Attractions showcasing Fundy’s dynamic ecology and Catch the Fundy action with an exciting range of geology are spread throughout the region. Such crown outdoor adventures. Explore the seasonal habitat of the jewels of the Fundy seascape ocean’s most amazing mammals under the caring guid- include national & provincial ance of whale watch tour companies. Round out your parks, coastal hiking trails, natu- exploration of the Bay with a sea kayaking adventure ral history museums, lighthouses along Fundy’s sculpted coast or a guided horseback ride and tidal harbours. The region’s beside Fundy’s serene culture and history are celebrated tidal marshes. at Fundy interpretation centres, If you like your historic sites, adventure wet and museums, hor- wild, take a roller- ticultural dis- coaster-style tidal play gardens, and artisans’ studios. boat ride as the Bay’s incoming waves clash Experience authentic Fundy hos- with the outgoing pitality with accommodations cel- flow of Fundy’s rivers. ebrating the Bay’s rich architectur- al heritage. Choose from a broad spectrum of full-service hotels, distinctive country inns, historic bed & breakfasts, and beau- tifully crafted coastal cottages.
etween the provinces Bay of Fundy cuisine is not to be missed! of New Brunswick Lobster, scallops, mussels, smoked salmon, and and Nova Scotia other fresh fish are perfect complements to B lie the highest tides on Fundy’s award earth… Canada’s phenome- winning wines. nal Bay of Fundy. With each In addition to daily tide cycle, 100 billion traditional harvests of tonnes of wild blueberries and seawater flow maple products, Fundy in and out of the Bay of Fundy — more than the restaurants, inns and combined flow of the world’s freshwater rivers. farm markets fea- Fundy’s astonishing 50-foot (15 metre) tidal ture a great variety range is five times higher than typical tides on of fresh fruit and vegetables. If you the Atlantic coast. dare, sample Fundy’s popular edible seaweed snack: dulse! Moncton • • Dieppe World’s Highest Tides Ecozone
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Meteghan • Whale Watching Tour Glooscap Trail (Fundy Shore & Annapolis Valley)
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When can you experience the tides? visitors can see these In the World’s Highest Tides Ecozone, formations become small Low tide & high tide, visitors can see 2 extraordinary high islands. The best way to see the tide’s vertical Bear River, and 2 low tides every 24 hours. The NS time between a high tide and a low change is to visit a site at tide is, on average, 6 hrs & 13 min. high tide and then return As such, you can reasonably expect to the same site 6 hours later at low tide. to see at least 1 high & 1 low tide Where to experience the greatest during daylight hours. Tide times horizontal tidal effect Tidal rips, Grand move ahead approximately 1 hour Manan Island, NB The tidal range can also be (above). Tidal rips, each day, and tide times vary slightly observed as a horizontal change. Cape d’Or, NS (right). for different locations around the In some parts of the Bay, the tide Bay. Check with the community Low tide, Hopewell Cape, NB Maitland areas retreats as much as 5 km (3 mi) at of Nova Scotia or, you are planning to visit for accurate high & low tide times. Low tide, Blomindon low tide, leaving vast areas of the Provincial Park, NS even better, can There are 3 interesting ways to observe the tides: the Vertical ocean floor exposed. In Chignecto Effect; the Horizontal Effect; and Tidal Bores & Rapids. be experienced in Bay and the Minas Basin, a fascinating inter-tidal zone of the water during a beaches, rock ledges, and sand flats is exposed at low tide. At zodiac boat ride on the nearby Shubenacadie River. Here, visitors can low tide, visitors are able to walk on the ocean floor. The ocean ride on the Bay’s largest tidal bore when the incoming tide meets floor is accessible at low tide the resistance of the river’s exposed sandbars, creating 3 m waves through local parks and beaches and wild rapids. Visitors can also visit the Reversing Falls in Saint in communities all around the John (NB) where the incoming tide reverses the river’s natural flow Bay of Fundy’s coast. However, and creates extreme tidal rapids. Cape d’Or (NS) and Cape