City (pop., 2001: 47,560), capital of New Brunswick, Canada Located on the
Across the river, the village of St. Anne's Point had been settled by the French с 1740. After 1825 Fredericton became a British garrison town, and its reconstructed military compound is a federal historic site. Now primarily an administrative and educational centre, it is the seat of the University of {{link=New Brunswick, University of">New Brunswick and St. Thomas University. It is the shopping and distribution centre for central New Brunswick.