Bay of Fundy Blog

Now that the pretty leaves have dropped and the blueberry fields have turned from crimson to brown it's the perfect time to look more cl...

I suspect you've noticed by now that I'm not much of a birder (yet!) but occasionally something catches my eye, such as these two Ba...

People sometimes ask me why I'd want to live 'way out here' on the Bay of Fundy. It's mornings like this, just on my regular...

With the amount of water moving in and out of the Bay of Fundy with our tides several times a day, you may well wonder why mud doesn't g...

Here's a little friend to the Bay of Fundy who hardly ever gets any mention on Bay of Fundy websites or blogs: corophium volutator. Coro...

Now that the Upper Bay of Fundy is a UNESCO Biosphere Reserve , plans are moving ahead for scientific and educational program development. ...

I seem to have picked up the first cold of the season this week so dug out my vegetarian version of chicken noodle soup....Dulse Soup. I...

Post-tropical storm Noel rolled up the Bay of Fundy overnight on Saturday and, yes, did knock out power for several hours. Luckily the ...

Thought I'd better get a blog post in today - the tail end of a hurricane is on its way up the Atlantic coast heading straight for the B...

I learned many years ago never to venture out around the Bay without my camera. I never know when I'm going to encounter an interesting ...

I ventured out to the country this afternoon to grab a few Halloween pumpkins from one of our pumpkin U-picks.. Belle, my yellow lab, had a ...

Longtime readers of my blog will know that I've been following possible development of Bay of Fundy tidal power for awhile now. Since I ...

Although it may be true that this fall's fabulous weather made for excellent Bay of Fundy region red wines, I actually meant the red tre...

Here's a fun event to take in if you ever find yourself in the Windsor, Nova Scotia, area of the Bay of Fundy region in October: their a...

Historic covered bridges still exist here and there around the Bay of Fundy. Originally constructed with covered sides and tops to protect t...

Still on the conservation theme....Volunteers are hoping to beef up the number of great blue herons nesting on Manawagonish Island, in the B...

Experts from more than 35 countries are gathering in Toronto this week to showcase new research and innovative solutions to key problems fac...

Here's a photo of Dr. Moira Brown, of the Canadian Whale Institute, during a very important announcement late last week: large ships wil...

There is an interesting phenomenon about to occur in the blogsphere....did you ever wonder what would happen if every blog published posts o...

Hot-smoking salmon produces a thoroughly-cooked fish, by smoking it from 6 to 12 hours at temperatures ranging from 120° to 180°F. The resu...

I thought it might be helpful to give you the scoop on the difference between hot and cold smoked salmon: two totally different processes re...

It's an anniversary of sorts today around the Bay of Fundy. A tropical storm, known as the Saxby Gale, struck our region 138 years ago t...

Luckily for all of us, Bay of Fundy smoked salmon is available at many grocery stores and specialty food shops in the region. However, my tr...

We welcome lots of interesting visitors... and their traveling companions... to the Bay of Fundy every year. This summer was no exception bu...

Work travels this week took me to one of my favourite towns on the Bay of Fundy: St Andrews. When in St Andrews I usually stay at the Fairmo...

I just heard that Saint John is getting a new waterfront facility for hosting cruise passengers. The city's cruise scene has grown from ...

Tom at Ocean Exploration Zodiac whale cruises in Tiverton, Nova Scotia, just sent me this 4 minutes video footage he taped a few day...

A Bay of Fundy recipe collection would be incomplete without a recipe for Blueberry Grunt . Grunt (not to be confused with other blueberry d...

Exciting news from the Bay of Fundy today! The upper Bay of Fundy has just been designated as a UNESCO Biosphere Reserve. The full region in...

Visitors to the Bay of Fundy rightly assume they can go whale watching in the summer but are often unsure about the 'whale situation...

Here's a couple of our Fundy islands from the air - i love the layers of sediment. Great photo from a colleague, Carl Newman, from Flori...

Here's some Bay of Fundy insider information: how to enjoy a do-it-yourself, no-cost Bay of Fundy foot spa. Visit the upper part o...

This week I was delighted that w ork-related travels took me to a great little Bay of Fundy community at the opposite end of the Bay: Bear R...

Here are a few of the questions we commonly get asked about wild blueberries.... Why do they grow so well around the Bay of Fundy? ...

Those of us familiar with cattle or grain farms may be surprised to learn that there are farms around the Bay of Fundy whose sole existence ...

All of a sudden I realized I've reached two milestones with my Bay of Fundy blog: I just made my 200th post and I celebrated my one year...

Although bagged dulse is available year round in every corner store on the Bay of Fundy this is the time of year when some of the best harve...

Now that our blueberries are abundant, it's a perfect time to 'waste' a whole bunch on blueberry sorbet - combining two of my fa...

In additional to searching for rocks on the beach , there are other ways to get "up close and personal" with Bay of Fundy geology...

I just realized that since making the 'architecture' category on my blog last month, I haven't actually created many posts - yet...

You never quite know what the 100 billion tonnes of water moving into the Bay of Fundy on each tide is going to drag in... Whale tour operat...

This is definitely not the first time I've come across a field of cows grazing nonchalantly beside a million dollar view. I find quite r...

The Bay of Fundy region has the perfect soil and climate for growing blueberries. Early August bring the wild blueberry harvest season which...

One of the neat things about basalt is that other rock seams are sometimes found between its layers. A rough seam of quartz crystals lies ex...

Probably the best known example of columnar basalt around the Bay of Fundy is Balancing Rock in Tiverton, between Digby and Brier Island, No...

Basalt is the most common type of solidified lava on earth; it actually makes up most of the ocean floor. The Bay of Fundy tides, our consta...

Took advantage of the great weather this weekend to hike out to Cape Sharp lighthouse. Cape Sharp is located near the village of Black Rock,...

Just heard that the Offshore Energy Environmental Research Association will hold a series of six environmental assessment community forums s...

Yikes! I neglected to mention one more very interesting location for seeing the tides around the Bay of Fundy: the site where the highest ti...