The Bay of Fundy- Largest Waterway in Canada

The waterway that can be found between the Canadian provinces of Nova Scotia and New Brunswick are known to be the highest waterways that can be found in the world. They are also more widely known as the tides in the Bay of Fundy and have around a hundred billion tons of water that run in and out of the bay twice a day.

The ideal place to watch this phenomenon is on the Hopewell Rocks Park, which has "flowerpot" rocks. These flowerpot rocks are rocks topped with trees that can typically only be seen when the tide is high. When the tide is low, its perfectly sculpted and delicate bases can also be seen and one can actually walk on its visible sea floor. When the tide comes, any footprints remaining on the flats usually vanish right before people's eyes and the water can rise up to eight feet per hour. At some particular areas, the difference may rise up to be as high as forty-six feet between low tide and high tide!

Those who truly love whales will greatly appreciate the bay area, since various marine mammals can be found here. They tend to dwell around this are because of the krill-rich waters that can be found here in the summer. Around fifteen different species of baleen and toothed whales have made these bay waters their summer home so far. This is such a high amount that there are now whale-watching tours available that depart every day every year, between the months of June and October.

For a genuine feel of the planetary past, it is possible to go up the bay to visit the Joggins Fossil Cliffs. These cliffs of sandstone are filled with fossils that have been around for about three hundred years ago. These cliffs hold fossils that range from lizards to invertebrates to primordial forest trees that these beings used to dwell in. Cliffs are always being eroded due to the strong tide of the Bay of Fundy and more fossils come out of hiding because of this phenomenon.

Visits to the Bay of Fundy would be terribly incomplete without getting even just the tiniest glimpse of the Reversing Falls of St. John. Through a series of rapids, the St. John River flows straight into the Bay of Fundy. And when the tide is high, the sea water forces the river water way back up to where it came from, in turn reversing the direction of these falls.