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Living, tasting, and exploring Canada's Big-Tide Bay

Wednesday, February 28, 2007

Tidal power enviro research

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Good news this week on the tidal energy front: The Nova Scotia government is investing $250,000 to research tidal power. The funds will be g...
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Sunday, February 25, 2007

Winter at 'The Rocks'

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It's easy to love the Bay of Fundy in spring, summer and fall with all the sea-sky blues & greens and cliffscape cobalts & terra...
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Friday, February 23, 2007

New York Muscat icewine too

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If you confess to buying wine by the label (as I shamefully admit I do) you will also be enticed by the Grand Pre Winery 's gorgeous win...
Thursday, February 22, 2007

Sample Vidal icewine

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No, I am not offering free Grand Pre Winery samples here on my blog but rather a free view of their sample Vidal Icewine label, as well as ...
Wednesday, February 21, 2007

Ice wine anyone?

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Did you know that some of Canada's best ice wines come from Domaine de Grand Pre Winery here on the Bay of Fundy? Although originally i...
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Monday, February 19, 2007

The art itself

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Whoops, how rude of me, I forgot to include a sample of Mary's fine work in that post earlier today. With permission, here is Parrsboro...
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More Bay of Fundy-inspired art

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Just received this interesting note from painter, Mary Sheehan Winn , who lives in New England but has an interesting Bay of Fundy connectio...
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Saturday, February 17, 2007

Fundy sardine boat plans promo trip

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Historic sardine vessel, the Bernadine will take on a new life this summer as floating Bay of Fundy promoter. She'll be plying the wate...
Thursday, February 15, 2007

Blue Cheese Mussels

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It's been awhile since I posted a favourite Bay of Fundy mussel recipe. This one is a bit unusual but excellent - if you like blue chee...
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Wednesday, February 14, 2007

Ice crusted vessel on the Bay

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Just received these photos from one of our Bay of Fundy whale watch operators: Brier Island Whale & Seabird Cruises . There is certainly...
Sunday, February 11, 2007

Salty business

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I just heard about a small Maine Company, Quoddy Mist Sea Salt , that is using the briny seawater that surges up the Bay of Fundy to harvest...
Friday, February 09, 2007

Time & tide

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I've noticed that the tide is frequently used as a metaphor in literature as something unstoppable or unharnessable by humans. Consider...
Sunday, February 04, 2007

Bay of Fundy wins 2nd Green Award

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Just got back from Halifax where the Bay of Fundy Tourism project that I manage won a 2nd award for its green business program! Received at ...
Saturday, February 03, 2007

A whale on my lawn?

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Great snow around the Bay of Fundy today. Had a bit of fun in my back yard sculpting this whale out of snow.
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Friday, February 02, 2007

Taking action against LNG

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I've had several emails from Bay of Fundy folks wondering what they can do to voice their concerns about the LNG proposal. One of the be...
Thursday, February 01, 2007

Cold days = warm spa treatments ~ Fundy style!

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The colder it gets this winter around the Bay of Fundy, the more enticing a Fundy-themed spa becomes. Many accommodations around the Bay of...
Tuesday, January 30, 2007

Feeding the Gulls!

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I came across this typical Bay of Fundy winter sight while walking the dog this morning. Food for shore birds is scarce this time of year so...
Sunday, January 28, 2007

Nice ice in the Bay of Fundy

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The past few winters around the Bay of Fundy haven't been cold enough to produce ice cakes of any decent size. When I was a kid I rememb...
Saturday, January 27, 2007

Plein Air Painting on the Bay of Fundy

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In my frequent travels around the Bay of Fundy over the past decade I've witnessed many photographers (professional & amateur) and ...
Tuesday, January 23, 2007

Enviro impacts of in-stream tidal energy

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I've been searching everywhere for comprehensive environmental impact assessments of in-stream tidal energy. I guess because there haven...
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Sunday, January 21, 2007

Joggins Fossil Centre design

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Just received this great concept photo from the team involved in the development of the Joggins Fossil Cliffs project on Chignecto Bay in t...
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Thursday, January 18, 2007

Snow bug at the beach

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Ooooooh, too cold to do my usual dog walk from town to the beach this morning (-21 C) so I heaved Belle in the back of my VW bug and drove o...
Wednesday, January 17, 2007

Save Passamaquoddy Bay from LNG

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My final New Year's wish for the Bay of Fundy is in such stark contrast to the green tidal energy project I've been describing...it...
Monday, January 15, 2007

OpenHydro's in-stream turbine pics

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Sourced these photos of OpenHydro's style of turbine. The above-surface platform shown on the one photo is primarily for demonstration ...
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Irish company chosen for Fundy tidal pilot

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Just in the news this weekend: Nova Scotia Power has picked an Irish firm to provide its first in-stream tidal turbine for an experiment i...
Sunday, January 14, 2007

Take a look at a tidal energy in-stream turbine

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Further to previous posts about tidal energy, here's an interesting artist's rendition of the type of turbine that could be used to...
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Saturday, January 13, 2007

Road under water at Ministers Island

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After posting my "100 billion tonnes" high/low tide photo a few days ago, I received these photos & a note from Susan at the M...
Thursday, January 11, 2007

New year's wish #2 - Bay of Fundy whale wish

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Further to my 2nd Bay of Fundy New Year's wish that none of our whales get injured or killed by shipping this year... As evidenced by my...
Tuesday, January 09, 2007

What's a 100 billion tonnes of water?