Enrage visitors who venture onto the (NB) are great locations for seeing tidal rapids from shore. Intense inter-tidal zone in Chignecto Bay tidal whirlpools also occur around the coasts of Deer Island and and the Minas Basin at low tide Campobello Island in New Brunswick. Low tide, Five Islands Provincial Park, NS must be very cautious, as the tide Where to experience the greatest vertical tidal effect can move extremely fast when it turns and starts to come in The tidal range is normally measured as a vertical distance: the again. At Evangeline Beach (NS), The science of the tides change in the ocean’s elevation from high tide to low tide. In Dorchester Cape (NB), & Mary’s Tides are the periodic rise and fall of and floods into the bay every 12 the World’s Highest Tides Ecozone, the tide’s vertical change Point (NB), huge flocks of up to the sea caused by the gravitational hours and 25 minutes, it reinforces can be 15 m (50 ft) or more. The best way to see vertical tides Low tide & high tide, 100,000 migratory shorebirds con- sea caves, St. Martins, NB pull of the moon & the sun on the the rocking motion. To imagine this, is to visit small harbours around the Bay that empty at low tide verge to feast on the inter-tidal zone’s Earth. Fundy’s tides are the highest picture an adult giving a gentle push and then completely fill about 6 hours later at high tide. Fishing in the world because of an unusual to a child on a swing. Just a very fertile mud and sand flats. Each summer, this area exposed boats that bob in the water alongside wharves at high tide sit combination of factors: resonance small push is required to keep the at low tide becomes a critical feeding area for birds on their and the shape of the bay. The water swing moving. Likewise the seiche in on the ground below at low tide. Wharves along the Fundy inter-continental migratory flight. Care must be taken not to in the Bay of Fundy has a natural the bay is sustained by the natural coast in Nova Scotia (Halls Harbour, Parrsboro, & Advocate) disturb migratory birds during their feeding period. resonance or rocking motion called resonance of the ocean tides. The and New Brunswick (Alma & St. Martins) are good locations seiche. You could compare this to bay’s shape and bottom topography for viewing extreme vertical tides. At Hopewell Cape, NB, and Where to see tidal bores & rapids the movement of water in a bathtub. are secondary factors contributing to Burntcoat Head, NS, visitors at Although the water in a bathtub Fundy’s high tides. The bay becomes The Bay of Fundy’s tides also cause sloshes from one end to the other narrower and shallower — from low tide can walk on the ocean tidal bores, rapids, and whirl- and back again in a few seconds, it 130 to 40 m (426’ to 131’) — floor among the incredible rock pools. Tidal bores can be viewed takes about 13 hours for the water toward the upper bay, forcing the formations that the tides have from shore in the Hantsport and in the bay to rock from the mouth of water higher up onto the shores. carved. As the tide comes in, the bay to the head of the bay and Source: “Tides of Fundy“ by Tidal bore rafting, back again. As the ocean tide rises the Fundy Guild at Fundy National Park Low tide, Hopewell Cape, NB Shubenacadie River, NS Moncton • • Dieppe World’s Highest Tides Ecozone
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Fundy Aquarium Ecozone Areas where whales are commonly seen Hillsborough • Sackville Seacliffs and Fossils Ecozone • Northern Right whale conservation area
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Coastal Hiking Trail • Sussex Multi-lane Highway/Trans Canada Highway • Marys Point Harvey • Horizontal Tidal Effect Joggins Controlled Access Highway
New Horton • Vertical Tidal Effect • Secondary road Fundy National Waterside Park of Canada • Tidal Bore Ferry
