Visit the Irving Eco Center on the coast of New Brunswick. Its location is1932 Route 475, Bouctouche, New Brunswick off of Highway 11 at exit 32.   Take route 475 through the town and you will come to the dunes and the Eco CenterThe Irving Eco Center is a gift from the Irving Oil Company, one of Canada’s largest. The Irving gasoline company has preserved a twelve kilometer plus sand dune for study and posterity. During the high season they allow only 2,000 people per day to visit the dunes via a two kilometer boardwalk. The admission  to the center is free.   They ask, however, that you stay on the boardwalk and not disturb the fragile environment of the shifting sands. The dunes provide home for migratory birds and water birds, including the piping plover. Various grasses and other plant-life abound, surviving the harsh dunes by the sea. While walking the boardwalk you might come across some tiny animals.   You will see evidence of their being there by the tracks they left in the sand. It is an educational experience to walk above the shifting dunes and view their structure. There are interpretive panels along the way describing various aspects of the dunes. The center also has a visitor’s center with exhibits that interpret life on the dunes. The staff is very informative and friendly.   You can arrange tours and workshops with the staff.    The center is open only during summer months: early May to early September.   The best time to go I in the afternoon.   Then you will be sure that it will be open.   Tours and exhibits are in both English and French, since New Brunswick is a bi-lingual Province

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