Five Islands, Bay of Fundy, NS

Today we traveled the upper rim of the Minus Channel of the Bay of Fundy in Nova Scotia. I thought it was all along the water, but it was not. Again this land is all small townships along the shoreline, but in the mountainous terrain. We saw mostly pine trees, farmland and occasionally beautiful shoreline. This bay is a dry basin until the tide comes in, as shown yesterday in the Tidal Bore blog. The roads of Nova Scotia are rough, due to their winters here. The towns are small, each with a little white church and graveyard. The life here seems simple, and hard. It ended up a long days drive down hills and valleys of wilderness, townships, and bay views. I underestimated the hugeness of this province of Canada. It is part of the left-over Appalachian chain from the ice age, and it is mountainous! Impressive, but overwhelming to cover in such a short time. We enjoy our campground and Truro township. We are getting ready to head back to the good old USA on Saturday!

Bay of Fundy from other shore of the bay than yesterday.

Hills of farmland and forest along the water.

Stopped car to capture a picture of the landscape.

Five Islands Lighthouse, which we could go in to and take some pictures of the five islands.

Two of the five islands. The tide is low.

View along the drive.

Speck on right is a man four wheeling on the dry bay bed before the tide comes in later in the day and puts it under water.

Landscape along the drive.

Before tide.

After the tide on our drive back home.

I put these two together so you can compare before and after. Interesting tides here.

Fishing village of Advocate Harbour at the end of the bay of Fundy.

Lovely scenery along the waters of the Bay of Fundy.

Fog stays over the water here. The day was cool and pleasant in the 70's.

What a view of Advocate Harbour.