Bay of Fundy Blog

Speaking of questions from folks, this is probably the question Bay of Fundy-ites get asked the most: "Where can I go to 'see' ...

I had an email from someone in Texas this week. They were looking for some tips on how to read a tide chart. This is, in fact, a bit tricky ...

Just heard of an interesting event happening around the outer edge of the Bay of Fundy this week: a Plein Air Paintout ! Twelve artists from...

A glorious day today on the Bay of Fundy! We had company this weekend and did what any Fundy-ite does: took 'em to the beach. We had fun...

Last, but not least among the five types of Bay of Fundy beaches, allow me to present the often under-appreciated mud flat. Personally I thi...

Fourth in my series of beachscapes around the Bay of Fundy is the pebble beach. Here the rocks are about the size of almonds and peas; far s...

Bay of Fundy tidal turbulance often whips the lighter bits of the ocean floor into sand dunes or sandbars. At low tide these are great fun t...

The formal definition of a reef is a ridge of rock just below the surface of the water. Reefs around the coast of the Bay of Fundy are below...

Here around the Bay of Fundy there are about a half dozen types of beaches. Many beaches, particularly at low tide, have a combination of be...

Just heard today that a Bay of Fundy tidal power pilot project proposed by Nova Scotia Power and its Irish partner Open Hydro has received ...

The Bay of Fundy has become a bit of a nursery lately with the arrival of ten humpback mothers with their calves. Humpback whale calves are ...

Just when I thought I'd heard everything along comes a new, wildly zany yet oddly spiritual event: the first annual Not Since Moses run...

Where else would you expect to find copious amounts of wild peas but beachside around the Bay of Fundy? Took this photo of pea blossoms this...

Whoa, I knew I'd really caught the photography bug when I snapped this photo out of my car window while driving this week. This is a che...

A list of cool things to do around the Bay of Fundy would be incomplete without mention of another of our zany water sports: rafting the inc...

One of the other great activities to do in Saint John is to explore the newly reclaimed "Harbour Passage" waterfront trail system....

This has to be right up there on my list of cool stuff to do around the Bay of Fundy: playing beach volleyball on the waterfront in Saint Jo...

I snapped this pretty pic as we left the Digby (NS) harbour heading for Saint John (NB) aboard the Princess of Acadia ferry. This is a gran...

I'm working in Saint John, New Brunswick, this week and noticed that one of the vendors at the City Market had a great variety of dulse ...

Previous blog readers will know I'm crazy about dulse - our edible Bay of Fundy seaweed treat. It's dulsing time now at various loca...

The Bay of Fundy certainly seems to encourage creativity among its residents. I recently met a Bay of Fundy fibre artist in the blogsphere: ...

It's been a few months since I've had anything to report on the potential of tidal power development in the Bay of Fundy. Interesti...

Bay of Fundy legend has it that, in 1398, Prince Henry Sinclair, Earl of the Orkney Islands (Scotland) became the first European to visit th...

There is a curious little cottage bordering the salt marsh on the Partridge Island beach (near Parrsboro). This wee cottage, about 10 ft x 1...

It appears that the people continue to speak with regard to the puzzling CBC 7 Wonders results: click here to read Canadian comments on the ...

Ewwww, a panel of judges has conferred and despite the Bay of Fundy placing third among Canadians in popular vote, oddly we didn't actu...

Here is an interesting way to celebrate Nova Scotia's annual environment week: buy the most environmentally friendly outboard engines av...

While at the fish weir on the weekend I also caught some video. Take a look at this video of the guys in action:

I chatted for awhile with owner, Alan, as he watched his guys scoop up the catch. Although this weir is probably one of the Bay of Fundy...

As luck would have it, I timed my dog walk to the beach perfectly today to watch the weirmen netting their substantial haul from the weir. O...

Further to last week's road to nowhere photos showing the mysterious route to our local fish weir at high tide, here is the same set of...

Here's an up-to-date satellite image of the Bay of Fundy from space: taken just two days ago. You can practically see the grass growing!...

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...