We had been to the Bay of Fundy to see the
Hopewell rocks back in 2006 and it was amazing.
When researching this area, we were told of a town on the Shubenacadie River,
South Maitland which is the Fundy Tidal interpretive center where we could go
to see the tidal bore. They are partially funded but have a token fee of $3.00
per person. When you do this, they have
a pathway that is blocked off that takes you to a platform over the water. One of the fellows comes out when the Tidal
bore starts and gives quite a bit of information. The tide is totally out and comes in very
quickly during high tide. It actually is a tidal wave travelling upstream. When
it comes in, it temporarily reverses the flow of the river. It does make quite
a noise as it comes in. It was amazing to watch where there were mud flats and
have them starting to disappear before your eyes. Some of the highest tides are
in this area which can get to 39m.There
are a couple of tour companies that do Tidal bore rafting, not as exciting as
white water rafting but looks like fun.
The sand in this area is very red and when you do go swimming or mud
sliding, you wear old clothes as they will never get clean!
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| Start time 11:10 |
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| Mud flat |
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| Mud flat under bridge |
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| Mud sliding and getting ready to raft the waves |
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| Start |
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| Covering |
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| Waves and rafting - all covered |
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| Beach |
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| No beach and waves |
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| End 11:55 - then needs to fill up to height in about 3 hours |
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