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Port Royal • • Annapolis Royal Photos courtesy of New Brunswick Tourism and Parks; Nova Scotia Tourism, Culture and Heritage; Saint John Port Authority. Main cover photo: Sandy Point, Digby Neck, Nova Scotia by Scott Munn, Nova Scotia Tourism, Culture and Heritage. Humpback whale breaching. Whale-watching in the Bay of Fundy. Bay of Fundy whale-watch operators have operators Bay of Fundy whale-watch all Bay of Fundy By requirement, Minkes are much more common than the larger whales, but they are much more common than the larger whales, Minkes based primarily out of Digby Neck and Islands, St. Andrews, or the Andrews, St. based primarily out of Digby Neck and Islands, phins are usually seen in small groups but sometimes travel in groups travel phins are usually seen in small groups but sometimes developed a Code of Ethics to govern how they of Fundy is an important feeding area for some species (such as the Right whale). extremely rare countries such as Norway and Japan still hunt them in other parts of still hunt them in other and Japan countries such as Norway A Humpback whale “waves” with its pectoral fin. A Humpback whale “waves” dolphins are common along the eastern seaboard and are normallydolphins are common along the eastern seaboard White-Sided dol- encountered during the summer in the Bay of Fundy. Dolphins are quite agile and often leap playfully out of of up to 100. decibels, equivalent to the sound of a jet taking off! Minke whales can to the sound of a jet taking off! Minke equivalent decibels, marine mammals sometimes frolic alongside whales and vessels. These These and vessels. marine mammals sometimes frolic alongside whales How to see the whales interact with the whales because the Bay interact the whales. ing boats don’t crowd or harass in the Fundy Aquarium in the Fundy high standards of the whale watching Code of Ethics. high standards of the whale watching usually take 3 to 4 hours. 3 to 4 hours. usually take waves of Passamaquoddy Bay ferries! These small These Bay ferries! of Passamaquoddy waves whale-watching boat tours whale-watching whale, are normally 9 m (30’) in length are normally whale, from May until October and the world. the water. to land, and their breathing can sometimes be heard from shore. to land, Porpoises tend to travel in small groups of two to five animals. in small groups of two to tend to travel Porpoises Recommended Experience whale-watch companies meet or exceed the Recommended Experience whale-watch Minke whales worldwide. Minke whales normally occupy the Bay of Minke whales worldwide. Minke While they are safe in the Bay of Fundy, Fundy from May until late fall. Harbour porpoises are common in the Bay of Fundy. Many companies offer are available Tours Ecozone. on refitted fishing boats, tours are available Whale-watching Fundy Isles. Minke whales, the smallest baleen whales, Minke loud amazingly they can make small, whales are relatively Minke White-Sided dolphins are often seen riding the bow Whale-watch operators are operators Whale-watch and zodiacs. sailing vessels, sounds. Their underwater communication has been measured at 152 underwater Their sounds. are an estimated 8,000 There seem to be shy and are often seen alone. and move by “rolling” slowly forward in the water. in the water. slowly forward “rolling” and move by and weigh about 9 tonnes, and they live up to 50 years. Although and they live up to 50 years. and weigh about 9 tonnes, to swim close they like loud noises through their blowholes; also make The White-Sided The White-Sided Dolphin The Harbour Porpoise The Whale Minke - Code of Ethics ensures that whale-watch This These marine mammals are not as agile as dolphins These -century th Humpbacks are commonly seen in the Bay of Right whales, which are found only in the which are found only Right whales, ing whales” — their exotic songs are thought to ing whales” Ecozone. Humpbacks are famous for being “sing- Humpbacks are famous for being Ecozone. mouthfuls of water and filter the food through mouthfuls of water will eat two tonnes (5,000 lbs) of plankton and their baleen “strainers”. An average Humpback An average “strainers”. their baleen Fundy. At any one time during the summer, 100 At any one time during the summer, Fundy. Aquarium Humpbacks may be found in the Fundy small fish and live up to 77 years. mate, and raise their young. These baleen whales These their young. and raise mate, Although few of Fundy and the Gulf of Maine. harvest. that floated when killed were the “right” ones to “right” that floated when killed were the community, which may be important in helping community, North Atlantic, come to the Bay of Fundy to feed, come to the Bay of Fundy to feed, Atlantic, North in number, Right whales still come together as a in number, are attracted to the abundant food in the Bay are attracted
