Bay of Fundy Blog

Ginger-Pesto Mussels Further to my series of mussel recipes, here's one that includes two of my other favourite foods: pesto and ginger....

The Bay of Fundy tides can produce some interesting sights: take this one for example...A naive observer may wonder why this beach road clea...

It sometimes surprises visitors that we have so many wineries in the Bay of Fundy region on the east coast of Canada. The climate here is pe...

Here's one last photo of Scott Leslie's plus a link to his website ! This little fellow is an eel pout whose photo was taken off the...

Here's a bit more information from Andi's article previously quoted. ...the waters of the Bay of Fundy lie somewhere between two ext...

While scouting out information about the undersea life of the Bay of Fundy I discover the photography of Scott Leslie’s on the Gulf of Maine...

Although the Bay of Fundy receives much attention for the 100 billion tonnes of sea water that moves in and out with the tide twice a day, t...

Wow, heard yesterday that our beloved Bay of Fundy had made the shortlist of 50 possible Wonders of Canada. This friendly contest initiated ...

Interesting new Cape Cod this week: for some reason 'our' Northern Right whales are congregating there this spring in record numbers...

The Bay of Fundy's tidal bore is one of many aspects of the world's highest tides that fascinates people. A tidal bore i...

Longtime blog readers will recall my previous posts about Bay of Fundy weirs , dulse , herring, salt and clams and will therefore not be ...

I noticed our blueberry farmers tending to their fields this week in preparation for the late summer harvest and, surprisingly, I realized t...

This is one of the more unusual sights around the Bay of Fundy coast: a cascading bank of fog! Fundy's cliffs are so abrupt in some pla...

Here is another Bay of Fundy-ish video I discovered on YouTube - this time of Cape Split on the Nova Scotia side of the Bay. A couple of fel...

I love kayaking the coast of the Bay of Fundy but I have to admit it's never crossed my mind to kayak across it. I just heard about a f...

The ferry I mentioned in the Extreme Makeover post is certainly not the only ferry to have plied the waters of the Bay of Fundy. Historical...

I thought it only fair to add a photo of the actual Hopewell Rocks . This is a great pair of photos that the site and NB Tourism often use t...

My colleague Shelley and I had the chance to take in the annual Saltscapes Travel Show in Halifax, NS, last weekend and, wow, while there we...

I just customized a wee map of our four lobster seasons here in the Bay of Fundy (zones 34, 35,36,38). Even though lobster is available yea...

CBC introduced a new contest this week that met with a great flurry of interest from our little corner of the country. I went to the CBC web...

It could be because I'm Pisces but I've got a great interest in coastal art - fish in particular. This morning I was delighted to se...

I went to a really interesting art unveiling on Sunday at the Fundy Geological Museum in Parrsboro. The Atlantic Geoscience Society commis...

Here's a link to a really cool whale blog , hosted by whale watch operator Quoddy Link Marine in St Andrews, New Brunswick. One of thei...

I was reminded by Belle this morning that the spring lobster season opens soon on the Bay of Fundy. When we got to the wharf for our daily w...

The six-week maple sugar season officially ended this weekend. I dropped by our family farm and restaurant and was put to work spreading a ...

I mentioned the Reversing Falls Jet Boat Ride as a favourite Fundy activity earlier this week but forgot to note that the same company also ...

While I was in an exploratory mood this week, I popped over to YouTube to see what sort of Bay of Fundy content I might discover. Found this...

I finally figured out how to archive my previous posts in categories, as you can see in the sidebar. Now that summer is on its way I plan to...

Just had a note and these photos from Trish Fry at the Annapolis Historic Gardens . Trish has a great photographic sense and is always on th...

With the abundance of maple syrup we have in the region our culinary inclinations extend well past pancakes. Here's a maple marinade for...

It seems like just about every sub-topic related to living here by the Bay of Fundy has its own set of frequently asked questions and maple ...

Well, so much for winter! The last couple weeks of warm winds and melting snow have heralded the arrival of "Sugar Season" on the ...

I've visited most of Bay of Fundy lighthouses around the Bay of Fundy (both those accessible by foot and some only by boat) - I have to ...

Well, of course, it was Belle (my yellow lab) who went for a swim, not me! The weather has turned warm and springy and most of winter's ...

Here's a bit of news about an extreme makeover Bay of Fundy style ! While I was in Saint John last week I learned that the ferry betwee...

I had the good fortune to be in Saint John, New Brunswick this week for a few days of meetings. A full city block in length, this amazing ...

The Bay of Fundy's Musquash Estuary has just been officially designated as Canada's sixth Marine Protected Area (MPA). It is a rural...

One sure sign that Spring is starting to arrive around the Bay of Fundy is the return of fog. Once winter sets in it's too cold to be fo...

My recent attempt at creating a new Bay of Fundy sport ( ice cake scambling ) put me in mind of one of our longtime coastal activities - cla...

Those of you who've been following my blog (love ya!) and new readers will not be surprised to learn that I kind of 'collect' se...

More news on the tidal power front this week: A U.S. company plans to generate electricity with new technology by tapping the ti...

Just had this note from whale watch operator, Tom Goodwin ( Ocean Explorations ) in Tiverton on Digby Neck at the mouth of the Bay of Fundy....

Let me introduce you to a new Bay of Fundy winter sport: ice cake scrambling. This involves climbing small ice bergs deposited in the intert...

This winter may just have to go on record as one of the best years for ice cakes in the upper Bay of Fundy. My normal dog walk into the inte...

Just when I thought I'd seen every interesting perspective of the Bay of Fundy.... A chance Internet search by a Nova Scotia man living ...

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...

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...

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...

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 ...

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...