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Unless you've actually seen the tides here on the Bay of Fundy, it's a bit tricky to get your head around exactly what 100 billion t...
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Monday, January 08, 2007

A different type of tidal "energy"

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Just had a note from the folks who operate Inn on the Cove & Spa in Saint John on the New Brunswick side of the Bay of Fundy witnessing ...
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Sunday, January 07, 2007

Map of the Minas Passage

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I just came across this great aerial map of the Minas Passage between Parrsboro and Cape Blomidon, the narrowest channel in the Bay of Fundy...
Friday, January 05, 2007

Further to Fundy Tidal Energy

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I forgot to mention the potential of the Bay of Fundy's tidal energy resource. It is estimated that a single generator in the Minas Chan...
Thursday, January 04, 2007

Bay of Fundy wish #3 - Tidal Energy

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I thought I'd explain my Bay of Fundy New Year's wishes in more detail. #3 - Fundy Tidal Energy In the 1970s there was a move to cre...
Monday, January 01, 2007

3 New Year's wishes for the Bay of Fundy

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I'm not much of a resolution maker but as we move into the new year I realized that I do have three hopes for our beautiful bay in 2007:...
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Saturday, December 30, 2006

Bay of Fundy lobster

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The Bay of Fundy lobster season closes in our area (zone 35) tomorrow so our Christmas day feed was well-timed. We piled a dozen lobsters on...
Friday, December 22, 2006

Dreaming of a white Christmas...

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Weather forecast is not looking very 'white' for Christmas around the Bay of Fundy this year. However, we had a couple nice snowfall...
Wednesday, December 20, 2006

$7 million Christmas gift for Joggins Fossil Cliffs UNESCO Bid

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Just heard about an early "Christmas gift" for one of the Bay of Fundy's most intriguing natural attractions: the Joggins Foss...
Sunday, December 17, 2006

Oranges & cloves for Christmas

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Decorating oranges with cloves is another Bay of Fundy Christmas tradition. Oranges can be completely covered in cloves (and later tucked i...
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Wednesday, December 13, 2006

Fundy Christmas cookies, Italian-style

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Finally got around to making my Christmas cookies this week. One of my favourite culinary exercises involves taking customary Bay of Fundy i...
Tuesday, December 12, 2006

What a difference a day makes...

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So much for winter on the Bay of Fundy! It's plus 5 degrees C today and all the pretty snow has melted away. Here's a video of that ...
Monday, December 11, 2006

Bay of Fundy winter beach video

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I had such a great result with the winter beach photos that I decided to video the high tide beach at the edge the Parrsboro harbour. I fina...
Sunday, December 10, 2006

Christmas with the Captain

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I just can't resist adorning our historic sea captain's house (inside & out) on the Bay of Fundy with the best acoutrements that...
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Saturday, December 09, 2006

Winter arrives on the Bay of Fundy

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After a delightfully warm and colourful autumn on the Bay of Fundy, the weather has moved on to the next chapter of our storybook seasons: w...
Friday, December 08, 2006

Shipping lanes shifting for whales!

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Ah well this news is timely, seeing as we've been talking about whales a lot this week... From London, England... the International Mari...
Thursday, December 07, 2006

Right whale nursery?

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The area where Right whales calve, off the coast of the southeastern United States, is the home to three major shipping ports. This means th...
Monday, December 04, 2006

More about Right whales

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Since we're on the topic of Right whales, I thought you might like to know a bit more about them... From the 11th century to the early 2...
Friday, December 01, 2006

Fundy whales have Georgia on their minds

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I always knew that the Bay of Fundy's northern right whales headed south for the winter, but I've only recently thought about where ...
Thursday, November 30, 2006

Right whales heading south...finally!

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Good news to report this week. About 40 rare North Atlantic right whales that were lingering in the Bay of Fundy are finally heading south. ...
Monday, November 27, 2006

Bay of Fundy wrack lines

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Wrack lines are rows of seaweed, shells pieces, driftwood, etc. that run the length of the beach marking the place where the tide reaches it...
Saturday, November 25, 2006

Strange uses for Bay of Fundy lighthouses

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I've heard of people having their weddings at lighthouses, etc., but today heard of something even more fun (okay, so I'm a car nut!...
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So here I was on the Bay of Fundy, minding my own business, when I realized that normal people don't get to see 100 billion tonnes of seawater flowing back and forth in front of their kitchen windows every day. As someone who has grown up living and working here, I've taken it upon myself to blog my experiences with the highest tides on the planet.
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