of Fundy meets the Gulf of Maine, between Brier Island (NS) and between Brier Island the Gulf of Maine, of Fundy meets he ocean tides push nutrient-rich water to the surface where the Bay to push nutrient-rich water he ocean tides Grand Manan Island (NB). The constant tidal influx of nutrients into tidal influx of nutrients constant The (NB). Manan Island Grand
Finbacks can live up to 100 years. Like Humpbacks and Right whales, Humpbacks and Right whales, Like Finbacks can live up to 100 years. A Humpback whale rolls over on its back be a means of communication. These migratory whales travel to food-rich whales travel migratory These be a means of communication. long, which is just short of the Blue whale. Their long streamlined bodies Their which is just short of the Blue whale. long, extinction remains a threat for the world’s most rare whale. 18 whale. most rare extinction remains a threat for the world’s make them fast swimmers; they are known to travel 40 km/h (25 mph). They They 40 km/h (25 mph). they are known to travel them fast swimmers; make mon large whale in the Bay of Fundy. of Fundy. mon large whale in the Bay northern waters such as the Bay of Fundy for the summer and return to northern waters marine mammals congregate in this “aquarium without walls.” Four whale Four “aquarium without walls.” in this marine mammals congregate weigh an average of 73 tonnes. Finback whales are not as numerous in the Finback whales of 73 tonnes. weigh an average have different markings along their pectoral fins and flukes (tails), so each so (tails), fins and flukes their pectoral have different markings along warm tropical waters each winter to reproduce. tropical waters warm whale species, including the rare North Atlantic Right whale, and other and Atlantic Right whale, North including the rare whale species, weigh approximately 45 tonnes. weigh approximately whalers named them “Right whales” because these easy-to-catch whales because “Right whales” whalers named them were nearly hunted to extinction in the whale is easily identifiable. These baleen whales feed on plankton such as baleen whales feed on plankton These whale is easily identifiable. krill (tiny shrimp) and small fish such as herring. Baleen whales scoop up krill (tiny shrimp) and small fish such as herring. the Bay of Fundy supports a rich and diverse marine ecosystem of bot- diverse marine ecosystem supports a rich and the Bay of Fundy Several and sea birds. fish, common and unusual sea plants, tom-dwelling Finbacks are baleen whales that feed on krill and small fish such as herring. Finbacks are baleen whales that feed on krill and small fish such as herring. but they are often seen alone or “pods,” in groups or Finbacks tend to travel Bay of Fundy as Humpbacks, but they sometimes arrive early in the season Bay of Fundy as Humpbacks, young whales find mates. Right whales grow up to 15 m (50’) in length and young whales find mates. Humpbacks grow to be about 16 mHumpbacks grow to be about Porpoises and seals are also frequently seen in this ecozone. and seals Porpoises sometimes seen playfully breaching or lunging out of the water. Humpbacks breaching or lunging out of the water. sometimes seen playfully species are common in the Bay of Fundy, and other species occasionally visit. visit. and other species occasionally Bay of Fundy, species are common in the Only 300 North Atlantic Right whales Only 300 North as a mother-and-calf pair early in the Bay of Fundy’s season. season. pair early in the Bay of Fundy’s as a mother-and-calf animal on earth, can be up to 24 m (80’) animal on earth, are currently in existence because they (late May) and stay until late fall. (52’) long and weigh up to 36 tonnes. These slow-swimming whales are slow-swimming These to 36 tonnes. (52’) long and weigh up A Northern Right whale swims gently. The Finback Whale The North Atlantic Right Whale The Humpback Whale The Finback whale, the second largest Finback whale, The The Humpback whale is the most com- Humpback whale The Fundy Aquarium Ecozone Aquarium Fundy
1800s. Although Right whales have been a protected species since 1930, protected species since 1930, Although Right whales have been a 1800s. T • St. Martins
