Thursday, August 4, 2011

Hopewell Rocks




It’s difficult to visualize what a 40 foot tide looks like. Or 100 billion tons of salt water surging into the bay. That’s why Hopewell Rocks is the iconic focus of the Bay of Fundy: here you can really get a sense of the immensity of it all. You can look down from many viewpoints along 1.5kms of coastline that has been shaped by geologic forces, by glaciers, and most recently by the world’s highest tides, into a series of cliffs, sea stacks and ‘flower pot’ islands. What gives you a sense of scale is that if you are here at high tide, you can kayak around the tops of the cliffs and the sea stacks. If you then return a few hours later at low tide you can walk on the ocean floor at the base of the flower pots 50 feet above you.

There’s a first class Interpretive Centre here and a team of dedicated experts to bring it all to life (plus a restaurant serving the best seafood chowder around!). It was the perfect spot to broadcast my shows highlighting Fundy’s attractions, as I and my guests sat atop one of the Cliffside viewpoints watching enchanted visitors strolling on the ocean floor in the sunshine. www.thehopewellrocks.ca

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