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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 Fredericton Hillsborough • Sea Cliffs and Fossils Ecozone • Sackville Hopewell Cape • • • Amherst Dorchester NEW BRUNSWICK Cape • Sussex • Marys Point Harvey • Joggins New Horton • Fundy National • 7 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 Truro St. Martins • • • Advocate Harbour Cape Split • Oak Bay Cape d’Or Minas Basin Burntcoat Head • • Provincial Park • Maitland Blomidon • • St. Stephen Saint John Noel 1 Provincial Park New River Beach • South Maitland • Provincial Park Walton Halls Harbour • St. George • Medford Urbania• • Harbourville • St. Andrews • Dipper Harbour • • Stewiacke • Blacks Harbour Grand Pré Bay of Fundy Kentville • • • Margaretsville Wolfville Deer • • Hantsport Shubenacadie • U.S. Island • Avondale • Middleton • Windsor • Brooklyn • Eastport Campobello Island Herring Cove Valleyview Lubec • Provincial Park Provincial Park Port Royal Grand • Manan • Annapolis Royal Island Anchorage UNITED STATES Provincial Park CANADA Digby • Bear River • Halifax NOVA SCOTIA DIGBY NECK • Weymouth Tiverton • East Ferry • Long Island Legend Fundy Aquarium Ecozone Areas where whales are commonly seen Westport • Freeport • Seacliffs and Fossils Ecozone Northern Right whale conservation area Brier Island World’s Highest Tides Ecozone Fundy Coastal Drive Meteghan • Whale Watching Tour Glooscap Trail (Fundy Shore & Annapolis Valley) Geology Exhibit Evangeline Trail (Fundy Shore & Annapolis Valley) Coastal Hiking Trail Multi-lane Highway/Trans Canada Highway Atlantic Ocean Horizontal Tidal Effect Controlled Access Highway Vertical Tidal Effect Secondary road N Tidal Bore Ferry Yarmouth Tidal Rapids Elevation 0-500’ 500-1000’ 1000’+ Fundy Aquarium Ecozone • National or Provincial Park Scale 0 10 20 30 40 km bayoffundytourism.com World’s Highest Tides Ecozone 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 Legend Fundy Aquarium Ecozone Areas where whales are commonly seen Hillsborough • Sackville Seacliffs and Fossils Ecozone • Northern Right whale conservation area World’s Highest