Bay of Fundy Blog

As mentioned in my previous post about Opera Bistro , I have a particular fondness for restaurants serving fresh, local Bay of Fundy ingredi...

Further to my last post about dyked farmland around the Bay of Fundy, here's a great view of reclaimed land, the Shepody Marsh, in Alber...

Here's a peculiar sign that often catches the interest of passersby in the village of Grand Pre, Nova Scotia; it says: "GRAND PRE D...

My small veg and herb garden is coming along nicely; it's responding well to our 25-30 degree sunny June days and foggy evenings. Like m...

Here's a post that can easily fit in both the 'lighthouse' and 'places to eat' categories of my blog: the Cape d'Or ...

We're fortunate to have various whale watch tour companies in the Bay of Fundy. All the folks operate in the "Fundy Aquarium" ...

I've been busy for the past few weeks trying to get the Bay of Fundy officially nominated in the New 7 Wonders of Nature contest. For a...

Here's a Bay of Fundy travel tip: be sure to get off the main highway and explore the secondary roads! Today I traveled a coastal sectio...

Okay, I can't take it any longer.... I've been resisting making suggestions for dining experiences around the Bay of Fundy because, ...

I enjoyed the first really summery summer night this week while in the "Fundy city", Saint John , New Brunswick. It was a perfect ...

When I introduced you to New River Beach a few posts ago, I forgot to mention a really fun event that has taken place there every year for ...

You've probably figured out by now that I'm easily intrigued by all aspects of life and work around our beautiful Bay of Fundy. Weir...

Conditions around the Bay of Fundy are absolutely perfect for growing rhubarb and this year, especially, our rhubarb is going crazy - I'...

Just looking over my collection of beachscape posts and realizing that you may think all our Bay of Fundy beaches are full of sculpted cliff...

Although I make a point of checking out Fundy's various geology exhibits, such as those at the New Brunswick Museum , Hopewell Rocks , F...

Well, this is interesting....an article about my blog just ended up on the front page of the business section of Nova Scotia provincial pape...

Here's the last in my series of notes about sea kayaking businesses located in the Bay of Fundy in both Nova Scotia and New Brunswick. N...

Cape Enrage , New Brunswick, is not only home to a classic lighthouse but it's become a nifty destination for Bay of Fundy coastal adven...

FreshAir Adventure , in Alma, NB , is another super sea kayaking company here in our region. It seems like all my recommendations about sea ...

You'll want to pay attention to this kayaking recommendation because this is the only kayaking company based on the Nova Scotia side of ...

If you're yearning to explore the Bay of Fundy tidal waters off the coast of St Martins, New Brunswick, then take a look at kayaking wit...

Sea kayaking is one of the best ways to explore the Bay of Fundy coast. I'm not a big swimmer but I've always felt comfortable in th...

The Bay of Fundy seemed to be following me in one particular way during my travels to the western part of our country last week ~ here's...

My blog readers from the Bay of Fundy region, and other readers from across the country, may be interested to know that the long-awaited Str...

It's not often that a Right whale gives birth and it's rarer still that whales researchers happen to show up at the 'right'...

In your idle moments, do you ever imagine someone creating a Tour de France- style race for unicyclists? Well, imagine no longer - here is ...

I just came across this great new Bay of Fundy promo video on YouTube. It’s an excellent virtual tour of the New Brunswick side of the Bay…c...

During the next few weeks (while I'm scouring the woods for fiddleheads ) I thought I'd post a few of my favourite fiddlehead recipe...

Although the 'new' Joggins Fossil Centre opens to the public on May 17, I was delighted to receive an invitation to attend its open...

Here's my last scene in this 5-image series taken at Two Islands, near Parrsboro, Nova Scotia. The receding Fundy tide exposes lots of i...

Here's a pulled back shot of the island shown in #3 in this series. My yellow lab is actually walking along the water line but you can...

Walking around on the ocean floor at low tide certainly makes for some odd photo opportunities. I actually have a theory that you don't ...

While I was walking around on the ocean floor yesterday afternoon at low tide, I took this fun little video of the intertidal zone. I ...

No, I wasn't scuba diving today; merely walking on the vast ocean floor that's exposed at low tide leading out toward Two Islands , ...

Fiddleheads rate right up there among the weird things we like to eat around the Bay of Fundy. Fiddleheads are the unfurled fronds of young ...

I've been blogging the Bay of Fundy for about a year & a half now and here's a random observation I'd like to share: of my U...

To celebrate this day (April 15 - the first day of fishing season), I thought I'd post about shad. The appearance of shad in fresh food ...

Here's another set of high - low tide photos to add to my collection. I ran across this set on answers.com . It's a typical pair but...

Tomorrow will be a very exciting day for a new Bay of Fundy children's book writer. Paul Burns of Riverview, New Brunswick, is launching...

In January, I blogged about potential tidal power demonstration sites on the Nova Scotia side of the Bay of Fundy. Now the New Brunswick De...

It's great that so many of our Bay of Fundy residents, businesses, towns and cities participated in Earth Hour late last month but as ...

At this time of year, when maple syrup is so abundant around the Bay of Fundy, I don't mind 'wasting' a bit on some extra recip...

Here's a uniquely Bay of Fundy riddle : what's 300 million years old, weighs two tonnes, lived in a basement for 43 years and just ...

I hear from visitors all the time that they first learned about the Bay of Fundy in school. Indeed, the Bay, and its incredible tides, is st...

I wish I lived a little closer to the Canada - U.S. border that enters the Bay of Fundy at St Stephen, New Brunswick. There's a fun 8-we...

There's been much news coverage in recent weeks about Earth Hour . This initiative originated in Australia last year, and, thanks to rea...

Here's a commonly asked question: where did the Bay of Fundy get its name? It turns out that there are three possible sources (or perha...

One of our other fine little fishes around the Bay of Fundy is striped bass. These are highly prized fish by anglers because of their feisty...

Due to our persistently snowy weather, it's been a couple months since I visited one of my favourite Bay of Fundy beaches. When I arrive...

Winter should soon be wrapping up around the Bay of Fundy. Unlike our snowless winter last year, it's been a particularly stormy one thi...