Bay of Fundy – Geography
The geography of the Bay of Fundy is world renowned for its tides, its land and its geography.
“Folklore in the Mi'kmaq First Nation claims that the tides in the Bay of Fundy are caused by a giant whale splashing in the water.”2
The tides change about thirteen feet each passing of tide which is due to the way the land was carved by a rift between Pangaea and North American some odd 190 million years ago.

Because of the rift between the supercontinent and a continent that we call home, volcanic activity began to happen all over the province. As a result, basalts from that time formed North Mountain in Nova Scotia and left many of the basin floors brown.
The rift created basins and rivers both in Nova Scotia and New Brunswick and mountains that we can still see today. Because of the extreme tides, the rivers are only functional when the tides are up and can carry boats back and forth.
2 Wikipedia – Bay of Fundy
Entry written by Kathleen
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Douglas Lochhead, the poet laureate of Sackville New Brunswick, has a new book of poetry out that focuses on the Tantramar Marshes on the Bay of Fundy. There's a video clip here of Lochhead reading from the book:
http://www.sybertooth.ca/publishing/loveonthemarsh.htm
Posted by Chris | February 3, 2008 10:23 AM
Posted on February 3, 2008 10:23