Leaving Canada

24 August

We left Harve Bouchre NS, and headed west on TCH 104.  Because the road was either 3 or 4 lane divided highway we made good time and opted to take the Fundy scenic drive, so at Moncton New Brunswick we headed south on 114.  The Bay of Fundy has a tidal range of 46 feet and is suppose to be the largest tidal range in the world.  There’s a park at Hopewell Rocks that we stopped at and saw the mouth of the Petitcodiac River meet the Bay of Fundy.  The Petitcodiac River is called the “Chocolate River” because the silt in the water has so much iron oxide in it, and the tidal range is so strong and quick that the silt never really settles enabling the river to run clear.  The Bay is milk chocolate brown at Hopewell Rocks.  When we got there the tide was already coming in, so the beach was going to close in less than 15 minutes or rambling down by any of the formations.  Therefore Roger and I opted not to make the 10 minute scramble down the beach only to have 5 minutes on the red beach.  Instead I’ll just include pictures of the Flower Pots which are rock formations with trees on that that become islands at high tide, tidal arches a favorite kayak spot at high tide and the Daniel Flats.

At Alma, which is the entrance to Fundy National Park, the Bay had a brown streak in it as it mixes bay water with Petitcodiac water.  Then by the time the Bay is geographically by Saint John and its river, the Bay is a pretty blue green.  (Note Saint John in New Brunswick is not to be confused with St. John’s in Newfoundland.)

 

We made it to Bayside on the north bound part of Route 127.  We got a little turned around in St. Andrews, because south 127 ends and we didn’t see the sign for north 127 until we turned around at the end of the road in St. Andrews.  Bayside is across one of the arms of the Passamaquoddy Bay from Maine.  The Passamaquoddy empties into the Bay of Fundy.  Tomorrow we’ll drive to St Stephens and cross into the USA at Calais Maine.