Oak Bay Provincial Park • • St. Stephen NEW BRUNSWICK Saint John 1 New River Beach Provincial Park St. George • • St. Andrews • Dipper Harbour
• Blacks Harbour Deer U.S. Island
• Eastport Campobello Island
Herring Cove Lubec • Provincial Park Bay of Fundy
Port Royal Grand • Manan • Annapolis Royal Island
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Seacliffs and Fossils Ecozone Northern Right whale conservation area Brier Island NOVA SCOTIA World’s Highest Tides Ecozone Fundy Coastal Drive
Whale Watching Tour Glooscap Trail (Fundy Shore & Annapolis Valley) Meteghan • Geology Exhibit Evangeline Trail (Fundy Shore & Annapolis Valley)
Multi-lane Highway/Trans Canada Highway Coastal Hiking Trail Controlled Access Highway Horizontal Tidal Effect Secondary road
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bayoffundytourism.com mammals — to live virtually Sea Cliffs and Fossils Ecozone anywhere on land. The Joggins Fossil Cliffs are the world’s most outstanding example of the ears of tidal activity in the Bay of Fundy have created some of the City of Saint John, NB — The Fundy City Carboniferous “Coal Age”, a world’s most captivating and unusual landscape formations. The Early marine life — 450–600 million years ago period where ancient rainforests Ytidal action has carved dramatic cliffs, sea stacks, and caves in the The City of Saint John, NB, features 600- to 450-million-year-old rocks of strange and extinct trees cov- Dinosaur skeleton, Fundy sandstone in many parts of the Fundy coast. Elsewhere around the Bay, from the Cambrian and Ordovician periods, which pre-date the collision ered the Earth. Along with the Geologcial Museum, spectacular headlands of volcanic rock rise up hundreds of feet from sea of the continents that led to the formation oldest reptiles, a host of plants Parrsboro, NS level, boldly resisting Fundy’s relentless tides. of Pangea. Fossils of early marine crea- and animals are fossilized in the The Sea Cliffs and Fossils Ecozone tures called trilobites, which are distant Joggins Fossil Cliffs, including: showcases a full range of the relatives of crabs and other joint-legged giant lycopsid trees, seed ferns, amphibians, primitive fish and Fundy’s naturally sculpted rock creatures that preceded the emergence sharks, flying insects, and tracks of the gigantic millipede-like formations and escarpments. This of land animals, have been found in Saint creature Arthropleura. The site features guided tours of the beach zone can be experienced through John. The New Brunswick Museum in Saint and cliffs, an interpretive centre and research facility as well as coastal hiking, sea kayaking, and John showcases fossils from this significant full visitor services. Trilobite fossil, New coastal boat tours. See chart chapter in the earth’s history and offers (page 2) for sites that provide Brunswick Museum, Parrsboro, N.S. comprehensive interpretative displays of the Saint John, NB good visitor access and Fundy region’s geology. Dawn of the dinosaurs — Cape Chignecto Provincial Park, interpretation. Advocate, NS 200 million years ago Many stages of the earth’s Hopewell Cape, NB The Jurassic period heralded the beginning of the dinosaur age, history are revealed in the Bay of Fundy’s geology and fossils. Within this Carboniferous conglomerate — 350 million years ago a period that would continue for 140 million years. Some of internationally significant region, visitors can learn how the super-conti- Uniquely shaped reddish cliffs of 350-million- year-old rock conglomerate the earliest dinosaur fossils ever found were discovered near nent Pangea was formed and how life on earth evolved. The continents and sandstone comprise the famous “flower pot” rock formations at the Parrsboro, N.S. These finds are internationally significant because collided where the Bay of Fundy Hopewell Rocks. This conglomerate was they contain fossils from both the end of the Triassic period is currently located about 360 formed as rocks and pebbles, washed down and the beginning of the Jurassic period (before and after the million years ago. About 100 from a regional mountain range, were extinctions). Fossils of amphibians and crocodile-like reptiles million years later, the