July 20, 2011 Bay of Fundy, Nova Scotia

My sister Sue came to visit and spend a week in Canada's Ocean playground and no visit to Nova Scotia is complete without a trip to the Bay of Fundy. Each day 100 billion tonnes of seawater flows in and out of the Bay of Fundy during one tide cycle more than the combined flow of the world’s freshwater rivers! (This information comes from my sister-in-law Terri McCulloch who is the Executive Director, Bay of Fundy Tourism.)  

Home to the highest tides in the world, the Bay of Fundy is a 270km (170 mile) long ocean bay that stretches between the provinces of New Brunswick and Nova Scotia on Canada's east coast. You can support Bay of Fundy's quest to become one of the New7Wonders of Nature by voting for the Bay of Fundy online for free at www.votemyfund.com.

Vertical Tidal effect is approx. 50 feet - notice the water line on the posts. It takes 6 hours and 13 minutes for the tide to rise from dead low tide to full high tide.  It also takes 6 hours and 13 minutes for the tide to drop from full high tide to dead low tide.  There are 4 tides every day in the Bay of Fundy - 2 high, 2 low.

Below is a picture of my sister Sue standing next to a boat that has been left "low and dry."
















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