Bay of Fundy Blog

Since we're on the topic of historic Bay of Fundy companies and also winter approaching, I'd be remiss in not mentioning Stanfield...

Lobster season is underway again in the Bay of Fundy and neighboring regions . In tough economic times, not only does the price of gasoline ...

One of the things I really like about living here is our four 'story book' seasons: spring's buds & blooms, summer's war...

With so many attractive and accessible beachscapes around the Bay of Fundy, I've often wondered why our region doesn't get selected ...

It's not uncommon during lobster fishing season that traps or lines sometime attract other little sea creatures. However, a couple Bay o...

There's no doubt that the top question visitors ask when visiting the Bay of Fundy is: Where do I go to 'see' the tides ? The an...

I've long contended that life here by the ever-moving ocean stirs up the creativity of our residents. This is why my blog, which is esse...

Given the choice, I'd much rather walk our Bay of Fundy beaches at low tide than high. At high tide they are pretty pebble, sand or cobb...

Some people collect tea cups. Some people collect coins. I collect sets of high-low tide pictures of the Bay of Fundy....I suppose it has to...

If you live around Fundy you'll know that our tidal waters are a teensy bit on the cool side - a result, no doubt, of a fresh batch of A...

Well, it must have been a slow news day in Toronto last week - Fundy dulse pickers got a nice spread in the Globe & Mail, Canada's ...

A friend of mine recently discovered this fine little book of poetry in the 'free' bin at a garage sale - imagine! It's entitled...

Just after inviting folks to submit ideas for guest posts a few days ago, I received this note from an anonymous reader about the possibilit...

There's probably no better way for us locals to really appreciate the Bay of Fundy than by hanging out with folks who are making their f...

I'm celebrating a very exciting event on my blog today: my 400th post about the Bay of Fundy. When I started this blog two years, I was ...

Maps of our fabulous but somewhat complicated bay are really helpful to have. I've previously posted maps for our lobster season , the ...

The Bay of Fundy offers up a plethora of strange edibles: dulse , goosetongue greens , periwinkles , etc. Sometimes these are things that no...

Truly, there is no better place in eastern Canada to see the autumn leaves than around the shores of the Bay of Fundy. The Bay is fringed by...

This is so adorable...after a great article appeared in the Sunday Chronicle Herald (about our quest to have the Bay of Fundy become a ...

Here's a bit of good news for Right whales that's been a long time coming: on the United States' Atlantic coast this week, a sp...

One of my favourite treats to offer returning relatives on Thanksgiving weekend is pumpkin choc chip squares: proof that anything takes bett...

There's a mysterious island out in the middle of the upper Bay of Fundy that is the subject of some curiosity around here. Isle Haute i...

As you can imagine, the 100 billion tonnes of sea water that moves in and out of the Bay of Fundy impacts our beaches in a variety of ways. ...

Here's a random bit of Bay of Fundy science news: one of our sea birds, the storm-petrel, may hold the key to why some animals live long...

We caught the tail end of hurricane a couple days ago here in the Bay of Fundy. These storms have several interesting effects on our bay: - ...

In recent years it's become quite a popular pastime for people to make their own ice cream at home. If you are so inclined, you may wish...

The endangered North Atlantic Right whales that feed in the Bay of Fundy every summer and fall as part of their annual migration are of grea...

Here's a quirky fact for the strange but true section of my blog: if you are using toothpaste in North America there is a fair possibili...

In addition to Queen Anne and Victorian-inspired architectural features , Bay of Fundy sea captain's houses are also known for their ...

You don't have to go very far around the Bay of Fundy to notice it's harvest time again. Farm markets burgeon with all types of pro...

Although visitors to the Bay of Fundy are quite intent upon seeing the tide in at its full vertical height of 40ish feet, I am constantly in...

When we get a particularly long growing season like this year, lupines will sometimes made a second bloom in September or October. We were ...

Tea drinkers who frequent specialty tea & coffee shops are likely aware of a fine little beverage: London Fog (also known as Vanilla Te...

I've previously mentioned how the Bay of Fundy's "updrafts" (caused when wind off the water hits the foot of our abrupt cl...

Although the Age of Sail has long since passed there is one extraordinary legacy that remains in villages, towns and cities throughout the ...

Any mention of the Age of Sail and Spencer's Island leads naturally to the true story of Fundy's famous ghost ship: the Mary Celes...

Of all the sights I typically photograph around the Bay of Fundy, I rarely take a photo of a sunset. However, when I stepped out of my car a...

There's a voluminous amount of yellow plums on our old plum tree again this year. A few years ago I made up this bruschetta recipe as a ...

Just after posting about wild heather in Bay of Fundy marshes a few days ago, I had a note from a friend who works at Kingsbrae Garden in ...

I seem to have a bit of a Scottish theme running in my blog this month: first the wild thistle post then the Cullen Skink reci pe , and now,...

Friends of ours hosted a uniquely Bay of Fundy-themed stag party last week: mud sliding and river rafting the tidal bore on the Shubenacadi...

Visitors to the Bay of Fundy often think it's rather quaint that we grow and harvest wild blueberries. Indeed, at this time of year, it ...

In case my last post ignited your interest in trying Cullen Skink , here's the recipe: Cullen Skink A large smoked haddock (weighing aro...