Bay of Fundy Blog

I'm taking advantage of a few vacation days this week and where better to spend my holidays than the Bay of Fundy! I thought I'd exp...

Here's a classic maritime recipe - nothing fancy but oh, so tasty! Around this time of year the Bay of Fundy harvest is wildly abundant....

People may be more inclined to think of South America, not North America, when they think "ideal alpaca habitat" so you may be sur...

Bay of Fundy folk may be more fond of mud than your average coastal dwellers. You see, when the tide is low, we get to see all kinds of i nt...

I've certainly done several posts that include my Fundy dog, Belle, but I've yet to mention even one Bay of Fundy cat, not even our...

View Larger Map While I'm on the topic of interesting questions asked by visitors, I'd like to answer two common visitor questions: ...

I've previously shared some interesting lobster catches from the Bay of Fundy, such as last December's blue lobster and last Januar...

I thought it only fair to show you the 'real' tidal bore. Several rivers around the Bay of Fundy have this phenomenon but best known...

Just like any other tourist destination, we're prone to hearing the odd hilarious question from visitors from time to time. Top among Fu...

For the past year, I've been looking for an appropriate civic address sign for my new house but couldn't find anything that quite ma...

Just like many other coastal regions in North America, the Bay of Fundy has its share of restaurants claiming (but rightfully, in our case, ...

I arrived back from the Not Since Moses race exhausted and exhilarated this evening. Got lots of video footage , which I'll post within...

Here's a fun event to attend if you happen to be in the Bay of Fundy town, Annapolis Royal this weekend: the annual historic house and ...

It's been decades since I remember a whale sighting in the upper part of the Bay of Fundy. Whales aren't usually attracted to either...

It's Canada Day today! If you're Canadian you may immediately think of our nation's capital (Ottawa) or, in Atlantic Canada, per...

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...