Friday, August 3, 2012
Backpacking to Bay of Fundy
Bay of Fundy is famous for the highest tides on the planet (16.2 meters or 53 feet). One hundred billion tonnes of seawater flows in and out of the Bay of Fundy twice a day - more water than the combined flow of all rivers of the world's fresh water. Fundy's extreme tide makes marine ecosystems are dynamic and diverse.
The bay is famous for its coastal rock formations, extreme tidal effects (vertical, horizontal, rafting and boring) and sustainable coastal development. It is also an internationally important foraging for migratory birds, habitat for whales living Rights rare and endangered species, one of the world's plants and animals of the most significant fossil discovery area.
Bay of Fundy is located between the Canadian provinces of New Brunswick and Nova Scotia on the east coast of North America.
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