continents compressed and cemented together over from before the extinction and dinosaurs that emerged after began to separate, eventually millions of years. During a later period of the extinction are both found in different layers of rock in this creating the Atlantic Ocean. tectonic activity, these layers of conglom- region. The Fundy Geological Museum’s extensive exhibits, work- This continental separation erate, sandstone, and shale were lifted up ing laboratory, and interpretive created the great rift valley and tilted to a 30–45° angle. Vertical cracks beach walks offer several ways that forms the Bay of Fundy’s or fissures divided the rock into large blocks, Hopewell Rocks, to explore this chapter of Fundy’s fascinating underlying geological which Fundy’s tides have since eroded into Hopewell Cape, NB natural history. Fundy National Park, Alma, NB structure. sea caves and huge carved-rock formations. Life on earth was simultaneous- Low tide visitors walking on the ocean floor at Hopewell Rocks can see Hillsborough, NB, and ly evolving. Over many millions of years, land-dwelling animals evolved evidence of this tilting in the rock face; the vertical cracks which are the Stewiacke, NS from ocean-dwelling creatures. Each of these regions around the Bay genesis of new rock formations; and the telltale high-tide marks along the Ancient mammals — last of Fundy represent an important chapter in the earth’s 500-million-year Hillsborough Mastodon cliffs. Full visitor services on site at Hopewell Rocks Interpretation Centre. two million years bones, New Brunswick geological and fossil history: The dinosaurs that had ruled Museum, Saint John, NB Joggins, NS Formation of the continents the earth for over a hundred Ancient rainforests & the first reptiles million years disappeared at the — 315 million years ago end of the Cretaceous period, 65 In 1852, Sir Charles Lyell (one of the fathers million years ago. Their decline of modern geology) and the renowned created an opportunity for a new Canadian geologist Sir William Dawson group of animals to become the discovered fossils of the world’s oldest rep- dominant land-based creatures: tiles in Joggins, N.S. Unlike the amphibians mammals. Skeletons of extinct that came before, these early reptiles laid “Ice Age” mastodons have been Life-size reproduction of the
The ancient world The creation of Pangea. The continents begin to separate; eggs free of the water, allowing them and discovered at Hillsborough, NB, mastodon at Mastodon before the continents collided. the Atlantic Ocean is born. their ancestors — including dinosaurs and Fossilized tree, Joggins, NS and Stewiacke, NS. Ridge, Shubenacadie, NS Location Landscape features Activities Grand Manan Island, NB Sea cliffs, volcanic headlands Hiking trails St. Martins, NB Sea caves Beach access at lowtide Fundy Trail, St. Martins, NB Coastal cliffs, rock escarpments Hiking & biking trails, guided walks, beach access Fundy National Park, Alma, NB Coastal cliffs, headlands Hiking trails, guided programs, beach access, kayaking Hopewell Rocks, Hopewell Cape, NB Sandstone cliffs, carved formations Walking trails, beach access, kayaking Joggins Fossil Cliffs, NS Sedimentary coastal cliffs, cobble beach Guided beach access Cape Chignecto Provincial Park, NS Volcanic rock headlands, rock formations Hiking trails, beach access, kayaking Cape d’Or, NS Volcanic cliffs Hiking trails, beach access Five Islands Provincial Park, NS Sculpted sandstone & sea cliffs, volcanic rock islands Hiking trails, beach access Cape Blomidon Provincial Park, NS Volcanic rock headlands, sea cliffs Hiking trails, beach access Balancing Rock, Tiverton, Digby Neck, NS Volcanic rock columns Hiking trail • Dieppe
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Hopewell Cape • • • Amherst NEW BRUNSWICK Dorchester Cape
• Sussex • Marys Point Harvey • Joggins New Horton • • Fundy National Waterside Park of Canada •
• Alma • Cape Enrage
• Hampton
Chignecto Bay • Apple River
Five Islands Bass River Port Greville • • • Parrsboro • Economy Cape Chignecto Five Islands • Provincial Park Provincial Park • St. Martins • Advocate Harbour Cape Split • • Cape d’Or Minas Basin Burntcoat Head • Blomidon • Saint John Noel Provincial Park
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