors to get the schedule of guided tours offered during the summer in the municipality. Our information center for visitors is located in a part of the railway station where you can buy train tickets to travel to Halifax in the morning, or Montreal in the evening.
Attracts many visitors during the summer, the park is beautiful thanks to the layers of flowers, floral arrangements, trees and shrubs along the trail.
The public works section of the municipality responsible for maintaining the park.
We hope you visit Rogersville soon where you can enjoy the local Acadian hospitality and a peaceful moment in our park.
THE VIRGIN MARY, QUEEN OF ACADIA:
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Our "National Monument, built in 1912 by the late Archbishop Marcel-François Richard, is recognized as a historic site and draws during the summer many visitors to our region.
The purpose of the first monument was to house a statue of the Blessed Virgin that had been given to Bishop Richard by the organizers of the Eucharistic Congress in Montreal in 1910. He also wanted to make this church a place of pilgrimage and gathering for all Acadians.
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The fire of May 17, 1969 destroyed the first building. The current monument was inaugurated August 13, 1972. It has been renovated since then change the appearance, while retaining its traditional elegance.
The tomb of Bishop Richard, the founder of the parish of Rogersville, lies beneath a mosaic of the Virgin of the Assumption. The Novena takes place annuellementdu 6 to 15 August and attracts thousands of pilgrims by the thousands here and elsewhere.
THE TRAPPISTINES:
Trappist Sisters of Rogersville, the same order as the Trappist Fathers arrived in 1904, forced to abandon the monastery of Lyons in France, and into exile in Canada. Located north of Rogersville, cloistered in their convent, the nuns live mainly products of their farm. |
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Also, they serve several parishes in providing the wafers and communion wine.
The hotel Trappistine welcomes any woman who wants to relax.
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THE TRAPPIST:
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The Trappist monks of Rogersville, belonging to the Order of Reformed Cistercians of France, arrived in Rogersville in 1902 at the invitation of Bishop Richard. The abbey is located five miles north of Rogersville, along Route 126. |
The monks have three major occupations: prayer on behalf of the church, study, especially of Scripture, and manual labor. This manual focuses on animal husbandry and farming. Thus the monks earn their vie.Une hotel receives visitors and people who want to experience moments of tranquility and peace.
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A REGIONAL PRIDE SINCE 1930
| The Village of Rogersville is one of the last communities to maintain an active presence of the train since the 1870s. |
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When the New Brunswick and Nova Scotia decided to join the Dominion of Canada in 1867, they insisted on one condition: the railway inter-colonial. The engineer Sandford Fleming said the northern route that begins in Rivière-du-Loup to continue to the south through Rogersville and Moncton to get to Halifax.
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When they built the station in 1930, the location of the station was located just south of the original. For several decades, Rogersville busy six to eight trains a day. Passengers declined in the early 1960s when residents s'achetèrent automobiles. |
However, the position of the station in a direct line between Montreal and Halifax, has saved clippings CN. Of the eight original stations between Newcastle and Moncton, Rogersville is the only one still active. After the fire of 1987, CN planned demolition. But, however by the extraordinary efforts of some residents, and a superb renovation process, the people of Rogersville did well to save this building and to declare National Historic Site.
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